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US Stablecoin Issuers Publish New Details on US Dollar Reserves By Robert A. Musiala Jr. This week, Circle, the issuer of USDC – a cryptocurrency “stablecoin” with each unit backed 1:1 by U.S. dollars – published its...

Jesse Spiro, a former Chainalysis head of policy and regulatory affairs, will be working with PayPal’s crypto division, CoinDesk reported. Spiro called his new job “extremely attractive and exciting” as PayPal helps to bring crypto more into...

Bitcoin and cryptocurrency prices have suddenly surged after a tumultuous week for crypto traders. The bitcoin price has added around 7% over the last 24 hours, while ethereum, Binance's BNB, Ripple's XRP and dogecoin have climbed between...

To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for July 23, 2021. It’s been an interesting...

Law360 (July 22, 2021, 9:42 PM EDT) -- Cryptocurrency company BlockFi was hit with state enforcement actions in Alabama and Texas Thursday over its interest-earning cryptocurrency accounts, just days after New Jersey ordered the company to stop...

As longtime TechCrunch readers know well, Michael Arrington co-founded TechCrunch and Crunchbase, as well as the venture fund CrunchFund, which was later renamed Tuesday Capital. But In 2017, Arrington announced that he was shifting gears and becoming...

Bitcoin has slipped below $30,000 as calls grew among regulators in the US, Europe and Asia for tighter checks on cryptocurrencies, and the less volatile digi-currency known as “stablecoins”.Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency fell as much as...

Jackson, Tennessee could be the newest city to accept crypto payments, a report from Yahoo says. The city's mayor, Scott Conger, said the city is looking into the matter and how to adopt such a thing. The...

Cryptocurrency prices today continued to trade lower with Bitcoin prices falling over 2% to $31,590.8. The world's largest cryptocurrency has been stuck in a range between about $30,000 and $40,000 for months after reaching its all-time high...

Elon Musk, the dogecoin-touting Tesla billionaire, has boosted the price of the meme-based cryptocurrency, tweeting his son is "holding his doge like a champ." The dogecoin price, down around 75% from its April peak, climbed off lows...