Market volatility and redemptions destabilize major stablecoins
Almost all significant stablecoins lost their dollar pegs after the FTX scandal, but most have gained them again as markets have stabilized. Stablecoins have been affected by this week’s significant market volatility, which was brought on by the failure of the FTX exchange, with many of them momentarily de-pegging. The fall in cryptocurrency prices this […]
Tether Ordered to Produce Documents Showing Backing of USDT
The Tether order is related to a lawsuit that is still going on. The lawsuit says that unbacked USDT issuances have hurt the market by $1.4 trillion. A U.S. judge in New York has told Tether to show financial records about the backing of USDT. This is part of a lawsuit that says Tether worked […]
Despite Liquidity Problems, HUSD Stablecoin Returns to $1 Peg
The HUSD team said that the de-peg happened because a market maker account was closed, which made it hard to get money. Stable Universal’s HUSD stablecoin, which dropped by 8% on Thursday, is now back to being worth $1. Friday, HUSD said in a tweet that the drop in value was due to the closing […]
Tether Confirms Slashing of Commercial Paper Holdings
BDO Italia said that Commercial Paper Holdings had dropped by 58% to $8.5 billion at the end of the last quarter. BDO Italia has confirmed stablecoin issuer Tether’s consolidated reserves report, which showed a 58 percent quarterly drop in commercial paper holdings to $8.5 billion as of June 30.Tether also confirmed that it still expects […]
Stablecoin Payments Test by UK Group
A group of private companies called the Digital FMI Consortium would start Stablecoin Payments in October and keep it going for at least a year. A group of private companies called the Digital FMI Consortium said it plans to test international Stablecoin Payments using its own stablecoin, dSterling, which is backed by sterling and will […]