Stablecoins race ahead: Fiat-backed crypto booming amid uncertainty
Stablecoins are taking over the crypto space with increased utility and circulation. What is prompting this growth, and is it a threat to the market? Despite this year’s uncertainty that has plagued the global economy, 2020 will go down as the year of the stablecoins due to the digital sector’s tremendous growth, with new developments emerging across the board. While some attribute this growth to the booming interest in decentralized finance among crypto enthusiasts, others see it as a bullish trend that confirms the inflow of fiat currency to the crypto ecosystem.As the DeFi sector keeps....
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DAI has been around since 2017, which no algo stablecoins has ever matched, and it’s unlikely to share the fate of UST. TerraUSD (UST) flipping BinanceUSD (BUSD) for the third spot in the market capitalization list didn’t last long. The once-mighty stablecoin that powers the entire Terra ecosystem finds itself reduced to “Terra is more than UST” tweets. While no one knows for sure if LUNA can stage a comeback, UST will certainly go down as one of the algorithmic stablecoins that went kaput in the same fashion as Basis Cash — which Terra creator Do Kwon was allegedly a part of — and Mark....
IMF Director Tobias Adrian believes uncollateralized and algorithmically-stabilized stablecoins pose too great a threat to holders and may experience further sell-offs. The International Monetary Fund (IMF)'s director of capital markets believes there could be further failures of "coin offerings," including algorithmic stablecoins amid the ongoing crypto winter.In the interview with Yahoo Finance on July 27, Tobias Adrian, director of monetary and capital markets for the IMF stated that there could be further failures of some coin offerings, in particular algorithmic stablecoins: “We could....
Some stablecoins have failed to deliver the dollar's stability to crypto traders long before TerraUSD's collapse. The recent collapse of the once third-largest stablecoin, TerraUSD (UST), has raised questions about other fiat-pegged tokens and their ability to maintain their pegs.Stablecoins' stability in questionStablecoin firms claim that each of their issued tokens is backed by real-world and/or crypto assets, so they behave as a vital component in the crypto market, providing traders with an alternative in which to park their cash between placing bets on volatile coins. They include....
Stablecoins have the possibility to become a promising alternative system amid global inflation, but they must be auditable to remain stable. In the case of stablecoins, unfortunately, the name is so far a misnomer. The fact that stablecoins are pegged to a “real” asset does not equate to stability. Traditional underlying assets are not exempt from market fluctuations, and with the majority of stablecoins pegged to fiat, they can be just as unstable.What the name could be, however, is aspirational — something that stablecoins might yet live up to if they can tie themselves to a solid....
Are stablecoins really stable? An in-depth case study based on the third-biggest stablecoin in the world answers the industry’s most pressing concerns. Stablecoins have emerged as significant players in the crypto market this year, driven by user demand for flexible liquidity in fiat currency times. These currencies are defined as a type of digital currency that can be pegged to underlying real-world assets or backed by them. These assets can be anything from fiat money, commodities like gold or silver, or even another cryptocurrency. As their name suggests, stablecoins are designed to....