Coinbase takes a “small” equity stake in Circle for the first time, as the companies close the Centre Consortium, which previously governed the USDC stablecoin
Rivals Unite to Keep Crypto Going in US? Charles Thuo / CoinJournal : Coinbase buys a stake in USDC stablecoin issuer Circle Mark Brennan / The Crypto Basic : SEC Costs Ripple and XRP 3 Years of Adoption: Details Hassan Shittu / Cryptonews : Coinbase Crypto Exchange Buys Stake in USDC Stablecoin-Issuer Circle - Here's What You Need to Know Qadir AK / Coinpedia Fintech News : Coinbase and Circle Partner to Strengthen USDC as Centre Consortium Ends Mayowa Adebajo / Coinspeaker : Coinbase and Circle Dissolve Consortium Partnership as USDC Integrates with 6 New Blockchains Amara Khatri / Crypto Daily : Coinbase Takes Equity Stake In Circle, To Shut Centre Consortium Jordan Lyanchev / CryptoPotato : Coinbase Purchases Equity in Circle: Report Jamie Redman / Bitcoin News : Coinbase Acquires Equity Stake in Circle; Companies Reshape USDC's Future Danny Park / Forkast : Coinbase buys equity stake in Circle Mike Dalton / CryptoSlate : Circle and Coinbase to dissolve Centre; USDC will remain fully available Sarah Jansen / crypto.news : Coinbase invests in stablecoin operator Circle X: Jeremy Allaire / @jerallaire : 1/ Some major news from @circle and @coinbase on the future of $USDC in this joint blog post from @brian_armstrong and I (@jerallaire). https://www.circle.com/... @coinbase : Today Coinbase and @circle announced a few updates to USDC. Stablecoins will be a key component of a new updated financial system, and we look forward to helping unlock additional utilities and growing the USDC ecosystem. 🧵👇 [image] Jeremy Allaire / @jerallaire : What's the bottom line? Two of the largest and most important global (and US-based), well-regulated players are going to drive hard to continue to make USDC the most widely used digital dollar in the world. Jeremy Allaire / @jerallaire : Five years ago, we embarked on launching a new protocol for dollars on the internet (USDC), and came together with @coinbase to deliver on the vision of open, transparent and trusted dollar stablecoins. What started as a simple vision, has grown enormously. @architect9000 : The terms of $COIN's equity investment in Circle haven't been disclosed, but the profit interest by itself is notable. [image] @iampaulgrewal : We couldn't be more excited about this next phase for USDC. @brian_armstrong : Excited to see $USDC launching on new chains and appreciative of all the work with @circle and @jerallaire over the years. The world needs reliable infrastructure for stablecoins to help increase economic freedom globally! LinkedIn: Victoria Wong : Today is a great day for Coinbase, Circle and the future of USDC! — Feeling very fortunate to be part of the amazing team that helped achieve this milestone.