Emurgo, the official entity and founder of the Cardano blockchain, plans to launch USDA, a USD-pegged stablecoin, in early 2023.
USDA will be a fully fiat backed and regulatory stablecoin in the Cardano ecosystem.
“The launch of a stablecoin backed by fiat money and fully compliant. It is the next step in realizing the future for our community,” said Vineeth Bhuvanagiri, managing director of Emurgo Fintech.
Stablecoins are tokens backed by an asset or asset basket. and pegged to fiat currencies such as the US dollar, it serves as an entry point to the crypto market for traditional market participants and is widely used within the ecosystem as a trading tool. borrowing and lending
USDA is part of Emurgo’s Anzens product, a plan to offer financial services and products. These plans include lending services, crypto-based card payments, and a bridge between traditional marketplaces and decentralized applications (dapps).
This could help support Cardano’s decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem, which had just $53 million in TVL as of Friday, according to CoinDesk. DeFiLlama That’s down 82% since March, above $300 million in March.
USDA is expected to launch on the Anzens platform in Q1 2023, where users will be able to use USDA tokens via credit/debit card, bank transfer, or Cardano’s native ADA token conversion.
Emurgo has partnered with a regulated financial services firm based in the United States as its banking partner to issue the USDA to ensure stablecoins are compliant and fully comply with regulatory guidelines, Emurgo said.
In addition to the USD token, Emurgo will soon enable the conversion of other stablecoins such as USD Coin (USDC) and Tether (USDT) to USDA, with long-term plans to enable digital currency conversion and exchange. Such as Bitcoin ( BTC ), ETH and other cryptocurrencies.
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