Crypto Markets ‘Highly Dependent’ on Stablecoins Lacking Transparency, TrueUSD TUSD Poses Risk, Kaiko Says

The largest stablecoins have all endured periods of turmoil in the last few months. In February, New York state regulators ordered Paxos to halt minting Binance USD (BUSD), the third largest stablecoin at the time. Next month, the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) temporarily froze a sizable portion of USDC’s cash reserves, which affected […]

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DeFi Platform Num Finance Raises $1.5M, Will Expand Stablecoins in Latin America, Middle East

Stablecoins anchor their price to an external asset, usually to a government-issued fiat currency, and allow cheaper and faster transactions using blockchain technology. Despite its growing adoption in developing countries, U.S. dollar-denominated stablecoins dominate the market, representing roughly 99% of the combined supply, according to CoinGecko data.

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U.S. House Committee Publishes Draft Stablecoin Bill

The bill, available on the committee’s hearing page, represents the first major piece of crypto legislation to move in 2023, and follows two key incidents over the past year involving stablecoins: the blowup of terraUSD (UST), which was backed by a token called LUNA, and the second-largest one, USD coin (USDC), temporarily becoming unmoored from […]

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Decentralized Borrowing Protocol Liquity’s LQTY Token Soars Amid USDC Chaos

While LUSD is meant to retain its dollar-peg, Liquidity’s secondary token LUSD has seen the upside. LQTY, which has a total supply of 100 million and a market capitalization of $314 million, per CoinGecko, captures the fee revenue generated by the Liquity protocol, which are then paid out to stakers.

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