stablecoin

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stablecoin

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From stable + coin. From being backed by real-world assets whose value is stable according to various conventional ways of measuring stability.

noun stablecoins

A cryptocurrency with price stability by design, often pegged to a stable asset such as the US dollar. Several other companies have recently introduced so-called stablecoins, linked to the value of the dollar. JPMorgan Chase even said it was experimenting with the concept last month.
Opposite: memecoin, shitcoin

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@misc{stablecoin_2026,
  title = {stablecoin},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/stablecoin},
  urldate = {2026-11-05}
}