Understanding Stablecoins
Completed by Kenny Lu
July 23, 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: FinTech
- Category: Risk Management
- Category: Financial Analysis
- Category: Market Liquidity
- Category: Risk Management Framework
- Category: Risk Analysis
- Category: Cyber Risk
- Category: Financial Systems
- Category: Regulatory Compliance
- Category: Liquidation
- Category: Financial Regulation
- Category: Asset Management
