All I would say is if stable coins are inevitability at this point,

and if you are building in fintech and or at a payment company,

and you aren't actively figuring out how do I future-proof this business for stablecoins,

you're going to lose.

Welcome to Bankless, where we explore the frontier of internet money and internet finance. And today on Banklist, we are exploring the frontier of stablecoins.

The stablecoin conversation in crypto goes all the way back.

You can find discussions of stablecoin concepts as far back as the Bitcoin talk forums, which was the original

venue for all of crypto's great ideas. In 2025, the conversation continues. Stable coins have been,

and seemingly always will be, an incredibly important part of the crypto revolution. Things are a

little different now, however, in 2025. Things are no longer conceptual. The emergence of stable

coins like USEC and

Tether have grown into a $200 billion market cap asset class, and the performance of blockchains

have risen to match the needs of internet-based stablecoin settlement networks. Because of these

unlocks on the crypto tech tree, we are now finally seeing startups weave together the old siloed

financial system into new internet public

blockchains. And it's because of the utility value of stablecoins that so much progress

has been made over just the last year. Rob Haddock, the guest on the show today, says that

he is seeing 30% month-over-month growth of cross-border stablecoin volumes. All of this, combined with a regulatory clarity and

stablecoin bills that are passing through the United States Congress, are creating a gold

rush in the stable coin economy. Everyone is trying to get a piece of the incredible amount of

value that is going to be produced by the invention of stablecoins. It's also interesting to note

that during the times of Donald Trump's isolationism

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