Circle CEO Rebuts OUSD Pitch, Defends USDC's Network Effects After Stock Slide
Circle co-founder and CEO Jeremy Allaire published a lengthy rebuttal on X on July 1 to the pitch behind OUSD, the stablecoin launched by the Open Standard consortium, arguing that USDC's advantages in distribution, liqu...
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