Imagine if some of us still drove horse-drawn carriages for our daily commutes while others zoomed around in the newest-model cars. That is the gap — in terms of speed, technical innovation and ...

With the near-passage of the GENIUS Act and a host of companies announcing stablecoin initiatives, stablecoin-related assets have been on a tear. Circle, issuer of USDC, has seen its stock rise about ...

Stablecoins now represent a much deeper capital base than the last cycle. Total stablecoin market cap has exceeded $300B, up ~6x from under $50B in early 2020 — signalling a structurally larger ...

Stablecoins are on the verge of going mainstream, analysts say, as a landmark regulatory bill makes its way through Congress. The Senate is deliberating the GENIUS Act, which would provide a framework ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Co-founder of Lightspark and also the MIT Cryptoeconomics Lab. Back in 2019, when we announced Libra, the reaction from the global ...

The stablecoin market is rapidly maturing into one of the most consequential sectors of the digital asset economy. After years of uncertainty, regulatory friction and media skepticism, stablecoins are ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Thanks to the passing of the GENIUS Act last year, stablecoins are a board- or executive team-level topic of discussion in 63% of ...

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Local-currency stablecoins offer the same technological benefits as dollar stablecoins without threatening the economy.