Tag: USDT

A view to a death spiral: the LUNA and TerraUSD story

By now you’re probably well aware that Terra (LUNA) and its attendant algorithmic stablecoin TerraUSD are dead in the water. LUNA’s blockchain has been halted directly with its price propped up a little above zero by people who haven’t gotten the memo, and TerraUSD is now trading at $0.12, having depegged from the US dollar… Read More »A view to a death spiral: the LUNA and TerraUSD story

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Today’s Idea: Wellfield Technologies (WFLD.V) offers tomorrow’s markets today

Tomorrow’s markets are going to be easier to navigate, or so we’re told by anyone close to decentralized finance (DeFi). The essential promise of DeFi is that it could lead to an altogether more efficient, more democratic form of finance. It promises a system that’s cheaper, faster, more transparent and less prone to manipulation by… Read More »Today’s Idea: Wellfield Technologies (WFLD.V) offers tomorrow’s markets today

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The Cryptocurrency Guide to the Perplexed: USD Coin (USDC)

USD Coin (USDC) is a digital stablecoin pegged to the United States dollar and runs on Ethereum, Stellar, Algorand, Solana, Tron and the Hedera Hashgraph system. It’s managed by a group called Centre, which was founded by the company and includes members from Coinbase (COIN.Q) and the Bitcoin mining giant, Bitmain, as investors. For the… Read More »The Cryptocurrency Guide to the Perplexed: USD Coin (USDC)

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The Cryptocurrency Guide to the Perplexed: USD Coin (USDC)

USD Coin (USDC) is a digital stablecoin pegged to the United States dollar and runs on Ethereum, Stellar, Algorand, Solana, Tron and the Hedera Hashgraph system. It’s managed by a group called Centre, which was founded by the company and includes members from Coinbase (COIN.Q) and the Bitcoin mining giant, Bitmain, as investors. For the… Read More »The Cryptocurrency Guide to the Perplexed: USD Coin (USDC)

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This Week in Crypto: Hyperreality is the new Real Edition

Jean Baudrillard first came up with the twin ideas of accelerated culture and hyperreality while the internet was in its infancy. It’s an postmodern idea where we have an inability of consciousness to determine reality from simulation in technologically advanced postmodern societies. Hyperreality could therefore be a condition where we can’t determine what is real… Read More »This Week in Crypto: Hyperreality is the new Real Edition

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The Cryptocurrency Guide for the Perplexed: Tether (USDT)

Today we’re talking about Tether (or USDT, they’re used interchangeably). They’re presently the fifth largest cryptocurrency by market cap and the first among stablecoins by dint of being the oldest, but not necessarily the best. We will probably never see another stablecoin rise to take its place, and if we do it’ll be dirtier than… Read More »The Cryptocurrency Guide for the Perplexed: Tether (USDT)

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The Cryptocurrency Guide for the Perplexed: Tether (USDT)

Today we’re talking about Tether (or USDT, they’re used interchangeably). They’re presently the fifth largest cryptocurrency by market cap and the first among stablecoins by dint of being the oldest, but not necessarily the best. We will probably never see another stablecoin rise to take its place, and if we do it’ll be dirtier than… Read More »The Cryptocurrency Guide for the Perplexed: Tether (USDT)

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