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Synthetix Governance Votes to Retire sUSD, Pay Holders in Vested SNX
Synthetix governance approved SIP-423, introduced June 12, to freeze the sUSD stablecoin contract and retire it entirely, compensating holders at 4 SNX per sUSD in vested tokens rather than a dollar-pegged alternative. Holders receive vested SNX rather than liquid proceeds, so their effective recovery depends on SNX price at the time of vesting, introducing market exposure where holders previously held a stablecoin position. A companion proposal, SIP-424, covering technical implementation details remains pending before the retirement can be executed on-chain. The vote marks a full exit from stablecoin issuance for Synthetix, consolidating the protocol's capital structure entirely around SNX rather than maintaining a synthetic dollar layer.
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