South Korea’s budget office says stablecoins may save merchants $3.8 billion a year, while warning of reduced bank intermediation and peg risks.
South Korea’s budget office estimates that stablecoin adoption could save merchants as much as $3.8 billion each year.
The office also warned that wider use of stablecoins could diminish banks’ roles as credit intermediaries and could destabilize token pegs during large‑scale redemptions.
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