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GM, Issuing stablecoins was once the most profitable business in the world. All an issuer had to do was deposit U.S. dollars in a bank, mint stablecoins for users, and then sit back collecting U.S. Treasury yields—true “sleep income.” With this model, Tether and Circle have effortlessly
GM, Taiwan’s banking sector has moved onto the blockchain. Last week, I invited Cathay Financial Holding for a recording session¹, where two guests, Cynthia and Jenny, pointed out that the draft Virtual Asset Service Act announced by Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission in March was the key turning point.
GM, Last week, payment giant Stripe and crypto venture firm Paradigm officially announced that they would jointly launch Tempo, a Layer 1 blockchain dedicated to payments. This marks the fourth major case of a large corporation building its own blockchain, following stablecoin issuers Tether and Circle 1, as well as
GM, Last month, in my article “To Chairman Jui-Bin Tung: EasyCard Is Not a Stablecoin, Here’s the Key Difference”, I discussed the fundamental distinctions between EasyCard and stablecoins. I made the piece public, hoping it could serve as a foundation for Taiwan’s conversation around stablecoins. Since its publication,
GM, For the past five years, every Blocktrend article has come with an audio recording. That was something I did after finishing the writing and editing — spending another half hour late at night to record the narration. Over time, it has added up to more than 400 recordings. Starting this
GM, This Friday, there’s a Blocktrend-exclusive perk! In the last podcast episode, I chatted with Michael, the CEO of CoolBitX, about their new product CoolWallet Go. After the episode aired, some members asked if there could be a group deal. Here are the details: This Friday from 10:00
GM, The world’s most widely used crypto wallet, MetaMask, has finally issued its own token! But instead of launching a governance token, it has introduced a U.S. dollar stablecoin called MetaMask USD (ticker: mUSD). With USDT and USDC already dominating the market, why does MetaMask feel the need
GM, Even people who’ve never bought cryptocurrency have probably heard of “mining.” Everyone says mining consumes huge amounts of electricity—some even steal power for it. But what exactly does mining do? The recent 51% attack on Monero offers the perfect case study. Monero is the world’s largest
GM, The podcast will be on pause tomorrow. Let’s get into today’s topic. The ETHA (iShares Ethereum Trust ETF), launched by BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, is now the world’s largest Ethereum ETF by market capitalization. Over the past 75 trading days, ETHA has seen
GM, ETH has risen 55% over the past 30 days, now just a step away from its all-time high of $4,800; BTC is also hovering around the $120,000 mark. At times like this, unless you’re already all in, it’s hard not to feel like, “I didn’
GM, Last week, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order easing investment restrictions on the 401(k) retirement savings plan. This change allows employees working in the United States to invest their retirement funds in assets that were previously considered high-risk—such as real estate, private equity, and
GM, This article concerns the public interest. It is fully open and free to share. This week, Mega Financial Holding Chairman Ruey-Bin Tung made headlines after commenting on stablecoins in an interview. He said: “Taiwan already had a TWD stablecoin back in 2002 — it’s the EasyCard that everyone carries.