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Now the real question is whether bankruptcy would topple USDC since Coinbase is one of the major backers [0]. It's holding steady right now, but so was UST a fe
by _nhynes 4y ago
Now the real question is whether bankruptcy would topple USDC since Coinbase is one of the major backers [0]. It's holding steady right now, but so was UST a few days ago. USDC has $48B supply and is propping up DeFi apps on many other networks (just look at AAVE [1] and Curve [2], two multi-chain protocols), so if it falters, there could be massive fallout.
[0]: https://www.centre.io/usdc https://www.centre.io/usdc
[1]: https://app.aave.com/markets/?marketName=proto_mainnet https://app.aave.com/markets/?marketName=proto_mainnet
[2]: https://curve.fi/pools https://curve.fi/pools (search USDC)
- capableweb 4y agoI don't think you can really compare UST and USDC like that. USDC has major backing by very large players in the space while UST is backed by... just Terra? But I agree on the last part, if USDC looses its peg, large parts of the ecosystem will be fucked. But considering who is managing + supporting USDC, it'll take a large event for USDC to lose its peg.
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