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The Dai Stablecoin: The First Cryptocurrency Backed by Another Cryptocurrency (Ethereum)

Stablecoins, like Tether (USDT) or Facebook’s Libra, are a new sort of cryptocurrencies that differ from the rest by avoiding fluctuating prices which make even the popular cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin(BTC)trade, difficult for trade. Their value is based on stable underlying resources. Some are backed by dollars, and some by

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Ether Price Drop Shakes DAI Stablecoin Peg, Two Collateral Contracts Closed

The recent Ether (ETH) price drop showed the reliability and weaknesses of the decentralized stablecoin built by MakerDAO, Dai (DAI), and the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem built on top of it.A decentralized stablecoinEthereum-collateralized decentralized stablecoin DAI managed to maintain its peg to the United States dollar as Ether lost

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