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Dollar Slides After Two-Decade High as Focus Shifts to Growth
18.5.2022
The United States dollar seemed to keep to the downside for the third consecutive day on Tuesday. Investors cashed out and cut their bets on the US interest rate hike to push for further gains. The American dollar fell from the two-decade high of 105.010 and settled for 104.169 in the dollar index....
Fantom Stablecoin DEI Remains Below Dollar Peg For Third Day, No Updates from the Team
18.5.2022
DEI, a hybrid algorithmic stablecoin of decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol DEUS Finance, has failed to restore its intended peg, currently trading under one dollar for the third day.
The stablecoin first lost its dollar peg on Sunday after a wave of uncertainty incited by the crash...
Stablecoin supplies and cash reserves in question amid crypto exodus
17.5.2022
The fallout from Terra’s collapse continues as outflows from Tether (USDT) hit an average of $1.1 billion a day over the past week
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....
Circle Says USDC Reserve Backed Entirely in Cash and Short-Dated US Treasuries
16.5.2022
On May 13, Circle’s chief financial officer Jeremy Fox-Geen published a blog post called “How to Be Stable,” following the aftermath of Terra’s stablecoin implosion. Circle’s CFO explained that since usd coin’s inception, the stablecoin aims to...
Deus Finance’s dollar-pegged stablecoin DEI falls below 60 cents
16.5.2022
Following the fall of TerraUSD, DEI, the algorithmic stablecoin by DEUS Finance, takes a nosedive below 60 cents
Dollar Gains Near Two-Decade High on Monday
16.5.2022
The US Dollar has gained a stronger momentum at the beginning of the week against its peers to near the 20-year high mark. The currency was last seen trading at 104.54 in the index, having crossed 105 for a moment at the end of the previous week. Investors sought safety amid rising concerns about...
Fantom Stablecoin DEI Becomes Latest to Lose Dollar Peg
16.5.2022
DEI lost as much as 46 cents in European hours this morning. It follows a trend of several algorithmic stablecoins losing their pegs
Buy the dip, or wait for max pain? Analysts debate whether Bitcoin price has bottomed
13.5.2022
BTC is flashing a few early bottoming signals, but analysts question whether “buying the dip” is a wise maneuver given the strength of the dollar and other factors
Dollar Near Two Decade High as CPI Maintains U.S. Rate Hikes
12.5.2022
The greenback has moved aggressively in the market, soaring close to its highest level since 2002. The mitigating CPI rates from April gave this much-needed push. With favoring numbers from the reports, the Federal Reserve decides on aggressive policy changes to keep the momentum. While the market...
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
‘Dr. Doom’ Nouriel Roubini to Launch Tokenized Dollar Replacement — With Payment and ESG Features
12.5.2022
Economist Nouriel Roubini, a crypto skeptic known as “Dr. Doom,” is developing a tokenized asset intended to be a more resilient U.S. dollar. “Our goal is to create a global store of value … This is something akin to a substitute for Treasuries, or a digital asset that...
Independent Russian News Site Meduza Raises Over $200,000 in Crypto
11.5.2022
Pressure from the Kremlin and sanctions from the West have forced Russian news outlet Meduza to increasingly rely on cryptocurrency donations to fund its independent journalism. As the restrictions imposed over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine have prevented its Russian readers from contributing...
Stablecoin Implosion — LUNA and UST Lose Significant Value, Downturn Ripples Across the Crypto Economy
11.5.2022
During the last few days, the crypto economy has been tumultuous as billions have fled the market in search of safety. The issues with LUNA sparked a significant sell-off as Terra’s native digital asset dropped 97% in value against the U.S. dollar in 24 hours. Terrausd has slipped 67% lower...
UST’s Bitcoin Reserve Too Late in Coming to Save Dollar Peg
11.5.2022
Luna Foundation Guard’s billions of dollars in bitcoin without an actual infrastructure ready to deploy left Terra’s stablecoin UST vulnerable to a ‘Soros-style attack’, an analyst said
UST Rebounds From $0.66 per Coin to $0.93, Crypto Community Assesses Stablecoin’s Damaged Reputation
10.5.2022
On Monday, May 9, 2022, the stablecoin terrausd (UST) lost its parity with the U.S. dollar and dropped to an all-time low of $0.66 per unit. The stablecoin has been one of the most topical discussions in crypto during the past 24 hours, as many have been betting on whether it will fail or recover....
Ethereum rises vs. Bitcoin despite crypto market rout — will ETH/BTC gain 50% by June?
10.5.2022
ETH/BTC rallies to test its 'ascending triangle' pattern for a bullish breakout
Sand Dollar CBDC Could ‘Foster Financial Inclusion’ in the Bahamas - IMF
10.5.2022
The Sand Dollar, a central bank digital currency (CBDC) developed by the Bahamas, has the potential to “foster financial inclusion and payment system resilience” in the Caribbean nation, a new report from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said....
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Nouriel Roubini oversees the development of tokenized dollar replacement
10.5.2022
Nouriel Roubini is helping develop a tokenized financial instrument aiming to act as an alternative to the U.S. dollar for major investors
UST Stablecoin Veers Wildly From Dollar Peg. Here's the Latest
10.5.2022
By tapping into its bitcoin reserves, UST’s salvation may have exacerbated a bitcoin sell-off that brought BTC to its lowest price since July 2021