In the wake of the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), which briefly led to the de-pegging of USD Coin (USDC), the second-leading stablecoin in the crypto market, Circle, the company responsible for issuing USDC, has called for its cash reserves to be held with the Federal Reserve. As previously reported by Kitco Crypto, Circle held roughly $3.3 billion worth of cash reserves that backed USDC at SVB, and temporarily lost access to the funds when the bank collapsed. Until the U.S. government ultimately stepped in to backstop all deposits at the bank, the crypto ecosystem had to deal with several days of ... (full story)