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Creator of TerraUSD plans to overhaul cryptocurrency

The crux of the plan involves a 'fork' in software terms — basically taking the existing code and starting over with an updated version

The price of the stablecoin TerraUSD was down sharply on 16 May as the cryptocurrency’s creator announced a plan to attempt to rescue the project.

The price of TerraUSD, created to maintain a value equal to a dollar, was down 36% at 11 cents, according to CoinMarketCap. Trading volume over the past 24 hours was less than $400m, down from the more than $5bn in volume it saw last week.

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