Binance Authorized to Invest Customer Funds in US Treasury Bills by US Court

On July 19, a US court granted Binance permission to invest customer funds in US Treasury Bills. This decision allows Binance to explore new investment avenues, potentially benefiting its customers by leveraging a third-party investment manager.

US Court Grants Binance Approval to Invest Customer Funds in US Treasury Bills

A United States court granted Binance significant opportunity permission to invest customer funds in US Treasury Bills on July 19. According to Cointelegraph, this decision not only presents Binance with new opportunities but also has the potential to benefit its customers.

Per the order issued by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Binance will be permitted to invest "certain" customer funds through a third-party investment manager if the funds are not reinvested in the company or any related entities.

The court order also mandated that Binance include information regarding the expenses associated with the custodianship of US treasury investments in its monthly report delineating its business operations and costs.

The potential role of cryptocurrency in supporting the ailing US dollar in the face of de-dollarization efforts by the BRICS nations is foreshadowed by the court approval that allows Binance to invest customer funds in US Treasury Bills.

More specifically, collateralized stablecoins have been proposed to extend the US dollar's dominance by decades by purchasing and holding US debt instruments. This would offset significant inflation induced by years of reckless fiscal policy, poor monetary policy, and quantitive easing.

One such example is the Tether stablecoin. In 2023, Tether's holdings of $72.5 billion in US Treasuries were comparable to those of particular developing nation-states. The company emphasizes over-collateralizing its dollar-pegged stablecoin as a precaution against a significant collapse.

Paul Ryan Highlights Stablecoins' Role in Supporting US Dollar Amid Debt Crisis, Despite Criticism

Paul Ryan, the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, also discussed the potential of stablecoins to alleviate the debt crisis and maintain the US dollar's competitiveness in global trade markets.

Ryan emphasized the substantial demand that dollar-pegged stablecoins generate for the US dollar and US debt instruments, which serve as the foundation for the value of the fiat-equivalent tokens.

Alex Gladstein, the Human Rights Foundation's chief strategy officer, is among those who maintain that dollar-pegged stablecoins merely perpetuate the dysfunctional fiat-centric system that decentralized digital currencies were intended to replace.