What podcasts say about stablecoins
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What experts have said about stablecoins
62 statements · 46 positive · 9 negative · 3 mixed · 4 neutral
Local stablecoins lack intrinsic holding demand but are used for local-currency payments.
“there is no intrinsic demand for it, but people use it. They use it to pay their bills in local currency.”
Open the episode · Tokenizing Latin America: Six Currencies, One Financial System | Sebastian SerranoListen at 15:46
Localized crypto applications will require local stablecoins.
“anything that you want to localize is going to require local stablecoins.”
Open the episode · Tokenizing Latin America: Six Currencies, One Financial System | Sebastian SerranoListen at 22:42
Stablecoins should be backed by Treasury securities.
“The path forward is those stable coins being backed in treasuries.”
Open the episode · Bitcoin, AI & $40 Trillion in Debt: What Happens Next? | Tillman HollowayListen at 26:38
Treasury-backed stablecoins would increase global Treasury demand.
“That is the way in which you get the global economy to buy treasuries.”
Open the episode · Bitcoin, AI & $40 Trillion in Debt: What Happens Next? | Tillman HollowayListen at 26:41
Stablecoins will become substantially more important and widely used.
“I think this becomes a much bigger issue. And I think it grows tremendously.”
Open the episode · "Bad Things" To Happen As US Dollar Strengthens | Brent JohnsonListen at 1:03:01
Stablecoin use will surge during a sovereign debt or currency crisis.
“if we do eventually get into this sovereign debt crisis or currency crisis, I think the use of stable coins will... I think that would be the tell because I would expect them to be used a lot, much more dramatically in that type of an environment as part of the solution”
Open the episode · "Bad Things" To Happen As US Dollar Strengthens | Brent JohnsonListen at 1:03:07
Stablecoins offer speed and transparency but involve issuer and custody risks.
“The trade-off for using a stablecoin is speed, transparency, but who is issuing that stablecoin? What is the issuance risk of that? Who's holding it?”
Open the episode · Beyond Bitcoin: how crypto is changing finance with Adam Judd | FinFest 2026Listen at 20:44
Stablecoin acceptance and payouts are rapidly expanding.
“stablecoin acceptance, stablecoin payouts, I think is certainly an area of growth that we're seeing expand rapidly.”
Open the episode · Economy of Scale: New Finance (Sponsored Content)Listen at 8:16
Stablecoins are well suited to global micropayments.
“stable coins are awesome they're global they work really well for micropayments”
Open the episode · The Chopping Block: The Binance Hack, Circle's Fast Freeze, YC's Crypto Wishlist, and ICE Bringing Hyperliquid Perps OnshoreListen at 38:18
Stablecoin issuers can freeze, burn, and reissue illicitly held assets.
“stablecoin issuers have these really unique capabilities to immediately freeze or what I call burn. and then ultimately reissue that asset”
Open the episode · Inside the $6 Billion Binance Hack | Ari RedbordListen at 6:50
Stablecoin providers will undergo consolidation similar to money funds.
“I think you will see a similar thing happen.”
Open the episode · E449: Federated Hermes CEO on $400 Billion in Cash, the Private Markets Boom, and AIListen at 7:47
Stablecoins will remain in the market.
“I don't think the stable coins are going anywhere.”
Open the episode · E449: Federated Hermes CEO on $400 Billion in Cash, the Private Markets Boom, and AIListen at 7:49
Stablecoins must provide daily liquidity at par to succeed.
“So you've got to be able to have daily liquidity at par.”
Open the episode · E449: Federated Hermes CEO on $400 Billion in Cash, the Private Markets Boom, and AIListen at 8:04
Stablecoin reserves should avoid undue security risk.
“You cannot take undue risk with what you're having behind the curtain in terms of the security of those funds.”
Open the episode · E449: Federated Hermes CEO on $400 Billion in Cash, the Private Markets Boom, and AIListen at 8:07
Stablecoins have a strong practical use case.
“stablecoin has a really solid use case.”
Open the episode · Is AI the new cigarettes? Our VC panel digs into Anthropic’s S-1 | E2356Listen at 1:03:19
Stablecoins are legally subject to government surveillance.
“Stablecoins are now legally fully subject to government surveillance under the Bank Secrecy Act.”
Open the episode · Wall Street, Regulation, and the Future of Money | J. Christopher GiancarloListen at 55:54
Stablecoin reward payments will continue under the OCC rules.
“rewards are being paid and that will continue.”
Open the episode · ROLLUP: Black October | Uptober Lasted 4 Hours | JPMorgan's Bitcoin Forecast | Gold AlchemyListen at 52:08
Stablecoin supply will grow by more than 40% annually over the next few years.
“I think stablecoins, again, I think they're going to continue to grow probably like 40 plus percent Kagura a year, like compounding over the next few years.”
Open the episode · Why Crypto Buybacks Are 'the Wrong Way to Allocate Capital'Listen at 48:07
Stablecoins can distribute bonds, raise cash, and make payments without banks.
“Stable coins do not need a banking system to distribute either the bonds or to raise cash or to make payments.”
Open the episode · MacroVoices #553 Brent Johnson: Disparate HousewivesListen at 19:26
Stablecoin adoption could reduce the Federal Reserve’s leverage over Treasury.
“as that technology gets built out, it starts to remove some of the leverage that the Fed has”
Open the episode · MacroVoices #553 Brent Johnson: Disparate HousewivesListen at 19:36
Stablecoins are the leading driver of fintech democratization
“Stablecoins is the biggest driver.”
Open the episode · E436: Nnamdi Okike on Billionaires, Founder Psychology & the Venture Capital BubbleListen at 35:06
Stablecoins can protect users from local currency devaluation
“So they can hold stablecoins and so they don't suffer that.”
Open the episode · E436: Nnamdi Okike on Billionaires, Founder Psychology & the Venture Capital BubbleListen at 35:20
Stablecoins enable users to avoid effects of currency devaluation
“enabling folks to hold their money in stablecoins and not being impacted by their currency devaluation”
Open the episode · E436: Nnamdi Okike on Billionaires, Founder Psychology & the Venture Capital BubbleListen at 35:32
Stablecoin transfers are faster, cheaper, and more convenient
“much faster, much cheaper, much more convenient”
Open the episode · E436: Nnamdi Okike on Billionaires, Founder Psychology & the Venture Capital BubbleListen at 36:00
Stablecoin-reward restrictions are unfair but acceptable for passing the bill.
“I don't think that's fair, but I'd bite my tongue and say, okay, it's best to get this bill forward.”
Open the episode · Crypto's Clarity Act Collapses. Two Days Later, the SEC Introduces Its Innovation ExemptionListen at 29:39
Less stablecoin regulatory clarity will slow crypto adoption and development.
“less clarity around stable coins and yield bearing stable all of that stuff right i think is like a net negative for sure and and will like slow things down”
Open the episode · Uneasy Money: What Crypto's Gensler Years Say About the AI Slowdown DebateListen at 16:53
USD stablecoins would create additional demand for Treasury securities.
“I think it's a grand idea because it will be a demand for treasury securities”
Open the episode · MacroVoices #550 Harley Bassman: In FED We TrustListen at 45:14
Promoting USD stablecoins is a good policy idea.
“So I think it's a good idea.”
Open the episode · MacroVoices #550 Harley Bassman: In FED We TrustListen at 45:52
Stablecoins enable near-instant global transfers at sub-cent cost.
“you can move them programmatically instantly anywhere in the world in a fraction of a second for a fraction of a cent.”
Open the episode · Third Party Evaluators, Fed Hikes Rates, Zuck Pushes Back On AI Slowdown | Jeremy Allaire, Tomasz Tunguz, William Layden, Justin Beroz, Eli Wachs, Sean McCarthy, Tom MuellerListen at 53:43
Stablecoins will commoditize payments and settlement.
“payments and settlement becomes commoditized.”
Open the episode · Third Party Evaluators, Fed Hikes Rates, Zuck Pushes Back On AI Slowdown | Jeremy Allaire, Tomasz Tunguz, William Layden, Justin Beroz, Eli Wachs, Sean McCarthy, Tom MuellerListen at 53:51
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