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The Fintech Files: BoE steps in on stablecoins, while Lord Agnew and Starling spat

Bitcoin prices have recovered somewhat, even as other digital assets plunged
Bitcoin prices have recovered somewhat, even as other digital assets plunged Photo: Maurice Norbert/Shutterstock

The implosion of the stablecoin TerraUSD and its paired cryptocurrency luna sent shockwaves through financial markets – and turned some heads in the British government, too.

Officials want the Bank of England to step in and oversee collapsing stablecoin companies to make sure future crises don’t bleed into the wider economy.

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