CDS Crypto News BitGo to Launch USDS Stablecoin in 2025, Offering Rewards for Liquidity Providers
Crypto News

BitGo to Launch USDS Stablecoin in 2025, Offering Rewards for Liquidity Providers

BitGo announces the launch of USDS, a fully-backed stablecoin set for January 2025. The new stablecoin offers rewards to liquidity providers, creating a unique incentive model in the competitive crypto market.

102
BitGo to Launch USDS Stablecoin in 2025, Offering Rewards for Liquidity Providers

BitGo to Launch USDS Stablecoin in 2025, Offering Rewards for Liquidity Providers

BitGo has announced plans to launch a dollar-backed stablecoin, named USDS, in January 2025, positioning it as the first “open-participation stablecoin” on the market. According to a September 18 post on X (formerly Twitter), BitGo explained that the stablecoin would be fully collateralized by short-duration Treasury bills, overnight repos, and cash. This ensures the coin will maintain high liquidity and carry minimal risk, with real-time proof of reserves available.

BitGo to Launch USDS Stablecoin in 2025, Offering Rewards for Liquidity Providers
BitGo to Launch USDS Stablecoin in 2025, Offering Rewards for Liquidity Providers

What sets BitGo’s stablecoin apart is its innovative approach to rewarding liquidity providers by offering them a share of the returns generated from the reserves, providing a new incentive model in a space currently dominated by giants like Tether’s USDT and Circle’s USDC.

This development comes as BitGo, which currently commands a 96.6% market share in the Wrapped Bitcoin (wBTC) space, faces mounting competition. Coinbase, for example, introduced cbBTC on September 12, an ERC20 token backed 1:1 by Bitcoin in Coinbase custody, which operates on both the Base and Ethereum networks. This new offering signals a direct challenge to BitGo’s dominance.

In parallel, several decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols are reassessing their reliance on wBTC. Concerns have arisen over BitGo’s potential partnership with BitGlobal, a venture linked to TRON founder Justin Sun. Sky, formerly known as MakerDAO, is considering removing wBTC as collateral on its SparkLend borrowing platform due to fears that this partnership might shift control of wBTC to parties associated with Sun.

BitGo to Launch USDS Stablecoin in 2025, Offering Rewards for Liquidity Providers

Leave a comment

Leave a Reply

Related Articles

Vitalik Buterin Unveils “Info Finance” to Revolutionize Data Collection and Sharing

Discover Vitalik Buterin's new concept of 'Info Finance' and how blockchain can...

Ethereum vs Bitcoin: What’s Next for the Crypto Market After Record Price Breaks?

Ethereum has surged past the $3,000 mark for the first time since...

Ether Bull Run Accelerates After Positive News from Fed and Trump Election Win

Ether Bull Run Accelerates After Positive News from Fed and Trump Election...

Ethereum Price Nears $3K as BlackRock ETF Sees Record Inflows

BlackRock’s Ethereum ETF sees record $60M inflows as ETH hovers near $3K—market...