The Banking Crisis Has Been Good for Stablecoin Experimentation
If you balk at the idea of a crypto-based tool like stablecoins essentially functioning like a “proxy” central bank digital currency (CBDC), as host Ryan Sean Adams suggested, making Allaire smile, then you’re likely not alone. Stablecoins may be the bridge between crypto and the real economy, but they should also retain some of the aspects that make crypto crypto, beyond 24-hour access and a different transaction settlement mechanism. Censorship resistance is all but impossible if crypto nuzzles close to the banking system.
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