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Re:MasterCard to open up network to cryptocurrencies by toomuchtodo on Thursday February 11, 2021 @02:57PM (#26106317)
What happens to stablecoins when central banks hand out digital wallets [1] to everyone alongside instant payments [2]?

[1] https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/econographics/the-rise...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_payment#Examples_of_in...

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Re:MasterCard to open up network to cryptocurrencies by GoblinSlayer on Thursday February 11, 2021 @03:17PM (#26106552)
Fiat systems impose the risk of opacity, regulatory heuristics and reversible transactions.
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