So, does anyone really dare to join the Matcha USD1 event?
The actual annualized return is indeed tempting.
However, it restricts mainland KYC.
I still say, don't lose the watermelon because of the sesame. https://t.co/WUEZOYctQy
So, does anyone really dare to join the Matcha USD1 event?
The actual annualized return is indeed tempting.
However, it restricts mainland KYC.
I still say, don't lose the watermelon because of the sesame. https://t.co/WUEZOYctQy
Yesterday a friend asked me which CEX have USD1 investment products.
In fact, the official website usually has the most comprehensive index 👉 https://t.co/pN9CBXcwn9
On the USD1 Provider, filter by “Exchange” to see collaborations with 9 exchanges including Binance, Bitget, Bybit, Kraken, etc.; further filter by “Save” to confirm that Binance and MEXC are running deposit investment activities.
In addition, there are partnerships with 3 wallets, 7 DeFi projects, and 2 DEXes — the bear market broadens use cases, and we’ll see how high it climbs on the stablecoin ladder in the next bull market.
Recently I have seen that, besides #Binance, many other exchanges are launching USD1 wealth‑management activities, offering $WLFI for staking USD1. This is almost exactly what I predicted when the CLARITY Act was discussed, because USDC is tied to Coinbase, which means that if stablecoins cannot earn yield, it will cause promotion difficulties.
Currently USD1 not only partners with Binance, but also starts cooperating with other exchanges—one reason is to capture trading volume in non‑U.S. markets, and the other is to avoid the impact if the CLARITY Act comes into effect.
Some followers asked me: if the CLARITY Act is a negative for $CRCL, is it also a negative for USD1?
We need to explain a bit: the CLARITY Act restricts stablecoins that are compliant in the U.S. and the exchanges that are U.S.-compliant. Since #Coinbase is a compliant exchange in the U.S., Coinbase cannot directly subsidize CRCL.
However, the partner for USD1 is #Binance, which is not U.S.-compliant and even has no U.S. users—this is point one. Compared to CRCL, the impact is much lighter.
Second, the reward Binance gives for holding USD1 is not cash like Circle and Coinbase do; it is paid in the $WLFI token. Although the token is awarded for holding, it does not directly bypass the CLARITY Act.
Nevertheless, the CLARITY Act leaves a loophole: if WLFI is a “independently self‑subsidized” token by Binance, then for the issuer of USD1 it may not be deemed as paying interest.
Of course, the most important factor is CRCL’s main partners. If the partners are inherently non‑U.S. exchanges, there will still be some issues, but they are simpler than dealing with U.S. exchanges.