{"id":60244,"date":"2022-04-18T10:18:12","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T07:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=60244"},"modified":"2025-09-05T02:16:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T23:16:47","slug":"terras-ust-surpasses-binance-usd-in-market-capitalization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/terras-ust-surpasses-binance-usd-in-market-capitalization\/","title":{"rendered":"Terra&#8217;s UST surpasses Binance USD in market capitalization"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The market capitalization of the algorithmic stablecoin Terra USD (UST) surpassed $17.53 billion, allowing it to overtake Binance USD (BUSD) and secure the third position in the ranking of stablecoins by market cap. Over the past 30 days, its figure has risen by almost 15%.<\/p>\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-image size-large\\\"><img loading=\\\"lazy\\\" decoding=\\\"async\\\" width=\\\"1024\\\" height=\\\"524\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/stabl-1024x524.png\\\" alt=\\\"Terra's UST stablecoin surpasses Binance USD in market capitalization\\\" class=\\\"wp-image-170690\\\" srcset=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/stabl-1024x524.png 1024w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/stabl-300x153.png 300w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/stabl-768x393.png 768w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/stabl.png 1279w\\\" sizes=\\\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\\\" \/><figcaption>Data: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.coingecko.com\/en\/categories\/stablecoins\\\">CoinGecko<\/a>. <br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-image size-large\\\"><img loading=\\\"lazy\\\" decoding=\\\"async\\\" width=\\\"1024\\\" height=\\\"489\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/lfg-2-1024x489.png\\\" alt=\\\"Terra's UST stablecoin surpasses Binance USD in market capitalization\\\" class=\\\"wp-image-170691\\\" srcset=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/lfg-2-1024x489.png 1024w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/lfg-2-300x143.png 300w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/lfg-2-768x367.png 768w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/lfg-2.png 1289w\\\" sizes=\\\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\\\" \/><figcaption>Data: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/datastudio.google.com\/u\/0\/reporting\/b31cc9e5-c54c-4418-a6ce-b332c57e82e9\/page\/4YBqC?s=or-T7NeGLew\\\">LFG<\/a>.<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to <a href=\\\"https:\/\/bitinfocharts.com\/bitcoin\/address\/bc1q9d4ywgfnd8h43da5tpcxcn6ajv590cg6d3tg6axemvljvt2k76zs50tv4q\\\">BitInfoCharts<\/a>, LFG has acquired more than 42,530 BTC.<\/p>\n<p>In January 2022, the Terra-backed company Terraform Labs <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/terraform-labs-to-commit-more-than-4-billion-to-terra-ecosystem-development\">created<\/a> a non-profit organisation Luna Foundation Guard (LFG) and provided it with funding of 50 million LUNA. LFG&#8217;s aim is to develop the project&#8217;s ecosystem and bolster UST&#8217;s resilience.<\/p>\n<p>In March, Terraform Labs <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/terraform-labs-donates-12-million-luna-to-luna-foundation-guard\">directed<\/a> LFG 12 million LUNA. In the same month the organisation <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/luna-foundation-guard-plows-more-than-1-billion-into-bitcoin-to-back-ust\">began to establish a fund<\/a>, designed to mobilise the liquidity in Bitcoin needed to support a stable UST price.<\/p>\n<p>In April, Terraform Labs <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/terraform-labs-donates-10-million-luna-to-luna-foundation-guard\">provided<\/a> LFG with an additional 10 million LUNA. Earlier they also announced that <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/luna-foundation-guard-and-terraform-labs-invest-200-million-in-avax\">they would invest $200 million<\/a> in AVAX tokens of the Avalanche project, including to expand UST&#8217;s reserves.<\/p>\n<p>As of writing, on LFG&#8217;s balance sheet are assets worth $2.38 billion. Of these, almost 70% ($1.66 billion) are Bitcoin. In addition, the reserve fund includes stablecoins USDC and USDT, as well as LUNA tokens.<\/p>\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-image size-large\\\"><img loading=\\\"lazy\\\" decoding=\\\"async\\\" width=\\\"1024\\\" height=\\\"489\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/lfg-2-1024x489.png\\\" alt=\\\"Terra's UST stablecoin surpasses Binance USD in market capitalization\\\" class=\\\"wp-image-170691\\\" srcset=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/lfg-2-1024x489.png 1024w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/lfg-2-300x143.png 300w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/lfg-2-768x367.png 768w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/lfg-2.png 1289w\\\" sizes=\\\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\\\" \/><figcaption>Data: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/datastudio.google.com\/u\/0\/reporting\/b31cc9e5-c54c-4418-a6ce-b332c57e82e9\/page\/4YBqC?s=or-T7NeGLew\\\">LFG<\/a>.<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to <a href=\\\"https:\/\/bitinfocharts.com\/bitcoin\/address\/bc1q9d4ywgfnd8h43da5tpcxcn6ajv590cg6d3tg6axemvljvt2k76zs50tv4q\\\">BitInfoCharts<\/a>, LFG has acquired more than 42,530 BTC.<\/p>\n<p>Frax Finance <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/frax-finance-to-create-reserve-crypto-fund-modeled-on-terra\">is set to create<\/a> a reserve crypto fund modeled on Terra.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The market capitalization of the algorithmic stablecoin Terra USD (UST) surpassed $17.53 billion, allowing the asset to overtake Binance USD (BUSD) and secure the third place in the ranking of stablecoins by market cap. Over the past 30 days its value has risen by almost 15%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":60245,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[807,852],"class_list":["post-60244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-stablecoins","tag-terra"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"21","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60244"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60244\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60246,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60244\/revisions\/60246"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}