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The Wall Street Journal on May 25 called stablecoins "private money," arguing USDT and USDC drift from their $1 peg and issuers chase yield in risky assets. Data cited: stablecoins make up 84% of illicit crypto activity, while payment use sits under 1%. WSJ parallels 19th-century America's "free banking" era and questions whether the GENIUS and CLARITY Acts can resolve tension between private issuance and public payment systems. Timing matters: US stablecoin legislation is in its final sprint.
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Stablecoins Are Becoming the New Private Money War.
This is not just a debate about $USDT and $USDC.
It is a fight over who gets to issue digital dollars.
Banks.
Governments.
Private crypto companies.
Payment networks.
On-chain finance.
WSJ is warning that stablecoins look like a new version of private money: useful , fast and global , but also risky if reserves , redemption and regulation are not strong enough.
That matters because stablecoins are already the bloodstream of crypto.
$USDT is the liquidity engine.
$USDC is the regulated dollar route.
$USDG is part of the next stablecoin wave.
$ENA and $MKR represent yield and synthetic-dollar experiments.
$ONDO , $LINK and $PYTH matter because tokenized assets need stable settlement rails.
$BTC , $ETH and $SOL still depend on stablecoin liquidity for market depth.
The bullish view:
Stablecoins can make payments faster , cheaper and global.
The bearish view:
If private issuers chase yield or lose trust , stablecoins can become a systemic risk.
My read:
Stablecoins are not boring.
They are the hidden power layer of crypto.
If regulators get this right , stablecoins become the bridge between banks and blockchains.
If they get it wrong , the next crisis may start from the asset everyone thought was “stable.”
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🚨🇺🇸 The loudest opposition to the Iran deal this weekend came from inside Trump's own party...
A wave of Republican heavyweights tore into the emerging framework.
Ted Cruz called it a "disastrous mistake."
Roger Wicker, who chairs Senate Armed Services, warned everything Operation Epic Fury achieved "would be for naught."
Mike Pompeo posted "Not remotely America First."
Lindsey Graham piled on.
Then came the pivot.
Trump called on Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, and Pakistan to normalize with Israel through the Abraham Accords.
By Monday, Graham flipped and called the move "simply brilliant."
The normalization push hands the hawks a regional triumph to rally behind.
Whether the Gulf states ever sign is another question entirely.
Source: WSJ
Mario Nawfal
IMPORTANT UPDATE ON RECENT DEVELOPMENTS:
Yes, there were reports of explosions in Iran, and air defenses were active
Yes, the U.S. seems to have shot at 2 Iranian speedboats, killing IRGC Navy personnel
Yes, there are reports of firs on Kharg Island, but this is unconfirmed and could be fake
No, this does not mean war is back, or that the deal is sabotaged
I stand by my position: The war is over and a deal has already been agreed, and will be announced any day.
It will include Iran charging a toll in Hormuz (called differently so it's legal), getting funds (probably a loan collateralized by its frozen assets), and the war in Lebanon ending.
Reading this after @greg_ip great @WSJ column pointing out 84% of stablecoin use is for things like ransom….
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OnlyFans is Hacked 🚨
Apparently OnlyFans has been hacked and they're selling the complete database of 340 million users
including data of content creators and consumers.
The leaked data includes
- Usernames and profile names
- Email addresses
- Phone numbers
- Account creation dates
- Follower/subscriber metrics
- Creator/fan rankings
- Linked social media profiles
- Partial payment card metadata (last 4 digits of the card)
The result of this is going to be a massive wave of extortion attempts against users
The WSJ considers whether stablecoins, as "private money," need to follow the same regulatory path as banks. As Faryar points out, this framing misses the structural point-- 90% of M2 is already privately issued. The right question is whether regulation matches the risk. For stablecoins: no lending, no leverage, no fractional reserve. 1:1 cash and Treasuries by statute. GENIUS got that calibration right. CLARITY will do the same for broader market structure and for growing U.S.-regulated payment stablecoins.
Faryar Shirzad 🛡️
A piece from @greg_ip in @WSJ today asks whether stablecoins are a risk to the economy because they are "private money." It's a fair question, but the framing skips over how the US monetary system has actually worked for 160 years.
"Private money" isn't the exception in our system — it's the rule. Roughly 90% of M2 is privately issued: commercial bank deposits and money market fund shares. Each carries different risks and is regulated commensurately — banks by Basel, capital, FDIC, and stress testing; MMFs by SEC liquidity rules; and now GENIUS stablecoins by a purpose-built federal regime.
The right question isn't "public or private." It's whether the regulation matches the risk. GENIUS does.
