Fidelity to Enter Stablecoin Market With Ethereum-Based 'Digital Dollar'

Fidelity Investments will expand its digital asset offerings with plans to launch its own U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin, the Fidelity Digital Dollar (FIDD), the firm said in a press release. The new token will be available to retail and institutional investors "in the coming weeks" and run on the Ethereum blockchain. The stablecoin will be issued through Fidelity Digital Assets, the firm's crypto-focused subsidiary and be fully backed by U.S. dollars and high-quality cash equivalents. “As a leading ass ...