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I only discovered algorithmic stablecoins recently and I'm very curious about DAI: somehow they're there since a long time and they've been fine during turbulen
by TacticalCoder 4y ago
I only discovered algorithmic stablecoins recently and I'm very curious about DAI: somehow they're there since a long time and they've been fine during turbulent ETH price action.
But DAI are basically very tied to USDC and it's not clear at all should Coinbase go bankrupt if they'd be using the assets backing the USDC to pay their debt or not. In a recent Coinbase report they said they may use customers' funds to pay back their debt should they go bankrupt but they said nothing about USDC.
I know USDC aren't directly emitted by Coinbase but by a joint-venture Coinbase is "only" part of but still sounds scary to me.
So it's not clear at all to me that DAI would still work in the face of Coinbase going belly up (COIN is at $48 before the market opens, that's -86% compared to its all time high so things aren't exactly smooth sailing and all the crypto exchanges are feeling the heat right now).
So, yup, DAI is more than fully collateralized, but it's relying on Coinbase / Circle not doing anything shady with the assets backing the USDC stablecoin.
- capableweb 4y agoI've been reading up on stablecoins lately, mostly Dai as it seems like the most stable of the few. This is the first time I hear it being associated/connected to Coinbase/USDC in any way. Could you share how you're making that connection? It went right past me somehow.