Polygon-Based Stablecoin USDR Depegs to $0.53

The stablecoin lost its peg to the U.S. dollar after all the liquid DAI in its treasury was redeemed.

Real USD (USDR), a Polygon-based stablecoin backed by real estate holdings, lost nearly 50% of its value over a few hours on Wednesday. 

In a tweet on X, Tangible DAO, the team behind the project, disclosed that all the liquid DAI from the USDR treasury was redeemed over a short period of time. This accelerated drawdown in market cap, coupled with a lack of DAI for redemptions, resulted in panic selling that led to a depeg, the team said.

An update on $USDR

Over a short period of time, all of the liquid $DAI from the $USDR treasury was redeemed.

This lead to an accelerated drawdown in the market cap.

Combined with the lack of DAI for redemptions, panic selling ensued, causing a depeg.

We’re working on…

— Tangible 🏠💙 (@tangibleDAO) October 11, 2023

“In the meantime, this is a liquidity issue. The real estate and digital assets backing USDR still exist and will be used to support redemptions,” said Tangible DAO.

On-chain data from the team shows that there is no DAI left in the treasury, and the price of USDR sits at $0.53. The stablecoin has a market cap of $45 million and a circulating supply of 45.21 million, and currently offers a 16.39% yield.

At the moment, there is only $5.9 million worth of liquid assets in the form of an insurance fund, while around $6.6 million sits in the TNGBL token, which has lost 53% of its value over the last 24 hours.

Traders appear to be selling large quantities of USDR for USDC for a fraction of its value, according to data from the Polygon blockchain explorer Polyscan.

Someone swapped 130,000 $USDR for 0.0001 $USDC

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— Rekt Fencer (@rektfencer) October 11, 2023

Earlier this month, crypto trader Valentin Mihov warned users about farming the USDR stablecoin, labelling it a “ticking time bomb.”

“Everyone is going crazy about farming with USDR… but you need to be super careful as that stable could potentially enter a death spiral if their DAI reserves are depleted. Keep an eye on this and better get out if this number goes close to 0,” he tweeted on Sept. 1.