USDC Stablecoin Strengthened by U.S. Banking Crisis in March, Circle CEO Says
“We’ve successfully navigated this crisis, and have actually upgraded the market infrastructure behind USDC to be by far the strongest, safest digital dollar on the internet today, hands down, there’s no question,” Allaire said on stage at CoinDesk’s Consensus conference here.
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