We selectively analyzed six stablecoins — USDT, GUSD, HUSD, PAX, TUSD and USDC — to uncover their minting and burning activities so far in 2020. As of June 4, six stablecoins — Tether (USDT), Gemini Dollar (GUSD), HUSD (HUSD), PAX Gold (PAXG), TrueUSD (TUSD) and USD Coin (USDC) — have had a total of more […]
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DeFi hits new heights with more than 1,000 new assets added in May and total user numbers reaching 550,000. Decentralized finance (DeFi) continues to grow at an exponential rate with the number of new DeFi assets increasing by almost ten fold over the same time last year. Zerion DeFi project founder Evgeny Yurtaev shared a […]
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The $5.7 trillion asset manager Vanguard has completed the first phase of its pilot testing of settlements for blockchain-based asset-backed securities. Vanguard, the world’s second-largest index fund manager, has announced the successful completion of the first phase of its blockchain pilot trialing the digitization of asset-backed securities (ABS). The pilot has seen Vanguard partner with […]
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U.S.-based crypto exchange Seed CX has announced it is shutting down to focus on its settlement infrastructure. U.S.-based crypto exchange Seed CX is shutting down to focus on its settlement infrastructure. According to a Seed CX company blog posted June 11 by CEO Edward Woodford, its settlement arm Zero Hash now accounts for 95% of […]
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The Winklevoss twins’ crypto exchange continues its global expansion with the appointment of a Managing Director for the Asia-Pacific region. The Gemini cryptocurrency exchange is expanding further into Asia with the appointment of former Leonteq Asia CEO Jeremy Ng as Managing Director of Asia Pacific region. The move sets the Winklevoss twins’ exchange up to […]
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The SEC’s fintech wing invites innovators to network and weigh in on regulation in new online meetups. FinHub, a fintech arm of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will now host digital meetings for industry players amid COVID-19 lockdowns. “To facilitate ongoing communications, FinHub will host a series of thematically-based virtual P2P meet-ups over […]
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In the aftermath of disappointingly slow COVID-19 stimulus payments, Congress hears testimony on using digital dollars to upgrade the U.S.’s legacy financial infrastructure. On June 11, the Congressional Fintech Task Force held a hearing examining FedAccounts and a digital dollar as ways of expanding financial inclusion in the United States. Particularly in the aftermath of […]
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Now, more than ever, the economic efficiency and transparency is omnipresent, and emerging technologies such as blockchain have highlighted the dire need for such solutions. We are currently living in an unprecedented time, with the COVID-19 pandemic sweeping the world and taking far too many precious lives. Markets are being decimated and economies are on […]
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The Bank of Ghana’s first deputy governor says the institution remains committed to piloting a central bank digital currency. The Bank of Ghana (BoG) remains committed to piloting a central bank digital currency (CBDC), the bank’s first deputy governor has said. Dr. Maxwell Opoku-Afari made the comment during a virtual stakeholder workshop on payment systems […]
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South Korea’s second-largest city, Busan, will let its citizens access government services using a blockchain-based identification app developed by Coinplug. Busan, the second-largest city in South Korea, has launched an identification app that uses a public blockchain to verify citizen information. The app was developed by Coinplug, a Korean startup working within the regulatory sandbox […]
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