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After Terra's Collapse, Cryptoverse Reflects on ‘Ponzi-like Assets’, Role of VCs, and 'Ignorant' Crypto People
13.5.2022
It’s time for some self-reflection in the crypto community after the spectacular collapse of the terraUSD (UST) stablecoin and the entire Terra (LUNA) ecosystem.
A debate about what crypto investing should be like, how crypto projects are promoted and whether ‘bitcoin-only’ is the best strategy...
What happened? Terra debacle exposes flaws plaguing the crypto industry
13.5.2022
The downfall of Terra calls into question the real-world utility as well as the long-term viability of algorithmic stablecoins
Nomura's Bitcoin OTC, Prosecutors vs. Arthur Hayes, Tether's Reserves + More News
13.5.2022
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Coinbase Sued Over Collapsed Stablecoin, but It's Not UST (Yet)
13.5.2022
At a time when the third-largest stablecoin, terraUSD (UST) collapsed, a group of Coinbase’s clients are suing the crypto exchange over its alleged role in the promotion and trading of GYEN, another stablecoin the plaintiffs claim brought them millions of dollars in losses....
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No rescue for Terra: Swiss asset manager denies $3B LUNA/UST bail-out talks
13.5.2022
GAM Investments has called fake news on a fabricated announcement claiming it would invest $3 billion to help Luna/UST recovery efforts
Breaking: Binance suspends LUNA and UST trading amid issues on Terra blockchain
13.5.2022
Binance suspended LUNA/BUSD and UST/BUSD on its spot trading platform following the halting of the Terra blockchain
Bitcoin price sees 'hell of a reversal candle' as 168,000 BTC leaves exchanges
13.5.2022
Nothing keeps a Bitcoin bull down for long, and now, BTC price action is back above $30,000 after 24-hour gains of 30%
SEC's Hester Peirce says new stablecoin regs need to allow room for failure
13.5.2022
The SEC’s “crypto mom” Hester Peirce has said the regulatory “movement” around stablecoins needs to allow for “trial and error” and room for failure
Terra Blockchain Temporarily Stops Block Production, Aims to Restart Network With a Patch
12.5.2022
At 12:14 p.m. (ET), the Twitter account operated by the Terra team announced that the Terra blockchain network had been halted. According to the Terra developers’ tweet, Terra validators needed to apply a patch to further disable delegations. Terra Blockchain Halts in Order to Prevent...
Stablecoins' recent de-pegging is not a 'real threat to financial stability,' says Janet Yellen
12.5.2022
Terra's UST dropped as low as $0.29 and Tether's USDT stablecoin briefly de-pegged from the dollar to hit $0.96 on Wednesday
SEC Chair Gensler: Crypto Exchanges Are Trading Against Their Customers Often
12.5.2022
The chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Gary Gensler, says cryptocurrency exchanges are “trading against their customers often because they’re market-marking against their customers.” He has raised concerns over crypto trading platforms...
Breaking: Terra blockchain officially halted following LUNA price collapse
12.5.2022
Validators decided to halt chain operations on Thursday in anticipation of governance attacks as the LUNA token plunged over 99%
UST Competitor Maker Erases Weekly Gains
12.5.2022
The price of the stablecoin protocol Maker’s governance token MKR has erased all of its gains from this week, after spiking up by close to 90% on Wednesday.
At the time of writing (12:18 UTC), MKR was trading at USD 1,117, down by 27% for the past 24 hours and down by 25% for the past...
Untethered: Here’s everything you need to know about TerraUSD, Tether and other stablecoins
12.5.2022
Established stablecoin trading pairs have struggled to keep stable at crypto exchanges around the world. Here are the updates as the situation evolves
Small-cap Stablecoins Struggle to Maintain Peg as Crypto Market Crashes
12.5.2022
Some smaller-cap stablecoins are struggling to maintain their targeted peg, which is mainly USD 1, amid a huge bloodbath in crypto that has wiped off billions from the market.
The development follows a depeg seen by Terra (LUNA)'s decentralized stablecoin UST, which seems to have placed...
Grape Finance Secures GRAPE Stablecoin with Chainlink
12.5.2022
Grape Finance has integrated Chainlink Price Feeds, gaining access to high-quality and tamper-proof price data. Users benefit from the integration as they are assured that MIM price data is now hyper-resistance to data manipulation. Chainlink Price Feeds has been integrated by Grape Finance...
LUNA Dives Below USD 0.05, UST Trends Lower Despite New Rescue Plans
12.5.2022
The two most-discussed tokens this week - luna (LUNA) and terraUSD (UST) kept moving lower, despite the team behind these projects announcing "three more emergency actions" in an attempt to save the UST algorithmic stablecoin....
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Market Panic Puts Tether Peg Under Pressure
12.5.2022
A panic across the crypto market early Thursday morning in Europe put the stablecoin tether (USDT)’s US dollar peg under pressure, with the token trading as low as USD 0.91 on some exchanges. The crash has led some to wonder why arbitrage traders don’t seem to want “free money.”...
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USDT-dollar peg wobbles as markets continue to struggle: Tether CTO weighs-in
12.5.2022
LUNA/UST debacle leads to discrepancies in BTC-stablecoin trading pairs across global cryptocurrency exchanges
Terra to burn $1.4B UST and stake 240M LUNA to ‘stop the bleeding’
12.5.2022
The Terra Money Twitter account shared the finer points on Do Kwon's initial rescue plan: expanding the base pool, burning UST and staking LUNA