{"id":22488,"date":"2018-03-07T20:07:47","date_gmt":"2018-03-07T20:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ci027cfe7a000b2697"},"modified":"2018-03-07T20:07:47","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T20:07:47","slug":"stablecoin-trueusd-now-trading-bittrex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/business\/stablecoin-trueusd-now-trading-bittrex","title":{"rendered":"Stablecoin TrueUSD Is Now Trading on Bittrex"},"content":{"rendered":"
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TrustToken has launched<\/a> trading for TrueUSD, \u201cthe first independently verified asset-backed stablecoin on the market that fixes its value to the U.S. Dollar.\u201d TrueUSD (TUSD) is live<\/a> on the cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex.<\/p>\n

\u201cTrustToken is proud to launch TrueUSD so that traders can easily and quickly trade into a stablecoin that is 100 percent USD collateralized and independently verified by third-party accountants,\u201d said Danny An, co-founder and CEO of TrustToken. \u201cThe market has demonstrated that there is strong demand for a trustworthy trading pair between cryptocurrencies and U.S. Dollars. TrueUSD\u2019s presence on Bittrex meets that need.”<\/p>\n

Stablecoins are price-stable cryptocurrencies, meaning the market price of a stablecoin is pegged to another stable asset, like the U.S. dollar. A recent review<\/a> explores the conceptual and technical aspects of stablecoins, discussing current implementations including TrueUSD.<\/p>\n

TrustToken<\/a>, founded in 2017 by a team from Stanford and UC Berkeley universities, Palantir and Google, has developed<\/a> a legal framework for collateralized cryptocurrencies and a technical platform to tokenize real-world currencies and assets. TrueUSD<\/a> is an ERC20 stablecoin that is claimed<\/a> to be \u201cfully collateralized, legally protected and transparently audited.\u201d It is issued only against existing fiat reserves held by a central issuer, using multiple escrow accounts to reduce counterparty risk and to provide token holders with legal rights to the funds.<\/p>\n

An interesting question is: Why would one want to buy a stablecoin? Instead of spending, say, U.S. dollars to buy a cryptocurrency whose value is pegged to the U.S. dollar, why not just keep the U.S. dollars in the bank? An answer is that a stablecoin can offer the best of both worlds: the stability of a fiat currency and the efficiency of a blockchain-based cryptocurrency with fast, cheap and traceable transactions.<\/p>\n

Therefore, while stablecoins don\u2019t offer value to speculators, they do offer value to digital cash users. \u201cNormal people and businesses can enjoy the benefits of digital currencies (faster transaction speed than ACH [Automated Clearing House], global reach) without the volatility of Bitcoin,\u201d notes the TrustToken FAQ<\/a>. \u201cNow you can pay a salary, take out a loan, or buy coffee with a cryptocurrency, enabling a new economy of cryptocurrency financial applications.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to a TrustToken blog post<\/a>, TrueUSD launched on Bittrex first because it is the largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume in the United States, has solid Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Know Your Customer (KYC) compliance practices, and is frequently used by institutional traders.<\/p>\n

\u201cBittrex is committed to providing our customers with an extensive selection of blockchain technologies and digital tokens,\u201d said Bittrex CEO Bill Shihara. \u201cOur rigorous listing review not only identifies tokens that have innovative features, but also passes our robust compliance process. We look forward to having TrueUSD on the Bittrex exchange.\u201d<\/p>\n

At this moment, there is only a BTC\/TUSD pair<\/a>, and traders who want to exchange other coins or tokens for TUSD need to go through Bitcoin first. The TrustToken team is working toward developing more trading pairs<\/a> to be implemented in the future.<\/p>\n

Anyone with a Bittrex account can use the exchange to trade TrueUSD for BTC. To exchange TUSD for U.S. dollars, TUSD holders should follow the redeeming procedure outlined in TrustToken\u2019s guide for traders<\/a>. \u201cIf you hold TrueUSD tokens, pass a KYC\/AML check, and comply with our terms of use<\/a>, you have a legally enforceable right to redeem those tokens for the money in the TrueUSD escrow accounts,\u201d ensures the guide. The redeeming process, partly implemented through Ethereum smart contracts, burns \u2014 deletes from circulation \u2014 the TUSD tokens and wires U.S. dollars to a previously indicated bank account.<\/p>\n

The TrustToken team takes compliance seriously and intends to work with regulatory authorities. The introductory TrustToken post<\/a> notes that smart contracts that issue tokens can help enforce compliance, for example, by ensuring that buyers are accredited investors or are citizens of certain countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TrustToken has launched trading for TrueUSD, \u201cthe first independently verified asset-backed stablecoin on the market that fixes its value to the U.S. Dollar.\u201d TrueUSD (TUSD) is live on the cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex. \u201cTrustToken is proud to launch TrueUSD so that traders can easily and quickly trade into a stablecoin that is 100 percent USD collateralized […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3509,"featured_media":22489,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1547,298,804,468,3470],"class_list":{"0":"post-22488","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-bittrex","9":"tag-cryptocurrency","10":"tag-stablecoins","11":"tag-trading","12":"tag-trueusd"},"author_data":{"id":3509,"name":"Giulio Prisco","nicename":"giulio-prisco","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2d091b908741b627d89036dd43748bb5c5edcfe9f805501703e2c3af34dadfca?s=96&d=robohash&r=g"},"featured_image_url":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/stablecoin-trueusd-is-now-trading-on-bittrex.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3509"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22488\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}