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FIRST MOVER: How USD0 Plans to Bring More Transparency to the Existing Stablecoin Model

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4.8689 Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2024

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Usual CEO Pierre Person joins "First Mover" with insights on the new stablecoin project USD0.

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Pierre Person, CEO of finance protocol Usual and former politician and member of the French National Assembly, joins "First Mover" to break down the details of USD0 and how the new stablecoin project aims to offer more transparency and fairness in the market. Plus, insights on the state of crypto regulation in Europe.

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0:00.0

Finance Protocol, Usual recently introduced a new stable coin project backed by real-world assets.

0:06.6

Joining us now to discuss as usual CEO Pierre Persant. Pierre, welcome to the show.

0:12.0

Thank you very much for inviting me, Jennifer.

0:14.2

I have so many questions for you, but let's start with the stable coin project, USD Zero.

0:20.5

Talk to me about the project and what it is.

0:23.5

Yeah, the idea, like you said, is to back and create a new stable coin, your type of

0:27.8

stable coin, collage by a real world asset.

0:30.4

So the idea is to offer more transparency, more fairness from the flatback stablecoin market.

0:37.7

So the idea is to have a stable coin that is

0:41.2

trustable by people that is

0:43.0

stronger in terms of collateral, not exposed

0:45.4

to commercial bank and to avoid

0:47.4

any bankruptcy. So the idea

0:49.3

first is to offer some security

0:51.3

for the market. And the other thing

0:53.4

is that we want to redistribute the revenue.

0:55.6

So one of the principal aspect of usual is how we can align the interest of all the

1:02.6

participants, the older of the stable coin, also people who provide liquidity.

1:06.7

And so we have created some great economics in order to, yeah, to help people to receive

1:11.9

the fair value of the holdings.

1:14.6

Break this down even further for me.

1:16.7

Talk to me a little bit more about the problem with traditional Fiat-backed stable

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