Stablecoin
Fed Issues Stablecoin Warning Amid TerraUSD Collapse
CoinDesk’s Nikhilesh De discusses a new report issued by the Federal Reserve warning of stablecoin risks as the TerraUSD (UST) coin lost its dollar peg, dropping as low as $0.65 on Monday. Plus, insights on how the UST collapse could pose a risk to the broader crypto ecosystem.
Terra's UST Stablecoin Falls as Low as 65 Cents Before Rebounding: What Went Wrong?
"Crypto Critics' Corner" Co-host Bennett Tomlin explains what might have gone wrong in the Terra Luna ecosystem leading to the TerraUSD (UST) stablecoin collapse. Tomlin explains the algorithmic stablecoin's dependence on the luna token and addresses the Luna Foundation Guard’s deployment of bitcoin reserves to rectify the price. Plus, a discussion on how centralized crypto exchanges like Binance are reacting to UST losing its peg to the U.S. dollar.
BTC Down Over 10% in 24 Hours, TerraUSD Drops to 92 Cents
TheoTrade Co-founder Don Kaufman shares his bitcoin price analysis as the “digital gold” dropped over 10% during the last 24 hours. How is BTC correlated with the Nasdaq and S&P 500?
UST Stablecoin Loses Dollar Peg for Second Time in 48 Hours, LUNA Market Cap Falls Below UST's
The development comes after the Luna Foundation Guard announced that its massive bitcoin reserves will be used to defend UST’s dollar peg.
‘It’s a Confidence Game’: Swan Bitcoin CEO on Stablecoin UST Briefly Losing its Peg
Luna Foundation Guard (LFG) will lend $1.5 billion in BTC and UST to defend the peg of its algorithmic stablecoin to the U.S. dollar. This comes after UST briefly lost its peg to the dollar over the weekend.
UST Stablecoin Briefly Loses Peg, Luna Drops 10%
The Saturday event led to questions about whether Terra’s bitcoin reserves will soon face their first test
9 Out of 10 Central Banks Exploring Digital Currency, BIS Says
A survey conducted in 2021 by the Bank for International Settlements found more than half of central banks are developing CBDCs or running concrete experiments.
Is Justin Sun's USDD Stablecoin a Copycat?
Crypto analysts took a stab at Tron Founder Justin Sun’s new algorithmic stablecoin decentralized USD (USDD), calling it a clone of Terra’s UST coin. "The Hash” group discusses Tron’s whitepaper being an alleged copy of Ethereum, the rapid growth of UST and signs of increasing algorithmic stablecoin adoption.
Luna Foundation Guard Acquires $1.5B in Bitcoin to Reinforce Stablecoin Reserves
The purchase brings LFG's holdings to more than 80,000 bitcoins, or nearly $3 billion.
Terra to Provide UST Liquidity on Polygon-Based SynFutures
Terra will provide liquidity for TerraUSD (UST) trade pairs on Polygon-based decentralized finance (DeFi) exchange SynFutures as the stablecoin continues to grow in popularity. “The Hash” group discusses the Luna Foundation Guard’s (LFG) bitcoin acquisitions to back the digital asset and Terra’s efforts to build cultural bridges with external ecosystems like Avalanche.
