Analyst Hour: Michael Li on Stablecoins

P.S You can find our full report on stablecoins at https://bit.ly/3AtuuCl   Stablecoins, as the name suggests, were thought to be stable - that is, until the recent USDC depeg drama where the supposedly rock-solid stablecoin traded from one dollar to eighty five cents as one of the major custodial banks went under   Can we still trust major stablecoins like USDC or USDT? If not, what are some alternatives?   In this episode, Michael who wrote a 20-page research article on stablecoins for our Blockcrunch VIP subscriber breaks down for us Issues with current stablecoins Up and coming decentralized stablecoins Relevance of stablecoins in 2030   Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice.      Timestamps: (00:00:00) – Introduction to Spencer (00:03:30) – What are stablecoins (00:07:11) – Different types of stablecoins (00:14:59) – Commentary on Liquity Protocol  (00:17:52) – Frax vs Liquity (00:19:53) – Dominance of USDT & USDC (00:24:22) – Path to decentralization  (00:27:51) – Gyroscope stablecoin (00:31:27) – Aave’s GHO & Curve’s crvUSD (00:35:24) – Relevance of stablecoins in the future     Sponsor message: Filecoin is enabling open services for data, built on top of IPFS.   Today, Filecoin focuses primarily on storage as an open service, but looks to build the infrastructure to store, distribute and transform data.   Join the Space Warp program (Live until March 2023) to be among the first to build on the Filecoin Virtual Machine (FVM) https://spacewarp.fvm.dev/     More Resources: Guest Michael Li: https://twitter.com/michael_lwy   Blockcrunch Blockcrunch VIP: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/ Blockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch Jason Choi’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi     Disclaimer: The Blockcrunch Podcast (“Blockcrunch”) is an educational resource intended for informational purposes only. Blockcrunch produces a weekly podcast and newsletter that routinely covers projects in Web 3 and may discuss assets that the host or its guests have financial exposure to. Views held by Blockcrunch’s guests are their own. None of Blockcrunch, its registered entity or any of its affiliated personnel are licensed to provide any type of financial advice, and nothing on Blockcrunch’s podcast, newsletter, website and social media should be construed as financial advice. Blockcrunch also receives compensation from its sponsor; sponsorship messages do not constitute financial advice or endorsement.   Full disclaimer: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/about