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Circle plans to only support Ethereum PoS chain after Merge is complete

Circle plans to only support Ethereum PoS chain after Merge is complete

On Tuesday, Circle, the issuer of the USDC stablecoin, pledged its full support for the transition of Ethereum to a proof-of-stake, or PoS, blockchain after the much-anticipated Merge upgrade. The firm views The Merge as an important milestone in the scaling of the Ethereum ecosystem, writing: “USDC has become a…

Contagion only hit firms with ‘poor balance sheet management’ — Kraken Aus boss

Contagion only hit firms with ‘poor balance sheet management’ — Kraken Aus boss

The crypto contagion sparked by Terra’s infamous implosion this year only spread to companies and protocols with “poor balance sheet management” and not the underlying blockchain technology, says Kraken Australia’s managing director Jonathon Miller. Speaking with Cointelegraph, the Australian crypto exchange head argued that sectors such as Ethereum-based decentralized finance…

Solana-based stablecoin NIRV drops 85% following $3.5M exploit

Solana-based stablecoin NIRV drops 85% following $3.5M exploit

Solana-based algorithmic stablecoin NIRV has become the latest stablecoin to fail after dropping 85% from its United States dollar peg following a hack on adaptive yield protocol Nirvana Finance on Wednesday. The flash loan attack, which also saw Nirvana Finance’s native token ANA drop by 85%, resulted in the loss…