Samson Mow, Paolo Ardoino, Adam Back, Gabor Gurbacs, and Arnab Naskar shed some insight into the fundamental differences between collateralized stablecoins (fully backed by USD or other reserves) and algorithmic stablecoins (which rely on smart contracts to maintain price stability).  Adam Back explained the difference: “the biggest and most widely

In light of the recent collapse of both the TerraUSD (UST) stablecoin and Terra coin (LUNA), Blockstream CEO Adam Back points out the confusion being caused by mainstream outlets for publishing headlines about Tether (USDT) losing its peg to the U.S. dollar. In Back’s Twitter thread, he explains

Tether's CTO Paolo Ardoino announced that Tether has cut their holdings of commercial paper since December of 2021, and now holds the majority of its reserves in U.S. Treasuries. Tether (USDT) is a reserve-backed stablecoin that aims to be pegged 1:1 to the U.S Dollar.

On May 12th, 2022 Australia finally launched a Bitcoin spot ETF along with a second Bitcoin ETF that invests in a Canadian spot Bitcoin ETF. 21Shares Bitcoin ETF (EBTC: AU) is the first Australian spot Bitcoin ETF offered in partnership with ETF securities. The fund directly invests in Bitcoin and