Stablecoin


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UST Stablecoin’s Dollar Peg Collapse: What Happened and Why it Matters

Terra’s algorithmic stablecoin UST lost its dollar peg, falling as low as $0.65 before rebounding. “The Hash” panel discusses what happened, how we got here, why these developments matter and the potential impact on the wider crypto ecosystem.

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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.

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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. 

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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?

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Finance

La stablecoin UST perde il suo ancoraggio al dollaro per la seconda volta in 48 ore, la capitalizzazione di mercato LUNA scende sotto quella di UST

Questa novità arriva dopo che la LUNA Foundation Guard ha annunciato che le sue ingenti riserve Bitcoin saranno utilizzate per difendere il tasso di cambio del dollaro statunitense.

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‘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.

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Finance

La stablecoin UST perde brevemente il peg, LUNA scende del 10%

L'evento di sabato ha sollevato interrogativi sul fatto che le riserve Bitcoin di Terra affronteranno presto il loro primo test

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Policy

9 banche centrali su 10 stanno esplorando la valuta digitale, afferma la BIS

Un'indagine condotta nel 2021 dalla Banca dei Regolamenti Internazionali ha rilevato che più della metà delle banche centrali sta sviluppando CBDC o conducendo esperimenti concreti.

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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. 

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Finance

LUNA Foundation Guard acquisisce 1,5 miliardi di dollari in Bitcoin per rafforzare le riserve di stablecoin

Con l'acquisto, il patrimonio di LFG sale a oltre 80.000 bitcoin, ovvero quasi 3 miliardi di dollari.

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