Circle 收購 Cumberland Labs 孵化的 USYC 穩定幣發行人 Hashnote

該公司於週二（1 月 21 日）宣布了這筆交易，並指出 Cumberland Labs 是全球最大的代幣化國債和貨幣市場基金

Cryptocurrency firm Circle has acquired Hashnote, the issuer of the USYC stablecoin that is incubated by Cumberland Labs, the largest tokenized treasury and money market fund globally.

加密貨幣公司 Circle 收購了 Hashnote，後者是由全球最大的代幣化國債和貨幣市場基金 Cumberland Labs 孵化的 USYC 穩定幣發行人。

With the acquisition, Circle will integrate USYC with its USDC stablecoin, making USYC a preferred form of yield-bearing collateral on crypto exchanges, custodians and prime brokers.

透過此次收購，Circle 將把 USYC 與其 USDC 穩定幣整合，使 USYC 成為加密貨幣交易所、託管機構和主要經紀商首選的收益抵押品形式。

“The integration of USYC and Hashnote into Circle’s platform marks a major moment in the evolution of the stablecoin market, as cash and yield-bearing short-duration treasury bill assets become fungible and convertible at the speed of blockchains and crypto capital markets,” said Jeremy Allaire, Circle’s chief executive.

「USYC 和 Hashnote 融入 Circle 平台標誌著穩定幣市場發展的一個重要時刻，因為現金和有收益的短期國庫券資產以區塊鏈和加密資本市場的速度變得可替代和可兌換，」傑里米·阿萊爾(Jeremy Allaire)，Circle 執行長。

“This is a huge unlock for a market that is increasingly being driven by institutional adoption, and where participants increasingly expect market structures that are common in TradFi.”

“對於一個越來越受到機構採用推動的市場來說，這是一個巨大的解鎖，參與者越來越期望 TradFi 中常見的市場結構。”

The acquisition is bolstered by a strategic partnership with DRW, one of the largest institutional crypto traders, through its subsidiary Cumberland.

此次收購得益於 DRW 透過其子公司 Cumberland 建立的策略合作夥伴關係，DRW 是最大的機構加密貨幣交易商之一。

“As marquee products for its trading operation, Cumberland will expand its institutional-grade liquidity and settlement capabilities in USDC and USYC, where permitted,” Circle said. “Cumberland’s expertise and own use cases will help drive innovation in the use of these products for more efficient and seamless collateral management.”

Circle 表示：“作為其交易業務的招牌產品，Cumberland 將在允許的情況下擴大 USDC 和 USYC 的機構級流動性和結算能力。” “坎伯蘭的專業知識和自己的用例將有助於推動這些產品使用的創新，從而實現更高效、無縫的抵押品管理。”

Earlier this week, Allaire said he expects that President Donald Trump will move quickly on new cryptocurrency rules, and that he hopes the administration rolls back the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Staff Accounting Bulletin 121.

本週早些時候，阿萊爾表示，他預計唐納德·川普總統將迅速採取新的加密貨幣規則，並希望政府撤銷證券交易委員會的第 121 號員工會計公告。

This rule, the CEO argued, “effectively made it punitive for banks and financial institutions and corporations even to hold crypto assets on their balance sheet.”

這位執行長認為，這條規則“實際上對銀行、金融機構和企業甚至在其資產負債表上持有加密資產的行為進行了懲罰。”

As PYMNTS wrote recently, stablecoins are increasingly seen as a viable payment option, bridging the gap between the crypto world and traditional finance.

正如 PYMNTS 最近所寫，穩定幣越來越被視為一種可行的支付選擇，彌合了加密貨幣世界與傳統金融之間的差距。

“Where stablecoins offer superior benefits, customers will naturally gravitate toward them,” FV Bank CEO Miles Paschini told PYMNTS last week.

FV 銀行首席執行官 Miles Paschini 上週對 PYMNTS 表示：“如果穩定幣能夠提供卓越的優勢，客戶自然會被它們所吸引。”

Research by PYMNTS Intelligence has found that using cryptocurrencies for cross-border payments could be the winning use case that the industry has been searching for. The research showed that blockchain-based cross-border solutions, especially stablecoins, are being embraced by companies looking to find a better way to transact and expand internationally.

PYMNTS Intelligence 的研究發現，使用加密貨幣進行跨境支付可能是該行業一直在尋找的獲勝用例。研究表明，基於區塊鏈的跨境解決方案，尤其是穩定幣，正在受到尋求更好的國際交易和擴張方式的公司的歡迎。