Chinese state media signals tighter crypto regulations in Terra aftermath
China has used its Economic Daily media outlet to signal that further regulatory action may be taken toward stablecoins in the wake of the collapse of Terra’s algorithmic stablecoin. The China state-owned media outlet, the Economic Daily, has signaled that the Chinese government may introduce even tighter regulations on cryptocurrencies and stablecoins due to the collapse of the Terra ecosystem.In an article published May 31, the outlet detailed the collapse of TerraUSD (UST) and Luna (LUNA), explaining the workings of the algorithmic stablecoin. It used the so-called black swan event to....
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Through its national media, the Chinese government announced to the public the possibility of tighter regulations against the cryptocurrency sector. This, the media explained, was caused by the recent LUNA crash, which was very traumatic to its millions of token holders. Following the crash of the LUNA algorithmic stablecoin, the Terra blockchain, and the ongoing […]
Last week brought some notable reactions to the stablecoin’s depegging in the East Asia region. The “long waves” of TerraUSD’s May 7 collapse, which we noted two newsletters ago, are extending even further. Last week brought some notable reactions to the stablecoin’s depegging in the East Asia region. A Chinese state-owned media outlet, the Economic Daily has signaled that the Chinese government may introduce even tighter regulations on cryptocurrencies and stablecoins due to the collapse of the Terra ecosystem. It might even mean a complete ban on stablecoins to prohibit ownership,....
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