During the last 12 months the stablecoin economy has grown massive and the current valuation today is only $13 billion away from tapping the $200 billion mark. This month, the two biggest gainers in terms of 30-day issuance include Terra’s UST jumping 29.9% and Neutrino Protocol’s USDN spiking 43.8%.
Stablecoin Market Capitalization Continues to Swell,…
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In mid-March, the top five blockchains — in terms of total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (defi) — currently command more than 82% of the $198 billion TVL in defi across all blockchains. Each of these chains offers different types of defi protocols like decentralized exchange (dex) platforms and lending applications, allowing people to…
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The sharp pullback in BTC and large-cap altcoins indicates that bears have yet to capitulate and that traders continue to sell the top of each breakout. Bitcoin (BTC) has been volatile in the past few days but the long-term investors seem to be using the current weakness to buy. According to Whale Alert and CryptoQuant,…
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DeFi token prices leave a lot to be desired, but the sector’s real benefit is the lending and liquid staking options, not the price of useless governance tokens. The decentralized finance (DeFi) sector has been sitting in the backseat since whipping up a frenzy in the summer of 2020 through the first quarter of 2021.…
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The Luna Foundation Guard (LFG), a nonprofit organization, has announced new measures to keep the supply of UST, the flagship stablecoin of the Terra ecosystem, liquid in secondary markets. The protocol has already reached the max issuance of UST per day, but demand is strong enough that the foundation will have to burn more LUNA…
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The market gave up last week’s gains from Bitcoin’s surge to $45,000, but derivatives metrics suggest retail traders are more bullish than market makers and whales. The phrase “hindsight is 20/20” is a perfect expression for financial markets because every price chart pattern and analysis is obvious after the movement has occurred. For example, traders…
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On this week’s episode of “The Market Report,” Cointelegraph’s resident experts discuss which Terra-based coins have the most potential. “The Market Report” with Cointelegraph is live right now. On this week’s show, Cointelegraph’s resident experts discuss which Terra-based coins you should be looking out for in 2022. But first, market expert Marcel Pechman carefully examines…
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While the decentralized finance (defi) platform Anchor Protocol’s native digital asset ANC has gained more than 180% over the last month, the total value locked (TVL) in Anchor has increased a great deal during that time as well. Anchor Protocol is currently the second-largest defi lending platform in terms of TVL, and over the last…
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Terra, one of the top 10 cryptocurrency projects by market cap, has reached a UST-related milestone recently. The Luna Foundation Guard (LFG), a nonprofit organization, reported that the protocol had reached the maximum daily issuance of its flagship stablecoin, UST. This is due to high demand that interested parties are showing in minting the asset.…
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The crypto-economy has been sliding in value during the last 48 hours as the current market valuation for all 13,000+ crypto assets is $1.83 trillion. Furthermore, the total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (defi) protocols has slipped below the $200 billion mark to $196.02 billion on Sunday morning (EST). Meanwhile, Ethereum’s dominance is 55.54%…
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