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The Yield-Bearing Stablecoin (YBS) market has fundamentally evolved into a complex, multi-billion dollar ecosystem. Navigating this landscape today demands more than simple APY trackers; it requires a sophisticated, data-driven framework. To accommodate for the growing complexity of this market, we are launching a major evolution of the stablewatch.io analytics
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Executive Summary The USD.AI protocol marks a significant architectural evolution in decentralized finance, establishing the "InfraFi" paradigm to bridge onchain liquidity with the capital-intensive world of artificial intelligence compute. Its design is a direct response to a dual-sided market needs: the AI industry’s insatiable requirement for
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stUSDS The Sky ecosystem has introduced stUSDS, a new risk capital token designed for more expert users who wish to provide specialised liquidity for SKY-backed borrowing operations. This token represents a fundamental component of the Sky lending infrastructure, creating an isolated capital pool that funds leverage activities within the ecosystem.
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Plasma mainnet is upon us, and with that, the wide array of yield opportunities that have launched on the chain become available for mass participation. These protocols will make the backbone of the yield ecosystem on Plasma, facilitating capital flow from holders of stablecoins to the best risk adjusted yield
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There is a severe lack of education in the investment community about the rate at which dollar denominated assets lose value. Monetary debasement and the associated inflation rate is a hidden tax that is placed on all participants within fiat currency systems. “The arithmetic makes it plain that inflation is
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Evaluating the Yield Premium in a Novel Asset Class Yield-bearing stablecoins (YBS) have emerged as a prominent decentralized finance (DeFi) asset class of 2025. Combining the price stability of a fiat-pegged asset (implying there is no downside) with a native yield (essence of DeFi). This creates a compelling proposition for
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The Plasma XPL public sale, launched on 17th and set to end on the 28th of July, has been a resounding success, so far raising $66,237,736 in cumulative sales across 2195 unique addresses, with an average investment of $30,177 per participant. The sale allocates 1 billion XPL
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The Risk-Free Rate in DeFi In traditional finance (TradFi), the “risk-free rate” is the most commonly used benchmark of the return on investment with zero chance of losing the principal. Think U.S. Treasury bills (T-bills), backed by the U.S. government’s ability to print dollars at will (this
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Yield-bearing stablecoins are on the rise. You can see this in different metrics tracked on our site: the total market capitalization of yield stablecoins, the number of such products launching over the past months, and the total yield paid out to users. Let’s dive into the data. Yield stablecoins
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Stablewatch is excited to announce our strategic partnership with Plasma, a collaboration that represents a pivotal moment for our platform and the broader stablecoin ecosystem. This alliance will empower the Plasma network with comprehensive, high-quality stablecoin data while enabling both companies to support pioneering founders building the future of digital
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Not all stablecoins are the same. In practice, stablecoins serve two core purposes: Moving money → payment stablecoins Growing money → yield stablecoins This simple distinction is by no means exhaustive, yet it is helpful and can be illuminating for many. It should guide how we design for adoption, user experience, regulation,
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Money Supply Metrics: Comparing Traditional Currency & Stablecoins In the rapidly evolving financial landscape, stablecoins have emerged as a significant digital alternative to traditional currency. At stablewatch, we've just launched a new feature that visualizes how stablecoins compare to the USD supply over time. To fully appreciate this