News with the tag "IRC"

Circle USDC has reached $60 billion in market cap, marking a new high for the stablecoin as it continues its resurgence. According to Defillama, the stablecoin is now at $60.1 billion in circulating supply. With this milestone, USDC supply has doubled in the past year, as its market cap was $30 bill...

Dune analytics firm and Artemis have released a collaborative analysis that provides a comprehensive overview of the stablecoin market from February 2024 to February 2025. Dune said it excluded March 2025 to ensure accuracy since the month’s complete data was not yet available at the time of publica...

Circle senior director of policy and strategy Patrick Hansen said over 50 European banks already offer crypto-related services. The Circle Executive shared this fact while reacting to the recent guidance by the US Office of the Comptroller of Currency (OCC). The OCC recently released a statement say...

Circle has introduced an upgrade of its cross-chain transfer protocol, enabling the settlement of USDC transactions within seconds. Developers can now tap into the new version of the cross-chain transfer protocol for USDC ( USDC ) transfers that will settle in seconds, Circle said in an announcement...

Circle has launched on Tuesday the upgraded version of its Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol (CCTP V2), a tool that facilitates USDC transfers across blockchains. The company said that the upgrade significantly cuts down transaction times to seconds from the typical 13-19 minutes on Ethereum and its Lay...

Thailand’s financial regulator the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is expanding its list of approved cryptocurrencies with the two largest stablecoins, Tether's USDT and Circle's USDC as trading pairs on digital asset exchanges. Previously, only bitcoin (BTC), ethereum (ETH), XRP, stellar (...

OORT’s decentralized AI Layer1 blockchain, Olympus Protocol, has officially integrated Circle-issued stablecoin, USDC. By doing so, Olympus bridges DeAI with real-world utility. Olympus Protocol becomes the first decentralized AI -based ecosystem to integrate the USDC ( USDC ) stablecoin, opening th...

The combined market capitalization of the five biggest stablecoins passed $200 billion for the first time after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent pledged on Friday to use the digital assets to help maintain the greenback as the world's reserve currency. The market cap of the coins, whose value is peg...

The cryptocurrency world is buzzing with discussions about stablecoins, and for good reason. These digital assets, designed to maintain a stable value, are seen by many as a crucial bridge between the volatile crypto market and traditional finance. But who will control the future of this burgeoning ...

Recently stepped down as Tether's longtime CFO and now its chairman, Giancarlo Devasini keeps a low profile in the modest Swiss town of Lugano, according to the article by Angus Berwick . Circle founder Jeremy Allaire, meanwhile, is comfortable rubbing shoulders with politicians and Wall Street exec...