Earn 20% on USD on Terra’s Anchor Protocol — Benefits & Risks

Forget Banks — Enter the Era of Stablecoin Passive Income?

Col Jung
Coinmonks
Published in
7 min readFeb 17, 2022

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Top 5 stablecoins by market cap. Image by author

Edit: See my walkthrough on YouTube here.

Stablecoins play an integral role in the cryptocurrency market.

They provide crucial liquidity in exchanges and serve as a risk-off safe-haven asset for investors and traders.

Recently, Terra’s LUNA token exploded into the Top 10 List, boasting a formidable $40 billion+ market cap that rivals competing blockchains like the Binance Smart Chain (BNB), Cardano (ADA) and Solana (SOL).

Wait — what does Terra LUNA have to do with stablecoins?!

Everything!

The purpose of LUNA is to stabilise the price of Terra’s stablecoins. In fact, Terra is a network of decentralised algorithmic stablecoins.

Terra’s USD stablecoin — called TerraUSD (UST) — has become legendary among investors for returning a stable 20% per year on Terra’s Anchor Protocol.

Want to save money but can’t endure the stomach-churning volatility of real cryptocurrencies like BTC & ETH? UST may just be your dream proposition. However, one must also be educated about the risks.

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Col Jung
Coinmonks

Engineer & researcher writing about AI, web3 & innovation. Socials: https://linktr.ee/col_jung