According to Coinbase a leading American based crypto exchange, the consortium that mints USDC, collectively holds US$1.00 for every single USDC.
These funds are held in a special bank account that is constantly monitored and audited.
Crypto lovers continued to troop to stablecoins, as USD Coin’s (USDC) market cap broke the $1 billion market capitalization threshold for the first time since the stablecoin was launched in October 2018.
Quick Fact: USDC is a fully collateralized US dollar stablecoin.
It is an Ethereum powered coin and is the brainchild of CENTRE, an open-source project bootstrapped by contributions from Circle and Coinbase.
USDCs are issued by regulated and licensed financial institutions that maintain full reserves of the equivalent fiat currency in a 1 USDC:1 USD ratio.
Things you must know: Investors of stablecoins, such as USDC, make money by earning dividends from the newly created digital coins being given to them for holding such stablecoin stock.
Source: nairametrics.com
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