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‘Dark Stablecoins’ Could Emerge As Regulations Tighten
‘Dark Stablecoins’ Could Emerge As Regulations Tighten
Authored by Stephen Katte via CoinTelegraph.com,
Censorship-resistant “dark stablecoins” could come in increasing demand as governments tighten their oversight of the industry.
Stablecoins have been used for various groups to store assets due to a lack of government interference; however, with regulations pending, that could soon change, Ki Young Ju, CEO of crypto analytics firm CryptoQuant, said in a May 11 X post.
“Soon, any stablecoin issued by a country could face strict govt regulation, similar to traditional banks. Transfers might automatically trigger tax collection through smart contracts, and wallets could be frozen or require paperwork based on government rules,” he said.
“People who used stablecoins for big international transfers might start looking for censorship-resistant dark stablecoins instead.”
On the heels of US President Donald Trump’s crypto-friendly administration assuming power earlier this year, lawmakers are weighing stablecoin legislation, which seeks to regulate US stablecoins, ensuring their legal use for payments.
The European Union has already brought in its Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation, which, among other measures, mandates that stablecoins be regulated and transparent.
Source: Ki Young Ju
Ju speculates that a dark or private stablecoin could be created as an algorithmic stablecoin, with the value maintained through algorithmic mechanisms rather than being pegged to an external asset like gold, which makes it susceptible to interference from authorities.
“One possible example could be a decentralized stablecoin that follows the price of regulated coins like USDC using data oracles like Chainlink,” he said.
Another way would be stablecoins issued by countries that don’t censor financial transactions, or, for example, if Tether chooses not to comply with US government regulations in the future.
“USDT itself used to be considered a censorship-resistant stablecoin. If Tether chooses not to comply with US government regulations under a future Trump administration, it could become a dark stablecoin in an increasingly censored internet economy,” Ju said.
Privacy technology in crypto is already being used
Zcash and Monero — while they aren’t stablecoins —already shield transactions and allow users to send and receive funds without revealing their transaction data on the blockchain.
Several projects are also working on using similar technology for stablecoins, such as Zephyr Protocol, a Monero fork that hides transactions from being revealed on the blockchain. PARScoin also hides user identities, transaction values, and links to past transactions.
The market cap of US dollar-denominated stablecoins has continued to grow, crossing $230 billion in April, a report from investment banking giant Citigroup found. That’s an increase of 54% since last year, with Tether and USDC dominating 90% of the market.
Meanwhile, total stablecoin volumes hit $27.6 trillion in 2024, surpassing the combined volumes of Visa and Mastercard by 7.7%.
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President Donald Trump wants to make a deal with Iran to give that country a brighter future without terrorism and extremism, he said Tuesday at the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
“If I can make a deal with Iran, I’ll be very happy if we’re going to make your region and the world a safer place,” he said. “But if Iran’s leadership rejects this olive branch and continues to attack their neighbors, then we will have no choice but to inflict massive maximum pressure drive to Iranian oil exports to zero like I did before.”
Many Middle Eastern leaders want to define the region by commerce rather than chaos, but Iran continues to cause “unthinkable suffering in Syria, Lebanon, and Gaza, Iraq, Yemen, and beyond,” Trump said.
“While the Arab states are focused on becoming pillars of regional stability and world commerce,” he said, “Iran’s leaders have focused on stealing their people’s wealth to fund terror and bloodshed abroad.”
But Trump said he didn’t come to the Middle East merely to condemn the past choices of Iran’s leaders, “but to offer them a new and a better path toward a much more hopeful future.”
Iran has limited time to make a deal with the U.S., the president added, saying that his offer will not last forever.
“We really want them to be a successful country,” the president said of Iran. “We want them to be a wonderful, safe, great country, but they cannot have a nuclear weapon.”
Countries that threaten America will face “overwhelming strength and devastating force” from the American military. He said America has the best weapons in the world, but doesn’t want to use them unless absolutely necessary.
Trump’s greatest hope is to be a peacemaker and a unifier, he said, adding that he doesn’t like war.
“After so many decades of conflict, finally it is within our grasp to reach the future that generations before us could only dream about—a land of peace, safety, harmony, opportunity, innovation, and achievement right here in the Middle East,” Trump said.
[Editor’s note: This story originally was published by The Daily Signal.]
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