Credit/Macro/Crypto Analyst, Former Credit/MA PM

Rose Choy

Crypto

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<li>USDT or Tether, the largest stablecoin, has been experiencing small discounts to peg at times (larger discount during market stress) but those looking for a blow up will be disappointed.</li>
<li>Tether's redemption dynamics are the main cause of the discount. Recent withdrawals in Tether and drop in market capitalization are the result of liquidations in the crypto space.</li>
<li>While Tether's reserves are not transparent, the Company is not regulated and is under no obligation to disclose their balance sheet/ reserves in full. </li>
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USDT or Tether, the largest stablecoin, has been experiencing small discounts to peg at times (larger discount during market stress) but those looking for a blow up will be disappointed.
Tether's redemption dynamics are the main cause of the discount. Recent withdrawals in Tether and drop in market capitalization are the result of liquidations in the crypto space.
While Tether's reserves are not transparent, the Company is not regulated and is under no obligation to disclose their balance sheet/ reserves in full. 


Data-Driven Analysis of Cryptocurrency Markets, Kaiko

Kaiko

Data-Driven Analysis of Cryptocurrency Markets

Kaiko is the leading cryptocurrency market data provider for institutional investors and enterprises. We empower market participants with accurate, transparent, and actionable financial data to be leveraged for a range of market activities. Kaiko’s mission is to be the foundation of the new digital finance economy by serving as a single source for market information. Our mission is premised on the idea that high-quality data drives market efficiency and greater transparency throughout the industry. For each of our enterprise clients, we build custom data plans designed for a range of use cases.

<ul><li>The Curve 3pool – long one of the most important sources of liquidity for DAI, USDC, and USDT – has continued to bleed this summer, shrinking by $175mn.</li><li>This outflow has been primarily led by USDC; users have withdrawn $125mn of Circle’s stablecoin.</li><li>By this metric, USDT has remained roughly even while $60mn DAI has been removed, $25mn of which came in just three transactions on July 31.</li></ul>

The Curve 3pool – long one of the most important sources of liquidity for DAI, USDC, and USDT – has continued to bleed this summer, shrinking by $175mn.This outflow has been primarily led by USDC; users have withdrawn $125mn of Circle’s stablecoin.By this metric, USDT has remained roughly even while $60mn DAI has been removed, $25mn of which came in just three transactions on July 31.

<ul><li>Stablecoins are systemically important in cryptocurrency markets, so even the slightest depeg can cause mass market contagion.</li><li>As such, it is concerning that stablecoins have been particularly volatile since the start of 2023</li><li>TUSD wobbled amid Prime Trust's closure, USDT depegged due to mysterious selling activity, BUSD has been increasingly volatile since Paxos halted issuance, and USDC crashed during the March banking crisis.</li></ul>

Stablecoins are systemically important in cryptocurrency markets, so even the slightest depeg can cause mass market contagion.As such, it is concerning that stablecoins have been particularly volatile since the start of 2023TUSD wobbled amid Prime Trust's closure, USDT depegged due to mysterious selling activity, BUSD has been increasingly volatile since Paxos halted issuance, and USDC crashed during the March banking crisis.

<ul><li>Ever since the March banking crisis, crypto trade volume and prices have been in the doldrums, with no strong movements in either direction.</li><li>Over the weekend, daily volume dropped to multi-year lows.</li><li>Yet, amid the lull, Tether’s market cap is quickly approaching a new all time high, with the total supply currently at $82.9 billion.</li></ul>

Ever since the March banking crisis, crypto trade volume and prices have been in the doldrums, with no strong movements in either direction.Over the weekend, daily volume dropped to multi-year lows.Yet, amid the lull, Tether’s market cap is quickly approaching a new all time high, with the total supply currently at $82.9 billion.

Why Is Tether's Market Cap Approaching ATH?

Independent Asian Credit Research, Bondcritic

Warut Promboon

Independent Asian Credit Research

Asian Fixed Income/Frontier Market Research

Bondcritic

Bondcritic, established in 2009, is designed to be an independent credit research voice that helps investors gain insights and unbiased analyses on Asian fixed income market. Our mission is to discover deep-value Asian high-yield and distressed bonds with a bottom-up approach, together with the help of our proprietary ESG (Environmental, Social Development, and Governance) model. At the same time, we focus on bringing investment cases of unrated and unloved issuers to the general public.

Debt Capital Markets

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<li>We have been of the opinion that tokenized real world assets (RWAs), especially tokenized debt will represent a more understandable underlying value of tokens or cryptocurrencies than Bitcoin.</li>
<li>We are positive on tokens backed by risk-free assets such as US Treasuries or even investment-grade bonds as rates products for crypto funds and fractional investments for retail investors.</li>
<li>Private debt could be the next in line to enjoy mass adoption if the legal elements and credit protection have been put in place to gain trust of institutional investors.</li>
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We have been of the opinion that tokenized real world assets (RWAs), especially tokenized debt will represent a more understandable underlying value of tokens or cryptocurrencies than Bitcoin.
We are positive on tokens backed by risk-free assets such as US Treasuries or even investment-grade bonds as rates products for crypto funds and fractional investments for retail investors.
Private debt could be the next in line to enjoy mass adoption if the legal elements and credit protection have been put in place to gain trust of institutional investors.


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