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]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/2379dfdb-b62b-47de-98d5-dc49be50e661</link><guid isPermaLink="false">2379dfdb-b62b-47de-98d5-dc49be50e661</guid><pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2025 04:00:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are stablecoins money?]]></title><description><![CDATA[And are parallels to the era of Free Banking any good?]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/f4625701-72fc-4dde-b1a2-4b230d9bc7f1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">f4625701-72fc-4dde-b1a2-4b230d9bc7f1</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2025 05:30:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who wants to buy a crypto basis-trade backed synthetic stablecoin?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ethena goes]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/f79657a6-9e78-43ba-abaf-6cd27dc66330</link><guid isPermaLink="false">f79657a6-9e78-43ba-abaf-6cd27dc66330</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2025 14:34:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brussels set to disregard ECB warnings over stablecoin 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It’s complicated]]></title><description><![CDATA[Digital currencies are becoming embedded in financial markets — but for some investors they still have something to prove]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/fc90d99b-8f03-4e30-a6e2-6689db28b632</link><guid isPermaLink="false">fc90d99b-8f03-4e30-a6e2-6689db28b632</guid><pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2025 04:00:13 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>