Stablecoins


Tech

Pantera, Arrington Back $5.8M Round for Unbound's Cross-Chain DeFi Stablecoin

The project's UND token interacts with AMMs like Uniswap and PancakeSwap.

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Markets

Stablecoins, CBDCs Don't Present Inherent Risk to Financial Stability: Bank of England Executive Says

Christina Segal-Knowles played down concerns that the traditional banking model would be undermined.

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Finance

Dapper Labs Unveils Flow-Native Stablecoin, FUSD, With Other ERC-20-Like Tokens to Follow

The maker of NBA Top Shot is deploying new tools for developers to launch tokens on the Flow blockchain.

Dapper Labs CEO Roham Gharegozlou

Finance

How the Civil War Shapes the Future of Stablecoins

The Civil War replaced a decentralized monetary system with a centralized one, setting precedents for the regulation of stablecoins today.

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Policy

Bank of England Releases Discussion Paper on Stablecoins, CBDC

The paper focuses on the effects of private stablecoins on the cost and availability of lending and the challenges for monetary policy.

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Videos

Fmr. CFTC Chairman Calls for Greater Regulatory Oversight of Stablecoins

Harvard University Kennedy School of Government Senior Fellow and former Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Timothy Massad discusses his thesis that the popular stablecoin tether could face a disruption comparable to the Reserve Primary Fund "breaking the buck" in 2008. He also comments on CBDCs and the digital dollar he expects will be developed.

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Markets

Disruption in Tether's Value Could Be Crypto Equivalent of 'Breaking the Buck': Former CFTC Chairman

Timothy Massad compared the hypothetical occurrence to the collapse in NAV of the Reserve Primary Fund in September 2008.

Timothy Massad, a former chairman of the CFTC

Markets

Consensus Day 3, Recapped: The Battle Over Electronic Money

The future of CBDCs, stablecoins and untethered cryptocurrencies was all up for grabs on an action-packed day at CoinDesk's flagship event.

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Markets

Diem Co-Creator Says Original Plan for Stablecoin Was 'Naive'

Diem, the latest iteration of Facebook's ambitious Libra project, had to make multiple concessions to calm the regulators. Chief Economist Christian Catalini explains the evolution.

Diem co-creator Christian Catalini said the original vision for the stablecoin may have been "naive."

Videos

Diem Scales Back, Sets Eyes on a US-Backed Stablecoin

Diem, the cryptocurrency formerly known as Libra, started off with ambitions to create a global crypto tied to a basket of currencies from around the world, but Diem has since transitioned to a new model to develop a U.S. dollar-based stablecoin. Its headquarters is moving from Switzerland to the U.S. Christian Catalini, Diem's co-founder joins "First Mover" to provide an update on the project.

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