To CBDC or not, that is the question! Here is our pick of the 3 most important Stablecoin news stories during the week. This week we saw arguments for and against the implementation by Central Banks of a state backed stablecoin or CBDC. Firstly, the BIS published a study on the rise and power of digital…
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Here is our pick of the 3 most important Stablecoin news stories during the week. This week was very much about the ongoing balancing act between regulation and innovation. First, the major VC firm Andreesen Horowitz called for a careful “Do no harm” approach to regulation. “Everyone’s got a different idea of how crypto regulations should…
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Here is our pick of the 3 most important Stablecoin news stories during the week. As this is the first edition for 2022, I thought I would focus on articles that discuss what I expect to be the big themes of this year. The first out of the gate will be the battle to regulate. How…
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Here is our pick of the 3 most important Stablecoin news stories during the week. As this will be the last edition of this weekly summary for 2021, I thought a good place to start would be with these two excellent summaries of where we are with CBDC’s. Firstly on the Retail side, where consumers hold…
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Here is our pick of the 3 most important Stablecoin news stories during the week. Last week started with several stories about what could go wrong. Firstly, if risks from DeFi are not well managed, stablecoins (in BIS’s opionion) are prone to runs and possible fire sales of the assets backing them could generate funding shocks…
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Brave, smart or lucky? Here is our pick of the 3 most important Stablecoin news stories during the week. Last week we saw further reflection on the appropriate role of regulators. When do they jump in and how? Tether, Circle, Dai are all private sector issued stablecoins. Are they safe? Do they have to be issued…
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As stablecoins grow, what should regulators do? Here is our pick of the 3 most important Stablecoin news stories during the week. Last week we saw further evidence of the Crypto and its related Stablecoin ecosystems continued growth and a further push by regulators and politicians to get a grip. A great number of digital currencies…
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Disruption is scary – particularly if it is happening to you! Here is our pick of the 3 most important Stablecoin news stories during the week. Last week a number of Politicians and Regulators woke up to what the current financial marketplace disruption could mean. We all like disruption as it brings us new goods and…
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Will Regulatory oversight help or hinder? Here is our pick of the 3 most important Stablecoin news stories during the week. Last week we noted the amazing innovation in DeFi and the role stablecoins have to play within that ecosystem and wondered if the move by some Regulators and Politicians to get involved will help or…
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Another Bull run for Crypto, or is something else happening? Here is our pick of the 3 most important Stablecoin news stories during the week. This week the numbers came in, stablecoins are growing once again at a rapid rate. In the past this has been a signal that money is coming into the Crypto ecosystem…
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