Weekly News Roundup 09/25/20 (Bank custody for stablecoins, two new congressional bills, "stablecoin" vs "cryptodollar") (EP.130)

Matt and Nic return for deals and the news of the week. In this episode:

• The OCC clarifies that banks can custody dollars for stablecoin issuers
• Maker's flippening in collateral types, and what that means for the system
• Tether falls below 80% of stablecoin market share
• Two congressional bills propose to federally regulate crypto exchanges and tokens
• "Stablecoins" or "cryptodollars"?
• Cambridge AltFin releases their long-awaited cryptoasset benchmarking report
• The prospects for big tech antritrust
• What to replace the 60/40 portfolio with

Content mentioned in this episode:

• OCC, OCC Chief Counsel's Interpretation on National Bank and Federal Savings Association Authority to Hold Stablecoin Reserves
• Coin Center, Two new bills in Congress would clarify agency jurisdiction over cryptocurrency
• Cambridge Center for Alternative Finance, 3rd Global Cryptoasset Benchmarking Study
• ECB Crypto-assets Task Force, Stablecoins: Implications for monetary policy, financial stability, market infrastructure and payments, and banking supervision in the euro area
• Apolline Blandin on OTB, Estimating Bitcoin's Energy Footprint