BlackRock oversees the management of the Circle Reserve Fund, which is in the custody of Bank of New York Mellon.
The company that launched USD Coin (UDSC), Circle, said that it has started investing some of its funds in Circle Reserve Fund, which was established earlier through a cooperation with the biggest asset manager in the world, BlackRock. The action was taken as part of Circle’s efforts to reduce risks and ensure that its coin holders may redeem their currencies.
The Circle Reserve Fund is a registered Rule 2a-7 government money market fund managed by BlackRock, with a portfolio made up of cash and short-term US Treasury securities, according to a company blog post from Nov. 3. One and only Circle has access to the fund. A portion of the company’s revenues will be used to purchase new Treasury securities, which will then be placed in the Reserve Fund under the care of the Bank of New York Mellon.
According to reports, the procedure started on November 3 and should be completed by the end of Q1 2023.The Circle Reserve Fund will publish portfolio holdings on a daily basis and complies with the Investment Company Act of 1940, including being overseen by an independent board. The USDC is still not very well liked outside of the United States.
The Coinbase cryptocurrency exchange has stated that three times as many USDC are being purchased using US dollars than with other currencies at the moment. However, the cryptocurrency that is pegged to the U.S. dollar continues to be the second-largest stablecoin by market capitalization, behind Tether USDT ($1.00).
Circle stated in September that its stablecoin would soon be available on five other networks, including Polkadot, Optimism, Near, Arbitrum, and Cosmos. By the end of 2023, most of these blockchains will have support available, while USDC on Cosmos will launch at the beginning of 2023.Circle gained preliminary clearance for a major payments institution license in Singapore at the beginning of November, enabling it to issue cryptocurrency and facilitate local and international payments.
