"Mastercard will use the USDC stablecoin as a bridge asset for cardholders who want to pay for goods using cryptocurrencies."

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USDC is better than USDT. But USDC is most commonly used by institutions in the United States (or where Coinbase is offered in other countries). If your customers are businesses, then you will likely want to use USDC to send invoices to _...Read More_

[http://www.circle.com/blog/mastercard-taps-circle-for-usdc-settlement-pilot](http://www.circle.com/blog/mastercard-taps-circle-for-usdc-settlement-pilot) >"Mastercard will engage Circle and use USDC to pilot a new settlement system to enable more streamlined crypto-to-fiat conversions."

>"In a blog post today, Circle pledged to maintain high standards of compliance and transparency for its USDC ecosystem."

"Pseudonymity is a key reason for the emergence of the $110 billion stablecoin market. If regulators are worried about financial stability, they should have some KYC _...Read More_

"Ethereum Whales Go On Buying Spree, Top 10 Addresses Now Own 20% Of All ETH"

>"Hop also plans to roll out support for ETH, MATIC, WBTC, USDT, and DAI alongside Arbitrum and Optimism in the coming weeks."

Starting in 2018, Circle seems to have truly found its calling with the USDC stablecoin. Stablecoins come in a few flavors, but USDC is of the fully-backed variety: In exchange for deposits of low-tech dollars or equivalents, Circle prints _...Read More_

"Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire announced that the USDC would become transparent, with a summary of USDC reserves and attestations to be _...Read More_

>"Circle, which issues the USDC stablecoin, announced its plans yesterday to go public in Q4 of this year through a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC)."

>"Circle is going public in a deal that values the crypto financial services firm at $4.5 billion, it said Thursday."

>"Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire made the promise to be more transparent about the reserves backing USDC as the stablecoin issuer prepares to go public."

>"Coinbase's 4% rate on USDC deposits – a dollar-linked stablecoin – might reveal a confidence in customers' views of its creditworthiness."