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VersaBankがStablecorpとの契約に基づきQCAD預金の受け入れを開始。C$ステーブルコインのKraken上場についても言及。

-- VersaBank(VBNK.TO)は月曜日、カナダのデジタル資産インフラ企業であり、QCADデジタル・トラストのサービス提供会社でもあるStablecorpとのカストディサービス契約に基づき、QCADの預金受け入れを開始したと発表した。Stablecorpの投資家には、Coinbase、Circle、DeFi Technologies、FTP Venturesなどが名を連ねている。 QCADは、カナダ初の規制に準拠したカナダドル建てステーブルコインである。 VersaBankはまた、Stablecorpがカナダの登録制限ディーラーであり、世界で最も歴史のある暗号資産取引プラットフォームの一つであるKrakenにQCADを上場したことを祝福した。この上場により、QCADはKrakenで取引可能となり、カナダドル建てのデジタル資産取引の決済が可能となる。 「QCAD預金の受け入れ開始は、急速に成長するデジタル資産市場における当社のVersaVaultテクノロジーの市場対応能力を改めて証明するだけでなく、当社のデジタル資産戦略からの最初の収益増という重要な節目となる」と、David Taylor社長は述べた。 「流通しているステーブルコインの総額は、今後4年間で最大4兆米ドルに達すると予測されています。これは20倍の増加です。何世紀にもわたりそうであったように、認可を受け規制されている銀行は、個人や企業の預金を安全に保管する信頼できる機関であり、同様の役割を果たすのに理想的な立場にあります」と彼は付け加えた。 VersaBankの株価はトロント証券取引所で2.20ドル高の24.05ドルで取引を終えた。

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