Today in Data: Terra Tumbles, Crushing Crypto

TerraUSD stablecoin

Today in data, the stablecoin TerraUSD falls, leading to a market-wide cryptocurrency collapse.

Data

29B: Market capitalization in dollars of LUNA coin two weeks ago

60M: Number of Americans who have purchased cryptocurrency in the last year

40M: Funding in dollars announced by crypto-to-fiat startup BVNK

120,000: LUNA’s market cap in dollars Thursday (May 12)