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How have stablecoins evolved in the last six months?

In October 2019 Digital Bytes looked at Stablecoins how has this sector fared in the last six months.Sean Au who is a senior trainer for ConsenSys in Asia Pacific looked at the different types of stablecoins. At the time Coindex followed 17 now they follow 50.

Tether was capitalised at $3.5 billion now $6.3 billion. It was only March 2019 that Tether ( which at the time was capitalised at $2 billion) said they did not have a $ for every Tether token but the concerns around Tether seem to But with interest rates at almost ZERO how do the issuers of stablecoins make money will they have to start introducing fees?

Why over the last 3 years has Tether’s capitalisation risen like a staircase in steps? Binance are offering 6% p.a. which may help explain why the amount of money held in Tether has increased so much?

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Jonny Fry

Jonny Fry co-founder and CEO of TeamBlockchain Ltd, is a Blockchain, crypto economics,Digital Assets and funds specialist, with over 25 year’s experience as CEO of an asset management business which he floated in London with over £1Billion under management .His focus has been on the dynamics of financial innovation, advising on Digital Assets, Tokenomics, Crypto funds and is a regular speaker on these topics. He is Non Executive Chairman of Gemini Ltd, a founder of The British Blockchain Frontier Technology Association (BBFTA) and advisor for a number of companies helping them with their strategic growth and managing corporate and reputational risk.

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