{"id":36983,"date":"2025-07-15T13:02:24","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T13:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=36983"},"modified":"2025-07-15T13:02:24","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T13:02:24","slug":"usdc-holders-can-now-earn-yield-on-crypto-options-exchange-deribit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=36983","title":{"rendered":"USDC Holders Can Now Earn Yield on Crypto Options Exchange Deribit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Deribit, the world&#8217;s largest crypto options exchange, <a href=\"https:\/\/insights.deribit.com\/education\/usdc-rewards-now-paid-on-deribit\/\">has announced<\/a> a new rewards program for eligible USDC holders to enhance users&#8217; collateral choices and boost overall capital efficiency on the platform.<\/p>\n<p>These payments are possible because Deribit leverages Coinbase as a custody solution for USDC and Coinbase, in turn, pays rewards to those holding USDC through them. As of July 2025, the reward rate stands at 4%, though users should note that Coinbase regularly adjusts these rates.<\/p>\n<p>USDC is the world&#8217;s second-largest dollar-pegged stablecoin with a market value of $63.83 billion at press time. Deribit accounts for nearly 80% of the global crypto options activity.<\/p>\n<p>The eligibility to receive the USDC yield is determined by the user&#8217;s location, Deribit said in the official announcement, adding that for institutional users, the place of incorporation and principal place of business are taken into consideration.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, users must store their USDC directly with Deribit, and now with an external custodian, to earn the yield. In case of a hybrid setup, only the USDC held on Deribit will be considered.<\/p>\n<p>The first rewards will be paid in August 2025, with the amount calculated based on the minimum equity held each day between July 15 and July 31, the exchange said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deribit, the world&#8217;s largest crypto options exchange, has announced a new rewards program for eligible USDC holders to enhance users&#8217; collateral choices and boost overall capital efficiency on the platform. These payments are possible because Deribit leverages Coinbase as a custody solution for USDC and Coinbase, in turn, pays rewards to those holding USDC through [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-36983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36983\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}