Are You Taking Risk With Stablecoins?
People usually do trading using stablecoins. In a bull market, many people sell their crypto and hold stablecoin to take entry in the crypto market later. In a bear market, the whole crypto market goes down. Having stablecoins seems the safest option. But are you sure that you are not taking any risk with stablecoins?
Recently the most popular and trusted stablecoin USDC depegged and created panic in the market. Many people sold their USDC to shift to other stablecoins and cryptos. USDC that is supposed to be equal to $1 went down to $0.87. Stablecoin Dai also lost its peg at that time. That's very scary.
People saw how UST lost its peg and turned into dust. They do not want to lose everything as they did in UST. UST was an algorithmic stablecoin. On the other hand, USDC is a fiat-backed stablecoin. People have more trust in fiat-backed stablecoin because they saw the collapse of LUNA and UST.
USDC issuer Circle only has $3.3 billion in Silicon Valley Bank and that created all this mess. Investors who had a huge amount of money in USDC faced a challenging situation. It was like the sooner they could get out of USDC, the better. They tried every possible way to sell USDC at that time to avoid losses. There is news that someone swapped more than over 2.08 million USDC and received only $ 0.05 USDT.
The situation could get worse but the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) stepped in and assured of taking care of what happened at Silicon Valley Bank. I think more bank runs would trigger if they did not take any steps to handle the situation.
It shows how secure your money is in a bank. If people cannot trust the banks and everyone rushes to the bank to withdraw their money, the same situation will repeat. Crypto is a good alternative to building wealth. Living in this time, we should consider that seriously.
People can explain the crypto market in different ways about whether we are still in a bear market or not. I do think the crypto market has changed its trends. All crypto prices would not go up straight. Bitcoin shows its dominance, but the altcoins price does not move much. What I am sharing is my opinion, not financial advice.
You cannot think that you have stablecoins and you have nothing to worry about. We need to adapt and change based on the market situation.
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Due to volatility of some currencies, it usually let many traders lose a lot of money. But opting for stablecoins is very good since it doesn't move abnormally as other volatile currencies move.
As far as I know, most traders use stablecoins to trade, some use BTC to trade. Stablecoins retain their value in dollars. But the point to be noted is, stablecoins are not risk-free.
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Outside of HBD, I am not taking any risk with stablecoins. I think it's dangerous when the banks are in danger as well. If some of the banks where the stablecoin reserves are stored go under like the first bank that went bust.
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I like HBD and I also hold some HBD. Seeing the collapse of UST, and de-pegging of USDC and Dai, it is difficult to say which one is better to hold. The way I thought about stablecoins in the past has changed.
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