The Gillibrand-Lummis bill intends to distinguish Tether and Circle as lawmakers look to allow state non-depository trust companies to issue stablecoins with market caps below $10 billion.
U.S. Fed Chair Jerome Powell insists he's not plotting to unleash a CBDC, while a new study says concerns about BTC and other digital currency tokens ever serving as global currency are overblown.
Circle Internet Financial, the issuer of the USDC stablecoin, said it was immediately halting new mints of USDC on Tron and would halt all support for USDC on Tron by February 2025.
The latest Circle report paints a vivid picture: we're on the brink of a Web3 revolution, and claimed apps that empower users are popping up on enterprise-grade blockchains.
The UNODC report details Tether's role in the massive underground banking networks that support Macau's casino 'junket' operators as well as illegal China-facing online gambling sites.
The UNHCR is exploring blockchain with an aim to efficiently deliver financial aid to refugees while protecting their identity, a move that is also crafted to help the world embrace the emerging tech.
The U.S. regulator is looking to get the upper hand in its case against Binance and Coinbase, using its recent victory against Terraform Labs as leverage to bolster its unregistered securities claims.
Howard Lutnick, the CEO of U.S. trad-fi giant Cantor Fitzgerald, declared himself "a fan" of Tether stablecoin partly because he holds their treasuries, which is over $90 billion now.
Coins.ph CEO Wei Zhou caught up with CoinGeek Backstage on the sidelines of Philippine Blockchain Week 2023 to talk about the recent blockchain trends and developments in the country.
Reuters recently published an update on Tron's growing popularity with Islamic terror groups, to the point that it has eclipsed BTC as the chain of choice for Iranian-backed groups.
Kraken has become a key fiat off-ramp for Tether's USDT, raising questions about why anyone would send cash to Tether to obtain USDT only to turn around and immediately trade that USDT on Kraken.
Justin Sun's Tron blockchain is again being flagged as terror groups' go-to financing option, while Circle is catching some rare political flak for its ties with Tron.
