Paolo Ardoino, chief technology officer at Tether, says that central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) won’t end up being a threat to stablecoins if and when one does finally roll out. Writing in a Twitter thread, Ardoino, who is also CTO of Bitfinex, argues that fiat money is already mostly digital, just relying on technology outdated […]
The Maturity Factor is a key variable in determining bank capital under SACCR. It varies according to the type of margining agreement (CSA) in place. It also varies according to the number and type of underlying derivatives within a netting set. We look at large netting sets, CSAs with hard to value derivatives and settled […]