Stablecoins


Markets

Morgan Stanley: Falling Stablecoin Issuance Is Negative Sign for Crypto Trading

U.S. regulatory efforts are likely to focus on stablecoin regulation, the report said.

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Markets

Stablecoin Lender Liquity's LQTY Token Surges 45% as New York Regulator Goes After Paxos' BUSD

Traders look more closely at decentralized censorship-resistant stablecoin lending protocols like Liquity in the wake of regulatory action on Paxos' centralized dollar-pegged cryptocurrency BUSD.

Liquity's LQTY token jumped 45% on Monday. (TradingView/CoinDesk)

Markets

Crypto Traders' Focus on Curve USD Stablecoin Drives Curve Token Price Higher

Tokens related to decentralized stablecoin protocols gained in the past 24 hours following troubles at Paxos’ BUSD offering.

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Policy

Regulator NYDFS Says Paxos Didn't Administer Binance USD in 'Safe and Sound' Manner: Reuters

The New York regulator said Paxos’ management of the stablecoin left it open to use by bad actors.

Adrienne A. Harris, superintendent of the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS)

Finance

Aave Community Mulls Freezing Binance Stablecoin Amid SEC Pressure

As circulating supply trends to zero, the lack of growth could "hurt peg arbitrage opportunity and asset peg," one community member said.

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Finance

Binance Says BUSD ‘Funds Are Safu’ but a Regulatory Cloud Is Forming Over the US

February has been a great month for the narrative that crypto’s natural home is in Asia.

Changpeng Zhao, commonly known as "CZ", founder and CEO of Binance, at Davos in 2023. (Casper Labs)

Markets

BNB Token Slides Under $300, Binance USD Inflows Signal Bearish Signs

As per a WSJ report on Sunday, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) alleges that BUSD is an unregistered security.

Se enviaron a exchanges alrededor de US$52 millones en BUSD en un período de 24 horas. (CryptoQuant)

Policy

SEC to Sue Crypto Trust Co. Paxos Over Binance Stablecoin: WSJ

Paxos also faces a probe from the New York Department of Financial Services.

Paxos CEO Charles Cascarilla at Invest 2018 (CoinDesk)