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Professor Omid Malekan on Dollar Stablecoins Are Great for Users and the US Government

Economist Omid Malekan responds to a recent CoinDesk editorial, arguing that stablecoins are worth the risk.

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May 2, 2023
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Professor Omid Malekan on Dollar Stablecoins Are Great for Users and the US Government
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Omid Malekan

Omid Malekan

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Business
Finance Division

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Mark Hays' recent opinion piece in CoinDesk titled “Stablecoins Are Not Worth the Risk” is off-base, both in describing the risks and by dismissing the benefits of these novel financial assets. A properly designed dollar coin is safe and desirable, especially for the very people Mr. Hays, a senior policy analyst at Americans for Financial Reform, aims to protect.

Omid Malekan, an adjunct professor at Columbia University Business School, is the author of several books including “Re-Architecting Trust: The Curse of History and the Crypto Cure for Money, Markets and Platforms.”

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Dollar Stablecoins Are Great for Users and the US Government

About the Researcher(s)

Omid Malekan

Omid Malekan

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Business
Finance Division

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