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Marco Gross and Richard Senner “From Par to Pressure: Liquidity, Redemptions, and Fire Sales with a Systemic Stablecoin”
International Monetary Fund, Working paper n° 26/5

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Mar 26 2026
Abstract: Fiat-backed stablecoins are expanding, and their issuers may attain systemic relevance as reserve portfolios grow and as they may become increasingly intertwined with financial markets. This paper analyzes the resulting risks and the design choices that can mitigate them. A detailed financial-economics discussion forms ...more »

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Eugenio M. Cerutti, Martina Hengge and Takaaki Sagawa, “Stablecoin Shocks”
International Monetary Fund, Working paper n° 26/44

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Mar 26 2026
Abstract: We develop novel measures of stablecoin shocks and use them to identify the causal effects of stablecoin adoption on U.S. financial markets. Combining a daily narrative dataset of stablecoin-specific news with changes in the combined market capitalization of USDC and USDT, we measure high-frequency ...more »

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Danish Us-Salam, “Mitigating Vulnerability: The Role of Risk Warnings, Information Order & Salience in Crypto Assets”
Central Bank of Ireland, Working paper n° 9

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Feb 26 2026
Abstract: The growing popularity of crypto assets has driven increased engagement, often fuelled by promotional content that highlights past returns while downplaying risks. This paper evaluates the effectiveness of behaviourally informed risk warnings in such a setting. Using an online randomized controlled trial, participants viewed ...more »

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Anna Amirdjanova, David Lynch and Anni Zheng, “Initial Margin for Crypto Currencies Risks in Uncleared Markets”
Federal Reserve Board, Washington, D.C., Working n° 2026-009

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Feb 26 2026
Abstract: We examine prospective classification of crypto currencies risks within the ISDA Standardized Initial Margin Model (SIMM) framework for calculation of initial margin on trades sensitive to cryptocurrencies’ risk factors in the uncleared market. Consistent with the view that cryptocurrencies are digital assets that fundamentally ...more »

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Helmut Elsinger, Helmut Stix and Martin Summer, “Consumer preferences for a digital euro: insights from a discrete choice experiment in Austria”
Bank for International Settlements, Working paper n° 1302

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Gen 29 2026
Abstract: This paper examines consumers’ intended adoption of a digital euro in Austria using a discrete choice experiment. We estimate a mixed logit model to quantify the role of key attributes such as privacy, offline functionality, security against financial loss, monetary incentives, and payment form ...more »

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Kenechukwu Anadu, Patrick McCabe, JP Perez-Sangimino, and Nathan Swem, “A Framework for Understanding the Vulnerabilities of New Money-Like Products”
Federal Reserve Board, Washington, D.C., Working paper n° 2026-002

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Gen 29 2026
Abstract: New money-like products, such as tokenized money market funds (MMFs), money market exchange-traded funds (MMETFs), and stablecoins, could be transformative for finance. These products may offer significant benefits, but like other money-like assets, they also have certain vulnerabilities. We introduce a framework to analyze ...more »

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