Ultimate Guide to Stablecoins

Ultimate Guide to Stablecoins Stablecoins are a type of cryptocurrency linked to an asset like the U.S. dollar that doesn’t change much in value.Learn more

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0:00 Primer

0:30 What are Stablecoins
Any cryptocurrency designed to have a relatively stable price

2:00 Financial Industry Disruption
Far easier to transfer stablecoin vs Fiat Fiat money is a government-issued currency that is not backed by a physical commodity but rather by the government that issued it.Learn more

3:00 Top Stablecoins

4:00 Stablecoin Categories
Being backed by USD (or equivalents)
Being backed by other cryptocurrencies
Being algorithmically backed

5:00 Stablecoin Categories
FIAT BACKED
ALGORITHMIC
COLLATERALIZED

6:00 USD Backed
How USD backed stablecoins work: for every stablecoin there is $1 worth of USD that is locked up USD Backed Stablecoin examples:
USDT Tether
USDC
TrueUSD
Paxos Standard

8:00 Crypto Backed Stablecoin examples:
Dai
RSR
sUSD
Dai.

10:00 Algorithmic Backed
TerraUSD
Ampleforth
Empty Set Dollar

11:00 Stablecoin Risks

12:00 Tether
Tether’s USD backing
Tether’s Ugly Track Record

14:00 What if Tether Blows Up?

15:00 Tether FUD Fear, uncertainty and doubt (FUD) is a strategy to influence perceptions through unfavourable opinions and speculation.Learn more May Be Overblown

16:00 USDT (Tether) Still Has a Role!

16:30 USDC is Superior

If you are able to get USDC then it is preferred to Tether.

17:00 Paxos is Even Better than USDC
96% true cash

18:00 Why Stablecoins Are Here to Stay

18:30 Regulation is a Risk

19:00 Stablecoins and Taxes
Stablecoins are treated as “property” under IRS Notice 2014-21, similar to any cryptocurrency like BitcoinBitcoin (BTC)1$ 67,714.930.18%1h-6.01%24h-15.89%7ddetails and ether

19:30 Circle SPAC – What It Means

20:00 Could a Stablecoin become a CBDC?
Most likely, no. Governments will want to develop their own CBDC from the ground up so they can have full control it. Opting to give that power to a private company or a protocol driven coin just doesn’t seem likely.

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