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The stablecoin distribution war: why issuing dollars stopped being the hard part

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Open USD launched with 140 partners, including Visa, Mastercard and BlackRock. Standard Chartered began rolling out a Hong Kong dollar stablecoin, while World Liberty Financial obtained a bank charter to issue its own. The text argues stablecoin competition has shifted from minting tokens to controlling the distribution rails they travel on.

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