TerraUSD

Janet Yellen cites Terra’s UST fiasco while warning over stablecoins. Crypto.com COO warns of tough times ahead for markets. Asian Games postponement, Covid-19 lockdowns affect China’s digital yuan rollout. Those stories and other news shaping the cryptocurrency and blockchain world in this episode of “The Daily Forkast.”

11 may 2022

The amount of bitcoin flushed onto crypto exchanges is rising to its highest level in over four years. This comes as the Luna Foundation Guard drained its $1.5 billion bitcoin reserve and bought $850 million more in BTC to defend UST’s peg to the U.S. dollar, a move that could have created sell pressure.

10 may 2022

Algorithmic stablecoin TerraUSD (UST) lost its peg to the U.S. dollar, falling to a low of $0.61 before bouncing back to around $0.90. Arca Head of Research Katie Talati shares her insights into what this means and why this matters. Plus, outlook for bitcoin and Terra luna.

10 may 2022

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen brought up the ongoing distress of the UST stablecoin during testimony before the Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday. This came as UST depegged from the dollar, falling as much as 40% before rebounding. “The Hash” team discusses the news timing as stablecoin regulation comes into focus on Capitol Hill.

10 may 2022

Terra will provide liquidity for TerraUSD (UST) trade pairs on Polygon-based decentralized finance (DeFi) exchange SynFutures as the stablecoin continues to grow in popularity. “The Hash” group discusses the Luna Foundation Guard’s (LFG) bitcoin acquisitions to back the digital asset and Terra’s efforts to build cultural bridges with external ecosystems like Avalanche. 

4 may 2022

Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon floated a funding proposal for $38.5 million from the Terra community treasury to sponsor a major American sports league team he didn’t name. The funding would be in the form of TerraUSD (UST) stablecoins, or tokens pegged on a 1:1 basis with U.S. dollars.

1 feb 2022