Tag: Stablecoin

A Binance Stablecoin Wasn’t Always Fully Backed: Bloomberg

The resiliency of stablecoins and whether they’re backed by a reliable pile of money is a contentious one in the cryptocurrency industry. Stablecoins are meant to closely track the value of something else, often the U.S. dollar. So if investors have put, say, $10 billion into a stablecoin, there should, in theory, be $10 billion sitting somewhere to back it up. The largest stablecoin, Tether’s USDT, has been dogged for years by concern that it has not been fully backed. In 2021, Tether was forced to pay $18.5 million in…

Why Justin Sun’s Stablecoin USDD Is Struggling To Maintain Its Dollar Peg

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A stablecoin is a cryptocurrency that is pegged to a certain fiat currency. It provides stability for investors of crypto, making transactions easier. USDD, a stablecoin created by the founder of the Tron Blockchain, Justin Sun, has been losing its peg to the U.S. dollar. According to Coingecko, USDD is currently trading at $0.9805. Although USDD was designed to be pegged to the dollar like other stablecoins, its value has fluctuated between $0.9806 and $0.9798 during the past week. As this developed, Sun’s crypto exchange, Huobi Global, joined the ranks…

Airtm Winds Down Cryptocurrency Trading, Exchanges All Funds to Native Stablecoin – Exchanges Bitcoin News

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Airtm, a Latam popular cryptocurrency exchange and wallet, has announced it is winding down cryptocurrency trading and custody in its platform. The company stated that starting Jan. 4, 2023, all cryptocurrency deposits and withdrawals would be paused due to the changes in the service offer of one of its providers. Airtm Removes Cryptocurrency Trading Options Airtm, a popular exchange used by freelancers in Latam, has announced it is winding down cryptocurrency trading and custody services. The company, which has more than 2 million customers in the region, disclosed in a…

USDD Stablecoin Faces Possible Collapse Amid Huobi Insolvency Rumors

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The bear market deepens as negative news and FUD keep popping up. The latest on the list of fear-causing information is Justin Sun’s USDD stablecoin and popular crypto exchange Huobi.  Mike Alfred, an investor serving as a board member of BTC miner Iris Energy and digital asset investment platform Eaglebrook Advisors, earlier today voiced out some warnings on USDD stablecoin and Huobi Exchange.  According to Alfred, Justin Sun shadow owns Huobi, and he is perhaps the “most erratic billionaire in crypto.” Justin has been sending a handful of billions of…

Hong Kong lawmaker wants to turn CBDC into stablecoin featuring DeFi

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Hong Kong authorities are looking for new designs for a central bank digital currency (CBDC), now proposing to issue a CBDC in the form of a stablecoin backed by the government. Wu Jiezhuang, a member of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, believes that turning the Hong Kong digital dollar (e-HKD) into a stablecoin would provide benefits for the adoption of new technologies like Web3. The option of developing e-HKD into a stablecoin has the potential to address the risks associated with virtual assets in Web3…

Judge rules Celsius owns funds in Earn accounts, paving the way for stablecoin sale

Judge Martin Glenn, who is presiding over the Celsius bankruptcy case, ruled on Jan. 4 that the funds in the Celsius interest-bearing Earn program belong to Celsius under the terms of the program’s terms of use. The funds reportedly amount to more than $4 billion.  “The issue of ownership of the assets in the Earn Accounts is a contract law issue,” Judge Martin wrote, citing the latest version of the Earn program’s terms of use that stated lending platform Celsius held “all right and title to such Eligible Digital Assets,…