{"id":27390,"date":"2022-05-19T12:38:05","date_gmt":"2022-05-19T16:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/?p=27390"},"modified":"2022-05-19T12:38:17","modified_gmt":"2022-05-19T16:38:17","slug":"will-tron-be-able-to-replace-terra-on-defi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/will-tron-be-able-to-replace-terra-on-defi\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Tron Be Able To Replace Terra On DeFi?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/tron-new-addition-takes-stablecoin-supply-beyond-1-billion.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tron (TRX) token<\/a> seems to not be swayed by the wind of the market when it gained over 20% to become the top gainer among major cryptocurrencies in May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/tron-trx.jpg\" alt=\"Will Tron Be Able To Replace Terra On DeFi?\" class=\"wp-image-27399\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/tron-trx-120x86.jpg 120w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/tron-trx-350x250.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The blockchain appears to be one of the few technologies that survived last week's big market crisis. The <a href=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/trx-prices-increase-by-7-after-tron-buys-it-at-discount.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TRX token <\/a>has increased by 20% in the last 30 days, while Bitcoin (BTC) has decreased by 19%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trx is now the fourth-largest DeFi blockchain by total value locked (TVL), due to the launch of its algorithmic stablecoin (USDD).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-tron-tvl-has-increased-by-5-in-30-days\"><strong>Tron TVL has increased by 5% in 30 days&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Tron chain's total locked value has increased by more than 5% in the last month. It now has a TVL of $4.31 billion. Tron now holds the fourth spot among the top TVL holders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/trondao\/status\/1527107280860286976\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the chain's <span class=\"wpil-link-icon\" title=\"Link goes to external site.\" style=\"margin: 0 0 0 5px;\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"height:16px; width:16px; fill:#000000; stroke:#000000; display:inline-block;\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:svg=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><g id=\"wpil-svg-outbound-7-icon-path\" fill=\"none\" clip-path=\"url(#clip0_31_188)\">\r\n                            <path d=\"M9.16724 14.8891L20.1672 3.88908\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/>\r\n                            <path d=\"M13.4497 3.53554L20.5208 3.53554L20.5208 10.6066\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/>\r\n                            <path d=\"M17.5 13.5L17.5 16.26C17.5 17.4179 17.5 17.9968 17.2675 18.4359C17.0799 18.7902 16.7902 19.0799 16.4359 19.2675C15.9968 19.5 15.4179 19.5 14.26 19.5L7.74 19.5C6.58213 19.5 6.0032 19.5 5.56414 19.2675C5.20983 19.0799 4.92007 18.7902 4.73247 18.4359C4.5 17.9968 4.5 17.4179 4.5 16.26L4.5 9.74C4.5 8.58213 4.5 8.0032 4.73247 7.56414C4.92007 7.20983 5.20982 6.92007 5.56414 6.73247C6.0032 6.5 6.58213 6.5 7.74 6.5L11 6.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/>\r\n                        <\/g>\r\n                        <defs>\r\n                            <clipPath id=\"clip0_31_188\">\r\n                                <rect fill=\"white\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\"\/>\r\n                            <\/clipPath>\r\n                        <\/defs><\/svg><\/span><\/a>TVL has increased by 0.02% during the last seven days. The Terra chain and its related tokens have lost all of their value in the last two weeks. Terra formerly had a TVL of more than $30 billion. When the crypto market began to tumble on May 8, 2022, the terra still had a TVL of $24.7 billion. However, it now holds only a locked value of $162.7 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In November 2021, Tron had the highest TVL of $6.7 billion. However, the collapse of Terra has created a big chance for the Tron Chain to seize the market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Are USDD and the UST comparable?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Tron released their stablecoin USDD with a similar algorithm just a week before TerraUSD crashed. Industry experts even criticize the initiative in various ways. The newly issued USDD and the defunct UST both have the same burn mechanism and no minting restriction. Tron is also working on a $10 billion reserve fund for its stablecoin. Similar to UST, the majority of the reserve will be held in BTC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/trondaoreserve\/status\/1526840389881122816\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tron has previously announced<span class=\"wpil-link-icon\" title=\"Link goes to external site.\" style=\"margin: 0 0 0 5px;\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"height:16px; width:16px; fill:#000000; stroke:#000000; display:inline-block;\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:svg=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><use href=\"#wpil-svg-outbound-7-icon-path\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span><\/a> that it had increased its reserves. A wide range of digital assets was added to the upgrade. The fund added over $82.3 million in BTC, $181.6 million in TRX, and $295.2 million in USDT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tron (TRX) token seems to not be swayed by the wind of the market when it gained over 20% to become the top gainer among major cryptocurrencies in May. The blockchain appears to be one of the few technologies that survived last week&#8217;s big market crisis. The TRX token has increased by 20% in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":27399,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-defi-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/tron-trx.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}