Category: Stablecoin

USDC issuer Circle expands Asia focus in push to enter the region’s flourishing payments ecosystem
How can Asian businesses send and receive payments cheaper, faster and more securely? Circle thinks the answer may come from blockchain and stablecoins.
September 14, 2023
Classifying Digital Assets With a New Framework: Datonomy
How can investors get clarity on the thousands of digital assets available? A new structure classifies digital assets by their use cases. The post Classifying Digital Assets With a New Framework: Datonomy appeared first on Visual Capitalist.
February 21, 2023
Blockchain startup XREX gets $17M to make cross-border trade faster
This post is by Catherine Shu from Fundings & Exits – TechCrunch XREX co-founders Winston Hsiao and Wayne Huang A substantial portion of the world’s trade is done in United States dollars, creating problems for businesses in countries with a dollar shortage. Blockchain startup XREX was launched to help cross-border businesses in emerging markets perform faster…
August 23, 2021
Crypto world shows signs of being rather bullish
This post is by Alex Wilhelm from Fundings & Exits – TechCrunch Welcome back to The Exchange. Today we’re doing something fun with crypto. Sure, we could write more about how insurtech valuations are under fresh pressure after Hippo’s Q2 earnings report — we spoke to the company’s president yesterday; more to come — or…
August 18, 2021
Circle is a good example of why SPACs can be useful
This post is by Alex Wilhelm from Fundings & Exits – TechCrunch In the wake of Coinbase’s direct listing earlier this year, other crypto companies may be looking to go public sooner than later. That appears to be the case with Circle, a Boston-based technology company that provides API-delivered financial services and a stablecoin. The…
July 8, 2021
BlockFi lands a $350M Series D at a $3B valuation for its fast-growing crypto-lending platform
This post is by Mary Ann Azevedo from Fundings & Exits – TechCrunch If there were any doubt about a cryptocurrency boom, we need look no further than at the explosion of growth of certain companies in the space. One such company is BlockFi, which today announced it has closed on a massive $350 million…
March 11, 2021
Facebook’s Libra Launch
This post is by jlk from The Barefoot VC The big news heading out of last week and into the upcoming week is Facebook’s long-awaited GlobalCoin (or Libra Coin), likely to be a stablecoin pegged to a basket of global currencies. Details of its initial consortium leaked late last week – industry website The Block broke…
June 17, 2019