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Circle to launch its first euro-dominated stablecoin
June 17, 2022
The stablecoin, meaning it’s backed by hard assets, is launching at a time of major declines in the value of cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, which has led crypto firms to fail and erase billions of dollars of digital wealth.
Circle owns and operates USD Coin, the second most popular stablecoin in the industry, with more than $54 billion sitting in that coin.
The most popular is Tether, which has a market capitalization of over $70 billion. Stablecoins have become an increasingly important part of the cryptocurrency market, acting as a bridge between traditional financial services like banks and those who want to invest or lend in bitcoin or Ethereum. They are typically backed by hard assets, like cash, gold or safe government bonds, and are typically priced as one coin for one unit of a particular type of currency.
USDC is backed 1-for-1 by cash and short-term Treasurys. The new Euro Coin will be backed entirely by euros held in euro-denominated bank accounts, Circle said.
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