USDC’s woes are the result of the US crackdown: Circle CEO

Amidst a regulatory onslaught and financial crisis, USDC's market cap has almost been cut in half during the past six months.
Amidst a regulatory onslaught and financial crisis, USDC's market cap has almost been cut in half during the past six months.
Hackers could gain access to a Circle CSO's Twitter account and spread fake information about a USDC airdrop offered by the stablecoin issuer.
According to Chief Executive Officer Brad Garlinghouse of Ripple Labs , some of its funds are held by Silicon Valley Bank
Coinbase disclosed it had around $240 million in corporate funds at the bank that it expected would be fully recovered.
Concerns that Circle, the entity that created the USDC stablecoin, might have kept some of USDC's cash reserves at Silicon Valley Bank, which California's financial watchdog shut down on Friday, prompted the steps.
The U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation shuttered Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) after it went through financial difficulties.
Circle has transferred a portion of its leftover USDC reserve deposits from Silvergate to other partner banks.
Circle CEO states dollar-pegged “payment stablecoins” should be under the oversight of a banking regulator rather than the SEC
Circle provided information on Binance reserves to the New York Department of Financial Services.
The deal made in 2021 previously valued Circle at $4.5 billion and was later amended in February 2022 to $9 Billion.