Friends, the moment I am writing this post, TerraUSD (UST) is down to $0.4594 which is down by more than 49% in 24 hours so far. The sister token Luna has plunged about 86.43% and is now presently pricing around $4.
TerraUSD to USD Chart For 7 Days
TerraUSD to USD Chart
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Frustrating scenes to see for the token holders of Luna and UST. UST was meant to maintain a $1 peg, but the way it has crashed is not a good sign. We might see it's price recover but the damage it has taken, may take some time to recover.
Stablecoins are meant to providing a sound store of value as other cryptocurrencies are volatile. For the sake of attaining stability and adjusting the supply of UST, the system was minting and burning tokens. But it is believed that UST has now crashed because of the sell-off in the cryptos.
On may 10, Do Kwon, who is the creator of the coin, tweeted:
But it gets even worse to see the crash goes deeper.
Not to forget, UST has just become a major player in the crypto economy with the circulating supply of around 16 billion tokens.
Those crypto investors outside of Hive ecosystem, looking for investing in stablecoins, I would suggest to do look at Hive Backed Dollar (HBD) and the utilities it is offering.
Not a financial advice.