Wyoming announces Frontier, a government-backed stablecoin
Wyoming announces Frontier, a government-backed stablecoin
- August 19, 2025
- Bill Maurer, anthropology, Statescoop, Aug 19, 2025
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“There is no use case. It is not solving any problem,” said Bill Maurer, a cultural anthropologist at the University of California, Irvine who studies the technologies behind financial exchanges. “It is taking advantage of the hype cycle around stablecoins and crypto in general that we’ve seen since Trump got reelected.”
For the full story, please visit https://statescoop.com/wyoming-frontier-stablecoin-mark-gordon/.
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