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Well, Tether hasn’t imploded (much to my surprise). Are you thinking of algorithmic stablecoins?

kelseyfrog 3y ago
Just an honest question. I'm not terribly familiar with the space, so I'm happy to be shown a counter example. Thank you
- postcynical 3y ago
  Fiat backed (hopefully :-): USDT, USDC, PAX Dollar (by paxos the same company behind pyusd) Crypto backed: DAI, LUSD (backed by ETH), crvUSD, FRAX EURO based (with full e-money licenses): EURe (monerium.com), EUROe (euroe.com)
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  - ghiculescu 3y ago
    Maybe a dumb question but what’s the point of a fiat backed coin? Is it a faster Venmo?
    - simple-thoughts 3y ago
      It’s programmable, meaning you can use it for smart contracts. A common smart contract use case is dex smart contracts that let you swap between other cryptos and usd without any counterparty risk.
      - MagicMoonlight 3y ago
        You can also program money. What do you think paypal is?
        simple-thoughts 3y ago
        PayPal is a closed ecosystem that doesn’t support smart contracts or any other form of arbitrary code execution. If your point is that traditional finance uses code, sure, but that disguises the real differences between those systems and web3.
- janejeon 3y ago
  USDT and USDC would be the two biggest examples by market cap, though USDT has been mired in... "controversies", and USDC almost got hit by the US Banking Panic this year,
  - throw101010 3y ago
    USDC definitely got hit as it depegged from the USDC for few days and traded for $0.87 at some point, it didn't "explode" (and it restored its peg) only because the US government promised to bail out customers of the Silicon Valley Bank fully and not just upto $250,000 as it would be the case if in an usual FDIC coverage situation. Circle, the company behind this stablecoin had about $3.3 billions in SVB.
    - hiatus 3y ago
      I don't think that's the case for USDC from Coinbase.
      - tock 3y ago
        What do you mean? USDC is issued only by Circle. It does have close ties with Coinbase.
happytiger 3y ago
Yet. You forgot that part. Tether is stable… for now.
- bartvk 3y ago
  That goes for all currencies though. After the Brexit and the possible Grexit, a possible Euro collapse had me worried. Note that I'm not defending Tether. I have no use for it, I'm just pointing out a bigger picture. The solution is to spread savings across different asset types.

Just an honest question. I'm not terribly familiar with the space, so I'm happy to be shown a counter example. Thank you

postcynical 3y ago
Fiat backed (hopefully :-): USDT, USDC, PAX Dollar (by paxos the same company behind pyusd) Crypto backed: DAI, LUSD (backed by ETH), crvUSD, FRAX EURO based (with full e-money licenses): EURe (monerium.com), EUROe (euroe.com)
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- ghiculescu 3y ago
  Maybe a dumb question but what’s the point of a fiat backed coin? Is it a faster Venmo?
  - simple-thoughts 3y ago
    It’s programmable, meaning you can use it for smart contracts. A common smart contract use case is dex smart contracts that let you swap between other cryptos and usd without any counterparty risk.
    - MagicMoonlight 3y ago
      You can also program money. What do you think paypal is?
      - simple-thoughts 3y ago
        PayPal is a closed ecosystem that doesn’t support smart contracts or any other form of arbitrary code execution. If your point is that traditional finance uses code, sure, but that disguises the real differences between those systems and web3.
janejeon 3y ago
USDT and USDC would be the two biggest examples by market cap, though USDT has been mired in... "controversies", and USDC almost got hit by the US Banking Panic this year,
- throw101010 3y ago
  USDC definitely got hit as it depegged from the USDC for few days and traded for $0.87 at some point, it didn't "explode" (and it restored its peg) only because the US government promised to bail out customers of the Silicon Valley Bank fully and not just upto $250,000 as it would be the case if in an usual FDIC coverage situation. Circle, the company behind this stablecoin had about $3.3 billions in SVB.
  - hiatus 3y ago
    I don't think that's the case for USDC from Coinbase.
    - tock 3y ago
      What do you mean? USDC is issued only by Circle. It does have close ties with Coinbase.

happytiger 3y ago

Yet. You forgot that part. Tether is stable… for now.

bartvk 3y ago
That goes for all currencies though. After the Brexit and the possible Grexit, a possible Euro collapse had me worried. Note that I'm not defending Tether. I have no use for it, I'm just pointing out a bigger picture. The solution is to spread savings across different asset types.