Feb 4, 2021
January 2021 Community Update
š Hey Terrans!
Itās been a great start to 2021 here at Terra, with a $25M fundraising round backed by Galaxy Digital, Pantera Capital, Coinbase Ventures, as well as returning investors Arrington XRP, Hashed, and Kenetic Capital. Community governance voted in TEN new Terra stablecoins and has been extremely vibrant on determining next steps for Mirror. Thatās just scratching the tip of the iceberg, so letās dive in.
āļø Technical Updates
TerraSwap on Terra Station
TerraSwap is now available as a feature on Terra Station. The Swap feature simulates then automatically chooses the option (On-chain vs TerraSwap) thatās most profitable for you.
10 New Stablecoins on Terra
Weāre thrilled to introduce 10 new stablecoins on Terra, passed through governance proposals 22 and 26! This is a great step forward in creating a global stablecoin that is the easiest to spend and most attractive to hold.
Chinese Yuan (CNY) | Japanese Yen (JPY) | British Pound (GBP) | Indian Rupee (INR) | Canadian Dollar (CAD) | Swiss Franc (CHF) | Hong Kong Dollar (HKD) | Australian Dollar (AUD) | Singapore Dollar (SGD)
Shuttle Update
To prevent spamming attacks, shuttle will now charge relaying fee when a user transfers an asset from Terra to Ethereum. Relay fees for a transaction from Terra to Ethereum will be max ($1, amount * 0.1%), while transactions from Ethereum to Terra continue to have zero relay fees.
š³ Governance Updates
JUMP Trading Proposal
Jump Trading has introduced a proposal to make Terra stablecoin mints & redemptions more capital efficient. Currently, stablecoin mints & redemptions are highly inefficient to reflect the previous illiquidity of UST and Luna on secondary markets ā only $20k swaps would be possible within ~1% of the oracle price. In rough terms, this would make the on-chain swap mechanism 10x more efficient than current levels.
- Discuss: https://agora.terra.money/t/terra-on-chain-liquidity-parameters/305
- Vote on Proposal: https://station.terra.money/proposal/27
Money Market as Basis for Easy Finance
Terra is introducing a new proposal to introduce Money Markets on top of Terra focused on both mainstream and crypto users. This would allow borrowers to take out loans in any asset (synthetics, stablecoins or cryptocurrencies) and deploy them to pools where there is yield. In return, the user can earn interest in any asset (as in any money market) ā in a way thatās friendly for mainstream users.
Discuss: https://agora.terra.money/t/request-for-proposal-money-markets-on-terra/309
š° Listings
$UST on KuCoin
We saw six new $UST quote pairs listed on KuCoin in January, with a trading competition to celebrate.
DOT/UST | ATOM/UST | USTC/UST | SNX/UST | AAVE/UST | YFI/UST
$UST on Balancer
With UST being listed on Balancer, LPs now have the opportunity to earn BAL rewards. Check out the pool details here.
Harvest Finance
Harvest Finance now has the option to deposit mTSLA-UST LP tokens to get rewarded in $LUNA.
š¤ Terra Partnerships
Hummingbot AMM Arb
Hummingbot has created a customized Terra AMM Arb bot! Users can plug into it to arbitrage trades between $LUNA and Terra stablecoins like $UST. Arb bots not only make AMMs more price efficient, but also keep stablecoins stable, benefitting the whole DeFi ecosystem.
Flipside Crypto Console
The Terra Community Console is now live! Flipside deploys some of the best on-chain metrics, visuals, and analysis in the industry. With the Terra Community Console, users can scour on-chain data like LUNA cash flows, UST velocity, and more ā all in real-time.
- Blog ā Why the Luna Token is Poised to Grow
- LUNA Dashboard: https://terra.flipsidecrypto.com
Axelar Partnership
Terra partners with Axelar to enable seamless interoperability with multiple blockchains. Axelar will connect external assets from other blockchains to applications like Mirror and Anchor. Users can frictionlessly bridge Terraās assets, like $LUNA, $UST, & mirrored assets, to other major blockchains directly from their wallets.
Voyager Listing
Terra partnered with Voyager to allow US-based users to go from USD to $LUNA in minutes by providing a simple and direct fiat gateway directly from their smartphones. You can download the app & buy LUNA here.
Bison Trails
Bison Trails offers users the opportunity to participate in Terra, earn rewards, and help to secure the global payment network by becoming a node operator with Bison Trails.
š Mirror Updates
January has been a wild month for Mirror ā a new ATH for MIR, >340M in TVL, integration with BSC, and a number of exciting partnerships, to name a few highlights. Too many exciting developments to name here, so weāll leave the link to the brand new Mirror Community Update below.
š£ Interviews & AMAs
Terra x Arrington XRP: Unlocking DeFiās Full Potential
Delphi Digital AMA: Taking Crypto Mainstream
DeFi Prime Panel
Reimagine 2021: Real World Adoption
š Terra In the News
Terra Secures $25Million in Fundraising Round
Bloomberg ā Novogratz Invests in Crypto Startup Serving Millions in Korea
The Street: Terra Project Proves Itās on Solid Ground
Finance Magnates
Messari: Asia Crypto Landscape
Terra was featured in Messariās latest deep dive into the crypto landscape in Asia. Hereās what they had to say:
āAlong with the Philippines, Korea probably has the biggest population that inadvertently uses blockchain technology every day. The Chai payments app uses Terraās blockchain as its backend to settle transactions. Chai hosts 2.5 million users, and counts Hanwha Investment & Securities and SoftBank Ventures Asia as investors.ā
š Looking Forward
Weāre always keen to hear feedback from our community, so if youāre an active member, share the ways you think we can do better in our Community Feedback Form. We have some announcements we canāt wait to share with you all very soon, so stay tuned!
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