Why Is the Fed so Scared of Stablecoins?

On this edition of “The Breakdown’s Weekly Recap,” NLW looks at: News that Brian Brooks left Binance.US after a fundraise proved unsuccessful Why Coinbase is investing $500B in crypto The Fed’s discussion of stablecoins at last...

The Breakdown

August 21, 20219m 9s

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On this edition of “The Breakdown’s Weekly Recap,” NLW looks at:

News that Brian Brooks left Binance.US after a fundraise proved unsuccessful
Why Coinbase is investing $500B in crypto
The Fed’s discussion of stablecoins at last month’s FOMC meeting
Which nations rank atop Chainalysis’ new adoption index

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