{"id":56170,"date":"2023-08-08T06:52:15","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T10:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/?p=56170"},"modified":"2023-08-08T06:52:18","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T10:52:18","slug":"defi-markets-faces-turmoil-due-to-tether-usdt-imbalance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/defi-markets-faces-turmoil-due-to-tether-usdt-imbalance\/","title":{"rendered":"DeFi Markets Faces Turmoil Due to Tether (USDT) Imbalance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Recent Kaiko reports have emphasized the DeFi industry<\/a> faces a significant imbalance in the Tether (USDT) stablecoin on platforms such as Curve and Uniswap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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DeFi Markets Faces Turmoil Due to Tether (USDT) Imbalance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As a result of the Curve exploits, which jolted the DeFi industry and led to the return of more than 70 percent of the missing funds, a precarious situation has developed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Kaiko's report, most of the concern focuses on Curve's 3pool and Uniswap V3's primary USDT-USDC pool, both of which have become unbalanced due to increased USDT sales. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mid-July saw a massive $100 million net selling on Uniswap between July 15 and July 22, coinciding with the onset of this issue. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even though sales had decreased in the subsequent weeks, they resumed on July 31 in response to the Curve exploit<\/a>. It is essential to note that these two incidents appear to be unrelated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Uniswap has experienced approximately $40 million in net sales, while Curve has encountered roughly $35 million. Currently, the Curve pool needs to be more balanced, with 60% of holdings in USDT. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This situation has reverberated on centralized exchanges, resulting in a modest decline in USDT's peg to the U.S. dollar over the past few days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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No distinct bearish catalyst has emerged, making it difficult to discern why traders sell USDT. Contrary to expectations, Tether recently reported substantial Q2 revenue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tether's Chief Technology Officer (CTO) has alluded to the possibility of foul play, implying a possible connection between selling and listing Hong Kong-based First Digital's new stablecoin FDUSD\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n <\/g>\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n <\/clipPath>\r\n <\/defs><\/svg><\/span><\/a> on Binance. According to Kaiko's report, this theory needs concrete evidence linking the two events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The FDUSD Effect<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

FDUSD has struggled to acquire traction since its listing, despite Binance's efforts and the introduction of zero-fee trading pairs. While initial volumes briefly surpassed $200 million, they soon declined to approximately $30 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Given the historical impact of such promotions on trading volume, the lackluster response to the zero-fee FDUSD pairs is unexpected. This reluctance of traders highlights the enigmatic nature of the ongoing heavy selling and the intensifying competition in the stablecoin market<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Uncertain are the implications of the imbalance and its cascading effects on the DeFi landscape.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Recent Kaiko reports have emphasized the DeFi industry faces a significant imbalance in the Tether (USDT) stablecoin on platforms such as Curve and Uniswap. As a result of the Curve exploits, which jolted the DeFi industry and led to the return of more than 70 percent of the missing funds, a precarious situation has developed. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":55769,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[11067,197,15622,973],"class_list":["post-56170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-defi-news","tag-curve-finance","tag-defi","tag-tether-usdt-2","tag-uniswap"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-4.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56170","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\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}