Atlanta Fed Explains Web3 Finance Including XRP ‘International Payment Medium’

The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta has piqued the interest of the crypto community with a recent publication in its Policy Hub series on the implications of Web3 for financial services. The 17-page paper by Christine Parler, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business, is intended as a core text and is notable for its thoroughness.

paper launch With a discussion of blockchain, explaining that “data is sorted and stored in specific locations called ‘wallets’ or ‘addresses’.” After providing the necessary background, Parler looks at decentralized finance (DeFi) and financial infrastructure.

Parlor noted the regulatory challenges of decentralized autonomous organizations that do not have “a clear legal entity” to attach to. Ahead:

“The dark side of using tokens as collateral is that it creates interoperability between different protocols, which makes it more challenging for regulators to anticipate or understand systemic risk.”

Parlor talk is rich with lending protocols and brand names of stablecoins.

Parlor says that the Web3 financial infrastructure offers advantages over traditional finance in transaction costs and speed. For example, the financing business can be significantly improved through cost reduction along the supply chain.

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The paper touches on Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) as it discusses forex and looks at the recently launched Project Mariana, which seeks to apply DeFi protocols to forex. Parler mentions Stellar and Ripple and describes Ripple’s XRP token as “envisioned as an international payment medium or wholesale settlement coin.”

Ripple has attracted a lot of attention for its deals with countries like Montenegro for the development of CBDCs. There has been much speculation about the United States Federal Reserve’s plans to introduce a CBDC, which has not been confirmed by the Fed. Parlor gives no indication of any such plans or that the Fed is considering using XRP for any purpose.

The Atlanta Fed released a report Re: Web3 and Finance that mentioned #wave, they describe #XRP As an “international payment medium or wholesale settlement coin”. “Wholesale settlement” is interesting reference. Also a brief description of Project Mariana. pic.twitter.com/2LAC74RwSR

— Wrath Kahneman (@WKahneman) May 25, 2023

Ripple also has a legal dispute with the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding XRP’s status as a security.

In addition, Parlor discusses tokenized bank deposits, a concept promoted by the USDF consortium, which CEO Robert Morgan recently described to a US House of Representatives subcommittee as a “third way” between traditional finance and DeFi. Is.

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