While these assets can be anything, most of the times, they represent cash deposits, that the anchor maintains in a given fiat currency. Such an asset is often referred as ‘stablecoin’, since it’s value is pegged to a fiat currency, like USD, EUR, etc which would usually have much little fluctuation as compared to cryptocurrencies.
Another important attribute of Netdollar is that while any businesses can join the network, financial organizations can choose to transact with, specific organizations whom they trust and can obtain proof of the AML checks performed by the organization, before onboarding an end user as their customer.
So it’s a disinter-mediating technology and allows banks and financial institutions to work within the regulatory frameworks while making the payments process more efficient for their customers.