From renegade to regulated…
Stablecoins have crossed a threshold: they’re now legitimate in the eyes of regulators. With the Genius Act in the U.S. and MiCA in the EU, it’s taken nearly a decade, but the frameworks are finally here. That clarity has opened the door for a surge in new stablecoin issuers, signaling that traditional finance is no longer dismissing them.
In this video, I unpack what this means not just for payments, but for the next evolution of blockchain itself: stablecoin-powered smart contract chains. This shift could redefine how we think about utility, adoption, and integration between crypto and the wider economy.
But there’s a twist. For those with a crypto-anarchist vision of decentralized finance, this direction won’t be welcome. Regulatory acceptance brings legitimacy, but also oversight, compliance, and a much closer alignment and integration with the existing financial system.
In other words, business as usual, just with a different face.
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