LFG to deploy $1.5 billion to bolster UST peg and build BTC reserves

cointelegraph.com:

Amid the sharp pullback across Bitcoin (BTC) and the wider crypto market this week, the Luna Foundation Guard (LFG) is set to deploy $1.5 billion worth of capital to “help protect” Terra USD’s peg to the U.S. dollar.

The Singapore-based nonprofit LFG is part of the Terra (LUNA) ecosystem and is tasked with collateralizing the network’s algorithmic stablecoin UST to keep its USD peg intact, while also managing the network’s reserves.

While details are sparse at this stage, the LFG outlined on Twitter earlier today that it will first loan out $750 million worth of BTC to over-the-counter (OTC) trading firms to manage and trade the capital.

Following on from this, once the market has stabilized, the LFG will obtain a 750 million UST loan — most likely from Terraform Labs — to re-balance its reserves.

The LFG noted that the council voted to execute the plan after observing “significant” market volatility across BTC, UST and LUNA over the past several days.

4/ As a result, the LFG Council has voted to execute the following:- Loan $750M worth of BTC to OTC trading firms to help protect the UST peg.- Loan 750M UST to accumulate BTC as market conditions normalize.

Providing further explanation on the move, Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon emphasized on Twitter that “LFG is not trying to exit its Bitcoin position” and is ultimately deploying the capital in the short term to strengthen UST in the short term will upping its BTC holdings long term.

1/ The LFG Council just voted to deploy 1.5B in capital (0.75B in BTC, 0.75B in UST) to allay market concerns around UST. Some more context on why and how: https://t.co/TfaAPkzgUJ

As the LFG’s $2.91 billion reserves are primarily backed by BTC (91% or $2.7 billion) the declining price of