Major Stablecoins Pegged to the US Dollar
1. Tether (USDT) Symbol: USDT Issuer: Tether Limited
• Fully backed by the US dollar with a reserve of 118.4 billion USD 2024.
• The most used for daily trades and supports multiple networks.
2. USD Coin (USDC) Symbol: USDC
Issuer: Circle (in collaboration with Coinbase via Centre)
• Backed 1:1 by the US dollar.
• Widely used in decentralized finance (DeFi) and operates on multiple networks.
3. TrueUSD (TUSD) Symbol: TUSD
• Issuer: ArchBlock (formerly TrustToken)
• Fully backed by the US dollar.
• Used in trades and payments.
4. Pax Dollar (USDP) Symbol: USDP
• Issuer: Paxos
• Fully backed by the US dollar.
• Used in payments and decentralized finance and operates on networks.
5. PayPal USD (PYUSD) Symbol: PYUSD
• Issuer: PayPal (in collaboration with Paxos)
• Fully backed by the US dollar.
• Used in payments via the PayPal platform and operates on networks.
Other Stablecoins Pegged to the US Dollar
Dai (DAI) Symbol: DAI Issuer: MakerDAO
• Backed by a variety of digital assets including Ethereum and USDC.
• Used in decentralized finance (DeFi)
Binance USD (BUSD)
• Symbol: BUSD Issuer: Binance (in collaboration with Paxos)
• Fully backed by the US dollar.
• Features: Used in trades via the Binance platform and operates on multiple networks Ethereum
• Binance + Smart pay
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