USDC Issuer Circle is launching Euro Coin (EUROC), a new Euro-backed stablecoin

Circle, the issuer down the USD Coin (USDC) stablecoin, volition motorboat a caller stablecoin that is backed by the Euro by the extremity of this month. Euro Coin (EUROC) will beryllium issued under the aforesaid full-reserve exemplary arsenic USDC according to the announcement.

The Euro-backed stablecoin volition beryllium made disposable for exchanges, organization traders, businesses, and individuals. Like USDC, users tin person Euros straight into EUROC and vice-versa, it volition besides beryllium disposable connected exchanges arsenic a trading brace for different cryptocurrencies.

The instauration comes astatine a clip erstwhile determination has been important speculation and a deficiency of assurance among users of stablecoins. These concerns person come after the collapse of the TerraUSD (USTC) stablecoin and concerns astir Tether (USDT) temporarily dropping beneath a dollar.

Whilst EUROC volition beryllium wholly backed by reserves similar USDC, the Euro-pegged stablecoin’s reserves volition beryllium backed 100% by Euros.

This seems to beryllium the large quality betwixt EUROC and USDC which is backed by currency and short-term U.S. authorities bonds arsenic collateral.

As a result, a reserve successful Euros volition beryllium held successful custody astatine fiscal institutions taxable to US regulatory oversight for each EUROC token that is successful use. Silvergate Bank volition service arsenic the archetypal custodian for the EUROC stablecoin. Additional custodians volition see Anchorage Digital, CYBAVO, and Fireblocks.

Euro Coin volition initially beryllium launched arsenic ERC-20 token connected the Ethereum web and aboriginal this year, further blockchain enactment volition beryllium enabled.

EUROC joins a tiny radical of stablecoins backed by the euro, specified arsenic EURt from Tether and Stasis Euro (EURS) from Malta-based Stasis. 

Binance.US, MetaMask, and Ledger are among the companies that volition enactment the launch. It volition initially lone beryllium accessible done the Silvergate network. However, users whitethorn commercialized and retreat EUROC erstwhile it is published connected exchanges.

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