Simon from AllUnity dives into the geopolitical and economic implications of stablecoins. He discusses how stablecoins influence currency sovereignty, cross-border payments, and global financial stability, with case studies from Argentina and Europe. The talk also covers regulatory dynamics, the role of stablecoins in sovereign debt markets, and the future of a European-regulated stablecoin ecosystem.
5 Key Takeaways:
- Geopolitical Impact of Stablecoins: how stablecoins interact with national monetary policy and sovereignty.
- Global Payments and FX: stablecoins as tools for cross-border and cross-currency settlements, including real-world Argentine examples.
- Regulation and Stability: the need for robust regulation to manage systemic risk in high-stakes stablecoin ecosystems.
- Market Structure and Competition: the oligopolistic nature of stablecoin issuers and the implications for regulators and incumbents.
- European Stablecoins Vision: building a regulated, open, and global toolkit for digital payments in Europe as an alternative to US dominance.
Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction and agenda
0:02 Simon’s background and AllUnity
1:16 Geopolitical relevance of stablecoins
3:00 Case study: Argentina and stablecoins in daily life
4:55 Global payments and corporate use cases
7:20 Regulation, stability, and monetary policy
9:55 US and EU regulatory dynamics
12:30 Stablecoin issuers and market structure
16:00 European stablecoins: mission and roadmap
16:56 Q&A and closing remarks
This presentation is part of the Industry Call on "Winning the Stablecoin Race: How Banks and Nations Compete," which is one of many events during the Tokenization Season, Europe's largest event series on the state of tokenization.
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Get in touch:
Simon (AllUnity): https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-seiter/
AllUnity Website:
https://allunity.com/
Hosts:
Vicktoria Klich:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/vicktoriaklich/
Maximilian Vargas:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/maximilian-vargas/
