{"id":469110,"date":"2021-08-12T16:00:44","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T16:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniquehot.com\/?p=469110"},"modified":"2021-08-12T15:42:20","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T15:42:20","slug":"coinbase-usd-coin-removing-backed-by-dollar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uniquehot.com\/news\/coinbase-usd-coin-removing-backed-by-dollar\/","title":{"rendered":"Coinbase Removes USD Coin (USDC)”Backed By Dollar” Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"
Tether (USDT) now has an advantage over USD Coin (USDC). As a result, Circle\u2019s dollar-pegged stablecoin, USDC, lost one of its largest leveraging stances to its main competitor, USDT.<\/p>\n
Coinbase, one of the prominent players in crypto exchange, has made a crucial change on the USD Coin page. The crypto exchange placed the change on its website.<\/p>\n
Related Reading |\u00a0Vitalik Buterin Urges Ethereum To Grow Beyond DApps<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n This was in response to an audit that exposed that a few USDC\u2019s reserves were not held in cash. The audit discovery contradicts the statement that every USDC has a corresponding backing of one dollar in a bank account.<\/p>\n From the recent change, the entry statement on the USD Coin webpage is also affected. Coinbase visitors now get a new welcome statement saying that USDC has backing by fully reserved assets.<\/p>\n In addition, the statement now says that every USDC is backed by one dollar or an equivalent asset with fair value. Also, it mentions that the backing is held in accounts under US-regulated financial institutions.<\/p>\n USD Coin has more than $28 billion and is rated as the eighth-largest digital asset. Furthermore, it is the second-largest stablecoin, coming closing behind Tether that takes the top. Tether\u2019s latest Consolidated Reserves Report reveals that the cryptocurrency has about $63 billion assets in its custody.<\/p>\n Related Reading | Government Still Sees Blockchain As \u201cWild West\u201d Says Blockchain Australia<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n From its time of launch, USDC operates as a stablecoin fully backed by US dollars. Conversely, Tether, its major competitor, has been involved in multiple legal fights with regulators. The contributory factor is the hidden commercial paper that claims about half of its total reserves.<\/p>\n Nevertheless, the audit of Grant Horton, a multi-national tax advisory company, comes the discovery about the true backing for USDC. The audit reveals that only 61% of USDC’s reserves are in cash and cash equivalents. Also, some reserves that accrued to 9% are in commercial paper forms.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n From the definition of the audit reports, cash consists of deposits with banks and Government Obligation Money Market Funds. It further defined cash equivalents as securities that have a 90-day original maturity period or less.<\/p>\nCoinbase Brings New Changes By Bringing USD Coin Into Public<\/strong><\/h2>\n
USD Coin thrives in the green zone as the market gets ready for a bullish run | Source: USDCUSD on TradingView.com<\/a><\/pre>\n