These are the least 'stable' stablecoins not named TerraUSD

These are the least 'stable' stablecoins not named TerraUSD

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....


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Stablecoins are a new idea that is being advanced by some people in the cryptocurrency community. A stablecoin is a digital currency with a flexible supply. The idea behind such a coin is simple: we create a cryptocurrency that uses some kind of metric to track demand for the coin, which will trigger an automatic increase or decrease in the coin’s supply. This is supposed to keep the purchasing power of the currency stable — hence the term “stablecoin.” The motivation behind the idea of a stablecoin is the belief that low purchasing power volatility will be the main driver behind....

Coinbase is facing class action suits over unstable stablecoins GYEN, TerraUSD

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UST aftermath: Is there any future for algorithmic stablecoins?

The quest continues for the perfect “stand in” for the U.S. dollar. But, UST’s crash suggests that algo stables may be “inherently fragile.” TerraUSD (UST) is an algorithmic stablecoin that is pegged at $1.00. But, on the evening of May 19, it was trading for $0.083.This isn’t supposed to happen, of course, but last week UST, along with its affiliated coin Terra (LUNA), performed a sort of death spiral that “wiped nearly $50 billion of investor wealth in a few short days,” according to NYDIG’s May 13 newsletter.The crash shook the crypto sector, but it also raised some questions: Is this....