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In 2021, the Chinese Central Bank warned that the world’s ecunines could provide risks and challenges to the “International Monetary System, Payment and Compensation System, Monetary Policy, Monetary Policy [and] Cross -border management of capital flows. “This quote, from the Bank of China White Bank of China on its E-CNY project, reflected the deep skepticism of the PBOC towards digital currencies of the private sector, in particular the balance of Facebook.
It turns out that Balance has never been launched. But stablecoins like the USDT of Tether and the Circle USDC are now deep in the financial plumbing of the world, in particular in Asia, making processes such as funding for the supply chain more efficient than ever.
Consequently, Beijing’s prudence on the stablecoins gives way to a feeling of urgency. They are on the agenda because they are considered another way for the US dollar to cement themselves in the financial piping of Asia, and it is not something of which the Chinese authorities are satisfied.
The president of the Animoca group, Evan Ayuang, said in an interview with Coindesk that China’s interest in Stablecoins had accelerated. It’s like that for some time, but now it only increases as they keep themselves at Wall Street.
“Right now, the Stablecoins are making a return for decision -makers and interested issuers. The question is why? ” He said to Coindesk. “It really has to do with Trump’s presidency … All the signals that the United States comes out and give pressure on China to act much faster.”
Animoca is a web fund based in Hong Kong which has its hands in everything related to the crypto.
The point of pressure, he argues, is the recently promulgated engineering law which, for the first time, gives us a federal regulatory clarity on the stablescoins to support Fiat and cement their role in the global financial system. Indeed, this could be considered as a digital extension of the hegemony of a dollar, a hegemony that China cannot afford to ignore.
Animoca has its own stable interests. This is part of a consortium which includes the standard of the aggregated bank and Hong Kong telecommunications working on a stablecoin with a dollar in Hong Kong (HKD).
“When China looks at the act of genius, the way they look at it is that the United States goes after space,” said Auyang. “What if [the] The dollar at the moment is the dominant reserve currency… These are always these regular stabbing that circulates in the financial system to settle the currency in the light of trade tensions and direct bilateral commercial transactions. Who counts.
There is a clear contrast to the tone of the white paper of the PBOC in 2021, which depicts the stablins as destabilizing and speculative, grouping them alongside volatile cryptocurrencies. But, as Auyang noted, the conversation has changed.
Beijing now sees the need to compete on blockchain rails, in particular through regulated and offshore stablescoins (CNH), which could help make the country’s currency – Reminbi (RMB), or, colloquially, the Yuan – a more practical choice for offshore colonization.
“If you try to make RMB more internationalized, but in a controlled way, that’s all. The CNH offshore is all,” said Auyang. “This stablecoin is the way to internationalize it which allows you to have control of currencies still in place, but allows you to have offshore.”
A regulated stablecoin, whether HKD or CNH, can be connected to terrestrial Chinese assets that could be placed on public blockchains, thus creating new important financial rails for the country. While E-CNY use cases have generally revolved around banks and central institutions. The HKD or CNH Stablecoin, issued in Hong Kong or via Blockchain’s public infrastructure, offers a vehicle to internationalize currency while respecting the capital controls in Beijing.
Another option could be liquidity pools in Hong Kong which offer places to HKD, CNH and E-CNY transactions to be paid. Of course, he said, Beijing has his eye on the HKD stables like the city, with its autonomous legal framework, is the Chinese sandbox.
“At one point, it will be the stablecoin,” he said, predicting that even international commercial payments to companies will promote Fiat tokenized on the digital currencies of the authorized central bank (CBDC).
And this change is not limited to China.
“Everyone is going to do so after the United States adopts the law on engineering. Each country will think about it. Each country will have a regulated stable at one point,” he said.
It is not a question of reverse the dollar, which is an impossible task given the liquidity it has.
“When I negotiate with my partners in Southeast Asia, there is enough liquidity in the pairs of stablescoin non-USD for this business to happen,” he said.
The white paper of the PBOC in 2021 supervised stablecoins as threats. Four years later, Beijing seems to warm up at the idea that they have a role to play in the financial order of the future.
Market movements
BTC: Bitcoin consolidates about $ 118,000 after $ 123,000 last week, analysts warning a potential drop to $ 115,000 in the midst of fragile feeling, profit and minor lower signals, although onchain’s data suggest that the upward trend could soon resume.
ETH: The ETH remains in a strong upward trend above the medium of key moving, trading at $ 3,619 after a rally that has brought prices nearly $ 3,800, with $ 3,300 now acting as key support to maintain the bullish structure.
Gold: Gold prices dropped by 0.6% to reach $ 3,410.26 on Wednesday while a American-Japanese trade agreement released fears of trade war and reduced refuge demand, although the longer term support remains desender and central bank purchases.
Nikkei 225: The Nikkei 225 increased by 1.09% on Thursday, extending gains as a optimism on trade in agreements with the United States and potential progress with the EU has lifted Asia-Pacific markets.
S&P 500: American actions increased solidly Wednesday – caused by optimism on the American -Japan trade agreement – with the DOW more than 1%, the S&P 500 earning more than 0.75% and the NASDAQ adding approximately 0.6%.
Elsewhere in crypto:
- CEO of TETHER: Entrance to the American market “well in progress”, in the middle of plans for institutional stable (the block)
- Some tokenization are only “game”, explains Prometheum CO-PDG (Decrypt)
- The market has become “ too excited ” for stablecoins, said the Hong Kong financial regulator (Coindesk)
