Terra buys $200M in AVAX for reserves as rival stablecoins emerge
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TFL, the company responsible for the development of the Terra blockchain, swapped $100 million worth of Terras native token, LUNA for AVAX tokens, in order to strategically align ecosystem incentives, according to Terras twitter.LFG, a non-profit organization mandated to build reserves for Terras algorithmic stablecoin UST, used its own holdings of UST to purchase an additional $100 million worth of AVAX from the Avalanche Foundation. These purchases are meant to reinforce the stability of Terras native UST stablecoin, which currently has a market cap of $16.7 billion.Do Kwon, the founder of Terraform Labs, told Bloomberg that LFG selected AVAX for its UST reserves because of solid growth in the blockchains ecosystem as well as the stark loyalty of its users.