The continuous price fluctuations in the crypto market considerably impact the Circle’s stablecoin, USD Coin (USDC). The recent performance of its whales’ addresses is making a more southern move. USD Coin records a drop of almost a two-year low in its primary wallet addresses. According to data from Glassnode, a crypto analytics company, USD Coin metrics are becoming less impressive. For example, the stablecoin had recent sell-offs and drops that cut down its market cap. Related Reading: Bitcoin Price Witnesses Sharp Sell-Off – Further Volatility On Chart? A report on the second-largest stablecoin by market cap revealed that the US Treasury Department’s sanction on Tornado Cash is a contributory factor against USDC’s performance. Not only did the sanction create a loophole for the drop of USDC capitalization, but it also impacted that of Tether, its top competitor. Following the sanction of Tornado Cash, Circle, the parent the developer of USD Coin, froze about 75,000 USDC tokens. The coins were held by some addresses connected to Tornado Cash. This action brought a reduction in USDC’s market cap. But Tether got an opposite performance on its part. As a result, USDT markets witnessed an increase of about $2 million a few days after the US Treasury sanction. Many commentators in the industry are comparing the growth and decline of market caps for USDT and USDC. The majority opines that investors m...
