The crypto industry has several ways to put a dollar on a blockchain, but not every digital dollar works the same way under the hood. USDC, for example, is designed to represent a dollar-backed claim, while Ethena's USDe creates synthetic dollar exposure through crypto assets and derivatives. Both can trade around $1, yet the systems that keep them there operate on fundamentally different principles. The distinction matters because a dollar peg …
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