The co-founder and CEO of Circle, Jeremy Allaire, has made a bold prediction that the company-issued stablecoin is on track to surpass payments giant PayPal in terms of transacted dollar value. The comments came in an April 6 tweet in which Allaire alluded to the on-chain transaction volume for USDC […]

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Considering previous scam events that have occurred in the tale of cryptocurrencies, it has become the habit of fraudulent crypto exchanges to operate under the identity of prominent personalities. These fraudsters disguise themselves under the coat of respected persons without their knowledge. According to a Strait Times report, Prime minister […]

Encrypted messaging app Signal has begun testing a payments feature that allows users to send cryptocurrency to other users privately. Signal announced on Tuesday, Apr. 6, that it is integrating support for MobileCoin for a new peer-to-peer payments system in the beta version of its apps. The new system called […]

The central bank of Japan has started the first phase of a feasibility study for its central bank digital currency (CBDC), with a goal of testing the CBDC’s basic functions including issuance, distribution and redemption. The Bank of Japan first announced that it would be conducting CBDC experiments in December. […]

A digital euro could be as much as four years away from a roll-out, with the European Central Bank (ECB) set to take a decision on the matter by the middle of the year, according to a statement from the central bank’s president. ECB President Christine Lagarde set out the […]

Data from CryptoQuant shows that the so-called ‘Kimchi Premium’, the higher-than-average global Bitcoin price charged on Korean crypto exchanges, has hit a yearly high of 11 percent. According to a new report by market analyst Joseph Young on CoinTelegraph, this surge could indicate that Bitcoin is in the “2017-esque retail […]

Ripple Labs has been granted access to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission documents “expressing the agency’s interpretation or views” on the subject of crypto assets. According to Law360, U.S. Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn granted the defendants’ motion “in large part,” determining that SEC minutes or memos concerning crypto are likely […]