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Blockstream Breaks into Japanese Market with JPY Stablecoin, Partnership

Aaron Van Wirdum And Colin Harper - January 28, 2019

Crypto Garage, Blockstream's latest joint venture with Japanese fintech blue chip Digital Garage, will introduce a Japanese yen stablecoin to Japanese markets on Liquid's SETTLENET product suite.

BUSINESS

Bitfinex Gives Tether Competition, Adds Four of Market’s Top Stablecoins

Nick Marinoff - December 4, 2018

Cryptocurrency exchanges Bitfinex and Ethfinex now support trading for all six of the market’s major stablecoins.

BUSINESS

EU Workers Now Have the Option to Take Their Pay in a Euro Stablecoin

Jimmy Aki - November 30, 2018

Blockchain Payroll Platform WorkChain.io has partnered with tokenization platform STASIS to enable euro-backed crypto paychecks for its European Union (EU) users with the EURS stablecoin.

BUSINESS

Tether Will Soon Allow Direct Redemption of USDT — But With a High Minimum

Landon Manning - November 27, 2018

Tether is launching a new liquidity portal, one that will finally allow the direct redemption of Tether’s stablecoin USDT back into fiat.

BUSINESS

Paxos Standard (PAX) Is Now a Base Pair on Binance

Jimmy Aki - November 27, 2018

Major cryptocurrency exchange Binance has added Paxos Standard (PAX) as a base currency on its platform, meaning the stablecoin can be coupled with other digital assets listed on the platform.

TECHNICAL

BitPay Integrates PAX Stablecoin Into Cryptocurrency Payment Platform

Landon Manning - November 21, 2018

Bitcoin payment platform BitPay is now going to allow payments with the Paxos Standard token (PAX), which it calls “the fastest growing stablecoin and the highest trading volume of any U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin.”

BUSINESS

Top 5 CPA Firm Confirms Funds in First Attestation of Circle’s USDC

Aaron Van Wirdum And Colin Harper - November 21, 2018

The Grant Thornton write-up states that the “examination was conducted in accordance with attestation standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.”

BUSINESS

Binance Will Support USDC Trading Starting November 17

Nick Marinoff - November 15, 2018

USDC will be grouped into trading pairs with bitcoin and Binance’s own token, BNB.

BUSINESS

Op Ed: Anatomy of the Tether Attack: Are Stablecoins Vulnerable?

Henry He - November 14, 2018

Last month's attack on Tether contains a cautionary tale: Only those coins that can survive such attacks have the slightest chance of becoming the “holy grail" of stablecoins.

MARKETS