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Rashad Ahmed on the Global Impact of US Stablecoin Regulation and Crypto Adoption

Rashad Ahmed on the Global Impact of US Stablecoin Regulation and Crypto Adoption

Update: 2025-08-04
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Rashad Ahmed is a former Treasury and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency financial economist and is currently an economist at the upstart Andresen Institute for Finance and Economics. In Rashad’s first appearance on the show, he discusses the real-world impacts of the GENIUS Act, what US stablecoin regulation means for the rest of the world, the state of crypto adoption, and much more.  

Check out the transcript for this week’s episode, now with links.

Recorded on June 27th, 2025

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Timestamps

00:00:00 - Bumper

00:00:31 - Intro

00:01:44 - Rashad’s Career

00:07:33 - Global State of Crypto

00:23:48 - Stablecoins and Safe Asset Prices

00:40:00 - Sovereign Default Risk and Cryptocurrency Adoption

00:56:51 - Outro

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Rashad Ahmed on the Global Impact of US Stablecoin Regulation and Crypto Adoption

Rashad Ahmed on the Global Impact of US Stablecoin Regulation and Crypto Adoption

Mercatus Center at George Mason University