Stablecoins are still a sleeper narrative. Everyone’s chasing the 5x, 10x, and 50x returns on memes. No one wants to “mess around” with stablecoins. But here’s the thing: stablecoins are quietly becoming one of the most exciting sectors heading into 2025. Consider this: • $1.1 billion acquisitions of stablecoin payment orchestration companies. • Stablecoin market cap over $200 billion. • Institutions are coming on-chain ($BUIDL) • Some of these stablecoins now hold more T-bills than entire nation-states. And yet… when I talk to people—even within crypto—stablecoins are still a foreign concept. Go outside the crypto community, and they may as well not exist. That’s exactly why they’re so exciting. The intersection of stablecoins and DeFi is a narrative to watch in 2025. Projects like - @Perena__ - @usualmoney - @ethena_labs Want to go even deeper? Think about the possibilities when AI agents and stablecoins start to intersect and manage liquidity among DeFi. Stablecoins aren’t just “boring” payment tools anymore. They’re becoming the gold standard for how money moves, and where it lives: on-chain.

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RT @stablecoinscom: Building the Bank of the Future with Stablecoins | Raagulan Pathy, CEO of Kast #stablecoins @KAST_official @zdubs33 @st…

@stablecoinscom @KAST_official @staystablexyz Thank you for sharing!!

@KAST_official Kast 🫶🏻

The hardest thing in crypto isn't building products — it's admitting when "crypto native" thinking is wrong. "Users want control of their keys" "Non-custodial is the only way" "Regulation kills innovation" @KAST_official proved everyone wrong by choosing the exact opposite approach. Here's how: - They're fully regulated and custodial by choice - Grew to hundreds of millions in volume in 6 months - Dedicated 25% of staff to compliance - Response time dropped from 73 to 6 minutes While crypto diehards chase the 1% who want seed phrases and private keys, Kast focused on the 99% who just want banking that works. From our conversation on stableminded by @staystablexyz with @raagulanpathy "If you build non-custodial, you think you can service more people, but you're actually making a trade-off against users who won't touch your product because it's too complex." The result? A product people actually want to use. Sometimes the path to mass adoption means challenging crypto's "gold standards" Watch our full episode with Kast to learn why regulated, custodial solutions might be crypto's future. Link in comments 👇

Bullish - "Stablecoins are the Trojan horse that will bring the masses onchain where we can then build a more robust global financial infrastructure for the world."

Last night's StableSF event in San Francisco reminded me why in-person connections matter so much in this space. After 12 months of mostly virtual work - Zooms, Telegram groups, LinkedIn comments - there's something special about finally meeting people face-to-face. Those avatars and usernames transform into real people with genuine passion for what they're building. It makes everything we're working on at @staystablexyz feel more tangible, more real. The room wasn't just filled with crypto natives and stablecoin enthusiasts. We had people from traditional fintech, payments, and tech backgrounds who are just starting to explore this space. Some were completely new to crypto, some were buying Bitcoin 5+ years ago, while others had dabbled but never dove deep. Here's what stood out to me: - There's an education gap. When I asked newcomers about the biggest barrier to learning stablecoins, the answer was consistent: jargon. Terms we thrown around in crypto are completely foreign to seasoned professionals. - There's no clear learning path. I asked several people who recently joined stablecoin companies where they went to learn about the space. The common response? "I talked to coworkers and watched random podcasts." The resources are scattered everywhere, with no central hub for knowledge. - The audience for stablecoins is expanding beyond crypto, but our educational approach hasn't caught up. We're still talking about stablecoins like we're speaking to crypto natives, when really we should be speaking to any company that moves money. This experience reaffirmed our vision at Stable Studios: if stablecoins are the backbone of crypto liquidity, our content needs to be the backbone of business education in this space. @dr3wrogers and I are doubling down on our mission to help onboard the next 100 million users through content. Podcast Newsletter Linkedin/X content Educational resources Stablecoin Market Directory Events (IRL and Online) If you want to collaborate on any of these, please comment/DM me! Here's the thing: the current state of stablecoin content is too fragmented. Knowledge is scattered across LinkedIn, X, various blogs, and countless websites, mixed with all things crypto. While stablecoins operate on-chain, they deserve their own conversation - one that speaks to non-crypto natives who simply want better ways to move money and need to tune out the noice that comes with cryto. While major conferences have their place, I'm increasingly convinced that regular, curated meetups in tech hubs are crucial for growing this ecosystem. These smaller, more intimate gatherings create the perfect environment for meaningful connections and learning. 2025 is shaping up to be the year of stablecoin adoption. Questions I am asking: What resources do you wish existed when you first started learning about stablecoins? And how important have in-person events been to your journey in this space? What do you want more of for the space? Special thanks to @borderlessxyz , @dfnsHQ , @amityventures , @hinkal_protocol , @SuiNetwork for hosting 🙏

RT @gizmothegizzer: Many of us benefit from stablecoins in payments, investing, and protecting against local inflation. Perena is bringing…

@gizmothegizzer Only the beginning 🙏🏼🙏🏼

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Huge thank you to @gizmothegizzer and the @Perena__ for featuring some of my stablecoin content on their new resources page. 🙏🏼 Going to quickly become one of my go to resources for stablecoin research. Check it out below ⬇️

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Every Company We’ve Featured on the stableminded podcast (So Far!) + What’s Coming Next! 🎙️ On stableminded by @staystablexyz , hosted by @dr3wrogers , we’ve had the privilege of sitting down with some of the top founders and innovators redefining payments, stablecoins, and financial infrastructure. Each episode dives deep into how stablecoins are transforming banking, cross-border payments, enterprise infrastructure and the future of how money moves. Here’s a look at every episode from Season 1 & 2, plus a sneak peek at what’s coming next: Season 1 (supported by @layer1payments, powered by @BVNKFinance) 🔹 S1 E1: @ryanbozarth_ | @dakota_xyz – Building a stablecoin-powered neobank for businesses, leveraging U.S. Treasury-backed assets to provide faster, global payments with full asset ownership. 🔹 S1 E2: @__mikareyes | @withparallax – How Parallax is transforming global freelancer payments by enabling instant, low-cost payouts with a self-custodial stablecoin wallet. 🔹 S1 E3: @maxwallenberg | @iron_xyz – Enterprise-grade stablecoin infrastructure, helping institutions scale cross-border payments with on-ramps, third-party payments, and privacy-focused solutions. 🔹 S1 E4: @KevLeht | @borderlessxyz – Aggregating stablecoin liquidity from globally regulated PFIs, making cross-border money movement seamless for businesses. 🔹 S1 E5: @0xdirichlet | @sphere_labs – Using Solana to enable instant, cost-efficient stablecoin payments while prioritizing compliance and security. 🔹 S1 E6: @ColtonSeal | @routefusion – Powering international payroll and payouts using stablecoins, enabling real-time transactions in 140 currencies across 65+ countries. 🔹 S1 E7: @bstoni_eth | @layer1payments – Scaling enterprise-grade stablecoin infrastructure for PSPs, making blockchain payments seamless through gas abstraction, asset pooling, and global compliance. Season 2 (supported by @mural_pay 🔹 S2 E1: @sinclair_toffa | @mural_pay – How Mural Pay is scaling instant enterprise cross-border payments by leveraging AI and automation to optimize payment operations. 🔹 S2 E2: @cduffus | @fonbnk1 – Bridging stablecoins with Africa’s mobile payment rails, enabling financial inclusion through digital dollar access in emerging markets. 🔹 S2 E3: Charles H | @minipay by @opera – Bringing stablecoins to millions via Opera’s mobile browser, enabling seamless transactions with phone number-based onboarding. 🔹 S2 E4: @raagulanpathy | @kastfinance – Making stablecoin banking as simple as traditional finance, removing complexity to drive global adoption. Season 2 – Coming Soon 🎧 🔹 @stables_money 🔹 @eco 🔹 @brladigital Season 3 is Now Recording! 🎬 A huge thank you to every guest and company for sharing their insights on stableminded! 💡 Which episode has been your favorite so far, and who are you most excited to hear from next?

RT @KAST_official: 🚨We're hiring!🚨 Looking for a Head of Product Design to build and lead the design team at KAST, the next-gen stablecoi…

RT @fonbnk1: Chris Duffus(@cduffus), Fonbnk's Founder & CEO was hosted by Drew Rogers(@dr3wrogers) on stableminded - a stablecoin show wher…

RT @0xASK: Most people do not understand the impact $RLUSD will have on the $XRP Ledger. If you think this is just about a stablecoin -- y…

RT @bstoni_eth: The more you dive into them, the more you understand blockchains are not native payment platforms. Making blockchain work…