Circle brings USDC stablecoin to Polkadot's Asset Hub parachain allongside five other blockchains to enable faster, cheaper transactions and multi-chain transfers via the new Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol.
The stablecoin issuer bought an undisclosed stake in Northern Data Group, which it claims is “set to become the biggest independent AI player in Europe.”
Circle brings USDC stablecoin to Polkadot's Asset Hub parachain allongside five other blockchains to enable faster, cheaper transactions and multi-chain transfers via the new Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol.
The stablecoin issuer bought an undisclosed stake in Northern Data Group, which it claims is “set to become the biggest independent AI player in Europe.”
stUSDT recently crossed the $1 billion TVL threshold, but rather than excitement, the phenomenal growth of Justin Sun’s latest DeFi project intensified concerns.
Institutional bank ANZ built on Swift’s Chainlink experiment with a simulated cross-chain purchase of a tokenized asset using its own Australian dollar stablecoin.
While USDT dominates payments and centralized exchanges, USDC has taken the lead in decentralized markets. USDC has actively fostered relationships with DeFi dApps and is often viewed as a more secure stablecoin.
MakerDAO, the largest decentralized stablecoin project, plans to launch its own stand-alone blockchain by potentially forking Solana. This decision, however, is meeting a mixed response from the crypto community.
The Coinbase CEO called for blockchain builders to bid for the company's venture capital funds, and even proposed 11 promising ideas to give them a head start. The ideas, ranging from a new stablecoin type to a 'Web3 LinkedIn', will likely be curated for Coinbase's new L2 blockchain Base.
