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Largest ‘stablecoin’ tether is now also going down

12 mei 2022

11:24

The implosion of the fixed-value cryptocurrency terraUSD is pulling the other digital coins down.

The largest stablecoin tether is now also going down. The coin tumbled to 94.55 cents this morning, before recovering to 98 cents. But in principle the tether should trade at 1 dollar (see chart).

There is also great panic elsewhere in the crypto market. Bitcoin’s value fell below USD 27,000 (-6.1%), the lowest figure since December 2020. Other currencies such as the ethereum and the solana also went into the red on Thursday.

It is not the first time that a stablecoin has gone under. It happened before at Neutrino and Iron Finance. European and American regulators therefore believe that the market should be regulated more strictly.

Lower further?

“The fall of the stablecoin has a major impact on the market,” Edul Patel, the CEO of the crypto platform Mudrex, told Bloomberg news agency. “Bitcoin has often recovered quickly after a crash in the past, but this time it may fall further.”

Combine the shock of the terra crash with US inflation news and the picture becomes even less rosy. Investors are fleeing risky investments as interest rates rise.

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