$USDD appears sufficiently backed by non-native collateral in the form of $BTC, $USDT, and $USDC.
While not included in collateral backing due to its reflexive nature, the @trondao Reserve (TDR) could sell $725M of TRX to back $USDD.
4/ ~Adoption
Average wallets leveled out at 120K wallets, with an average value held around 6,000 $USDD.
The cumulative volume of #USDD traded was over 6.2B.
The floor of average daily transactions was around 400.
5/ ~Peg and Location
To maintain its peg, USDD primarily uses Peg Stability Module (PSM). The TDR can also mint or burn $USDD to help maintain peg.
Since launch, the PSMs have done over 1B dollars in volume, partnering with @MultichainOrg to get liquidity on other chains.
6/ ~Qualitative Analysis
From launch through Q3, @trondao adjusted native interest rates, the PSM was put in place to allow $USDD to maintain peg, and the TDR has been working to drive adoption through rewards and $USDD trading pair offerings on CEXs.
7/ So far, @trondao's $USDD remains comfortably over-collateralized by a basket of #Bitcoin and other stablecoins.
1/ NFT trading volume and user activity have been on a steady decline for the past year.
This hasn't stopped new marketplace entrants like @the_x2y2 and @LooksRare from attempting to gain ground on @opensea.
The shared theme, opt-in royalties.🧵
2/ Over the past 6 months plus, both trading volume and weekly active unique (WAU) traders have steadily declined on platforms like @opensea and @LooksRare.
Conversely, @the_x2y2 has kept pace with OpenSea's volume, and seen steady growth in weekly active unique (WAU) traders.
3/ How has @the_x2y2 managed this? Opt-in royalties.
Historically, most marketplaces charged two fees per sale: one for the marketplace and one for the creator.
With royalties only enforceable at the marketplace level, platforms are making their creator royalty fees optional.
Polygon's treasury was down 48% as it focused strategic funds on acquiring ZK-tech.
3/ ~Network Activity
Active addresses increased for the second consecutive quarter and set an all-time-high of nearly 6M active addresses, with new addresses spiking 180% QoQ (driven by the launch of @Reddit's NFT marketplace).
1/ As crypto continues to grow and gain cross-functionality, standardized data across these different chains become less accessible.
@Covalent_HQ has answered the call by creating a "Unified API". 🧵
2/ How does it all work?
Data is extracted from supported blockchains>data is indexed and transformed into queryable data>data is stored in Data Warehouses where users can query the data.
During the process, proofs are sent to @MoonbeamNetwork to authenticate each step.
3/ To facilitate this process, @Covalent_HQ will have multiple network participants, called “operators.”
Currently, the Block Specimen Producer (BSP) role is the only one that is live.