The Stablecoin Firm Circle (CRCL) Meteoric Stock Frenzy shows signs of cooling.
After hitting a record high of $299 on Monday, Stablecoin issuer’s stock fell 15% on Tuesday, extending pullback, which cut around 25% from its peak. However, at $223, they traded more than 600% more than the priced IPO earlier this month.
The drop isn’t surprising as some analysts have already noticed the noble valuation of their stock compared to their peers, but ARK Invest has been selling more than $300 million in stocks continuously since its IPO.
However, Tuesday’s decline coincided with new doubts from International Bank of Villages (BIS), a financial institution owned by the central bank.
In a press release Tuesday, BIS said, “There is a shortage of stubcoins as a form of sound money, and without regulations poses risks to financial stability and financial sovereignty.” The agency argued that these tokens cannot guarantee one-to-one parity with central bank money, they struggle to handle liquidity under stress, and lack the control needed to prevent financial crime.
Instead, BIS promoted the tokenization of central bank reserves, commercial bank money and government bonds as the “next logical step” of financial innovation.
“Stablecoins, if properly regulated, could ultimately act as a subsidiary in the hinterland of the financial system,” the author wrote, adding that “in addition to acting as a gateway to the crypto ecosystem, their future role is unknown.”
These statements have jurisdictions worldwide in asset class despite the rapid growth of the Stablecoin sector for daily use such as payments and cross-border transactions.
Payment companies such as Stripe, MasterCard and PayPal have developed a variety of Stablecoin-based services that complement traditional bank rails. Stablecoins has accelerated trading volumes of $4 trillion over the last 30 days, data from Visa shows.
Circle is the publisher of USDC
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the second largest stubcoin in the market with a $61 billion supply, following Tether’s $156 billion USDT.
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. They also launched a payment and remittance network in April, aiming to ultimately rival established players such as MasterCard and Visa.