Stablecoin
S&P’s Stablecoin Report Is a Vote of Confidence for Crypto
That said, of the eight stablecoins S&P reviewed, several received lackluster scores. Most notably Tether’s USDT, the largest stablecoin by market cap and most used crypto asset in terms of trading volume, was given the fourth-lowest score in range from 1 to 5. Meanwhile MakerDAO’s dai (DAI), popular across decentralized finance (DeFi), and the Justin…
Crashed Stablecoin Iron Bank Euro (ibEUR) Lacks Fast Repeg Path
The minor alternative stablecoin, which has an issuance of $3.7 million, dropped from its normal price of $0.97 to as low as $0.39 Monday after a shakeup in ibEUR’s main trading pool left the asset’s markets imbalanced. At press time ibEUR had recovered to $0.72 after risk-prone traders piled in, hoping for a path back…
USDC Issuer Circle Brings Native EURC Stablecoin to the Solana (SOL) Ecosystem
“Users will be able to securely hold savings in euro without the need for a traditional bank account, offering a powerful tool for those looking to safeguard against local currency volatility or devaluation risks that afflict numerous regions globally,” said Rachel Mayer, vice president of product management at Circle. Source link
The Tether Killer? A True Stablecoin Would Enhance Banking and Crypto
The serious, potentially fatal flaw with a stablecoin like Tether is the potential for a “run on the bank.” Any stablecoin that invests in anything other than U.S. dollars in a bank account cannot assure its holders that they can redeem their stablecoin at any time, all at once, and receive 100% of the face…
Galaxy-Backed Gyroscope’s Decentralized Stablecoin GYD Goes Live on Ethereum (ETH) Mainnet
Backing assets are stablecoins deployed in certain strategies such as yield-generating sDAI and USDC in Flux, and also support automated market-making (AMM) strategies like LUSD and crvUSD. As the stablecoin scales, the reserve has been designed to a large variety of strategies and assets, the Gyroscope team explained. Source link