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STABLECOINS CAN BENEFIT FINANCIAL SYSTEM, FED GOVERNOR SAYS
The United States national debt has crossed $35 trillion, with $500 billion added to the government debt in the last two weeks alone.
On Oct. 18, Federal Reserve Bank Governor Christopher Waller told an audience at the Institute of Advanced Studies that well-regulated stablecoins could benefit the current financial system.
“Stablecoins can reduce the need for payment intermediaries and thereby reduce costs of payments globally,” Waller stated, but immediately qualified his remarks by saying that stablecoin “safety is not assured.” The Fed official explained:
“If appropriate guardrails can be erected to minimize run risk and mitigate other risks, such as their potential use in illicit finance, then stablecoins may have benefits in payments and by serving as a safe asset on a variety of new trading platforms.”
Waller also argued that decentralized finance can achieve a symbiotic relationship with traditional finance instead of supplanting it altogether. This viewpoint has been previously pitched by some US lawmakers, who argue that decentralized finance and dollar-denominated stablecoins can extend dollar dominance by decades.
Stablecoins as a way to extend US dollar hegemony
On June 14, an article was published in The Wall Street Journal, written by former United States Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, making a case for how stablecoins could mitigate the looming debt crisis.
Ryan pointed out that stablecoins create demand for US Treasurys and US dollars, which will keep the dollar competitive against the Chinese yuan and preserve its current status as the global reserve currency.
More recently, in October, US Senator Bill Hagerty introduced the Clarity for Payment Stablecoins Act building upon Representative Patrick McHenry’s 2023 stablecoin bill.
The most notable changes to the bill were provisions to regulate stablecoins at the state level and removing a clause in the 2023 version of the bill that identified stablecoins as securities.
Despite these efforts, a recent report from Chainalysis revealed that the US is lagging in stablecoin adoption. According to Chainalysis, the market share of stablecoin transactions on US-regulated exchanges dropped below 40% in 2024. Comparatively, the share of stablecoin transactions via offshore exchanges rose to 60% this year.
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Source: CoinTelegraph
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BRICS SAUDI ARABIA: OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT ON MEMBERSHIP
Despite accepting an invitation to join the alliance in 2023, the BRICS bloc has yet to fully welcome Saudi Arabia into the alliance.
That could be set to change at the BRICS 2024 Summit, according to an official announcement. Specifically, Russian Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov noted Riyadh’s participation within the alliance will be made clear after the upcoming event.
The ongoing saga has seen different responses from both sides throughout the year. Saudi Arabia has continuously said that it is carefully observing the risks and benefits of joining the bloc. However, the alliance has continued to affirm that the country is the 10th member of the growing collective. That distinction is likely to be verified after the event takes place.
BRICS & Saudi Arabia to Clarify Position After 2024 Summit
Last year, the BRICS bloc announced its first expansion effort since 2001. Indeed, the bloc had announced that five nations had accepted invitations to join the bloc. Specifically, these countries included the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Egypt, Iran, Ethiopia, and Saudi Arabia.
However, one of those nations had not officially accepted the invitation. Saudi Arabia clarified that it had yet to join the bloc and was still considering the strategic benefits of joining the group. A year later, the situation is yet to be resolved. However, it does appear as though an answer is coming.
According to a Russian spokesperson, the BRICS group will clarify Saudi Arabia’s membership within the alliance after the 2024 Summit. The event, taking place next week in Kazan, is the biggest of the calendar year for the alliance. With questions surrounding Saudi Arabia’s attendance, the questions of its membership began to resurface.
“The summit will be held very soon,” Dmitry Peskov told Russian state media. “We will inform you additionally who will represent Saudi Arabia or if it will be represented at the summit at all. Based on this, we will make conclusions.”
In 2023, Saudi Arabia’s position in the bloc was considered a game changer. The oil and gas powerhouse would’ve brought forth unprecedented geopolitical benefits to the group. Yet, it also would have only magnified tensions with the West. These relationships are likely the basis for the country’s reluctance to join the Global South’s opposition. Yet, the answers to its membership question should be obvious after the summit concludes.
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