{"id":630939,"date":"2026-07-17T19:53:48","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T19:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/07\/17\/crypto-biz-when-dollars-disappear-stablecoins-step-in\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T19:53:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T19:53:48","slug":"crypto-biz-when-dollars-disappear-stablecoins-step-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/07\/17\/crypto-biz-when-dollars-disappear-stablecoins-step-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Crypto Biz: When dollars disappear, stablecoins step in"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-images.ctmedia.io\/media\/article-covers\/cross-border-transaction-stablecoin-dollar-1.jpg\" alt=\"Crypto Biz: When dollars disappear, stablecoins step in\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bolivia moves to recognize USDT amid a dollar shortage, while Bitcoin miners\u2019 AI ambitions face fresh investor scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p>Stablecoins have long been pitched as a faster way to move dollars across borders. In Bolivia, they\u2019re increasingly becoming a way to access dollars in the first place. The country\u2019s recent proposal to recognize Tether\u2019s USDt (USDT) for payments underscores how economic instability is driving adoption in many emerging markets.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, Bitcoin miners are discovering that pivoting to AI infrastructure may unlock new revenue streams, but it doesn\u2019t shield them from investor scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p>Bolivia is considering a regulatory framework that <a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/bolivia-weighs-usdt-payment-currency-amid-dollar-shortage\">would recognize Tether\u2019s USDT<\/a> as a payment currency, marking another step in the country\u2019s push to integrate digital assets into its financial system.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/crypto-biz-when-dollars-disappear-stablecoins-step-in\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bolivia moves to recognize USDT amid a dollar shortage, while Bitcoin miners\u2019 AI ambitions face fresh investor scrutiny. Stablecoins have long been pitched as a faster way to move dollars across borders. In Bolivia, they\u2019re increasingly becoming a way to access dollars in the first place. The country\u2019s recent proposal to recognize Tether\u2019s USDt (USDT) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":630940,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-630939","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=630939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630939\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/630940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=630939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=630939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=630939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}