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MoneyGram wants to use stablecoin USDC to 'build a bridge to crypto' for money transfers — even after the Terra meltdown
Meanwhile, MoneyGram wants to get involved in bitcoin transfers to El Salvador, CEO Alex Holmes tol…
Zahra Tayeb
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Terra's backers vote to keep luna alive and abandon stablecoin UST after its collapse drove a crypto meltdown
Terra now plans an airdrop of new luna starting Friday, but wallets with more than 1 million of old…
Hamza Fareed Malik
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Crypto market crash — How an algorithmic stablecoin differs from traditional stablecoins
The crashing value of Terra’s UST stablecoin has called the future of algorithmic stablecoins into …
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The founder of collapsed stablecoin TerraUSD wants to build another blockchain from its network's ashes
Do Kwon wants to hard fork the Terra blockchain to create "classic" and new versions, with 1 billio…
Zahra Tayeb
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The Terra blockchain will split and effectively ditch its native stablecoin in the wake of its collapse
Terra will split its original blockchain after its native stablecoin lost its peg to the dollar. Th…
Brian Evans
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Tether's stablecoin loses its dollar peg again after lending platform Celsius freezes all withdrawals
Tether's collapse could potentially be crypto's "Lehman Brothers moment", GlobalBlock analyst Marcu…
George Glover
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Terra’s Do Kwon accused of siphoning funds from network before the crash, again
A host of users, led by a Twitter user called FatManTerra, have accused the founder of draining the…
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Luna and Terra's stablecoin UST are both crashing: Here's a guide to tether, USD Coin, terra and other reserve-backed cryptocurrencies
Terra's algorithmic stablecoin UST appears to have entered a death spiral. Here's a guide to the la…
Business Insider
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Terra revives failed luna cryptocurrency after its major meltdown but it falls sharply after launch
The new token "luna" (LUNA), which serves as the main staking asset of the Terra blockchain, droppe…
Zahra Tayeb
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Billionaire investor Bill Ackman says Terra's algorithm sounds like the 'crypto version of a pyramid scheme'
Ackman tweeted his disapproval of Terra, suggesting that the crypto industry should "self-regulate"…
Cheryl Teh
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Investors ploughed $300 million into bitcoin last week as Terra's stablecoin went into meltdown
It was a "strong signal that investors saw the recent UST stablecoin de-peg and its associated broa…
Zahra Tayeb
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Crypto regulation needs to allow for 'trial and error' in the market and account for variations between stablecoins, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce says
"With experimentation ... we need to allow room for there to be failure as well because that obviou…
Carla Mozée
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TerraUSD stablecoin tumbles and luna token plunges 97% as rescue attempts fail to avert 'death spiral'
The crash in supposed stablecoin TerraUSD has caused dismay in cryptocurrency markets, and comes du…
Harry Robertson
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A collapse of Tether could be crypto's 'Lehman Brothers moment' as the world's top stablecoin begins to wobble and major tokens plummet, analyst says
"I am optimistic that [Terra's] fall would not be that catastrophic — a collapse of [Tether] …
Matthew Fox
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Terra’s stablecoin jumps 5x valuation in 2021 – with $18 billion locked in the DeFi ecosystem
Stablecoins have sort of lost their charm over the past few years. But open source blockchain platf…
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Ethereum cofounder Vitalik Buterin says stablecoin turmoil should push investors back to 'principles-based thinking' and not rely on endless growth
"In general, the crypto space needs to move away from the attitude that it's okay to achieve safety…
Brian Evans
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Stablecoins could exist alongside a digital dollar as CBDCs could help secure global payments systems, Fed Vice Chair Lael Brainard says
A CBDC "could coexist with and be complementary to stablecoins and commercial bank money," Brainard…
Carla Mozée
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Stablecoin tether has beefed up its Treasury holdings and added over $250 million in non-US government debt to its reserves
The issuer of stablecoin tether now holds over a quarter of a billion dollars in non-US debt as par…
Amanda Cooper
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After Luna, Shiba Inu may be the next memecoin to go bust, according to experts
After the crash of cryptocurrency Luna this month, meme-based token Shiba Inu might be the next to …
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Tether losing its one-to-one US dollar peg exposed its vulnerability but also showed how the stablecoin can build confidence in the future
Tether has regained its US dollar peg. But experts say losing it earlier could be a wakeup call for…