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Year in a word: Stablecoins

In spite of efforts to bring it into the mainstream, the cryptocurrency remains one step removed from money

(plural noun) Digital assets whose value is pegged to another asset

Conversations about stablecoins usually begin with what they’re not.

Digital money? Almost. Pegging a crypto token’s value to a real-world currency (almost always the dollar) makes it look like money. But even with one-for-one reserve backing — as mandated by the Trump administration’s Genius Act, passed in July — its relationship to money remains one step removed. Not everyone wants to be confronted by foundational concepts like singleness and supply elasticity while buying groceries.

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