Stablecoin

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Stablecoins are crypto currencies whose price by active or automatic monetary with the aim of low volatility relative to a national currency , a currency basket or other assets is controlled.

Examples

Tether (USDT) is a blockchain-based asset that is pegged to the US dollar, making it a stablecoin. 1 USDT always equals $ 1.00.

The planned Internet currency Libra is to be linked to a currency basket through active monetary policy of the associated Libra Association .

Should the Swedish Reichsbank decide at the end of its evaluation process to issue the E-krona blockchain-based, this crypto currency would be subject to Swedish monetary policy as digital central bank money.

Individual evidence

  1. a b blockchainwelt.de , What are stablecoins? - Definition, explanation and overview
  2. Libra Whitepaper, The Libra Currency and the Reserve
  3. riksbank.se , E-krona project reports