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Jafrin Ahmed
Apr 18, 2022
by Jafrin Ahmed

Terra’s UST Takes Over BUSD to Become Third-Largest Stablecoin

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Terra ecosystem’s TerraUSD (UST) stablecoin has surpassed Binance USD (BUSD) in terms of market cap to become the third-largest stablecoin. With a market cap of $17 billion, UST is now only behind Tether and USD Coin, which have a market cap of $82 billion and $49 billion respectively.

UST Becomes Third Largest Stablecoin

Despite flipping BUSD in terms of market cap, UST is trading in volumes just below Binance’s stablecoin $2 billion worth of trading volume over the past 24 hours compared to UST’s $431 million.

However, Terra’s UST has been on a meteoric pump since mid-November, with the market cap increasing by 525% since then.

The Luna Foundation Guard (LFG), a non-profit organization behind the Terra ecosystem, has been recently under the headline for serially accumulating Bitcoin. Infact, LFG’s treasury now has over 42,000 BTC and is currently the eighteenth largest bitcoin holder in the world. Co-founder Do Kwon even recently vowed that LFG will accrue a whopping $10 billion worth of Bitcoin (BTC) to back its UST reserves.

All these have also led to its LUNA token hitting an all-time high. Overall, the Terra network expects to add 160 new projects by the end of the year, which would go a long way in boosting its total value.

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Terra’s UST Takes Over BUSD to Become Third-Largest Stablecoin
Jafrin Ahmed
Jafrin is a cryptocurrency journalist/researcher fascinated by the world of decentralization. She is hopeful towards blockchain’s innovation and its potential to reshape the world for good. Currently, she is bringing out the best of cryptosphere via covering the latest ins and outs of the blockchain space.

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