The European Union's top financial risk watchdog has called for urgent policy action to address vulnerabilities in stablecoins that straddle the bloc and other jurisdictions, warning of potential systemic shocks if safeguards are not strengthened. In a statement, the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB), chaired by European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde, warned that "third country multi-issuer schemes – with fungible stablecoins issued both in the EU and outside – have built-in vulnerabili ...