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		ForHackernews on March 29, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Visa moves to allow payment settlements using cryp... According to the article, Visa is looking at using "the cryptocurrency USD Coin" (whatever that is) So this has nothing to do with bitcoin (except inasmuch as any news article with the word "crypto" in the headline will trigger a bunch of FOMO buyers and drive up the price)

exdsq on March 29, 2021 [–]

It's a stable coin (it's pegged to the dollar) which runs on Ethereum

https://www.circle.com/en/usdc

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