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#9 in Stablecoins
of 16 ranked entries
Circle · Launched 2022
Euro Coin is structured as a euro-denominated fiat-backed stablecoin from the same issuer behind USD Coin, applying the same reserve-attestation model to a different currency peg entirely. Recorded specifics: launched 2022, peg EUR 1:1, collateral model Fiat-backed. Panel highlighted issued by Circle, applying the same reserve-attestation model used for USD Coin, fills a structural gap for euro-denominated on-chain settlement and regular independent reserve attestations since launch. The reservation on record is smaller circulating supply and liquidity than dollar-denominated stablecoins and smaller scale can mean thinner liquidity in a stress scenario, and currency-peg stablecoins carry their own distinct risk profile.
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On the record
| Launched | 2022 |
|---|---|
| Peg | EUR 1:1 |
| Collateral model | Fiat-backed |
| Issuer | Circle |
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First Digital Labs · Launched 2023
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TrueCoin · Launched 2018
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PayPal / Paxos · Launched 2023
PayPal USD is structured and issued by Paxos, a regulated trust company, under PayPal’s brand — giving it a structurally direct connection to an established, regulated consumer payments company that most stablecoins lack.
Paxos · Launched 2018
Pax Dollar is structured with reserves held in cash and cash equivalents under Paxos’s regulated New York trust charter, one of the more conservative regulatory structures among fiat-backed stablecoins on this list.
Gemini Trust · Launched 2018
Gemini Dollar is issued directly by Gemini Trust Company under New York Department of Financial Services oversight, structurally tying its regulatory standing to the same regulator that oversees several traditional New York-chartered banks.
Frax Finance · Launched 2020
Frax pioneered a fractional-algorithmic model, structurally backed partly by collateral and partly by algorithmic mechanisms, before the protocol later moved toward full collateralization — a structural evolution driven directly by observing weaker algorithmic models fail elsewhere.
TRON DAO Reserve · Launched 2022
USDD is structured as an over-collateralized stablecoin backed by a reserve of crypto assets managed by the TRON DAO Reserve, launched shortly after a widely publicized algorithmic-stablecoin collapse elsewhere in the industry that same year.
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