Chuck Kimble, who helped to launch the USD-pegged stablecoin USD Coin (USDC) at crypto finance company Circle, has reportedly joined blockchain firm Celo as head of strategic partnerships. The development was reported on Feb. 6 by Celo’s Medium page.
Celo is a blockchain startup working to create a mobile-based crypto-payments network — using fiat-collateralized stablecoins — by mapping phone numbers to wallet addresses with a decentralized address-based encryption algorithm.