Steem Dollars are liquid stable-value currency tokens designed to be pegged to $1 USD. Steem Dollars can be traded with STEEM and transferred to other accounts for commerce or exchange.
Ubiq is a decentralized platform which allows the creation and implementation of smart contracts and decentralized applications. Built upon an improved Ethereum codebase, the Ubiq blockchain acts as a large globally distributed ledger and supercomputer, allowing developers to create decentralized and automated solutions to thousands of tasks which today are carried out by third party intermediaries.