Finance Redefined: The curious implications of algorithmic stablecoins, Dec. 2–9
Some stablecoins are more useful than others. This is the latest issue of Finance Redefined, Cointelegraph's DeFi-centric newsletter delivered to subscribers every Wednesday.A relatively quiet week in DeFi finally has given me some breathing room to talk about a subject I’ve been postponing since almost the beginning of this newsletter, namely: What’s up with DeFi’s weird obsession with algorithmic stablecoins?There are so many of them, and so many new projects get an unreasonable amount of attention. The latest is Basis Cash, which turned the heads of quite a few farmers this week.BAC....
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