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?? BUSD is out. What's in?
Stablecoins.
They, the mid-point between crypto and fiat money (like Indian rupees and US dollars). Kinda like how Subway is the mid-point between healthy food and fast food.
But stablecoins are in trouble.
One, in particular, is getting a lotta ???— Paxos .
It’s a company you’ve never heard of, but you’ve probably used its stablecoin. Especially, if you’ve used Binance .
Paxos issues the BUSD stablecoin.
BUSD = Baxos USD ?
BUSD = Binance USD ?
BUSD is issued by Paxos but it’s associated with the?Binance brand. Kinda like how Maggi is owned by Nestle, but it’s associated with the Indian bachelor who doesn’t know how to cook anything except boiling noodles. ??
Here are some stats about BUSD:
#7 largest crypto
Now, all of ???is going down the ???thanks to → a financial regulatory body in the US.
Basically the regulators looked at Paxos and went — yeah, this stablecoin ain’t legit G, we gotta ask you to stop issuing it.
Why did regulators tell Paxos to stop the stablecoin? 3 reasons.
1???Binance ON your team
Yeah, anything with Binance is hella sus right now.
I’m even looking at Ronaldo with squinted eyes. I mean, he signs a deal with Binance and is then shipped off to Saudi. IT CAN’T BE A COINCIDENCE!
US regulators think the same. They’ve had an ???on Binance for a while now.
And since Binance’s partner Paxos is in line for a banking license, regulators?went, “Nah fam! No license for you with Binance in your team.”
2???No risky, BIG frisky
The regs (that cool guy talk for regulators) said BUSD was used by bad actors to hop in and outta the crypto world using the stablecoin.
Here’s their ?? drop?line:
"Paxos violated its obligation to conduct tailored, periodic risk assessments and due diligence refreshes of Binance and Paxos-issued BUSD customers to prevent bad actors from using the platform."
Ohhhhh nooo they didn’t ??
3???Not one FOR one
Stablecoins have one job.
They gotta be stable. That’s it ?? ♂? Seriously, that’s all they gotta do.
To do this they gotta have → something stable backing it. Something like the US dollar, or a plate of Idli Vada at my local Darshini, seriously, that’s been Rs 20 (with sambhar and chutney) for 20 years. ??
BUSD says it has USD (hence the name lol)
But regs don’t think so, especially with Binance in the mix.
In fact, Circle (the company that issues USDC, the 2nd largest stablecoin)?warned?the regs that BUSD is not backed 1 for 1. And not in a good way.
Wait, now what?
Now, the regs have slapped the term “unregistered security” on BUSD and are suing Paxos, the issuer.
Paxos, didn’t want to fight the regs, and immediately said ‘F This’ and stopped minting BUSD. ??
But the biggest concern is for → Binance and Binance users.
And now BUSD is gonna?poof?vanish. So, people are immediately converting their BUSD balances to USDT.
Just look at the drop in BUSD ?? USD...
...and that jump in USDT ???USD in the past few days:
That's like my heart rate when I was watching the World Cup finals' penalty shootout. ???
Doodhwala’s take:
We got no take on the regs’ decision.
On one hand, we agree that Binance is sus.
On the other hand, we don’t think BUSD is an “unregistered security.”?I mean how tf do you make a profit trading a stablecoin?!?
But what we think is – this will result in a lot more non-USD stablecoins.
CZ himself is thinking of going in this direction.
The reason is, US regulators are harsh on stablecoins because they’re pegged to the US dollar. If a stablecoin is pegged to either another fiat, a basket of fiat currencies, or even a crypto (something legit, not LUNA lol), then these reg problems will decrease.
The future is – non-USD stablecoins ?
Oh well, that’s ?? just your humble doodhwala’s opinion.
What do ya think? REPLY and let us know.
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Solve each clue by filling in the corresponding word related to blockchain.
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4.?A blockchain-based game where players can buy, breed, and battle creatures called Axies.
5.?A virtual world where players can create and monetize their own games, social experiences, and marketplaces using LAND NFTs.
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?? The NFT ad that went SUPER wrong!
This week was Super Bowl week in the U.S. ????
What’s that?
It’s not a week to celebrate Superman’s favourite bowl of protein oatmeal. ??
Super Bowl is the IPL of America, but kinda smaller.?(IPL?has a billion people watching it??? ♂?)
It has sports (American football), celebrities, glamour, etc, etc.
But it also has the attention of A LARGE number of people. Almost 150 million of them.
And crypto companies want them. ??
Just last year, these crypto companies paid millions for Super Bowl TV ad slots:
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But this year was a lil different.
Most companies don’t have the dough. ??
One NFT gaming project, however, did bring in the big bucks to run their ad and here’s how it went:
1???QR Code Shenanigans
DigiDaigaku is an Ethereum-based "free-to-own" game. ??
And they ran an ad featuring a QR code to scan to mint one of 10,000 free collectibles.
When you scanned the code, it took you to a mint page to mint the free DigiDaigaku Dragon Eggs NFTs.
But here’s the catch —?only 5000 NFTs were available to mint. ?? ♂?
For an ad, that’s going out to MILLIONS of people, only a maximum of 5000 can mint it. Wow.
So where did the rest go? ??
To the founder’s Twitter page. (Bruhh??? ♂?)
Yup. After the mint reached its limit, anyone who scanned the code was redirected to his Twitter profile page.
2???Onboarding Shenanigans
One of the main goals of the ads was to apparently “onboard new users to NFTs.”
Yeah. That didn’t happen. ??
Over 70% of the people who minted this NFT were people who already had already bought/minted an NFT before.
This is because, if you were new to NFTs, you had to do SO MANY steps to mint this free NFT:
NFT?
Non-Fungible Token ?
Not For Television ?
Overall, this was an experiment that the DigiDaigaku team had the dough to take on. ??
Their parent company, Limit Break ,?raised?$200 million last year.
But still, if they had just optimised for reducing friction over promoting the element of “free NFTs”, they might have actually onboarded more newbies.
They would have capitalized on the HUGE Super Bowl audience.
Maybe they can try again for IPL? ??
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???Chaach And Charts: Ethereum’s got post-???syndrome
I bet ya’ll have heard about the post-???syndrome.
(wait, that’s people who get sick after eating peanuts right?)
Now, get read for post-Merge syndrome. ??
Who gots it?
??? Ethereum .
Since the Merge (in September 2022), Ethereum’s L2s have been ramping up the transactions.
????Pre-merge L2 transaction share: 20%
????Post-merge L2 transaction share: 45%
Even with Ethereum turning deflationary, and 70k ETH?burned?in just 30 days, more people are running to L2s like I run to the paani-poori stall at weddings. ??
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