All bets are off as volatility takes complete hold of Terra’s tokens and a return to a U.S. dollar peg seems nowhere in sight.

Panic appeared to set in on crypto markets overnight on May 11 as Blockchain protocol Terra failed to steady its bleeding crypto assets.

Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed both the firm’s in-house token, Terra (LUNA) and stablecoin, TerraUSD (UST) seeing fresh heavy losses on the day.

A dubious new “all-time high” for Bitcoin

After a mass sell-off, which some argued was “coordinated” to destroy the Terra ecosystem, UST lost its peg to the United States dollar.

Attempts to shore up the peg when both LUNA and Bitcoin (BTC) reserves failed, and as uncertainty gripped the market, both UST and LUNA dived to levels unimaginable just days previously.

Co-founder Do Kwon said that a “recovery plan” was due for release, details still scant at the time of writing.

Rumors circulating online suggested that other major crypto firms may be willing to contribute funds to support the peg.

Co-founder Do Kwon said that a “recovery plan” was due for release, details still scant at the time of writing.

Rumors circulating online suggested that other major crypto firms may be willing to contribute funds to support the peg.

A further unintended consequence of the turmoil came in the form of BTC/UST reaching nonsensical levels of almost $140,000 on major exchange Binance, which suspended LUNA and UST withdrawals on May 9.

Bitcoin performing “remarkably well”

The reaction was a mixture of shock and nervousness about the recovery of the market that pervaded analysts’ thoughts.

Attention also focused on the largest USD stablecoin, Tether (USDT), as Tether chief technology officer Paolo Ardoino appeared equally surprised at recent events.

Despite potential sell pressure on Bitcoin itself, however, the largest cryptocurrency had avoided a fresh dip below $30,000 at the time of writing.

“I think Bitcoin has held up remarkably well under the context of the Luna saga with its forced BTC selling. There continues to be a great deal of uncertainty in the market but for now the $30k level is broadly holding up well for Bitcoin,” Philip Swift, creator of analytics platform LookIntoBitcoin, told Cointelegraph in private comments:

“We are seeing a range of metrics on LookIntoBitcoin which show that BTC is approaching major ‘value’ levels where historically strong hands accumulate Bitcoin at value prices. There is also plenty of evidence that long term holders are not fazed by this near term volatility.”