The parent company of the New York Stock Exchange explores new products related to the stablecoin USDC
The Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, plans to explore the use of stable USDC coins in new products as American financial firms expand towards digital currencies.
According to an agreement announced today, Thursday, ICE will look into how to integrate USDC and USYC into its derivatives and clearing platforms.
Lynn Martin, president of the New York Stock Exchange, stated that regulated stablecoins could play a larger role in capital markets as market confidence in them grows.
The market capitalization of USDC is about $60 billion, fully backed by U.S. cash assets, while USYC is a token for a money market fund managed by Hashnote, which was recently acquired by Circle.
This move comes as regulatory challenges recede under the Trump administration, where Fidelity Investments has applied to launch a tokenized money market fund, and CME is testing tokenization via a distributed Google Cloud ledger.
Martin had previously hinted in May 2024 that ICE could offer cryptocurrency trading if U.S. regulations become clearer.
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