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Stablecoin Yields Won't Harm Banks, White House Economists Say Authored by Amin Haqshanas via CoinTelegraph.com, A White House report found that banning yield on stablecoins would have a marginal impact on bank lending while creating clear economic downsides. According to the Council of Economic Advisers, a three-member agency within the Executive Office of the President tasked to offer the president economic advice, moving funds from stablecoins back into bank deposits would not translate into significant new lending. Under its baseline scenario, total bank lending would increase by about $2.1 billion, roughly 0.02% of...

Twin Suicide Attacks Rock Algerian City Near Where Pope Is Visiting Algeria has been hit by two terror attacks during Pope Leo XIV's visit, officials say - though at this point there doesn't appear to have been any direct effort at targeting the Pope or his accompanying officials. Twin suicide attacks rocked a city outside Algeria's capital Monday, just as the American-born Pontiff began his historic visit to the country, AFP reports. Pope Leo at the presidential palace in Algiers on Monday, via Vatican Media Handout/EPA "There were two security incidents yesterday afternoon in...