Terra founder reveals what will happen to UST if Bitcoin price crashes

Terra founder reveals what will happen to UST if Bitcoin price crashes

Do kwon told Laura Shin on her Unchained podcast that he is betting on the long term growth of BTC price and isn’t worried about short term volatility. Terraform Labs CEO Do Kwon has conceded that a crash in the price of Bitcoin would be “negative” for the stability of the UST stablecoin, but that he expects Bitcoin to go up.Terraform Labs is the entity behind the Terra (LUNA) blockchain platform which plans on buying a total of $3 billion in Bitcoin as a reserve for the UST stablecoin. Kwon made the comments in an interview on the Unchained podcast on Mar. 29. Host Laura Shin asked Kwon....


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