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