Terra Allies’ Six Samurai team aims to revive the ecosystem

    The Terra Allies senior full stack engineering team, known as the Six Samurai, has presented their Q3 spend proposal, emphasizing their deep passion as Luna Classic holders. After a joint governance proposal on liquid staking derivatives in Terra Classic (LUNC), a new proposal emerged for the next quarter suggesting the formation of a dedicated team consisting of…

    TrueUSD stops minting via Prime Trust, loses dollar peg

    The recent depeg comes as TrueUSD team announced a pause on TUSD minting through Prime Trust until further notice. Stablecoin TruedUSD (TUSD) slightly lost its dollar peg in the early hours of June 10, following a pause in minting activities through its technology partner Prime Trust. The fifth-largest stablecoin by market capitalization traded at $0.9964…

    Stablecoins are a critical countermeasure to Operation Chokepoint

    Stablecoins could help crypto firms to remove themselves from the banking system — and prevent the U.S. government from cutting off their financial lifelines. Boosting financial inclusion is one of crypto’s strongest value propositions. Yet, ironically, the banking crisis has effectively de-banked the crypto industry itself, at least in the United States. How things panned…

    Circle to launch ‘official version’ of USDC natively on Arbitrum

    USDC stablecoin developer Circle will replace the current version of its token with one running natively on the Arbitrum network. Circle recently announced plans for a June 8 launch of a new native version of its USD Coin stablecoin on the Arbitrum network. 1/ Circle is launching USDC natively on @Arbitrum on June 8th! Keep scrolling…

    Crypto should mimic TradFi rules: Global securities regulator IOSCO

    According to the U.S. SEC, IOSCO members together regulate more than 95% of the world’s securities markets. A major global securities watchdog, the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), is working to help policymakers regulate cryptocurrency more effectively. IOSCO on May 23 released a set of crypto-related regulatory recommendations as part of a consultation report developed by…

    Tether boasts of its financial stability after strong profits, money moved out of banks

    Tether Holdings wants to make sure the world is aware of its positive first-quarter attestation in the face of rumors and criticism. Stablecoin operator Tether Holdings pulled over $4.5 billion out of banks in the first quarter of 2023, causing a “substantial reduction” in counterparty risk, the company reported in a post touting its latest attestation by…