Stablecoins
Stablecoins are cryptocurrencies created to decrease the volatility of the coin’s price, relative to some “stable” asset or basket of assets. A stablecoin can be pegged to currency or exchange-traded commodities.
Ampleforth
AMPL is a USD soft-pegged digital currency, that adjusts supply daily based on market conditions.
Augmint
Augmint offers digital tokens targeted to a fiat currency. Stablecoin backed 1:1 by Euros.
DAI
DAI is a crypto-backed stablecoin soft-pegged to USD, built on the Ethereum and governed by the MakerDAO system.
Digix
Physical gold with DGX tokens, where 1 DGX represents 1 gram of gold on Ethereum.
EOSDT
EOS-based stablecoin with self-service dApp to generate stablecoins against crypto collateral and to manage existing user positions. Equilibrium - framework for generating asset-backed EOSDT stablecoins. Interview with CEO.
Paxos Standard
PAX is a stablecoin backed 1:1 by USD, and listed on over 90 exchanges.
pTokens
pTokens are the ERC-20 token version of other, non-Ethereum blockchain currencies that enable liquidity to freely move from one blockchain to another.
WBTC
Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) is the ERC20 token backed 1:1 with Bitcoin. WBTC origins with Benedict Chan, CTO of BitGo.