The First Digital USD (FDUSD) stablecoin has recorded a significant rise in its market cap following an announcement by the Binance exchange in August. FDUSD, a dollar-pegged stablecoin, was recently launched on June 1, 2023, debuting on the Ethereum network and the BNB Smart Chain. The token was officially listed for specific trading pairs on the crypto exchange in July.
In particular, the crypto exchange encouraged users to convert their BUSD to FDUSD, touting incentives such as zero trading fees and a 1:1 direct swap ratio.
This indicates that Binance’s promotion of FDUSD as a BUSD alternative is paying dividends, resulting in a rapid rise in the former’s adoption over the last few days.
For context, the market cap metric represents the total value of a cryptocurrency based on its market price and the number of circulating tokens. Since FDUSD is a stablecoin with a fixed value of $1, CoinMarketCap’s data means that over 70 million FDUSD tokens entered circulation over the past week.
In addition, according to the DeFi analytics platform, DeFiLlama, FDUSD now ranks as the ninth largest stablecoin in the crypto market ahead of other popular assets such as Gemini USD (GUSD).
These trading pairs are DOGE/FDUSD, SOL/FDUSD, and XRP/FDUSD, which will become available for trading on September 7 at exactly 08:00 UTC.
Nevertheless, BUSD remains an important item in the market, ranking as the fifth largest stablecoin in the crypto space.
