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Everything you should know about $USN stablecoin

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$USN everything you should know βœ… or ❌ ?
$USN is a soft-pegged #stablecoin on @NEARProtocol The main purpose to have stablecoin on protocol is to help grow #TVL and increasee #liquidity.
How to get $USN ❓ πŸ‘‰ swap $USN for $NEAR on: swap.decentral-bank.finance/ πŸ‘‰ wrap $NEAR to $wNEAR on: app.ref.finance/ πŸ‘‰ swap $wNEAR for $USDC on: app.ref.finance/
πŸ‘‰ bridge $USDC from NEAR to $USDC on Ethereum on: rainbowbridge.app/transfer πŸ‘‰ You can bridge assets between NEAR Protocol and other blockchains using: allbridge.io/
πŸ’° $USN yield The DAO behind @DcntrlBank can stake their $NEAR from Reserve Fund and generate around 11% APY Every stablecoin has its own stability mechanism, $USN has two: πŸ‘‰ Onchain swap πŸ‘‰ Reserve fund
1️⃣ Onchain swap 1/2 Tool is available here: swap.decentral-bank.finance/, it allows for swaps and every time swap is happening: πŸ‘‰ send $NEAR to smart contract return worth of it in $USN πŸ‘‰ send $USN to smart contract return $NEAR worth of $USN (arbitrage opportunity)
1️⃣ Onchain swap 2/2 All of the $NEAR sent to #smartcontract are not burnt just sent to NEAR Treasure to generating staking rewards, no new $NEAR's are minted if $USN is sent to smart contract, $NEAR's are returned to sender from the pool.
2️⃣Reserve fund 1/2 Rreserve fund is built into the system from the beginnig and it is double collaterized ($NEAR and $USDT), 1B USN is collaterized in: πŸ‘‰ 1B worth of $NEAR πŸ‘‰ 1B $USDT
2️⃣Reserve fund 2/2 Stableswap on ref finance works similar to curve.fi (dedicated AMM algorithm for stablecoin swaps), the initial pool of USN/USDT put by NEAR: everytime $USN is swap for $USDT, $USDT is added to the pool
πŸ’΅ Treasure management 1/2 πŸ‘‰ sell stablecoin to get $NEAR πŸ‘‰ sell $NEAR get stablecoin Important here is the relation between $NEAR and $USN: more $NEAR is added to the treasure, when: πŸ‘‰ people swap $NEAR for $USN πŸ‘‰ reserve fund sells $USDT for $NEAR
πŸ’΅ Treasure management 2/2 more $USDT is added to the treasure: πŸ‘‰ people swap $USDT for $USN (stableswap on ref finance) πŸ‘‰ reserve fund sells $NEAR for $USDT
Death spiral is possible: People mint a lot of $USN when the $NEAR price is stable, when the $NEAR price is digging and the MCAP of $USN is bigger than MCAP of $NEAR. Protection is: πŸ‘‰ reserve fund (buy $NEAR for $USDT from treasure) πŸ‘‰ treasure management
Possible improvements (authors opinion): πŸ’‘ greater collateral for $USN (many different stablecoins)
🧬 Differences from @terra_money: πŸ‘‰ no tools like Anchor Protocol (yet?) πŸ‘‰ 11% of $USN yield comes from $NEAR staking and reserve fund πŸ‘‰ bigger collaterizaton πŸ‘‰ hyper inflation not possible here onchain swap does not mint new $NEAR when swap for $USN
πŸ‘₯Owners The NEAR Foundation is not responsible for $USN. $USN is an independent project, led by a team named Decentral Bank, which is organized as a DAO. @DcntrlBank It is collaborating with Proximity Labs, which is a DAO contributor.
🎁 Added value $USN helps reduce selling preasure to $NEAR πŸ‘‰ NEAR -> USDT higher slippage (DEX) πŸ‘‰ NEAR -> USN -> USDT less slippage (stableswap), $NEAR will be staked not sell on open market Staked value of NEAR is available to watch here: (stakingrewards.com/earn/near-protocol/)
⌨️ Developer perspective πŸ‘‰ $USN smart contract has blacklisting feature: github.com/DecentralBankDAO/usn/blob/main/src/lib.rs#L55 πŸ’‘ Address added to this list will not be allowed for swaps and transfers $USN
πŸ‘‰ $USN smart contract could be paused: github.com/DecentralBankDAO/usn/blob/main/src/lib.rs#L66 πŸ’‘ The contract owner is able to pause it and do not allow for swaps and transfers for $USN holders
πŸ‘‰ $USN smart contract is not locked: explorer.near.org/accounts/usn πŸ’‘Locked contract means that there are no access keys allowing the contract code to be re-deployed (changed). $USN smart contract owner is able to change its implementation
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