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“Stablecoins: the first killer app”, is a report that has been co-authored by Nick Philpott, Co-Founder of Zodia Markets and Geoff Kendrick, Global Head of Digital Asset Research at Standard Chartered Bank.
Stablecoins were initially designed to facilitate trading, lending, and borrowing in digital assets, primarily on digital asset trading platforms (centralized exchanges, or CEXs). However, we are now witnessing a shift from these original purposes toward “real-world” applications akin to those provided in traditional finance (TradFi). Stablecoins are being used to save in USD terms, to transact in USD terms and for cross-border USD-to-USD transactions. This report explains the unique role that stablecoins are playing in replacing traditional financial instruments and some of the risks associated with that shift.
First published in Arabic on CNN Business Arabic, by Bandar Al Tunisi, Senior Advisor, Zodia Markets Stablecoins are emerging as the most compelling real-world application of blockchain technology, not as speculative assets, but as programmable representations of fiat currency that move at internet speed. By operating on permissionless ledgers, stablecoins enable frictionless value transfer anywhere…
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The deal will strengthen Zodia Markets’ over-the-counter business while allowing Elwood to conentrate on its software-as-a-service activities.
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