Stablecoins & CBDC

NBER - Stablecoins A Revolutionary Payment Technology with Financial Risks

Analyzes stablecoins as a potentially transformative payment technology, while emphasizing their vulnerabilities around runs, reserve quality, regulation, and broader financial stability. It frames innovation benefits against systemic risk concerns.

Topics: stablecoins, payments, risk, financial stability

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