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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Alex Hern UK technology editor

Collapsed ‘stablecoin’ terra to be rebooted in attempt to recover losses

Illustration shows representations of virtual cryptocurrencies on US dollar banknotes.
Terra 2.0 will not involve an effort to peg its value to the US dollars. Photograph: Dado Ruvić/Reuters

Terra, the “algorithmic stablecoin” project whose collapse this month prompted a widespread crash of the entire cryptocurrency sector, is being rebooted as “terra 2.0” in a last-ditch attempt to recover investor losses.

However, the new cryptocurrency, which will be launched on Friday morning, will no longer involve any effort to peg its value to the US dollar, in an attempt to avoid the “death spiral” that destroyed the original iteration. The plans were approved by a vote of terra investors, with 65% voting in favour.

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