Conference Agenda
Please note that all times are shown in the time zone of the conference. The current conference time is: 15th Sept 2026, 08:44:47am CEST
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FI 06: Rewiring Banking: Open Banking, Crypto, and the Democratization of Assets Location: LR M0.2 (Floor 0) Session Chair: Alfred Lehar, University of Calgary | |
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ID: 844
Demand for Safety in the Crypto Ecosystem 1: Bayes Business School; 2: MIT Sloan School of Management; 3: IESE Business School; 4: University of Florida We study the demand for safety and liquidity in the crypto ecosystem. We do so under a framework in which a representative investor allocates liquidity between stablecoin deposits in lending pools and traditional safe assets (e.g., MMF shares). Our model delivers three main predictions: (i) the stablecoin deposit premium co-moves with the Treasury premium when investors value the safety and liquidity services of stablecoins; (ii) increases in Treasury supply reduce the stablecoin deposit premium; and (iii) drops in the perceived safety and liquidity of stablecoin deposits (e.g., due to de-pegs or hacker attacks) reduce their premium. Using granular data from hundreds of DeFi pools spanning multiple protocols, tokens, and blockchains, we find evidence supporting these predictions. Investors treat stablecoin deposits as money-like instruments, whose sensitivity to stress reveals their fragility.
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