{"id":2535,"date":"2019-09-01T16:18:53","date_gmt":"2019-09-01T04:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.talkcrypto.org\/blog\/?p=2535"},"modified":"2019-09-06T16:42:06","modified_gmt":"2019-09-06T04:42:06","slug":"stablecoin-interesting-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.talkcrypto.org\/blog\/2019\/09\/01\/stablecoin-interesting-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"Stablecoin Interesting Facts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Platforms<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Based on Cryptoslate<\/a>, 65% of all stable coins run on the Ethereum blockchain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It shouldn’t be surprising because it is far easier to launch a stablecoin on Ethereum than on other blockchains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How stable are stablecoins?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

According to The Stablecoin Index<\/a>, most are pretty close to $1 “most” of the time. The screenshot below shows the deviation in the past week which, ignoring the upper and lower extremes, ranges from 1.008 to 0.9971. That is pretty good. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Stablecoin Timeline<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Here is a brief timeline of the birth of various stablecoins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Tether – Launched in July 2014 as Realcoin before changing their name to Tether in Nov 2014<\/a>.<\/li>
  2. Nu (Nubits.com), September 2014. Currently trading at $0.087<\/a>. Failed<\/a>.<\/li>
  3. Corion<\/a> October 2017<\/li>
  4. MakerDAO, Dec 2017<\/li>
  5. TrueUSD, Mar 2018<\/a>, <\/li>
  6. CarbonUSD, Sep 2018, first on EOS<\/li>
  7. Gemini Dollar, Oct 2018<\/li>
  8. USD Coin, Oct 2018<\/a> , Sep 26 2018<\/a>, (From CENTER with founding members of Circle and Coinbase)<\/li>
  9. Paxo, Oct 2018<\/li>
  10. Alchemint, Sep 2018<\/li>
  11. HonestCoin<\/a>, USDH, Bitcoin Cash Network , Jun 2019, (https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/honestnode-founder-discusses-the-first-stablecoin-built-on-bitcoin-cash\/)<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

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