Stablecoins
DAI — a collateral-backed stablecoin with no issuing company DAI is a dollar stablecoin backed by collateral, not a company. How it works, its risks, and what the switch to USDS means.
Stablecoins
EURC — Circle's euro stablecoin EURC is a stablecoin that tracks the euro, not the dollar. Who issues it, what backs it, and why its dollar price floats.
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What are stablecoin reserves? What actually backs a stablecoin and how to check it: what reserves and attestations are, and why that isn't the same as an audit.
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What is a stablecoin depeg? When a “stable” coin suddenly stops being worth a dollar: why a depeg happens and what to do if it does.
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What is a stablecoin? A coin deliberately held to the dollar or the euro: how a stablecoin works, what backs it, and why it might matter to you.
Company Circle Internet Group, Inc.A public American fintech company, parent of the Circle group; USDC is issued by Circle Internet Financial, LLC and Circle Internet Financial Europe SAS. NYSE: CRCL.
Company Tether (group of companies)A group of companies associated with tokens under the Tether brand; the legal issuer of USDT is Tether International, S.A. de C.V. (El Salvador). Corporate facts kept apart from product ones.
Stablecoins
USDC (Circle) — a digital dollar on the blockchain USDC is Circle's stablecoin: one token is worth about one dollar. What backs it, how its reserves are checked, and why it briefly lost its peg in March 2023.
Stablecoins
USDT (Tether) — a digital dollar that runs on many networks USDT is Tether's digital dollar that runs on many networks. How to pick the network (TRC-20 or ERC-20) and not lose a transfer, what backs it, where it's used and the risks for holders.