you know how every day has one take so bad that everyone dunks on it for days and weeks to come. i just saw today's. it's real bad. not gonna QT, but its so so so bad.
@nic_carter @mr_precio 3) I think it's strange to back a USD stable coin with BTC - the standard way would be to back a USD stable coin with USD. Choosing BTC introduces exchange risk.
Seems more like an attempt to pump up crypto sentiment, which appears to be a key pillar to the peg.
@nic_carter @mr_precio 2) Anchor protects the peg by offering higher interest to UST holders. IMO this is clear evidence of weakness - strong banks don't offer very high rates, banks on the brink do.
Also eventually weakens the peg, as more UST must printed to make interest payments.
@nic_carter @mr_precio So by operating a stable coin Terra is more like a bank. As long as its UST peg stands it can piggy back off demand for USD.
The peg appears to be maintained using 1) Luna and 2) Anchor's 20% interest rates 3) new BTC reserve fund. I think overall it seems fragile.
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Get a cup of coffee.
In this thread I’ll slowly and painfully describe an idea.
That could easily be grasped in under two minutes.
If I didn’t insist on writing in this inane fucking format.
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@ABot0004@ThomasLassi Haha I feel this 100%
Me at work: Why the fuck are watching curling?
2 hours later: Jesus Christ what a throw. Team USA set up the perfect guard in the 7th end
GRRRR, twitter sent the damn thread out before I was done!!!!!
Ok, let me continue,
Here is a chart of $SPY
You can see that type of aggressive buying with that "two way action" that I talk about.