Check your draws! A rare €1 coin minted in France in 1999 has collectors scrambling, with bids starting at a staggering €700 ...

Circle Internet Financial, the issuer of USD Coin (USDC), announced on June 16 the launch of Euro Coin (EUROC), a stablecoin pegged to the euro, which will be available to the masses from June 30.

It lagged below the dollar in the years following the currency's launch in 1999, but the last time it traded below the dollar was December 2002 - less than a year after euro notes and coins were ...