Quote from: South Park on April 13, 2021, 07:50:29 PM

Quote from: Abiky on April 03, 2021, 12:35:08 AM

Stablecoins are crypto assets pegged to the value of Fiat, bringing people the "best of both worlds". The most popular stablecoins are often pegged to the US Dollar, since it's the world's reserve currency. Some of them comply with regulations, further legitimizing the industry as we speak. With all of the benefits stablecoins provide, Fiat's prominence could be threatened in the long run. After all, it's much faster and cheaper to use a stablecoin than a credit/debit card. People could stop using Fiat currencies like the US Dollar or the Euro in exchange for a stablecoin of their choice.

This makes me wonder, will stablecoins replace Fiat currencies in the future? If not, why? Is there a possibility governments will adopt stablecoins as their own instead of launching digital currencies from scratch? Your input will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

The possibility of governments adopting stable coins instead of releasing their own digital cryptocurrencies is zero, governments are never going to allow that a direct competitor to them uses their own currency against them, if anything I'm surprised that governments have not taken more direct steps again stable coins, after all we know that they cannot close down bitcoin because of its decentralized nature but the same is not true for stable coins which are centralized.

I am not sure I agree with this. They situation may arrive where governments have no chance but to embrace decentralized stable currencies. Keep in mind though that doing stable decentralized currencies at scale is not an easy thing to do. Even today it comes at a cost (providing collateral for DAI for example).