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Would you use a Heritage or S-B stablecoin?

MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,427 ✭✭✭✭✭

If widely accepted in the industry, and I think it would be, it would be safer and more efficient for coin show and online purchases, especially for international transactions.

Andy Lustig

Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.

Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.

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  • pcgsregistrycollectorpcgsregistrycollector Posts: 1,561 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Neither. I will never buy or advocate for crypto. Put yer hands on hard money!

    God comes first in everything I do. I’m dedicated to serving Him with my whole life. Coin collecting is just a hobby—but even in that, I seek to honor Him. ✝️

  • MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 36,038 ✭✭✭✭✭

    never

    Current maintainer of Stone's Master List of Favorite Websites // My BST transactions
  • BoosibriBoosibri Posts: 12,417 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Stable coins are very different from other crypto and would be very efficient for international transactions. Now the stupidity of why some stable coins trade over the par value of what they’re backed by is where the stupidity comes in.

  • jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 36,898 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 24, 2025 12:15PM

    Sure. Why not?

    All comments reflect the opinion of the author, evn when irrefutably accurate.

  • jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 36,898 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @pcgsregistrycollector said:
    Neither. I will never buy or advocate for crypto. Put yer hands on hard money!

    So you send them gold in the mail?

    All comments reflect the opinion of the author, evn when irrefutably accurate.

  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 29,317 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Not for me

  • NJCoinNJCoin Posts: 3,177 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @jmlanzaf said:
    Sure. Why not?

    Dunno. The same reason you don't have S-B store your collection in their vault. Do you?

    Right now, your funds in a bank are insured by the federal government. Your Heritage or S-B stable coin would be insured by the same folks insuring UST, or deposits at FTX. The issuer.

    Plenty of large, reputable firms in all sorts of industries collapse. All the time. Sometimes without warning. I would never want to be an unsecured creditor of any of them.

    It's bad enough if I have $100 tied up in a TGI Friday's gift card because they offer a 20% discount for a purchase, and they later file for bankruptcy. Absolutely no reason, no reason at all, to tie up any real money in a Heritage or S-B payment system, and subject oneself to counter party credit risk.

    That would be why not.

  • jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 36,898 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @NJCoin said:

    @jmlanzaf said:
    Sure. Why not?

    Dunno. The same reason you don't have S-B store your collection in their vault. Do you?

    Right now, your funds in a bank are insured by the federal government. Your Heritage or S-B stable coin would be insured by the same folks insuring UST, or deposits at FTX. The issuer.

    Plenty of large, reputable firms in all sorts of industries collapse. All the time. Sometimes without warning. I would never want to be an unsecured creditor of any of them.

    It's bad enough if I have $100 tied up in a TGI Friday's gift card because they offer a 20% discount for a purchase, and they later file for bankruptcy. Absolutely no reason, no reason at all, to tie up any real money in a Heritage or S-B payment system, and subject oneself to counter party credit risk.

    That would be why not.

    I'm PAYING them. I'm not SAVING with them. I don't have any deposits that need insuring

    All comments reflect the opinion of the author, evn when irrefutably accurate.

  • NJCoinNJCoin Posts: 3,177 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @jmlanzaf said:

    @NJCoin said:

    @jmlanzaf said:
    Sure. Why not?

    Dunno. The same reason you don't have S-B store your collection in their vault. Do you?

    Right now, your funds in a bank are insured by the federal government. Your Heritage or S-B stable coin would be insured by the same folks insuring UST, or deposits at FTX. The issuer.

    Plenty of large, reputable firms in all sorts of industries collapse. All the time. Sometimes without warning. I would never want to be an unsecured creditor of any of them.

    It's bad enough if I have $100 tied up in a TGI Friday's gift card because they offer a 20% discount for a purchase, and they later file for bankruptcy. Absolutely no reason, no reason at all, to tie up any real money in a Heritage or S-B payment system, and subject oneself to counter party credit risk.

    That would be why not.

    I'm PAYING them. I'm not SAVING with them. I don't have any deposits that need insuring

    No. If you're buying stable coins, you're literally converting cash into a deposit with them.

    If you aren't going to hold the stable coin as a currency to make future purchases, like a gift card, why get involved in the first place? The cash you use to buy the stable coin can just as easily be used to complete your purchase without using a stable coin.

  • jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 36,898 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @NJCoin said:

    @jmlanzaf said:

    @NJCoin said:

    @jmlanzaf said:
    Sure. Why not?

    Dunno. The same reason you don't have S-B store your collection in their vault. Do you?

    Right now, your funds in a bank are insured by the federal government. Your Heritage or S-B stable coin would be insured by the same folks insuring UST, or deposits at FTX. The issuer.

    Plenty of large, reputable firms in all sorts of industries collapse. All the time. Sometimes without warning. I would never want to be an unsecured creditor of any of them.

    It's bad enough if I have $100 tied up in a TGI Friday's gift card because they offer a 20% discount for a purchase, and they later file for bankruptcy. Absolutely no reason, no reason at all, to tie up any real money in a Heritage or S-B payment system, and subject oneself to counter party credit risk.

    That would be why not.

    I'm PAYING them. I'm not SAVING with them. I don't have any deposits that need insuring

    No. If you're buying stable coins, you're literally converting cash into a deposit with them.

    If you aren't going to hold the stable coin as a currency to make future purchases, like a gift card, why get involved in the first place? The cash you use to buy the stable coin can just as easily be used to complete your purchase without using a stable coin.

    Not necessarily. But I know there's no point in trying to explain it to you. It is quite possibly cheaper and more efficient than wire transfers, especially internationally

    All comments reflect the opinion of the author, evn when irrefutably accurate.

  • jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 36,898 ✭✭✭✭✭

    All comments reflect the opinion of the author, evn when irrefutably accurate.

  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,427 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Boosibri said:
    Stable coins are very different from other crypto and would be very efficient for international transactions. Now the stupidity of why some stable coins trade over the par value of what they’re backed by is where the stupidity comes in.

    You might not think it stupid if you were a Russian oligarch, a drug trafficker or a bitcoin billionaire looking to lock in some potentially tax free profits.

    Andy Lustig

    Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.

    Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,427 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @NJCoin said:

    @jmlanzaf said:
    Sure. Why not?

    Dunno. The same reason you don't have S-B store your collection in their vault. Do you?

    Right now, your funds in a bank are insured by the federal government. Your Heritage or S-B stable coin would be insured by the same folks insuring UST, or deposits at FTX. The issuer.

    Plenty of large, reputable firms in all sorts of industries collapse. All the time. Sometimes without warning. I would never want to be an unsecured creditor of any of them.

    It's bad enough if I have $100 tied up in a TGI Friday's gift card because they offer a 20% discount for a purchase, and they later file for bankruptcy. Absolutely no reason, no reason at all, to tie up any real money in a Heritage or S-B payment system, and subject oneself to counter party credit risk.

    That would be why not.

    I wouldn’t want to hold Heritage stablecoins long term for the reasons you’ve given. But short term, the advantages could easily outweigh the risks.

    Andy Lustig

    Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.

    Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.

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