[recursive]

I've never heard of any of those, so I looked up the first one, MakerDAO. I'm pretty sure that's a "crypto asset".

"Dai is an asset-backed, hard currency for the 21st century."

[gibsons77]

Yeah, but it's a stablecoin pegged to the USD. This allows other projects, like dydx to create derivatives products based on this peg. You have other protocols that use the DAI peg to create stock market derivatives. Today, I can trade ETH for a token pegged to AAPL's stock on the blockchain.

[brokensegue]

I can do that for free on Robin Hood with dollars that I already have. Explain why I should care.

[gibsons77]

I remember showing a friend this really crappy online video stream in the late 90s, and I think he said something like "How can this ever be useful? I can rent a DVD and watch high quality video without any interruptions." He wasn't wrong.

[heavenlyblue]

So it is a coin that is backed by the law system of the country you may not be residing in?

[rhlsthrm]

Yes, but right now it's much more stable to be holding that than one of the pure crypto assets. Anyone can make a stablecoin backed by another country's currency.