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Crypto crash: What happened to Luna and UST?

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Kelly Ng

Kelly Ng

Published Thu, May 12, 2022 · 07:21 PM
    • UST was designed to work with its sister token, Luna, to maintain a one-to-one peg with the dollar. 
    • UST was designed to work with its sister token, Luna, to maintain a one-to-one peg with the dollar.  REUTERS

    SPECULATION is rife as to why Terra’s algorithmic stablecoin experiment crumbled. An understanding of how it was supposed to work may provide some clues as to why it didn’t. 

    Unlike other stablecoins said to be pegged to tangible assets, TerraUSD (UST) was designed to work with its sister token, Luna, to maintain a one-to-one peg with the dollar. 

    Terraform Labs, the company behind TerraUSD, was set up in Singapore in April 2018.

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