UST Wins When More Blockchains Issue their Own Stablecoins – Terras Do Kwon on Trons USDD
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The founder of Terra (LUNA), Do Kwon, believes that the project’s stablecoin of UST will continue to benefit from other blockchains issuing their own stablecoins. Mr. Kwon offered his insights on the future of UST in a Twitter commentary where he gave the analogy of Tesla winning as a result of more carmakers going electric.
UST is an ‘800 pound Gorilla’
Do Kwon was responding to another tweet from a crypto community member who stated that he ‘was not clapping at Justin Sun’s attempt at building a UST lookalike’ and that it was ‘hilarious that everyone’s eyes are finally opening to UST as the 800lb gorilla it is.’ Earlier this week, Justin Sun announced that the Tron DAO was launching its own stablecoin of USDD backed by $10 billion worth of TRX.
Algorithmic Stablecoins Will Become the Norm
Terra’s Do Kwon predicted that algorithmic stablecoins would soon become the norm in a follow-up Twitter commentary. Furthermore, decentralized and self-sovereign stablecoins are clearly the future.
The Luna Foundation Bitcoin reserves are now at 42,530 BTC, worth $1.69 billion
The Luna Foundation continues to be committed to its goal of backing its UST stablecoin with $10 billion worth of Bitcoin. At the time of writing, the Luna Foundation Bitcoin reserves currently stand at 42,530 Bitcoin, worth an estimated $1.69 billion using BTC’s current value of $39,560. The total Luna Foundation reserves now stand at $2.43 billion.
Senate Bill S8839
The first one, bill S8839, is in the New York State Senate and was introduced by State Senator Kevin Thomas of the 6th State District. The bill aims to establish ‘the offenses of virtual token fraud, illegal rug pulls, private key fraud and fraudulent failure to disclose interest in virtual tokens.’ To achieve this objective, the bill will attempt to amend the penal law in relation to establishing certain offenses relating to crypto fraud.
Assembly Bill A8820
The second bill is A8820 which is currently in the New York State Assembly. The bill was introduced by Member of the NY State Assembly, Clyde Vanel, and is a companion bill to S8839 currently at the Senate.
It has a similar goal of amending the penal law to establish the offenses of virtual take fraud, illegal rug pulls, private key fraud and fraudulent failure to disclose interest in virtual tokens. The bill is also in the committee phase and will follow a similar path to S8839.