Stablecoins are assets — not currencies, says ECB president
“Stablecoins are pretending to be a coin, but in fact it’s completely associated with an actual currency,” said Christine Lagarde. Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank, said all cryptocurrencies, in which she included stablecoins and speculative assets, “are not currencies at all.”In a Sept. 1 interview with World Economic Forum founder and executive chair Klaus Schwab, Lagarde said cryptocurrencies “present themselves as currencies,” but she still considered them as assets to be regulated and “supervised by asset regulators.” Under this definition, the ECB president....
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Stablecoins are taking over the crypto space with increased utility and circulation. What is prompting this growth, and is it a threat to the market? Despite this year’s uncertainty that has plagued the global economy, 2020 will go down as the year of the stablecoins due to the digital sector’s tremendous growth, with new developments emerging across the board. While some attribute this growth to the booming interest in decentralized finance among crypto enthusiasts, others see it as a bullish trend that confirms the inflow of fiat currency to the crypto ecosystem.As the DeFi sector keeps....
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Gabriel Galipolo, Brazil’s Central Bank chief, said in a recent event that the use of crypto has surged in the country during the last two or three years. Interestingly, 90% of the country’s crypto volume is linked to stablecoins. Galipolo also expressed concerns regarding taxation and money laundering that come with the excessive use of crypto. Stablecoins are tied to real-world assets such as fiat currencies or commodities and hence are less volatile than altcoins. They act as a like-to-like alternative to paper currencies and have allowed businesses to make easy cross-border payments.....