36 min

Why Stablecoin Growth Over 5 Years Doubled in 4 Months Unconfirmed

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Nate Maddrey, senior research analyst at Coin Metrics, discusses a report on the rise of stablecoins over the last few months that Coin Metrics published in conjunction with Bitstamp. He covers: 
why a stablecoin supply that grew over five years has doubled in the last four months 
why demand has grown, specifically for Tether, especially after Black Thursday
why that demand caused Tether's price to rise above $1 post-Black Thursday
why Tether is the most dominant stablecoin
how traders were making money off that arbitrage opportunity and why the arbitrage stayed in place so long
where Tether is popular
why Tether's price goes up when the free float supply is high and why it goes down when the free float supply is low
why the stablecoins have varied in their ability to stay stable and how individual stablecoins have reacted
which types of users are holding stablecoins and various types of users are doing with it
why it is that stablecoins appear to have different median exchange values
and why stablecoins have higher velocity than bitcoin and ether
Thank you to our sponsors! 
Crypto.com: https://www.crypto.com
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Episode links: 
Nate Maddrey: https://twitter.com/natemaddrey
Coin Metrics: https://coinmetrics.io
The Rise of Stablecoins report: https://coinmetrics.io/the-rise-of-stablecoins/
 
Links from news recap:
https://unchainedpodcast.com/a-brazen-bitcoin-heist-on-twitter/

Nate Maddrey, senior research analyst at Coin Metrics, discusses a report on the rise of stablecoins over the last few months that Coin Metrics published in conjunction with Bitstamp. He covers: 
why a stablecoin supply that grew over five years has doubled in the last four months 
why demand has grown, specifically for Tether, especially after Black Thursday
why that demand caused Tether's price to rise above $1 post-Black Thursday
why Tether is the most dominant stablecoin
how traders were making money off that arbitrage opportunity and why the arbitrage stayed in place so long
where Tether is popular
why Tether's price goes up when the free float supply is high and why it goes down when the free float supply is low
why the stablecoins have varied in their ability to stay stable and how individual stablecoins have reacted
which types of users are holding stablecoins and various types of users are doing with it
why it is that stablecoins appear to have different median exchange values
and why stablecoins have higher velocity than bitcoin and ether
Thank you to our sponsors! 
Crypto.com: https://www.crypto.com
Nexo: https://nexo.io
Tezos: https://tquorum.com/
 
Episode links: 
Nate Maddrey: https://twitter.com/natemaddrey
Coin Metrics: https://coinmetrics.io
The Rise of Stablecoins report: https://coinmetrics.io/the-rise-of-stablecoins/
 
Links from news recap:
https://unchainedpodcast.com/a-brazen-bitcoin-heist-on-twitter/

36 min