Crypto Market Jolted By MakerDAO’s $1 Billion Investment In Tokenized Treasuries
MakerDAO, the leading DeFi platform, has revealed a significant $1 billion investment in tokenized US Treasury securities in a move that has rocked the crypto industry. This strategic action is likely to change the basic principles of the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem. Related Reading: Coinbase Sounds The Alarm: Crypto Market Rollercoaster To Persist Major Players […]
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Since January 2022, the entire crypto economy has shed $1.36 trillion in value, as the market capitalization dropped from $2.34 trillion to today’s $979 billion. While the crypto economy is down in value, trade volumes are lower, and the value locked in decentralized finance (defi) has shed billions, treasuries held by decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) have increased by 7.69% in value since January, as roughly $700 million was added to the projects’ caches in eight months. DAO Treasuries Jump 7.6% Higher in USD Value, Since 2016 the Value Held by Decentralized....
During the last year, there’s been a lot of discussion concerning bitcoin treasuries or public firms putting bitcoin on their balance sheets. However, the leading crypto asset by market valuation is not the only digital currency being held by treasuries. Ethereum has become a prominent treasury asset as a number of companies are known to hold the second leading crypto in their reserves.
Ethereum Treasuries Have Grown
According to the bitcoin treasuries list, exchange-traded funds, countries, public companies, and private firms own 1,559,047 bitcoin (BTC) worth roughly $66....
Steakhouse, a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO)-focused financial advisory firm, in collaboration with Phoenix Labs, a research and development company, has put forth a proposal urging the MakerDAO community to consider allocating up to $100 million from its reserves for investment in tokenized US Treasury Bill (T-Bill) products. The proposal, currently in the discussion phase, aims to explore new avenues for financial innovation within the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem. Unlocking Liquidity Efficiency for MakerDAO? MakerDAO, renowned as the issuer of the DAI....
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 has payment features in it.” Nouriel Roubini’s Tokenized USD Alternative Economist Nouriel Roubini revealed this week that he is developing a suite of financial products, including a tokenized asset, called the United Sovereign Governance Gold Optimized Dollar (USG), to act as a more....
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