US-based stablecoin companies would be a tempting mechanism for sanctions on other countries, and stablecoins raise concerns abroad about financial stability, dollarization, and AML/CFT, likely provoking pushback — while a trillion-plus dollars of physical cash abroad may migrate into stablecoins as a more efficient way to do undetected transactions, with unclear net effect on dollar strength.

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Maurice Obstfeld

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US-based stable coin companies would be a very um tempting mechanism for sanctions on on other other countries.

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The changing dollar regime: An updatePeterson Institute for International Economics
Created: 6/18/2026, 1:57:48 PM

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