Dollar-Backed Stablecoins Could Get Trump’s Global Push
The plan could deepen demand for U.S. Treasuries, while raising concerns that dollar tokens could accelerate capital flight from emerging markets.
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The plan could deepen demand for U.S. Treasuries, while raising concerns that dollar tokens could accelerate capital flight from emerging markets.
Tarbert framed regulated stablecoins as dollar statecraft. The bigger read sits in the bond market: $70B in fresh T-bill demand from issuers like Tether and Circle since 2022.
Europeans run 38% of global stablecoin volume against 0.3% euro supply — and Lagarde's camp just blocked the two levers (looser MiCA liquidity, ECB backstop access) that could have closed the gap.
Supply nearly tripled since 2021 to $771M — but dollar-pegged tokens still hold 99.76% of the market, and a self-reinforcing T-bill collateral flywheel keeps widening the gap.