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Today in Crypto: Stablecoin growth could drain bank deposits, with regional US banks most exposed, Standard Chartered’s Geoff Kendrick warned, Bitcoin network hashrate dropped over the weekend during a massive winter storm in the US, and lawmakers delayed work on digital asset legislation due to the same severe weather.
Stablecoins pose a real risk to bank deposits both globally and in the United States, according to a new report by Standard Chartered analysts.
The delay of the US CLARITY Act — a bill proposing to prohibit interest on stablecoin holdings — is a “reminder that stablecoins pose a risk to banks,” Geoff Kendrick, global head of digital assets research at Standard Chartered, said in a report on Tuesday seen by Cointelegraph.
