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🗓️ 13 May 2022
⏱️ 25 minutes
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The CEO of Circle discusses where this leaves the stablecoin conversation in Washington, D.C.
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, NEAR and FTX US.
Jeremy Allaire is the CEO of Circle, a leader of the USDC consortium. In today’s episode, he and NLW review the state of the stablecoin discussion among U.S. regulators before the implosion of UST and LUNA, and how the events of the last week have changed the discourse.
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