USDC (USDC)

stablecoins are no longer just a payment tool. they're becoming collateral in regulated markets Marex clients can now use USDC as initial margin for regulated futures and options trading in the US. infrastructure is provided by Coinbase Prime this is a more significant development than the "pay with crypto" narrative because the real problem in market infrastructure isn't money moving fast ➛ it's collateral sitting idle in the traditional system margin transfers depend on banking hours, operations teams, and settlement processes with USDC the theoretical chain is: 24/7 transfer ➛ faster collateral reuse ➛ lower operational friction ➛ higher capital efficiency tokenization's first major use case might not be moving equities on-chain the earlier and larger use case could be this: collateral moving when it's needed, not when the market is open but an important distinction here: this doesn't mean all futures markets are switching to stablecoins this is a first use case opened for specific Marei clients in regulated derivatives trading ➜ but the direction is clear: stablecoins aren't just "digital dollars" anymore. they're increasingly becoming financial collateral operating at internet speed

robinhood FOMOed people so much that they are paying $40 for 1 usdc on @arc mainnet via otcs just to position for ARC memecoins in early but its actually a scam there’s no such thing as receive real usdc on arc before mainnet is live (its not possible) they will simply send you usdc after mainnet is live, so why pay 40x more that ? also some ‘overly smart’ people are burning thousands of real usdc on base/eth towards ARC’s CCTP domain thinking when gate opens we will get arc usdc minted first > best case : it gets stuck in flight indefinitely with no guarantee it ever mints > worse case : you approved router and mint recipient sends it somewhere that isn’t you tldr ? there is no early gate to get ARC usdc dont burn your funds and fall for scams, just wait for mainnet anyways, saw few early potential runners but yk its always risky to share super early one’s the hype on arc is insane are you positioned ?

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New wallet, withdraws 14.64 million USDC from Binance…opens a MU long on Hyperliquid https://t.co/rjNROiJE9C https://t.co/vjiscGcoWo

After moving from V1 to V2, edgeX swiftly partnered with the USDC ecosystem and @gauntlet_xyz to launch this native USDC Rewards Vault; If you have idle USDC, take a look: you can earn up to roughly 7% total annualized reward, including 4% USDC annual yield plus an additional 3% $EDGE annual reward. The total deposit cap is 50 million USDC; the allocation ends once the cap is reached. We can see that as V1 migrates to V2, edgeX is further unifying the settlement, trading, and fund yield system for native USDC, which means that USDC sitting in your account can now serve as both a settlement asset and generate yield; in the future, if it integrates with trading margin, liquidity, and other products, funds won’t need to be moved frequently. Feel free to try with idle USDC!

A Hyperliquid whale just deposited $11M USDC. Total deposits: $16M in the last 24 hours. The wallet is currently holding $43.9M in short positions, held for a very long time: → $28.3M $SKHX short → $14.56M $BRENTOIL short → Additional shorts across $HIMS, $SMSN, and $NVDA Wallet: 0xebe126adabe1a8f08d3ce53b45e7cc994ca14070

JUST IN: $750,000,000 $USDC MINTED ON SOLANA TODAY! #SOLANA ⚡️ https://t.co/ubdT0Z7Npy