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RE: Patrick Boyle: "Stablecoins are Unstable!" 19.5% for a stablecoin is a ponzi scam. How to protect Hive Dollar (HBD) from a crash?

in LeoFinance2 years ago (edited)

The biggest issue with LUNA is that it had absolutely no utility other than as backing for UST and governance (which is of no value unless there is other value).

Hive and HBD are completely different because Hive has many valuable uses and is essential for an increasing number of businesses whose value creation is unrelated to crypto (eg Splinterlands and other gaming, podcasting, blogging etc).

Also LUNA was a centralised foundation with BTC reserves that would be sold in a predictable way when under attack.

Hive is decentralised and holders will not act in a predictable (and thus gameable) way when under attack.

Justin Sun learnt just how dangerous and wealth destroying it is to attack the Hive community. Other potential attackers will be much more wary.

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Agree, Hive has much more use cases and value, it's an ecosystem and has some protection against a Luna like crash, most notable, the debt limit (haircut rule) but I still think 20% on a stablecoin is unsustainable, especially in a bear market. One can get more interest now on HBD than staking HIVE, which is insane.

I still think 20% on a stablecoin is unsustainable

Some people say that it is sustainable, and some people say that it is unsustainable.

We will see how it goes. It is certainly revolutionary.

One can get more interest now on HBD than staking HIVE

That's not a useful comparison. HIVE can go up 1000%, and has in the past. That's 50 years of 20% (non-compounded). Meaning, if you think HIVE will do well, you are better off with either HIVE or HP than HBD, and saying screw the higher yield.

There are plenty of cryptos (and other assets for that matter) which have done well without any yield at all.

The yield on staking HIVE is only useful in comparing between staked and unstaked HIVE.

Also, literally nobody as far as I know has ever said that 20% is sustainable indefinitely. It's a promotion to attract activity, and if demand is too high it'll be reduced (if not sooner). That's what didn't happen on Terra. Even as UST exceeded LUNA in market cap (debt ratio >50% in Hive terms), the interest was not significantly reduced, and no measures were put in place or kept in place to prevent or address that kind of gross imbalance.

HBD is NOT Stable...
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I prefer to know real people... Not anon criminals behind controlling my crypto.
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Things are better on BLURT...
This chain is F%^KED UP.

Kind regards.