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Anchor Protocol (ANC) wrecked by Terra’s crash – Is there hope for recovery?

Before the UST de-pegging and the eventual collapse of Terra (LUNA), the Anchor Protocol (ANC) was one of the biggest DeFi platforms in crypto. But the project was heavily exposed to UST, and the de-pegging had a massive impact on its value. But will ANC ever recover?

  • ANC lost nearly 1000% in value shortly after the UST de-pegging

  • At one point, the coin fell from highs of $2.13 to as low as $0.08.

  • The road to recovery will be difficult but not impossible.

Data Source: TradingView 

How will Anchor Protocol (ANC) recover?

It will take some time before ANC recovers. This recovery will depend on two things. First, how fast the Terra chain is able to resolve the LUNA collapse will be crucial. Secondly, returning UST to its peg will have a huge impact on lifting ANC in the long term. 

Besides, ANC has already shown it has what it takes to come back. For example, shortly after UST was de-pegged from the dollar, ANC literally collapsed. It looked like it was going to zero. But we saw an instant reversal, with ANC rallying by nearly 1500% from its lows. This is a sign that investors are still confident about the protocol. 

Despite this rally, Total Value locked on Anchor has not really improved. After the UST crash, Anchor’s TVL dropped to $307 million. Before this, Anchor was ranked 4th in terms of TVL. The crash pushed it to 60th. We have not seen any improvements in TVL. This could hamper any hopes of recovery.

Should you buy Anchor now?

There are still many unknowns with regard to the Anchor Protocol. For example, despite efforts by the Terra community to defend the UST peg, the stablecoin has continued to fall apart. 

It doesn’t seem the issue will be resolved soon. As such, just steer clear of ANC for now until further developments on LUNA and UST are announced.

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Do Kwon outlines fork proposal as he seeks to save Terra

The proposal is to have a new Terra (LUNA) chain and (old)Terra Classic (LUNC), with UST removed from the new chain.

Terra should fork to create a new chain to save it from total collapse, Terraform Labs’ Do Kwon announced on Monday.

According to Kwon, the new plan will also help save the community around the cryptocurrency, which he says has a lot of good developments going.

Kwon said that the plan is to have a new governance proposal put to the community on 18 May. Thereafter, a timeline would kick in towards forking the Terra blockchain, with the algorithmic stablecoin not part of the new blockchain.

“$UST peg failure is Terra’s DAO hack moment – a chance to rise up anew from the ashes,” Kwon wrote.

New Terra blockchain

If the proposal that Kwon plans to put forth is adopted, the new chain will go live on 27 May. According to him, the new blockchain will be called Terra and have its native token as LUNA. Meanwhile, the old chain would be called Terra Classic and have its native coin as LUNC.

Under this proposal, Terra (LUNA) and Terra Classic (LUNC) will then co-exist.

In the event the community adopts the ‘rescue plan 2’, the team will airdrop LUNA across Luna Classic stakers and holders, UST holders, and essential app developers on the Classic chain.

To make the new chain fully community-owned, Kwon proposes the removal of TFL’s wallet (terra1dp0taj85ruc299rkdvzp4z5pfg6z6swaed74e6) from the airdrop whitelist. Among other plans, Terra will support staking rewards of 7% to incentivize users and help secure the blockchain.

Token supply will be capped at 1 billion, the under-fire Terraforms Labs CEO noted.

Kwon’s proposal comes a day after Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao said he was ready to offer help to Terra, only that he would prefer to see a lot more transparency and accountability from the team.

The plan also follows reports that the Luna Foundation Guard blew 80,000BTC trying to save the UST peg.

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Avalanche price prediction as bullish comeback fades

The Avalanche price continues to move in a sideways direction as the cryptocurrencies industry remains on edge. AVAX is trading at $33.40, which is sharply above last week’s low of $22.38. The coin has crashed by more than 77% from its all-time high, bringing its total market cap to about $8.8 billion.

AVAX recovery stalls

Avalanche is a leading blockchain project that aims to become a better alternative to Ethereum. The network has better features that include faster speeds, lower costs, and more interoperability. Some of the most notable projects created in Avalanche are 1Inch, Aave, AllianceBlock, and Atlantis Loans among others.

While the Avalanche ecosystem is growing, there are a few elephants in the room. First, there are growing concerns about the DeFi industry after the tragic collapse of Terra USD, LUNA, and the affiliated DeFi ecosystems like Anchor Protocol and Astroport.

DeFi investors are now aware about how risky the industry is despite the high returns. As you recall, just last week, Anchor Protocol was one of the biggest apps in the DeFi industry with over $18 billion in assets. Now, what has been left behind is a shell of its former self.

Read more about how to buy Avalanche.

The other big elephant in the room is the Federal Reserve. The bank is expected to continue tightening its monetary policy in the coming months even after signs showed that inflation may have peaked. Also, the bank will continue hiking interest rates as the US economy is going through stagflation.

The performance of the AVAX price also mirrors that of other assets. For example, Bitcoin is still hovering at about $30,000, where it has been in the past few days. Similarly, American stocks are still struggling to find direction after they made a spectacular comeback last week.

Avalanche price prediction

Turning to the daily chart, we see that the AVAX price formed a hammer pattern last week when it crashed to a low of $22.5. In price action analysis, this pattern is usually a bullish sign. 

However, a closer look shows that the coin’s price has formed what looks like a bearish flag pattern, which is usually a bearish sign. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) and the moving averages show that the price is still bearish. Therefore, a drop to last week’s low cannot be ruled out.

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Sandbox price prediction as a bearish pennant pattern forms

The Sandbox price remained in a tight range as investors reacted to the new roadmap plan for LAND holders. SAND is trading at $1.3225, which is significantly above last week’s low of $0.9272. As a result of this rebound, the coin’s market cap has risen to over $1.65 billion.

Sandbox roadmap

The Sandbox is a leading blockchain project that is in the metaverse and gaming industry. The network helps people and companies participate in the metaverse in a number of ways.

For example, the developers regularly host the Alpha season event where gamers participate in games and make money for winning. This money is usually in the form of SAND, the network’s native token.

The platform also has a diverse NFT marketplace, where people can buy products like avatars and other virtual products. It is one of the most popular NFT marketplaces in the industry.

Most importantly, people are able to buy virtual land and sell it later at a fee. Some people have spent millions of dollars on this virtual land.

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At the same time, many companies like HSBC and Standard Chartered have made deals with Sandbox. These firms have bought virtual property in the platform for marketing purposes.

In a statement on Monday, the developers announced the roadmap for LAND holders. The developers will distribute 5 million SAND to all holders. Going by the current price, this distribution will be worth more than $6 million. 

At the same time, LAND and ASSET will be moved to Polygon, a leading layer-2 network in a bid to lower transaction costs. People who migrate to Polygon will be eligible for over 1 million SAND rewards. 

Still, the biggest concern among investors is whether the recent recovery is real or whether it is a bearish recovery.

The Sandbox price prediction

On the 4H chart, we see that the SAND price has been in a strong bearish trend in the past few months. The sell-off accelerated last week as Terra USD crumbled. Now, the coin has formed what looks like a bearish pennant pattern that is shown in blue. 

It has also moved slightly below the 25-day moving averages while the Relative Strength Index (RSI) comeback has stagnated at 50. Therefore, the pair will likely stage a major pullback since the pennant pattern is nearing its confluence level. If this happens, the next key support will be at $1.10.

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33 central banks and 12 financial authorities to meet Nayib Bukele to discuss BTC

Nayib Bukele, the president of El Salvador, tweeted that he would be meeting with 33 central banks and 12 financial authorities today Monday to discuss the Bitcoin rollout among other things.

According to the Twitter thread that followed the tweet about the meeting to “discuss financial inclusion, digital economy, banking the unbanked, the #Bitcoin rollout and its benefits in our country,” some of the banks expected to meet Bukele include the bank of Rwanda, Sacco Societies Regulatory Authority (SASRA) Kenya, Central Bank of Egypt, Central Bank of Nigeria, and the Maldives Monetary Authority among others.

The central banks and regulatory authorities mentioned by Bukele are primarily from developing countries, especially from Africa. 

At the time, it is clear are explicitly meeting to discuss Bitcoin or if there are other issues to be discussed.

Bukele’s tweet didn’t however capture the world by surprise since about five days after the tweet from the president, someone under the Twitter account going by the name “Bitcoin Beach” had said that several countries are flying to El Salvador.

El Salvador and Bitcoin

El Salvador is the first country to make Bitcoin a legal tender and it recently took advantage of the falling BTC price and bought 500 bitcoins.

Besides making BTC a legal tender in the country, El Salvador has accumulated more than 2,000 bitcoins worth over $60 million at the current Bitcoin price. 

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