# kaal:claim:3396522-034

**Claim.** A decentralized crypto economy requires a stable coin because no rational party will risk wealth on a long term contract denominated in a volatile currency: neither renter nor landlord will sign a lease whose rent may halve or double in any given week.

**Type.** condition  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- applies to long term business contracts denominated in the currency

**Source quote.**

> Neither party to a business transaction should be willing to risk their wealth on a long-term business contract which uses a volatile currency. Neither the renter nor the landlord will sign a contract if the rent may halve or double in any given week.

**From.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Vadhindran K. Rao, *Stable Cryptocurrencies* (2019), IV. Stable Cryptocurrencies, 9. Enabling Global Decentralized Commerce, page 44

**Cite as.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Vadhindran K. Rao, Stable Cryptocurrencies (2019). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3396522

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**Topics.** economics, decentralization, defi

**Keywords.** price-stability, contracting, decentralized-commerce, volatility, medium-of-exchange

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