Stablecoins & CBDC
ECB Working Paper 3174 - Private Money and Public Debt: US Stablecoins and the Global Safe Asset Channel
Analyzes how US dollar stablecoins may transmit demand for US public debt through a global safe asset channel, with implications for monetary sovereignty, financial stability, and cross-border payment structures. Frames stablecoins as private money linked to public debt markets.
Topics: stablecoins, financial stability, cross-border, policy