1/20 EMURGO's $USDA could be Cardano's very FIRST live stablecoin.
And how the XRP Lawsuit could affect Cardano and $USDA. 👇👇
A New Year Deep Dive🧵
2/20
EMURGO is the commercial arm of Cardano formed in 2017
EMURGO builds partnerships and business ventures with organizations globally to educate people about Cardano and support dApp development.
Overall, the goal of EMURGO is to promote the growth and widespread adoption
3/20
EMURGO recently introduced $USDA, the first USD-backed stablecoin for the Cardano ecosystem in Nov 2022.
It is backed by cash & govt. debt.
4/20
$USDA is scheduled to be launched in Q1 2023
As a 1:1 fiat-backed stablecoin, EMURGO has partnered with a regulated fin. institution based in the US to custody cash deposits, assuring the stablecoin is fully compliant and adheres to regulatory guidelines.
5/20
$USDA's safety depends entirely on the issuer (EMURGO) being honest with its reserves, making it more of a centralized stablecoin.
$USDA will be the first product from EMURGO’s “Anzens” suite of products designed to "bridge TradFi and DeFi".
6/20
The Anzens platform supports the development and adoption of $USDA. It also lets users buy, sell, and trade USDA stablecoins, and other cryptoassets.
The platform also intends to support other dApps and services, like lending, borrowing, and asset management.
7/20
Users will be able to tokenize their USD into USDA via credit cards, Wire Transfer, ACH, or ADA conversions
EMURGO will soon enable the conversion of other stablecoins (USDC/USDT) to USDA, with further plans to enable conversion and swaps of cryptos like BTC or ETH
8/20
Why is $USDA such a big deal.... or is it?
9/20
Ethereum has DAI, Binance has BUSD, but Cardano has... well, no stablecoins.
There used to be 3 Cardano stables under development:
Ardana's $dUSD, COTI's $DJED and EMURGO's $USDA
After Ardana's flop, users are now banking on $DJED and $USDA to be the first Cardano stables
TLDR;
- The SEC determined XRP fulfilled the Howey test
- XRP was used to raise $1.3B+ from retail investors
15/20
The SEC v Ripple lawsuit is a very high profile case with many conspiracy theories:
e.g.
- ETH controlling the SEC, bribing them to go after Ripple.
- SEC head's law firm receiving $1.6M from Ethereum's EEA.
16/20
What happens if XRP loses?
A non-FUD take:
1. Ripple CEO said they would relocate to a regulation-friendlier environment if it loses. The following jurisdictions could be XRP's next home.
In addition, tax havens (Cyprus, Cayman, Bahamas) are also potential options
17/20 2. SEC could potentially go after Cardano for being a security and see a similar ~50% decline like what XRP experienced in 2020 when the lawsuit was filed.
This could be followed up with the delisting of coins from major exchanges like what Coinbase did to XRP in 2020.
18/20 3. According to @saylor, all PoS crypto are securities, and in Hoskinson's words, if the SEC considers ADA a security, the same could be said for ETH.
The Gambling industry in the US is worth more than $261 billion
One of the most profitable web3 sectors is Gambling
5 GambleFi/ Gambling tokens I'm watching for TGE szn 👇
1/24
Remember the house always wins in the long run?
This is what makes GambleFi projects money printing machines
Before diving in, I'd kindly ask for you to engage with the first tweet - it helps a lot and encourages me to keep bringing free educational content to you :)
2/24
These projects utilize smart contracts to manage and execute bets, calculate winnings, and distribute them.
This removes the need for trust, as everything is implemented on a blockchain.
Yea... that's my followers chart - My account was suspended at 24.1K.
Here's my thoughts on the very valid use case of Web3 Social
If You're reading this on Twitter, it already concerns YOU.
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1/17
As much as I want to provide insight into what happened and actionable steps for you to prevent your account from meeting the same fate, I didn't get much info from Twitter...
Apart from a User Report which single-handedly nuked my account on Monday.
2/17
What I can say is that YOU are at risk.
Not your keys, not your account,
and you CAN'T do anything about it - Welcome to Web2 Social.
Fiat blockchains are the bridge between TradFi and DeFi.
With Blackrock's filing of a spot Bitcoin ETF, TradFi money is on its way to brypto.
This could be the start of the FiatFi narrative - let's see what @Pendulum_chain is building
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1/14
FiatFi refers to the bridging of TradFi money into DeFi.
Fiat blockchains like Stellar tokenize real-world currencies into digital assets or stables.
Users deposit fiat -> receive an equivalent amount of tokens, and can use them for blockchain transactions.
2/14
Normal on-ramping:
Signing up with a CEX -> connect a trad payment method -> convert fiat into stables/crypto -> transfer that out to a DeFi wallet.
FiatFi:
Fiat is directly tokenized within the platform and usable in DeFi. @pendulum_chain is building the foundation.