The stablecoin exists as a response to digital asset price volatility: it is pegged to the value of an external asset, frequently a fiat currency.
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To reduce price volatility in digital assets, the stablecoin was born. A stablecoin is pegged to the value of an external asset (frequently fiat currency).126
Wulf A. Kaal, Samuel Evans, Hayley Howe, Digital Asset Valuation (2022). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4033886
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