Circle ritira il supporto per i singoli account

• Circle ha osservato che la nuova decisione non si applica ai conti istituzionali o aziendali.
• L’USDC ha perso gran parte della sua quota di mercato nel 2023, mentre l’USDT ha recentemente raggiunto un nuovo massimo.

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Circle, la società dietro la stablecoin USDC, lo ha fatto annunciato prevede di eliminare gradualmente i conti individuali o dei clienti entro il 30 novembre. La società ha confermato la notizia martedì 31 ottobre, sottolineando che continuerà a supportare le zecche istituzionali e aziendali.

Un portavoce del Circolo ha detto in una email:

Circle sta eliminando gradualmente il supporto per gli account consumer legacy e ha informato i singoli consumatori di questa decisione. Le chiusure dei conti non si applicano ai conti aziendali o istituzionali Circle Mint.

The spokesman confirmed that retail users can continue to access USDC using crypto exchanges, brokerages, and digital asset wallet services. Several Circle users took to X (formerly Twitter) to speculate on the possible reason behind this decision. One user suggested that individual accounts used for money laundering activities could be draining Circle’s reserves.

Probably getting worried on random straw men cashing out billions of USDC after minting TUSD I’d guess

— Sym (@SPol0x) 31 ottobre 2023

Another user provided a theory claiming that retail accounts could have been closed as part of a “cost-cutting/restructuring exercise.” Circle described certain user accounts as “legacy consumer accounts” in its statement, which appears to indicate that they were not being used as frequently as they had been in the past.

Tuttavia, il CEO di Circle Jeremy Allaire ha respinto queste affermazioni in a twittare su X. Ha scritto:

Lots of noise about Circle limiting individuals from using Circle Mint. There is nothing new here. We haven’t allowed individuals to open Circle accounts in years and have been institution-only for years as well. We have tremendous retail partners all around the world, including our strategic partner Coinbase, who offers excellent retail access to USDC without fees and always 1:1.

Allaire added that “the only change is that for a few thousand individual user accounts that were still open with us, we are no longer going to support those accounts. Please ignore the FUD, conspiracy theories, etc. Thanks.”

Circle’s decision to phase out individual accounts imitates a practice adopted by its primary rival, Tether, which caps USDT minting and redemptions at a $100,000 minimum. Circle’s USDC, the second-largest stablecoin, has seen a huge decline in its share this year. USDC has lost almost 43% of its market cap, while USDT has surged to an all-time high of nearly $84 billion.

È interessante notare che diversi paesi lo sono lavorando verso la pubblicazione di regolamenti per guidare il mercato delle stablecoin nel 2024.

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