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Re:UST Stablecoin Loses Dollar Peg by jjtheblunt on Monday May 09, 2022 @08:18PM (#31321696)
Is that not the case for blockchains because the wallet ids do not divulge identities?
Re:UST Stablecoin Loses Dollar Peg by pcthrowaway on Monday May 09, 2022 @08:30PM (#31321810)
Two points:

- Government agencies can ascertain the identities of virtually all accounts with Chainalysis, following the money to the fiat entry/exit points.

- Even with a theoretical anonymous account, with centralized stablecoins like USDC or USDT, the balance held by that account can be frozen because the issuers of those tokens have crafted their token contracts such that they maintain the ability to mark certain addresses as incapable of transfer

Re:UST Stablecoin Loses Dollar Peg by scyclow on Monday May 09, 2022 @11:58PM (#31323291)
Took 17 responses, but I think your second point answers my question. Thank you.
Re:UST Stablecoin Loses Dollar Peg by gruez on Monday May 09, 2022 @08:32PM (#31321828)
>wallet ids do not divulge identities

Theoretically yes, but in practice no. A quick search turns up https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/129133/tether-freezes-ov... for instance