Tag: terraUSD

One year after FTX imploded, here’s how crypto is changing
Technology

One year after FTX imploded, here’s how crypto is changing

[ad_1] For many who trade cryptocurrencies for a living, the events of a year ago are forever etched in memory.  “The worst day of my career, and one of the worst days of my life — the day FTX froze withdrawals,” is how Travis Kling, who runs Ikigai Asset Management, described it in a series of tweets on Nov. 7. Four days later, Sam Bankman-Fried's exchange filed for bankruptcy, ushering in arguably the darkest days in crypto's history. “The first weeks were incredibly brutal. I didn't sleep much at all. Feelings of terror, guilt and shame. We laid off most of the team,” Kling wrote.  A year on, the industry is irrevocably altered — while at the same time in many ways remarkably familiar.  Mostly gone are the giddy day traders and the abundant leverage that drove Bitcoin to its November...
How 2022 Became A Very Bad Year for Crypto — And Its Biggest Players (Podcast)
Technology

How 2022 Became A Very Bad Year for Crypto — And Its Biggest Players (Podcast)

[ad_1] Crypto spent most of 2022 in free fall, with players and prices reeling from the collapse of TerraUSD, Celsius, Voyager Digital and then FTX. It's safe to say that 2022 wasn't the best year for crypto. By late January, Bitcoin had already shed half of its value from its all-time high of nearly $69,000 set in November 2021. Bitcoin's descent accelerated after the first major crisis of this year — the collapse of an algorithmic stablecoin called TerraUSD. The implosion of what was once considered an ambitious experiment for decentralized finance, or DeFi, sent shockwaves through the industry, ultimately triggering the collapse of crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital as well as crypto lenders Voyager Digital and Celsius. It started to feel a bit like the Hunger Games — crypt...
Crypto Lender Hodlnaut Lost Nearly $190 Million in TerraUSD Drop
Technology

Crypto Lender Hodlnaut Lost Nearly $190 Million in TerraUSD Drop

[ad_1] Embattled cryptocurrency lender Hodlnaut downplayed its exposure to the collapsed digital-token ecosystem. Embattled cryptocurrency lender Hodlnaut downplayed its exposure to the collapsed digital-token ecosystem created by fugitive Do Kwon yet suffered a near $190 million loss from the wipeout. The loss is among the findings of an interim judicial managers' report seen by Bloomberg News. It is the first such report since a Singapore court in August granted Hodlnaut protection from creditors to come up with a recovery plan. “It appears that the directors had downplayed the extent of the group's exposure to Terra/Luna both during the period leading up to and following the Terra/Luna collapse in May 2022,” the report said. Kwon's TerraUSD algorithmic stablecoin and sister ...
House Stablecoin Bill Would Put Two-Year Ban on Terra-Like Coins
Technology

House Stablecoin Bill Would Put Two-Year Ban on Terra-Like Coins

[ad_1] Legislation to regulate stablecoins would place a two-year ban on coins similar to TerraUSD. Legislation to regulate stablecoins that's being drafted in the House would place a two-year ban on coins similar to TerraUSD, the algorithmic stablecoin that collapsed earlier this year. Under the latest version of the bill, it would be illegal to issue or create new “endogenously collateralized stablecoins,” according to a copy obtained by Bloomberg. The definition would kick in for stablecoins marketed as being able to be converted, redeemed or repurchased for a fixed amount of monetary value, and that rely solely on the value of another digital asset from the same creator to maintain their fixed price. TerraUSD, also k...