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Stablecoin supplies and cash reserves in question amid crypto exodus
17.5.2022
The fallout from Terra’s collapse continues as outflows from Tether (USDT) hit an average of $1.1 billion a day over the past week
MakerDAO price rebounds as DAI holds its peg and investors search for stablecoin security
16.5.2022
MakerDAO returned to prominence after Terra’s UST collapse forced investors to search for a truly “stable” dollar pegged asset
Fantom Stablecoin DEI Becomes Latest to Lose Dollar Peg
16.5.2022
DEI lost as much as 46 cents in European hours this morning. It follows a trend of several algorithmic stablecoins losing their pegs
Lido Deploys Additional Curve Pool to Improve Liquidity Around Bonded ETH Peg
13.5.2022
On Friday, the value locked in decentralized finance (defi) protocols dropped to a low of $110.35 billion after there was more than $200 billion total value locked (TVL) eight days ago on May 5. One specific defi protocol called Lido, a liquid staking platform and the second largest defi...
Tether Recovers After Stabecoin Regains Peg
13.5.2022
The USDT stable coin got itself back up just as Tether’s CTO Paolo Ardoino assured investors that the peg was not broken. The assurance came through a Twitter Space session with Ardoino on Thursday. He also confirmed that Tether has no issues with redemptions, including the $600 million...
SEC's Hester Peirce says new stablecoin regs need to allow room for failure
13.5.2022
The SEC’s “crypto mom” Hester Peirce has said the regulatory “movement” around stablecoins needs to allow for “trial and error” and room for failure
Bitcoin Jumps Above USD 30K, Ethereum Reclaims 2K as Tether Regains Peg, LUNA & UST Near Zero
13.5.2022
Bitcoin price remained well bid above USD 25,000 and started a recovery wave. It is currently (04:46 UTC) trading above the key USD 30,000 resistance zone, near USD 30,500, and is up 6% in a day, trimming its weekly losses to 17%.
USDT regained its peg after losing it yesterday. (Learn more:...
Terra Blockchain Temporarily Stops Block Production, Aims to Restart Network With a Patch
12.5.2022
At 12:14 p.m. (ET), the Twitter account operated by the Terra team announced that the Terra blockchain network had been halted. According to the Terra developers’ tweet, Terra validators needed to apply a patch to further disable delegations. Terra Blockchain Halts in Order to Prevent...
First Mover Americas: BTC Drops 2020 Levels of $25K and Tether Loses $1 Peg
12.5.2022
The latest moves in crypto markets in context for May 12,2022
Small-cap Stablecoins Struggle to Maintain Peg as Crypto Market Crashes
12.5.2022
Some smaller-cap stablecoins are struggling to maintain their targeted peg, which is mainly USD 1, amid a huge bloodbath in crypto that has wiped off billions from the market.
The development follows a depeg seen by Terra (LUNA)'s decentralized stablecoin UST, which seems to have placed...
Market Panic Puts Tether Peg Under Pressure
12.5.2022
A panic across the crypto market early Thursday morning in Europe put the stablecoin tether (USDT)’s US dollar peg under pressure, with the token trading as low as USD 0.91 on some exchanges. The crash has led some to wonder why arbitrage traders don’t seem to want “free money.”...
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USDT-dollar peg wobbles as markets continue to struggle: Tether CTO weighs-in
12.5.2022
LUNA/UST debacle leads to discrepancies in BTC-stablecoin trading pairs across global cryptocurrency exchanges
Tether Loses $1 Peg, Bitcoin Drops to 2020 Levels of near $24K
12.5.2022
Weak sentiment around stablecoins may have contributed to USDT’s depegging this morning
Bitcoin falls below $27K to December 2020 lows as Tether stablecoin peg slips under 99 cents
12.5.2022
USDT is the latest stablecoin causing nervousness as Tether insists that operations are continuing as normal
'$DAI Will Die' Tweet Twisted Back on Terra's Kwon as UST Loses $1 Peg
11.5.2022
DAI briefly surpassed UST as the biggest DeFi stablecoin on Wednesday
Crypto Market Dives – and Rebounds – Following UST De-Peg, US Inflation Report
11.5.2022
Bitcoin (BTC), ethereum (ETH), and the broader crypto market experienced a sharp correction today after the terraUSD (UST) stablecoin collapsed, and an inflation report in the US revealed higher-than-expected price rises. However, prices later turned around, marking a strong recovery for...
Stablecoin Implosion — LUNA and UST Lose Significant Value, Downturn Ripples Across the Crypto Economy
11.5.2022
During the last few days, the crypto economy has been tumultuous as billions have fled the market in search of safety. The issues with LUNA sparked a significant sell-off as Terra’s native digital asset dropped 97% in value against the U.S. dollar in 24 hours. Terrausd has slipped 67% lower...
Terra founder Do Kwon shares plan to save the UST stablecoin peg
11.5.2022
Do Kwon, the humbled co-founder of Terraform Labs, has shared a rescue plan for the de-pegged stablecoin UST
Anchor Community Submits Proposal to Restore UST Peg
11.5.2022
Community members form Anchor have submitted proposals to save the UST peg
Bitcoin Flirts With $30K During Asia Trading Day as Luna Foundation Guard Fights to Defend UST Peg
11.5.2022
High balances on exchanges due to LFG using bitcoin reserves to defend stablecoin peg, says Glassnode analyst