The Fed, regulators, and others worry that stablecoins, with a total market value of $136B as of late January, could one day impact the wider financial market (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
The Fed, regulators, and others worry that stablecoins, with a total market value of $136B as of late January, could one day impact the wider financial market  —  The tokens connect volatile digital-asset trading to the wider financial world, raising concerns that they could one day rock traditional markets