ECB official says stablecoins risk importing old market flaws

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ECB board member Isabel Schnabel warns that stablecoins risk importing old market flaws, potentially bringing money-market risks into tokenized finance and reinforcing US dollar dominance, which could undermine the growth of decentralized finance and limit the adoption of alternative stablecoins, ultimately affecting the global cryptocurrency market's diversification, stability, and potentially influencing the price of Bitcoin and other major cryptocurrencies.