Ethereum bull Anthony Sassano and Gnosis co-founder Martin Köppelmann were among those explaining later that the Wrapped Ethereum (wETH) FUD was part of an inside joke. An inside joke about the “insolvency” of Wrapped Ethereum (wETH) over the weekend has forced influencers to explain it was just a “shitpost” after members of the community took…
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On Thursday, the cryptocurrency exchange Huobi Global announced that the trading platform plans to delist the stablecoin HUSD and the delisting will begin at 08:00 (UTC) on October 28, 2022. Furthermore, users with HUSD held on the exchange will see their balances auto-converted to the stablecoin asset tether and the exchange expects to complete the…
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The stablecoin HUSD, originally associated with the crypto exchange Huobi Global, lost its peg with the U.S. dollar on Wednesday, August 17, and it dropped even lower in value the following day on Thursday, August 18. On Thursday, Huobi addressed the public on Twitter and the exchange said “we are aware of the current liquidity…
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2022 has been the year of broken stablecoins as a myriad of dollar-pegged crypto assets depegged from their dollar value this year. On August 14, the Polkadot-based stablecoin alpaca usd (AUSD) dropped below a U.S. penny in value, only to bounce back to the $0.95 region hours later. Reports say that the Acala protocol was…
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Tether said the hedge funds that saw Terra’s collapse as a reason to short USDT have “a fundamental misunderstanding of both the cryptocurrency market and Tether.” Tether, the issuer of Tether (USDT), says that hedge funds that attempted to short its stablecoin after Terra’s collapse in May are using a thesis that is “incredibly misinformed”…
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Amid the crypto market carnage this weekend, another stablecoin slipped below the $1 peg on Saturday, June 18, as the crypto asset called magic internet money (MIM) briefly dropped to a low of $0.914 per unit. The Abracadabra-issued stablecoin dropping in value follows the recent terrausd (UST) failure and USDD’s recent volatility last week. Stablecoin…
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Terraform Labs, the company behind the creation of Terra, has announced a new donation to support the ecosystem of the terra (LUNA) token. Do Kwon, CEO of Terraform Labs, announced that the company has donated 12 million LUNA (approximately $1.2 billion) to the Luna Foundation Guard (LFG) with the goal of continuing to grow its…
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