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The total market cap of all stablecoins surpassed $150 billion on Monday. Tether’s USDT is still the largest stablecoin on the market, but Center’s USDC is catching up.
Laszlo Dobos 3 min read 
Checking against the internal record of blacklisted addresses cost USDC users millions of dollars each month. This makes the stablecoin USDC around 40% more expensive to use than the decentralized stablecoin DAI.
Circle-backed stablecoin, USDC, now controls around 30% of the stablecoin market share after minting its 50 billionth token.
The potential digital dollar is the embodiment of everything the crypto industry fears.
Founded by Terraform Labs, non-profit Luna Foundation Group, is set out to support the stability of the stablecoin UST peg, and allocate grants for ecosystem builders.
The amount of USDC stablecoin issued on the Ethereum blockchain has surpassed that of the number one stablecoin USDT. The “flippening” is telling of the recent growth of USDC.
An association of FDIC-insured financial institutions launched Wednesday, with a mission to build a network of banks to further the adoption and interoperability of a bank-minted stablecoin.
Crypto trading volumes using the lira reached a 15-month high as Turks race to get rid of their national currency.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signals that stablecoins will not be banned outright.
