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Stablecoin Dollarization & EM
Building now · Estimated completion: Phase 3
When and where do stablecoins function as offshore digital dollars? This section covers EM currency stress signals, euro stablecoin dynamics under ECB policy, commodity linkages (oil, gold), and country-level dollarization case studies — the platforms editorial and institutional research differentiation.
Data coverage: EM FX series for 7 currencies (BRL, INR, MXN, KRW, THB, TRY, ARS)
backfilled to January 2020. Computed EM Stress Index (30-day % depreciation composite) live in
TimescaleDB. Gold (GLD ETF), WTI crude oil, MSCI EM (EEM), Nikkei 225, and Hang Seng backfilled
to January 2020 via Yahoo Finance. ECB DFR and ESTR available from 2020.
Sprint 3 — Offshore Dollar Story
EM Currency Stress
EM Currency Stress & Stablecoin Demand
Does EM currency stress coincide with stronger demand for dollar stablecoins?
Composite 30-day depreciation index across BRL, INR, MXN, KRW, THB, TRY, ARS
versus total stablecoin supply and USDT dominance.
Coming soon
Euro Stablecoins
Euro Stablecoins & ECB Policy
Why have euro stablecoins remained small despite changing ECB rates and a large euro payments market?
EUR stablecoin market cap versus ECB DFR, ESTR, and EURUSD.
Policy-relevant page for European regulators and payments teams.
Coming soon
Oil
Oil Price Shocks & Dollar Stablecoin Demand
Do oil price shocks strengthen offshore dollar demand and support stablecoin supply growth?
WTI crude versus stablecoin market cap and USDT dominance, with EM stress overlay.
Coming soon
Sprint 4 — Editorial Narratives
Gold
Gold vs Stablecoins as Crisis Assets
Do stablecoins compete with gold in stress periods, or do they serve different hedging functions?
Gold (GLD) versus stablecoin market cap, with real rate and VIX overlays.
Coming soon
Country Case Study
Turkey — Lira Depreciation & Dollarization
Does lira weakness coincide with stronger global dollar-stablecoin demand?
USDTRY full history with major stress windows annotated. Note: this page is a
macro proxy — not proof of domestic Turkish stablecoin adoption.
Coming soon
Country Case Study
Argentina — Peso Crisis & Digital Dollars
Does peso weakness map onto periods when global stablecoins function more clearly as digital dollars?
USDARS full history with crisis events annotated. Note: official rate only — not parallel/blue-market rate.
Coming soon
EM FX Dashboard
EM Currency Depreciation Dashboard
Which EM currencies matter most for the global digital-dollar story?
Normalized FX depreciation across BRL, INR, MXN, KRW, THB, TRY, ARS with
rolling correlation to stablecoin indicators.
Coming soon
EM Equities
EM Equity Stress & Stablecoin Safe-Haven Flows
Do stablecoins behave more like EM stress insurance than like EM risk assets?
MSCI EM (EEM), Hang Seng, and Nikkei versus stablecoin supply growth, with DXY and VIX overlays.
Coming soon