An overview of what is happening in the crypto markets, summarised by Crypto Finance AG Senior Trader Patrick Heusser in the market commentary.

Market commentary

Good Morning!

The stablecoin market is seeing increased adoption and the network is expanding.

Circle is pushing hard on that front and announced the integration of their stablecoin USDC on the Solana (SOL) blockchain.

1/13 Today, Circle rolled out full production support for USDC on the Solana blockchain for all of our customers. Things brings USDC to a fast moving ecosystem attracting innovations in DeFi and consumer apps. I explain more below in tweet thread. https://t.co/N3NxwUQZnK
— Jeremy Allaire - jda.eth / jdallaire.sol (@jerallaire) January 25, 2021

It is not just an expansion of the Circle services, it is probably also more of a collaboration with the FTX/Alameda team (Sam Bankman-Fried). With this move, the Solana blockchain is definitely a serious alternative to the Ethereum blockchain. With its wormhole function (cross-chain interaction with Ethereum) it does not need to be a direct competitor.

The growing stablecoin market and its connection to the various blockchain networks is a viable building block to reach mass adoption. It does not matter if the stablecoin is a centralised one or an algorithmic decentralised one. What matters in the end is the combination and the interaction (or bridges) those stablecoins are offering. This is like providing a turbo-boost to its network effect. And I believe the biggest winner out of this is once again the DeFi sector.

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