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.
1/31 Telegram's $TON has been outperforming $ETH yet nobody on CT is talking about it... So here you go!
Telegram has been quietly developing the @ton_blockchain ecosystem💎
🧵Here's a DEEP DIVE on Telegram's positioning in Defi and what I think their strategy is ->
2/31
Messaging apps are a part of people's daily lives and many are now looking to integrate with payment solutions to offer more convenience, becoming superapps
Superapps provide multiple services for personal and commercial use - think a swiss-army knife.
3/31
Particularly in Asia, superapps are dominating the tech space - WeChat, Line, Gojek, Kakao...
However, regulations overseeing superapps are very strict, especially when payment data is involved
(US: Federal Reserve, EU: PSD2, APAC: PS Act)
People have been calling out @kucoincom and @cryptocom to be next CEX downfall. Trust in CEXes has hit all-time lows and CEX outflows have hit highs.
Here's a thread on how you can on/off-ramp without CEXes🧵 ->
1/17
Traditionally, you had 2 options: (1) CEX (2) Non-CEX
With the risk of CEXes being a ticking timebomb, we'll focus on non-CEX on-ramping
2/17
MoonPay 🌖
@moonpay enables users to purchase #stablecoins (TRC & ERC20), #BTC, #ETH (Arb, Op, Polygon, zkSync) and a bunch of other Altcoins using various payment methods.
Why @Grayscale is unlikely to be a scam, despite the FUD revolving CT:
1. There is SEC supervision and audits every quarter. The audit of #Grayscale is way too simple, hence difficult to fake.
2. The probability of #Coinbase cooperating with fraud and presenting a false asset certificate to #Grayscale is very low.
3. If #Grayscale is fraudulent, #Coinbase should have the obligation to actively disclose or report directly to the regulatory agency at this time, otherwise it will be in default.