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Stablecoin

Also called stable, dollar token

What crypto means by it

A digital token built to hold one steady value, almost always one US dollar. Unlike bitcoin, it is not meant to go up. It is meant to still be worth a dollar tomorrow, which is what makes it usable as money rather than as a bet.

What you already know this as

The e-money balance in a payment app. The number in your PayPal or Wise account is not physically dollars either, it is a claim on dollars that spends like dollars.

In Kite: Your Kite balance is stablecoins. You hold USDC or USDT and it behaves like a US dollar account you can spend from.

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