{"id":17243,"date":"2023-03-06T19:24:24","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T19:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nftandcrypto-news.com\/crypto\/fraxs-shift-to-a-fully-backed-stablecoin-signals-the-end-of-defis-algorithmic-experiment\/"},"modified":"2023-03-06T19:24:26","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T19:24:26","slug":"fraxs-shift-to-a-fully-backed-stablecoin-signals-the-end-of-defis-algorithmic-experiment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nftandcrypto-news.com\/crypto\/fraxs-shift-to-a-fully-backed-stablecoin-signals-the-end-of-defis-algorithmic-experiment\/","title":{"rendered":"Frax\u2019s shift to a fully backed stablecoin signals the end of DeFi\u2019s algorithmic experiment"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Frax community recently approved a proposal to make its FEI stablecoin fully backed by USD equivalents, rather than maintaining a partially backed and semi algorithmic stablecoin. With Frax\u2019s decision, the days of experimentation with algorithmic stablecoins could finally be behind us.<\/p>\n
The decentralized stablecoin space has only proved effective with ETH, USDC and BTC backed stablecoins. The failure of algorithmic stablecoins (like UST) and depegging of overleveraged stablecoins (like MIM) has become one of the primary reasons for loss of confidence in decentralized stablecoins.<\/p>\n
The decentralized stablecoin space is still tiny<\/h2>\n
Decentralized stablecoins account for 5.5% of the total stablecoin supply. MarkerDAO\u2019s DAI commands the lion\u2019s share of this with 71% dominance. The transfer volumes of decentralized stablecoins are largely dominated in DAI and have declined since Q3 2022, suggesting that activity across the sector is still inhibited.<\/p>\n