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Platypus' Stablecoin USP: What You Need to Know

The design of Platypus' USP stablecoin

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Feb 22, 2023
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CAUTION: USP suffered an $8.5M flash loan attack on February 17th, 2023. So please treat this article for educational purposes only.

The team is working on a plan to compensate for losses with $2.4M already recovered.

Platypus Finance, an Automated Market Maker (AMM) for pegged assets on Avalanche, has launched its stablecoin, $USP.

Here’s the full whitepaper here.

In this post, I’ll take a closer look at how the $USP stablecoin works and what sets it apart from other stablecoins.

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Platypus: AMMs for Pegged Assets

Platypus Finance is an AMM for pegged assets on Avalanche.

Similar to Curve, users on Platypus can swap among various stablecoins with low slippage.

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However, its main difference from Curve is the single-sided liquidity provision to an open liquidity pool, which avoids liquidity fragmentation. This approach attracts liquidity and increases capital efficiency, which is key to the success of AMMs.

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