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According to data, over 42 million Terra (UST) have been grabbed by the top ETH whales over the last 24 hours.
???? An ETH whale just bought 15,000,000 ($15,060,000 USD).
— WhaleStats - BabyWhale ($BBW) (@WhaleStats)
Transaction hash: 0x342fe3b38daa318cbfdf55533b53c72b4f434ca56042a8db1235d647057d2b66
Simply defined, a whale is someone who owns a chunk of cryptocurrencies or is otherwise a large holder. Terra USD, or UST, is the decentralized and algorithmic stablecoin of the Terra blockchain.
The purchase of the 42 million UST was done in four large transactions, as reported by whale tracking service WhaleStats over the last four hours.
?? An ETH whale just bought 9,000,000 ($9,036,000 USD).
— WhaleStats - BabyWhale ($BBW) (@WhaleStats)
Transaction hash: 0x7ea9046f7e3983c0ea078d63aa0750f3add761b7589d4e8a6ff0b62e4770f3b0
The transactions had 15,000,000 UST or $15,060,000 worth purchased, then 9,000,000 UST or $9,036,000 worth, then another transaction of an ETH whale acquiring 10,000,000 UST or $10,040,000 worth. The fourth transaction had an ETH whale purchasing 8,000,000 UST or $8,032,000 worth.
??? An ETH whale just bought 10,000,000 ($10,040,000 USD).
— WhaleStats - BabyWhale ($BBW) (@WhaleStats)
Transaction hash: 0xab828673d6d1fc0e63f4c3823231f30eb1b601607f227ce5ed6584080c5cc0a8
During periods of volatility and macro dips in the cryptocurrency market, large investors tend to shift their attention to less volatile crypto-assets such as stablecoins.
?? An ETH whale just bought 8,000,000 ($8,032,000 USD).
— WhaleStats - BabyWhale ($BBW) (@WhaleStats)
Transaction hash: 0x0bf5e3deaa3976fdaef707288dba38c666cf6c6a4546d6165bd4fe8598d4e7b0
Terra (UST) as a stablecoin
UST, Terra's native dollar-pegged stablecoin, is kept stable by a swap mechanism, in which traders can sell 1 UST for $1 worth of LUNA at any moment.
Increased stability may result in stronger demand for UST, reducing the LUNA supply. The generation of UST is assisted by burning LUNA, hence, LUNA's fortunes are inextricably linked to UST's. To put it another way, to mint one UST, $1 worth of LUNA must be removed from circulation.
UST's market capitalization has risen dramatically to $14.7 billion, according to data tracking website CoinMarketCap, making the dollar-pegged digital asset the world's fourth-largest stablecoin. Meanwhile, Terra's LUNA has steadily risen in market value to become the seventh-largest cryptocurrency, trading at $91.65 at press time.
InkByte Editorial Team
Dan Burgin
