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Tech

PoolTogether DeFi App Announces $1M Investment After No-Loss Lottery Payout Tops $1K

PoolTogether is announcing a $1.05 million investment round as it adds a USDC pool to its DeFi-powered "no-loss lottery."

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Policy

The Prospect of Building a New International Monetary System Is Getting Real

When world leaders gather in Davos next week, they'll confront an essential question, says Circle's Jeremy Allaire: Can they seize blockchain's ability to create value for people around the world?

WEF

Markets

Kraken Lists USDC the Day After Binance Drops It for Some Pairs

Kraken, which considers USDC the world's fastest-growing stablecoin, adds it a day after Binance removed certain trading pairs for the stablecoin.

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Finance

BlockFi Adds Litecoin, USDC to Its Lending Product Suite

The initial annual percentage yield will be 8.6 percent for USDC and 3.78 percent for litecoin.

BlockFi CEO Zac Prince

Markets

Bermuda Now Accepts USDC Crypto for Taxes and Government Services

Bermuda announced Wednesday it will accept payments in the USDC stablecoin "for taxes, fees and other government services."

Bermuda

Markets

Lending Protocol Founders to Launch 'Neo-Bank' Offering Interest on USDC

The founders of Nuo are launching Juno, which will offer a smart-contract wallet with 5.5 percent interest on USDC in a bid to attract retail users.

Varun_Deshpande

Markets

Coinbase to Pay Users 1.25% Interest on USDC Stablecoin Holdings

Starting today, Coinbase users get 1.25% returns on their USDC holdings.

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Markets

Coinbase Is Using an Ethereum Upgrade to Help Merchants Accept USDC

Coinbase Commerce is putting ethereum's latest systemwide upgrade, Constantinople, to the test.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong

Markets

Firm That Monitors USDC Stablecoin Audited Over $10 Billion in Client Assets

Grant Thornton audited more than $10 billion spread over 40 cryptocurrencies in more than 100 million addresses.

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Markets

Circle Moves Exchange Operations Offshore With New Bermuda Office

Circle is moving the majority of its Poloniex exchange operations offshore, citing a "lack of regulatory frameworks" in the U.S.

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