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$USDC trading between $0.88 and $0.95 on exchanges like #Kraken, #ByBit, #Gemini, et al. (it doesn't trade on #Coinbase who have merged USD and USDC)
I realize some people may be wondering WTF just happened so here's the unannotated short version...
The story begins when $SI, a small regional bank, decided to go full crypto.
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A bunch of crypto companies used $SI to hold user deposits, stablecoin backing, etc - $USD cash. As it got more crypto customers it grew - $SI went from being a small bank to a medium bank, holding IIRC ~$15 billion in customer deposits.
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Since it had all this cash around $SI execs decided to invest it in a very safe asset: US Treasury bills. Basically they loaned the government of the United States money in exchange for interest plus guarantee of getting it back in N years.
The joke is even more of a $RIOT when you realize that #RiotBlockchain **already** had to amend their 2021 numbers with the SEC because they "forgot" about all the money they spent acquiring a couple of 9 figure businesses. see where it says "amendment" on SEC page: