Reports said that with the new announcement that Cardano is on its way to release an algorithmic stablecoin in 2023, various community members expressed concerns, comparing the project to TerraUSD (UST), which caused great losses within the crypto space in 2022.
It has been reported that according to its developers, the stablecoin project Djed will be pegged to the United States dollar and backed by Cardano. Apart from this, it will be using another token as its reserve coin. The project highlighted that it will be overcollateralized and will have on-chain proof-of-reserves.
However, despite the assurances given by the team, various community members expressed concerns, with some bringing the recently collapsed UST to the conversation. One community member was seemingly confused as to why another algorithmic stablecoin has come out despite Terra showing that they could go wrong.
They wrote:
“I thought we already figured this out, algorithmic stablecoins, not the best option.”
The report said that another Twitter user mentioned that they would rather keep using Tether. According to the community member, algorithmic stablecoins already proved that they are not stable.
Likewise, in a statement, the Djed team said that though DJED and UST are both algorithmic stablecoins, they aren't the same. The team highlighted that DJED is overcollateralized and will be able to prevent a death spiral by blocking the burning and minting process of coins.
They explained:
“Djed is fully backed and overcollateralized with a significant reserve ratio, up to 8x. The Djed contract has enough money to buy back all the Djed stablecoins in circulation for 1 USD worth of the backing asset, thus maintaining the peg and would still have a lot of money left.”
The team also explained that while LUNA and UST had a "circular dependency" with each other, Djed is backed by assets like Cardano with their own utility that is independent of Djed.
Thus, Tether said:
“Unlike collateralized stablecoins where each coin is fully backed by collateral, algorithmic stablecoins attempt to maintain their value via various market operations that have frequently been broken down dramatically.”
Source: Cointelegraph