If you're even remotely interested in stablecoins, READ this article. It's the clearest explanation of full-reserve, fractional-reserve, no-reserve, and insolvent stablecoins to date.
My personal bet is
1) Full-reserve (USDC) and fractional-reserve (USDT, USDS) coins will coexist forever because they serve different customer preferences.
2) Insolvent stablecoins (UST) are obviously NGMI, not even worth talking about.
3) No-reserve coins (pre-USDC Dai, LUSD) lack the scalability to ever create the necessary network effect, and have to evolve into fractional-reserve, or die.
This concept, in combination with Steakhouse's other post on the hierarchy of money, will give you a better understanding of the stablecoin market than 99% of other people.
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