Price of algorithmic stablecoin UST drops 2% below dollar peg By Timccopeland
Evidence for traders selling UST can be seen in the Wormhole bridge, a platform designed to exchange assets across blockchains. The pool of stablecoins within the protocol was previously made up of 50% UST, with the remainder in various other stablecoins. USTIn light of such concerns, the Terra ecosystem has been stockpiling bitcoin to use as a backstop.
Yet there appears to be strong downwards pressure on the peg. After falling to $0.98 initially, the price of UST rose as high as $0.986 — before falling back down again. As for the price of LUNA, it has fallen 14% today to $55 among a general crypto market downturn. It is now down 54% from its all-time high of $118 in April.
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