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Stablecoins pose systemic risks and cannot be a substitute for an official CBDC
1. Introduction: What is a CBDC? A Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) is a digital currency issued...
The status granted to stablecoins by the US GENIUS Act has been hailed by some currency analysts as a potential saviour of the dollar’s global supremacy. This expectation, however, does not stand up to scrutiny. Here’s why.
India must develop wholesale CBDC for global payments
There’s an old phrase that “the road to hell is paved with good intentions.” In 2025, that road is digital, scanned, jammed with CCTV, and increasingly inescapable. From Beijing to Berlin to London, and beyond, governments are rolling out digital identities t…
Beijing halts Ant Group and JD.COM's Hong Kong stablecoin plans. This links domestic crypto control to China's rare earth geopolitics.
Privately-issued stablecoins feature the same risks of freezing and surveillance inherent to central bank digital currencies, Jeremy Kranz told Cointelegraph.
According to Chainalysis, Russia received over $376 billion in on-chain crypto transfers between July 2024 and June 2025, ahead of the United Kingdom’s $273 billion. Related Reading: Crypto On The Menu: US Fastfood Chain Rolls Out Bitcoin Steakburger That met…
Roundtable CEO and publisher James Heckman told economist, well-known Bitcoin skeptic, and gold bull Peter Schiff that he is "probably the greatest voice for...
Russia has overtaken all European markets in cryptocurrency adoption, recording $376.3 billion in received transactions between July 2024 and June 2025...
A stablecoin is a type of cryptocurrency pegged to another asset, such as gold or the US dollar. Unlike volatile cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, stablecoins aim to provide a fixed value as a medium of exchange. This stability is achieved through asset-backi…
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The dollar may be the dominant global currency for the moment, but there are real questions about how long this moment will last. The argument that dollar-pegged stablecoins will extend it rests on a slew of shaky assumptions and leaves key questions unanswer…