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Demand for UST Keeps Rising, Luna Foundation Guard to Burn 4.2 Million LUNA From Treasury

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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Anchor Nips at Aave’s Heels as Defi Protocol Becomes Second-Largest Lending Application

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 Protocol Reaches Maximum Issuance of UST Daily, LFG Foundation Steps In

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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Terra’s Anchor Protocol erases ‘crypto winter’ losses, ANC price rebounds 300% in a month

ANC price risks becoming overheated, however, after a major rally. Anchor Protocol (ANC), the decentralized finance (DeFi) platform built on the Terra blockchain protocol, rebounded nearly 300% in over a month after bottoming out near $1.26. ANC price went as high as $4.97 on the Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange on March 3, 2022, breaking above the…
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Luna Foundation Guard raises $1B to form UST reserve denominated in Bitcoin

Terra said it chose to denominate the Forex Reserve in Bitcoin because it considered the crypto asset “less correlated to the Terra ecosystem.” The nonprofit organization focused on the open-source stablecoin network behind Terra USD, Luna Foundation Guard, has closed on a $1 billion raise through the sale of LUNA tokens. In a Tuesday tweet,…
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Stablecoin Economy Grows Close to 10% Larger in 54 Days — GUSD, BUSD, USDC Issuance Jumps

At the end of December 2021, the stablecoin economy’s market valuation was around $168.3 billion and since then, it has increased 9.92% to $185 billion in value. A number of stablecoins have issued more assets during the last seven days, as some of the top dollar-pegged coins have swelled by more than 20% since the…
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Terra injects 450M UST into Anchor reserve days before protocol depletion

The move is designed to maintain the stablecoin savings protocol’s lucrative yield of approximately 20% per annum. In a tweet published early Friday, Do Kwon, founder of Terraform Labs, the entity developing the Terra Luna (LUNA) and Terra USD (UST) stablecoin ecosystem, announced the injection of 450 million UST ($450 million) into the Anchor protocol’s…
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MLB Team Washington Nationals Partners With Terra Blockchain Community, Ballpark Plans to Accept UST

On February 9, the American professional baseball team based in Washington, D.C., the Washington Nationals, announced the team has partnered with Terra, the open-source blockchain platform and decentralized autonomous organization (DAO). The Washington Nationals detail that the team is a “leading innovator” and is “consistently introducing new technologies to enhance the fan experience.” Washington Nationals…
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Stablecoin Whale Domination — Tether Addresses Valued at $1M Own More Than 80% of USDT Supply

As the market capitalization of the stablecoin tether nears $80 billion, with its current $77.9 billion valuation, data from onchain researchers at Santiment indicates that tether addresses valued at $1 million own more than 80% of the entire supply. Tether’s Whales Command More Than 80% of the Supply The U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin has grown exponentially…
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Stablecoin Economy Continues to Balloon as USDC’s Market Cap Crosses $50 Billion

As the entire lot of 12,333 digital currencies hovers just above $1.8 trillion in value, the stablecoin economy has recently swelled to $178.8 billion or 9.9% of the entire crypto economy. Out of the top five stablecoins, usd coin (USDC) saw its market capitalization jump the most, increasing 18.9% during the last 30 days. The…
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