Which stablecoins were actually 'stable' during this week's sudden Bitcoin pr...

Which stablecoins were actually 'stable' during this week's sudden Bitcoin pr...

Crypto traders flocked to the safety of stablecoins during the Sept. 7 market crash. A sharp sell-off across the cryptocurrency market Tuesday—that saw top tokens like Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), Cardano (ADA), and Solana (SOL) fall by double-digital percentages—created a venue for stablecoins to prove their worth.The fixed-price cryptocurrencies offered interim protection to traders from the notorious crypto price volatility. They did so by almost maintaining their one dollar-peg and offering sufficient liquidity to traders that looked for a safety net during the market decline.Blockchain....


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