[Report] NEAR University Fellowship - Stablecoin research

NEAR University Fellowship

Project title: Stablecoin Primer

One-liner: Series of Medium Articles educating readers on stablecoins.

Project Summary: I am a firm believer that stablecoins may impact our lives more than many disruptive technologies that have come into existence. Stablecoins are not only the lifeblood of the crypto ecosystem, but also a better alternative to inflation-plagued fiat monies.

So what’s a good resource to start learning more about stablecoins? There are indeed many great resources out there with Crypto Twitter being one of them. However, while I was knee-deep researching stablecoins, I’ve realized that these resources were all over the place and I was getting lost while trying to guide my research. As a first step in my quest to making stablecoins easy for everyone, I’m launching a series of Medium articles with the title Stablecoin Primer.

I have started this project via a NEAR Fast Grant and am now continuing it as part of a NEAR University Fellowship.

Status Report:

Feb 21 2022 → Mar 4 2022 (New York, US)

Stablecoin Primer is composed of the below seven sections - feel free to read Intro section below to get a better sense what the Primer and each of its sections is about. I have provided a status update next to each section.

  • Stablecoin Primer -Intro: Rower and slow cooker - Status: 95% done, waiting for final visual from digital artist. To be launched in the next few days.
  • Stablecoin Primer - Section 1: Path to stablecoins - Status: 80% done. Article will be launched in the upcoming 7 days. Can share draft privately
  • Stablecoin Primer - Section 2: Stablecoin landscape - Status: 70% done. Article will be flowed into Medium and launched in the next two weeks. Can share draft privately
  • Stablecoin Primer - Section 3: Stablecoin types - Status: 50% drafted. Article will be launched in the next three weeks.
  • Stablecoin Primer - Section 4: Stablecoin deep dives - Not started. Article will be launched in the next four weeks.
  • Stablecoin Primer - Section 5: Stablecoins’ future - Not started
  • Stablecoin Primer - Bonus section: Anything missed - Not started

Happy to chat with anyone interested in stablecoins, please reach out! Best way to reach out to me is via Twitter.

Turning this Primer into a discord channel and building a community could be great ways to make stablecoins more accesible to everyone.

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Status Report :

Mar 5 2022 → Mar 18 2022 (New York, US)

Stablecoin Primer is composed of the below seven sections - feel free to read Intro section below to get a better sense what the Primer and each of its sections is about. I have provided a status update next to each section.

  • Stablecoin Primer -Intro: Rower and slow cooker - Published on 3/8; 396 views so far
  • Stablecoin Primer - Section 1: Path to stablecoins - Publish on 3/8 (link of this article can be found in the above link); 253 views so far
  • Stablecoin Primer - Section 2: Stablecoin landscape - Will be published on 3/20
  • Stablecoin Primer - Section 3: Stablecoin types - Will be published on 3/27
  • Stablecoin Primer - Section 4: Stablecoin deep dives - Will be published on 4/25
  • Stablecoin Primer - Section 5: Stablecoins’ future - Not started
  • Stablecoin Primer - Bonus section: Anything missed - Not started

Happy to chat with anyone interested in stablecoins, please reach out! Best way to reach out to me is via Twitter (link above).

Turning this Primer into a discord channel and building a community could be great ways to make stablecoins more accessible to everyone

Mar 5 2022 → April 8 2022 (New York, US)

Stablecoin Primer is composed of the below seven sections - feel free to read Intro section below to get a better sense what the Primer and each of its sections is about. I have provided a status update next to each section.

  • Stablecoin Primer -Intro: Rower and slow cooker - Published on 3/8; 541 views so far (Stablecoin Primer Intro. Rower and slow cooker | by Osman Sarman | Coinmonks | Mar, 2022 | Medium)

  • Stablecoin Primer - Section 1: Path to stablecoins - Publish on 3/8 (link of this article can be found in the above link); 350 views so far (no marketing)

  • Stablecoin Primer - Section 2: Stablecoin landscape - Published on 3/20; 135 views so far

  • Stablecoin Primer - Section 3: Stablecoin types - Published on 3/30; 161 views so far

  • Stablecoin Primer - Section 4: Stablecoin shallow dives - Published on 4/7; 81 views so far

  • Stablecoin Primer - Section 5: Stablecoins’ future - Will be published on 4/15

  • Stablecoin Primer - Bonus section: Anything missed - Not started

Happy to chat with anyone interested in stablecoins, please reach out! Best way to reach out to me is via Twitter ((https://twitter.com/namsso/status/1501250983858515969?s=20&t=8_LHELlNFoM7PYnjaGayvw)

This topic is becoming even more interesting for the NEAR ecosystem given the news around NEAR launching its native stablecoin USN.

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May I contact you privately?

Feel free to DM me from twitter @namsso or linkedin: Osman Sarman