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Crypto custodian BitGo plans to launch a dollar-backed stablecoin next year, offering rewards to liquidity providers. 
<a href="https://crypto.news/tag/bitgo/" target="_blank">BitGo</a> is set to launch a dollar-backed <a href="https://crypto.news/tag/stablecoin/" target="_blank">stablecoin</a> dubbed USDS in January 2025, positioning it as the first “open-participation stablecoin” in the market. In a Sept. 18 <a href="https://x.com/BitGo/status/1836276991013904556" target="_blank">post</a> on X, BitGo said the stablecoin is “fully backed by short-duration T-bills, overnight repos, and cash, ensuring high liquidity and low risk with real-time proof of reserves.” 
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BitGo aims to stand out by offering liquidity providers a share of the returns generated from its reserves, creating a new incentive model in a market currently dominated by Tether’s (<a href="https://crypto.news/price/tether/" target="_blank">USDT</a>) and Circle’s USD Coin (<a href="https://crypto.news/price/usd-coin/" target="_blank">USDC</a>). 
The move comes as BitGo, which <a href="https://dune.com/hashed_official/btc-on-ethereum" target="_blank">holds</a> a dominant 96.6% market share in the Wrapped Bitcoin market with its wBTC token, faces increasing competition from new entrants like Coinbase. On Sept. 12, Coinbase <a href="https://crypto.news/coinbase-launches-cbbtc-a-wrapped-bitcoin-token/" target="_blank">launched</a> cbBTC, a new ERC20 token backed 1:1 by Bitcoin held in Coinbase’s custody. The token is available on the Base and Ethereum networks, signaling a direct challenge to BitGo’s market leadership. 
In the meantime, some decentralized finance protocols are <a href="https://crypto.news/sky-mulls-cutting-support-for-wbtc-over-justin-sun-affiliations/" target="_blank">reevaluating</a> their use of wBTC due to concerns over its affiliations with TRON founder Justin Sun. Sky, formerly known as MakerDAO, is now considering whether it should remove wBTC as collateral from its borrowing platform SparkLend due to BitGo’s impending partnership with BitGlobal, which is perceived as potentially shifting control of wBTC to a venture associated with Sun. 
 Read more: <a rel="" href="https://crypto.news/bitgo-launches-unified-token-management-solution-for-protocols/"> BitGo launches unified token management solution for protocols </a>

BitGo to enter stablecoin territory with USDS token

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