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Dollars Are for Using. Gold Is for Holding.

The private issuer, the sovereign, and the reserve manager reached the same conclusion about the dollar system from three different directions. The GENIUS Act wrote half of it into law and made the other half illegal.

MarketAlly · 2026-09-12 · David H. Friedel Jr.

Every Fix for a Stablecoin Run Ends at the Fed

The design space for making digital dollars run-proof is small, and every exit from it leads to a public balance sheet standing behind private money.

MarketAlly · 2026-09-11 · David H. Friedel Jr.

The Next Run on the Bank Won't Look Like a Bank Run

Stablecoins may solve America's Treasury-demand problem. In doing so, they could build the architecture for the next liquidity crisis.

MarketAlly · 2026-09-10 · David H. Friedel Jr.
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