Digital Assets vs Fractional Reserve

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Digital Assets
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Digital assets are any value-bearing items that exist in digital form, including cryptocurrencies, tokens, NFTs, and other blockchain-based instruments representing ownership or rights.

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Fractional Reserve
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Fractional reserve is a banking system where banks hold only a fraction of customer deposits as cash reserves, lending out the remainder to create new money.

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