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DEA Thesis Awards 2023: Call for Theses on central bank digital currencies and stablecoins

DEA Thesis Awards 2023: Call for Theses on central bank digital currencies and stablecoins

The Digital Euro Association (DEA) is delighted to announce the 2023 DEA Thesis Awards, and hereby calls for theses covering central bank digital currencies or stablecoins (including tokenized commercial bank money, etc.). Note that this is not a call for academic publications but rat …

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Stablecoin and CBDC News Digest, September 2022

Stablecoin and CBDC News Digest, September 2022

The world of digital money moves quickly and is time consuming to keep up to date with. To keep you up to speed with the most important pieces of news that have lasting implications especially for stablecoins and CBDCs, the monthly Stablecoin and CBDC News Digest takes care of it for …

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Stablecoin and CBDC News Digest, August 2022

Stablecoin and CBDC News Digest, August 2022

The world of digital money moves quickly and is time consuming to keep up to date with. To keep you up to speed with the most important pieces of news that have lasting implications especially for stablecoins and CBDCs, the monthly Stablecoin and CBDC News Digest takes care of it for …

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Stablecoins: An introduction and recommendations for the EU

Stablecoins: An introduction and recommendations for the EU

Since the Digital Euro Association’s Private Digital Euro Working Group started writing their paper at the beginning of 2022, the world of stablecoins has changed more dramatically than any of us could have imagined.

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Stablecoin and CBDC News Digest, July 2022

Stablecoin and CBDC News Digest, July 2022

The world of digital money moves quickly and is time consuming to keep up to date with. To keep you up to speed with the most important pieces of news that have lasting implications especially for stablecoins and CBDCs, the monthly Stablecoin and CBDC News Digest takes care of it for …

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Recap of the Digital Euro Association Summerfest 2022

Recap of the Digital Euro Association Summerfest 2022

On July 14th, 2022, the DEA organized its first Summerfest joined by 50 participants – institutional members, fellows, and experts. Most of the DEA executive team and founding members gathered in Frankfurt to join the event, hosted at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management.

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Stabilising stablecoins: What can we learn from the collapse of TerraUSD?

Stabilising stablecoins: What can we learn from the collapse of TerraUSD?

Co-authored by Jannah Patchay, Claire Conby, and Jonathan Marriott In May 2022, TerraUSD (UST) – previously the third-largest stablecoin with a market cap of USD $18+ Billion – lost its peg to the US Dollar, falling almost 95 percent within a matter of days. In this article, we look a …

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How to insure against the risk of stablecoin runs

How to insure against the risk of stablecoin runs

Deposit insurance would boost consumer confidence The news that TerraUSD, one of the largest algorithmic stablecoins with a market cap once above $18bn, broke its peg to the dollar has reverberated throughout financial markets. Although the variety of mechanics behind algorithmic stab …

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Stablecoin regulation in the United States

Stablecoin regulation in the United States

Several regulatory or enforcement measures linked to organizations engaged in stablecoin activities such as issuance, custodial services have been pursued by the US banking agencies, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), US Treasury, and the Commodity Futures Trading Commissio …

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How do stablecoins maintain stability?

How do stablecoins maintain stability?

Stablecoins are tied to fiat currencies to make them less susceptible to price volatility and maintain their pricing stable. A computer algorithm is also used by certain stablecoins to keep their value relatively stable. As stablecoins do not require leverage to produce liquidity, the …

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