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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
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Liam Gibson

After Terra, Luna crashes, regulators count cost of crypto

The collapse of the TerraUSD (UST) and Luna coins erased about $45bn in wealth practically overnight [File: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg]

Taipei, Taiwan – As the crypto winter deepened this month, one wealth-destroying event – the collapse of the TerraUSD (UST) and Luna coins – has brought the human cost of unstable cryptocurrency projects to the surface.

UST, a so-called “algorithmic stablecoin,” plummeted over the last week as it lost its peg against the US dollar and sent its sistercoin Luna crashing to zero, erasing about $45bn. The crash wiped out the savings of untold numbers of investors overnight.

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