
After weeks of negotiations that probably involved more coffee than actual progress, the focus has shifted to stablecoins-those digital cousins of cash that are as stable as a penguin on a trampoline. The big question: can you pay people interest for holding tokens they’re not using? The answer, apparently, is “no,” because banks are terrified of anything that sounds like a return on investment. Instead, we’re now debating whether you can reward users for doing things, like, I don’t know, actually engaging with the platform. Because nothing says “innovation” like a loyalty program for your cryptocurrency.