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0 pointsrunbathtime4y ago0 comments

USDC represents a claim on USD, but why would Circle want to help out this contract and lose 262 million?

If a stablecoin issuer like USDC can make arbitrary decisions to null any USDC token and they use that power, that is a good argument for the point that they are not following aml/kyc on every hop or transaction of USDC, even though they are allowing the transfer of dollars behind it. USDC can be charged with violating money transmission / bsa / aml/ kyc requirements.

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ganzuul4y ago

> but why would Circle want to help out this contract and lose 262 million?

Probably a rhetorical question, but they might decide that it's a price they can pay for trust in their system.

Not sure if I understood where the real value currently is though.

runbathtimeOP4y ago

USDC's system didn't fail. The money transmitter (smart contract- IRON/TRON) failed, if the USDC is indeed 'locked' or not able to be transmitted. USDC can't be compelled by anyone to 'fix' this.

If USDC can revoke any p2p transaction of USDC, that means that they can revoke the transmission of movement of dollars/reserves that USDC token represents. Implicit in that, means they have ultimate control or authority of all p2p transactions or transmissions, and they are not doing kyc/aml on all p2p transactions, thus in violation of money transmitter laws.

tornato74y ago

Circle can in fact ban addresses from transacting USDC and has done so working with law enforcement: https://www.coindesk.com/circle-confirms-freezing-100k-in-us...

easrng4y ago

I don't remember if there's a way to lock a specific token but I've read the contract and 1. It's behind an UpgradabilityProxy so it can be changed and 2. It includes functions to blacklist addresses and even temporarily pause all transactions.

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