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By Maheen Hernandez
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Stanford, Harvard, and the ECB Walk Into Wyoming. The speaker lineup is serious. Darrell Duffie from Stanford University will present on tokenized…
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$304 Billion Is Hard to Ignore. Stablecoins now carry a market cap of roughly $304 billion, per DefiLlama.
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Warsh, the GENIUS Act, and What Comes Next. Warsh's opening remarks will be streamed live, which means anyone can watch the Fed chair navigate…
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The Federal Reserve just did something it's never done in 48 years. Cryptocurrencies and stablecoins are officially on the agenda at Jackson Hole — and that's a big deal.
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The 49th annual symposium runs August 27 to 29 in Wyoming. Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh opens the event Friday morning with remarks zeroing in on financial innovation's…
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The speaker lineup is serious. Darrell Duffie from Stanford University will present on tokenized finance — pretty much the idea that traditional financial assets can live on…
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That's a lot of intellectual firepower in one room, all pointed at the same question: what do you do when private companies start issuing money that actually moves markets?
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Stablecoins now carry a market cap of roughly $304 billion, per DefiLlama. That number alone probably explains why Jackson Hole couldn't keep ignoring the sector.
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And it gets more specific. The CEA found that stablecoin inflows can push three-month Treasury yields down by five to eight basis points. That's not trivial.
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More context: Dallas Fed Warns Tokenized Deposits Could Lead to $700 Billion Credit Crisis
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Bitcoin, for what it's worth, was trading near $79,373 heading into the symposium. Steady, not surging. The market seems to be watching rather than reacting.
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Warsh's opening remarks will be streamed live, which means anyone can watch the Fed chair navigate what is genuinely a tricky moment. September policy decisions are still murky.
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The legislative backdrop matters here too. The GENIUS Act, signed into law in 2025, now requires stablecoin issuers to back their tokens with U.S.
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The symposium also has participation from the International Monetary Fund and the Bank for International Settlements, so the conversation won't stay domestic.
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