What regulators need to know about stablecoins — and other highlights from MarketWatch’s Investing in Crypto event

Here are some highlights:

Crypto regulation

Peirce told Carleton English of Barron’s that stablecoins “make it more convenient for folks to do a lot of things,” including moving their crypto holdings from place to another. By recognizing that people do find such instruments valuable, regulators need to make sure that the actions they take preserve value while also addressing regulatory concerns around financial stability and investor protection, she said.

Michael Saylor on the crypto outlook

MicroStrategy Inc.’s MSTR, -1.27% Michael Saylor told Barron’s senior writer Avi Salzman about how the company ended up with about $7 billion worth of bitcoin BTCUSD, +1.51% on its balance sheet, as well a what type of investor would opt to buy shares of his company as opposed to bitcoin itself.

Breaking down DeFi

MarketWatch’s Frances Yue interviewed Sushiswap’s Rachel Chu and Aave’s Nicolo Stewen about decentralized finance, breaking down how it works, as well as the benefits and risks around it.

Crypto going mainstream

Robinhood Crypto’s Christine Brown, J.P. Morgan’s Christine Moy, and Visa’s Cuy Sheffield talked with Emily Nicolle of Financial News about what investors in the finance sector should know as major financial institutions offer crypto related services and adopt blockchain technologies.

Follow the crypto money

Eric Peters of One River Asset Management and Ava Labs’ John Wu joined Barron’s deputy editor Ben Levisohn to talk about the crypto innovators getting funding from VCs and other major investors.