Oh, to be a fly on the wall of the folks at crypto exchanges trying to conduct market stabilization warrooms right now.
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I *think* I'm right that stablecoins are terrible for the issuer, because if you are doing them on the up-and-up you have all the fun of running a materially sized compliance department supported by principally interest revenue on your reserves.
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Your costs go up with velocity-of-use but your reserves don't (that is basically the point, right), so it's basically doomed to be a loss leader. Which would be fine, if the coin got you some sort of proprietary lead on e.g. your exchange, but everyone gets to freeride off you.
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Stablecoins are GREAT for the issuer — they capture the interest rate on float
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... and approximately nobody used them. Tether *still* runs 96-98% of stablecoin daily trading volume. the crypto market *wants* to be a questionable casino.
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