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LudwigPastorius

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13. This bill actually makes it a law that anyone issuing...

Reply to Johonny (Reply #2)

Tue Jun 17, 2025, 11:03 PM

Jun 17

a stablecoin must have real-world assets (dollars, gold...) to back it up.

If anything, it makes a bust of that particular issue less likely.

Bitcoin and other speculative crypto is another matter entirely.

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