stablecoins
After 6-year hiatus, Stripe to start taking crypto payments, starting with USDC stablecoin
The company announced that it would start to let customers accept cryptocurrency payments, starting with USDC stablecoins, initially only on Solana, Ethereum and Polygon
It may seem incongruous to see Circle considering going public during a crypto winter, but the IPO does not come as a massive surprise given its source of revenue.
Solana Pay, a decentralized payment protocol by Solana Labs, has integrated its plug-in with Shopify, allowing millions of businesses on its platform to use it for payments, TechCrunch was told…
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SVB’s mess could become stablecoins’ problem
After USDC depegged from $1 last week, many are questioning whether SVB’s collapse has bigger implications on the stablecoin ecosystem
Declining USDC in circulation means that the asset base from which Circle generates much of its revenue is also falling. That’s a harder growth story to pitch.
Stablecoin demand maintains pace as other cryptocurrencies tumble
More investors are swapping cryptocurrencies for stablecoins, signaling a potential shift toward the less risky asset.
5 investors explain why Latin America is poised to weather the crypto winter
From high poverty rates to low financial inclusion, there are common threads throughout LatAm that explain why trends such as play-to-earn crypto gaming have seen widespread adoption.
Terra resumes blockchain production after halting to prevent hacks amid UST crash
The halt means no new blocks are being generated on the blockchain network after its block height of 7603700, and holders can’t move their Terra assets until the blockchain is…
Bitcoin’s value nears $30,000 mark as Luna Foundation Guard liquidates wallet
Bitcoin’s price is down more than 50% from its November 2021 peak and has fallen over 11% today, nearing the $30,000 mark, leaving many investors scrambling to figure out what’s…
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Terra’s founder plans to back its stablecoin with a ‘basket’ of cryptocurrencies
These bitcoin purchases are just the beginning of Do Kwon and Terra’s larger road map to expand and integrate the TerraUSD stablecoin deeper into the crypto ecosystem.
Cryptocurrency payments key to lowering cross-border remittance charges and boosting microwork uptake in Africa, study shows
In the last one decade, a $1 billion jobs market — microwork — has emerged around technologies that split activities into piecemeal tasks to be completed by many people over…
