Why Is the Fed so Scared of Stablecoins?

On this edition of “The Breakdown’s Weekly Recap,” NLW looks at:

• News that Brian Brooks left Binance.US after a fundraise proved unsuccessful 
• Why Coinbase is investing $500B in crypto 
• The Fed’s discussion of stablecoins at last month’s FOMC meeting 
• Which nations rank atop Chainalysis’ new adoption index 

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