Amid China, US stablecoin buzz, BIS warns that a trio of ‘sound money’ traits is missing
With some major economies leaping onto the stablecoin train – or being urged to do so, to further globalise their currencies – others are mulling whether getting on board would be akin to either riding the gravy train or feeling it fail to gather steam.Now, the international financial organisation known as the “bank for central banks” has waded into the stablecoin debate as the buzzword gathers momentum.In a “special chapter” released on Tuesday in advance of Sunday’s release of its Annual Economic Report 2025, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS)...