FSOC warns stablecoins remain a 'potential risk' to financial stability
In its 2024 annual report, the FSOC said that stablecoins are “acutely vulnerable to runs absent appropriate risk management standards.”
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Bitfinex launches the first L2 bridge from CeFi to DeFi
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Celer Network shuts down bridge over potential DNS hijacking
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Poly Network urges users to withdraw after exploit affects 57 crypto assets
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The Quest for a Pan-European Approach to Cryptocurrency
Part of the appeal of digital currencies is their global nature. Since the vast majority of digital currencies are not sponsored by an individual state, the hope was that the crypto world could be largely borderless. This has turned out to be a bit of a pipe dream. It turns out that countries actually do…