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UST Won't Be the End of Algorithmic Stablecoins
16.5.2022
Finder’s Poll Conducted Weeks Before Terra’s Fallout Predicted LUNA Would Tap $143 This Year
16.5.2022
Just recently, the product comparison platform finder․com polled 36 fintech specialists about the cryptocurrency terra (LUNA) before terrausd (UST) lost its parity with the U.S. dollar. According to the poll, Finder’s experts predicted LUNA would be $143 before the end of the year....
Tron DAO Reserve Acquires Millions in TRX, Bitcoin, and Tether to Safeguard USDD
16.5.2022
Seven days ago, Bitcoin.com News reported on the Tron DAO Reserve purchasing $38 million in tron to safeguard the network’s stablecoin USDD. Since then and since the terrausd (UST) de-pegging event, the Tron DAO Reserve has continued to purchase large quantities of digital assets to bolster...
Luna Foundation to Lend $1.5 Billion in Bitcoin and UST to Market Makers — Plan Aims to Protect Stablecoin’s $1 Parity
9.5.2022
As crypto markets continue to slide in value, concerns about the algorithmic stablecoin terrausd (UST) losing its $1 parity have swelled in recent times. Two days ago on May 7, 2022, UST dipped down to $0.985 per unit against tether (USDT), and the stablecoin’s price drop invoked a great...
Tron DAO Reserve Purchases $38 Million in TRX to Safeguard the Stablecoin USDD
8.5.2022
On May 5, Tron’s algorithmic stablecoin USDD went live and so far, the fiat-pegged token has been listed on a number of decentralized finance (defi) protocols. Two days later, the Tron DAO Reserve announced it purchased 504.6 million tron (TRX) to back the algorithmic stablecoin, as...
Anchor Protocol’s Earn Rate Adjusts for the First Time, From 19.4 to 18% APY
7.5.2022
Following the governance vote that aimed to implement a semi-dynamic earn rate for the Anchor Protocol, the decentralized finance (defi) platform’s earn rate adjusted downward for the first time this month. After holding steady with a 19.4% annual percentage yield (APY) since the project...
'Revolution' Promised by Tron's Justin Sun Looks Like Clone of Terra's Algorithmic Stablecoin
4.5.2022
Tron, an Ethereum competitor blockchain, is the latest to launch an algorithmic stablecoin inspired by the success of Terra’s UST. It has lofty goals for USDD, but Tron’s lackluster track record of luring people to use its blockchain raises doubts
Tron’s Justin Sun Reveals Decentralized Algorithmic Stablecoin USDD
21.4.2022
On April 21, Justin Sun, the founder of Tron, announced the launch of a decentralized algorithmic stablecoin called USDD. Sun said on Thursday that the USDD Network will “provide custody service for the $10 [billion] worth of highly liquid assets raised from blockchain industry initiators...
Terra’s Algorithmic Dollar-Pegged Crypto UST Is Now the Third-Largest Stablecoin
18.4.2022
The algorithmic stablecoin stemming from the Terra (LUNA) network has become the third-largest stablecoin token in terms of market capitalization at $17.54 billion. As of today, UST’s market capitalization has surpassed the BSC-based stablecoin BUSD by more than $67 million. Stablecoin...
Rebase Token Carnage: OHM, TIME, KLIMA Down More Than 98% From All-Time Highs
16.4.2022
About four months ago, four of the top rebase tokens by market valuation were worth close to $8 billion in USD value and today, the entire lot of rebase tokens collectively are valued at $1.14 billion. The largest rebase crypto by market capitalization, olympus (OHM), had a $4.3 billion market...
Luna Foundation Guard Raises $1 Billion to Safeguard UST Dollar Peg
23.2.2022
The Luna Foundation Guard (LFG) has raised $1 billion in a private token sale to allow the group to safeguard the peg of UST, Terra’s flagship stablecoin, against market instabilities. While the token has an algorithmic method to maintain its dollar value, this decentralized reserve —...
Even in a choppy crypto market, this algorithmic indicator helped traders identify the few winners
23.2.2022
Data-driven insights into digital assets’ trading conditions remain relevant regardless of whether the market is going up or down
Here is how one algorithmic indicator anticipated multiple phases of FXS’ protracted rally
14.1.2022
Altcoins can rally for an infinite number of reasons, but some price spikes are more historically similar than others
Working With Web Feeds: It’s More Than RSS
16.12.2021
Between Google Chrome experimenting with “following” sites, along with a growing frustration of how social media platforms limit a creator’s reach to their fans through algorithmic feeds, there’s been renewed interest in RSS feeds and they’re primed for a …
Terra to Burn $4.5 Billion Worth of LUNA From Community Pool
13.11.2021
Terra, an algorithmic stablecoin project, will burn $4.5 billion worth of terra (LUNA), its native token, from its community pool. The decision was taken using the on-chain governance system, and according to proposals 133 and 134, the LUNA will be burned and swapped for the native stablecoin...
An In-Depth Look at Olympus DAO Protocol and the Not-So-Stable Stablecoin OHM
1.11.2021
In mid-October, Bitcoin.com News reported on how decentralized finance (defi) or algorithmic stablecoins have seen significant demand in 2021. One particular stablecoin called OHM is quite different from the traditional reserve currency defi protocols today, as OHM is a free-floating currency...
Big Three Credit Agency Fitch Says Stablecoin Growth Could Be ‘Disruptive’ to Securities Markets
18.10.2021
American credit rating agency Fitch Ratings, one of the ‘Big Three’ credit rating agencies, has published a report that says stablecoin growth could affect securities and commercial paper (CP) markets. The agency says stablecoins could be “disruptive”...
Defi and Algorithmic Stablecoin Demand Grows in 2021 Despite Large Centralized Competitors
13.10.2021
On Wednesday, October 13, 2021, the market capitalization of all the stablecoins in existence is around $134 billion, which is 5.60% of the entire $2.4 trillion crypto economy. While centralized stablecoin projects dominate the pack of dollar-pegged tokens, a great number of decentralized...
BENQI and Avalanche Launch $3M Liquidity Mining Initiative to Accelerate DeFi Growth
11.8.2021
PRESS RELEASE. BENQI, an algorithmic liquidity market protocol, and the Avalanche Foundation are collaborating on a joint liquidity mining program to celebrate the launch of the BENQI protocol on the 19th of August and the next phase of growth within Avalanche’s DeFi ecosystem. $3MM of AVAX...
Algorithmic stablecoins show promise of reducing volatility — ShapeShift
29.7.2021
“Stablecoin experimentation is happening in real-time with billions of dollars at stake in this vast permissionless lab we call DeFi,” reads a new research report from ShapeShift. The author focuses on the rise of algorithmic stablecoins and their potential use cases