The second burn was about 2.6 times the size of the first. Sky's Stage 2 framework directs 5% of monthly net surplus to SKY buybacks and burns.
Sky's October 9 PSM disclosure highlights existing conversion liquidity, while borrowing and token migration need not bring matching new dollars into crypto.
Open interest in SKY perpetual contracts fell 13% to about $51 million as funding turned negative, while Sky's protocol fees totaled $27.22 million over 30 days.
SKY faces further downside risks as derivatives activity weakens despite healthy on-chain fundamentals.
The rating has a stable outlook. Sky is the only stablecoin protocol formally rated by both Moody's and S&P Global Ratings.
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Moody's has given Sky Protocol a B3 rating with a stable outlook, marking the agency's first rating of a stablecoin protocol.
Moody's Rating: Moody's assigned a B3 issuer rating with a stable outlook to Sky Protocol marking the first rating the agency has issued to a stablecoin protocol. Institutional Interest: Company representatives said independent ratings help investors evaluate the protocol using familiar market frameworks.
SKY was down 11.33% over 24 hours at 9:36 a.m. ET. Long liquidations totaled $20,000 during the same hour.
Sky's speculative-grade rating highlights the need for stronger capital buffers, impacting institutional investment and stablecoin market stability. Moody's assigns B3 rating to Sky, flags thin capital buffer.
The stable outlook places Sky in Moody's speculative-grade category, with about $90 million in equity supporting $10 billion in managed assets.
The token was down 2.29% over 24 hours as of 12:42 a.m. ET on Oct. 6.