{"id":650067,"date":"2026-08-29T08:53:41","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T08:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/08\/29\/stablecoins-not-credible-for-payments-at-scale-bis-chief-says\/"},"modified":"2026-08-29T08:53:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T08:53:41","slug":"stablecoins-not-credible-for-payments-at-scale-bis-chief-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/08\/29\/stablecoins-not-credible-for-payments-at-scale-bis-chief-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Stablecoins not credible for payments at scale, BIS chief says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-images.ctmedia.io\/media\/article-covers\/2026\/08\/01M166CFV826H6EC9FT9NRRV7E\/hi-stablecoin-has-been-listed-an-exchange-traded-note-in-europe.jpg\" alt=\"Stablecoins not credible for payments at scale, BIS chief says\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" \/><\/p>\n<p>BIS chief Pablo Hern\u00e1ndez de Cos said stablecoins lack credibility for payments at scale, while a new FSI study highlights sharp differences in issuer rules.<\/p>\n<p>The Bank for International Settlements is renewing its criticism of stablecoins, questioning their credibility as everyday money as governments worldwide build regulatory frameworks around the tokens.<\/p>\n<p>BIS General Manager Pablo Hern\u00e1ndez de Cos, a candidate to succeed <a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/lagarde-early-exit-ecb-digital-euro-mica-stablecoins-successor\">European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde<\/a> next year, argued that stablecoins do not credibly function as a means of payment at scale. He said tokenized bank deposits offer a stronger alternative, Reuters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/finance\/stablecoins-not-credible-means-payment-scale-bis-chief-says-2026-08-28\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a> on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTokenised deposits offer a more direct path to harness tokenisation while preserving the monetary system\u2019s foundations,\u201d de Cos said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/stablecoins-not-credible-payments-scale-bis-chief\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BIS chief Pablo Hern\u00e1ndez de Cos said stablecoins lack credibility for payments at scale, while a new FSI study highlights sharp differences in issuer rules. The Bank for International Settlements is renewing its criticism of stablecoins, questioning their credibility as everyday money as governments worldwide build regulatory frameworks around the tokens. BIS General Manager Pablo [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":650068,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-650067","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\/650067","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=650067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650067\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/650068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=650067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=650067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=650067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}