No, USD Coin (USDC) is not always exactly $1, but it is designed to be very close to this value. USDC is a stablecoin, which means it’s a type of cryptocurrency that aims to maintain a stable value by being … Continue reading →

The bank’s shutdown by California regulators in March due to a bank run raised concerns about the security of USDC’s reserves. This uncertainty led to a drop in USDC’s value, briefly touching 80 cents. USDC is commonly bought with Bitcoin … Continue reading →

The Energi project began in the summer of 2017 as a fork of the Dash blockchain. At the time it used a Proof-of-Work consensus mechanism, with an ASIC resistant algorithm called Energi hash that is similar to Ethereum’s Ethash. Energiswap … Continue reading →

Currently, the project is little more than another masternode blockchain with its own cryptocurrency. This might allow a company to reduce the number of employees who need to commute into an office to process orders, resulting in fewer transportation-related carbon … Continue reading →

If you want to go with a digital wallet, most major cryptocurrency exchanges package an online wallet with your user account. Coinbase, maybe the largest cryptocurrency exchange out there, does this. Its wallet is highly rated, and you don’t need … Continue reading →

At regular brokerages, the agency protects against the loss of securities and cash in brokerage accounts containing up to $500,000, with a $250,000 cash limit. Cryptocurrency exchanges such as Coinbase have crime insurance to protect their infrastructure against hacks. But … Continue reading →