The digital payment solution will process all transactions with USDC … [Read more...] about Mastercard to settle stablecoin payments in Australia
Crypto news in brief (May 19, 2019): USDC, Huobi, Coinbase, Xapo
- Circle has released the latest third-party attestation report on USD reserves - Huobi has launched over-the-counter (OTC) service Huobi OTC Desk for high volume institutional clients - Coinbase is negotiating the acquisition of bitcoin custody provider Xapo … [Read more...] about Crypto news in brief (May 19, 2019): USDC, Huobi, Coinbase, Xapo
Coinbase launches free XRP and USDC international transfers
Users of the exchange can now send funds in XRP or USDC to over 100 countries. … [Read more...] about Coinbase launches free XRP and USDC international transfers
Crypto news in brief (November 16, 2018): Microsoft, Herman Gref, CIMB, Ripple, KuCoin, Bitcoin Cash, Binance
- Microsoft released the Azure Blockchain Development Kit - Herman Gref said that it will take one to two years for blockchain to get adoption on an industrial scale - CIMB, the fifth largest bank in Southeast Asia, has joined Ripple’s blockchain-based payments network - KuCoin has raised $20 million in its series A funding round - Bitcoin Cash blockchain forked into two … [Read more...] about Crypto news in brief (November 16, 2018): Microsoft, Herman Gref, CIMB, Ripple, KuCoin, Bitcoin Cash, Binance
Crypto news in brief (October 25, 2018): FISCO BCOS, Coinbase, USDC stablecoin, Alibaba, Bakkt, Royal Mint Gold, Japan
- The Financial Blockchain Shenzhen Consortium (FISCO) announced the launch of a coinless open-source blockchain platform - Coinbase has launched stablecoin USDC, backed one-to-one by U.S. dollar - Alibaba Cloud expanded its Blockchain as a Service (BaaS) offering outside of China - The UK Royal Mint has suspended its plan to launch gold-backed cryptourrency Royal Mint Gold … [Read more...] about Crypto news in brief (October 25, 2018): FISCO BCOS, Coinbase, USDC stablecoin, Alibaba, Bakkt, Royal Mint Gold, Japan
Crypto news in brief (September 27, 2018): Bitcoin rally, Bitmain IPO, Ripple, SBI Holdings, Samsung Electronics, USDC stable coin, EOSfinex exchange
- Mike Novogratz believes in soon-to-come Bitcoin rally - Bitmain files IPO papers at the Hong-Kong stock exchange - SBI Ripple Asia’s MoneyTap app gets approval from Japanese regulators - Japan’s SBI Holdings will launch a mobile payment token, S Coin - Samsung to make next-generation 10nm ASIC chips to mine bitcoin - Circle has issued a new stable coin, USD Coin … [Read more...] about Crypto news in brief (September 27, 2018): Bitcoin rally, Bitmain IPO, Ripple, SBI Holdings, Samsung Electronics, USDC stable coin, EOSfinex exchange
Circle raises $110 million in a new investment round, plans to issue dollar-backed cryptocurrency USDC
The Boston-based fintech company Circle, with 7 million users, closed a funding round for $110 million led by bitcoin miner and designer of ASIC chips, Bitmain, Bloomberg reports. … [Read more...] about Circle raises $110 million in a new investment round, plans to issue dollar-backed cryptocurrency USDC