Understanding Stablecoins
Completed by Kimberly Mallanda
September 24, 2026
8 hours (approximately)
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What you will learn
How stablecoins maintain their peg through collateral, algorithms, and hedging — and why some fail catastrophically.
How to evaluate stablecoin risks spanning smart contracts, custodial exposure, depegging, and regulatory uncertainty.
Why stablecoins are reshaping global payments, DeFi, and the emerging AI agent-to-agent economy.
Skills you will gain
- Category: Blockchain
- Category: Bank Regulations
- Category: Financial Analysis
- Category: Risk Management Framework
- Category: Market Liquidity
- Category: Risk Analysis
- Category: Cyber Risk
- Category: Financial Regulation
- Category: Payment Systems
- Category: Risk Management
- Category: FinTech
- Category: Digital Assets

