Was Terra’s UST cataclysm the canary in the algorithmic stablecoin coal mine?

Cointelegraph

Published May 18, 2022 04:00PM ET

Updated May 18, 2022 05:40PM ET

The past week has not been an easy one. After the collapse of the third-largest stablecoin (UST) and what used to be the second-largest blockchain after Ethereum (Terra), the depeg contagion seems to be spreading wider.

While UST has completely depegged from the U.S. dollar, trading at sub $0.1 at the time of writing, other stablecoins also experienced a short period where they also lost their dollar peg due to the market-wide panic.

USDT/USD last week from May. 8–14th. Source: CoinMarketCap
FRAX, MIM, FEI and LUSD price from May. 9 - 15th. Source: CoinMarketCap
h3 Asset-backed stablecoins were in favor during downturn, except for USDT/h3
USDT, USDC and DAI hourly price. Source: CoinGecko API
Curve DAI/USDC/USDT 3Pool proportion. Source: @elenahoo Dune Analytics
Curve DAI/USDC/USDT/sUSD 4Pool proportion. Source: @elenahoo Dune Analytics
h3 Are algorithmic stablecoins finished?/h3
Curve FRAX/3CRV 3Pool proportion. Source: @elenahoo Dune Analytics
Curve MIM/3CRV 3Pool proportion. Source: @elenahoo Dune Analytics

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