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Podcast: Bitcoin, Fiat & Rock'n'Roll
Episode: Digital Fiat That Never Sleeps: Stablecoin Developments in Payment
Description: Permissionless, programmable, and global—money has a new operating system.
In this solo episode of BFRR – Bitcoin, Fiat & Rock ‘n’ Roll, Manuel dives deep into the fast-evolving world of stablecoins—their structure, use cases, and the challenges that stand between them and mass adoption in traditional finance.
Manuel begins by exploring what makes stablecoins unique compared to traditional account-based money such as bank deposits or fintech balances like PayPal or Venmo. The key difference? Stablecoins are bearer instruments on public blockchains—digital cash anyone can hold and transfer without needing an account, provided they're not on a blacklist.<...