stablecoins

also referred to as: stable coins · stablecoin

7 statements across 5 episodes · 5 bullish · 1 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Jul 30, 2018 by Adam Goldberg · across every show →

Everything said about stablecoins, oldest first

Jul 30, 2018 bullish

Insight

Goldberg: Stablecoins Are Critical for E-Commerce Adoption in Crypto

“So this is why stable coins are extremely important. It's hard to have an e-commerce or e-commerce use case without a unit of account.”

Adam Goldberg Jul 30, 2018 ▶ 9:40 20VC: Lightspeed Partner Adam Goldberg on Why There Remains No Mass Market Crypto Consumer Product, The Future For The Token Economy, The Good and Bad of Telegram's ICO and Why The Rate of Founder Learning is The Most Important Element A VC Can Assess

Jan 10, 2022 neutral

Prediction Partly held up

Carney: Central bank digital currencies will operate at the wholesale level

“Well, one of the things I expect to happen is that there will be central bank digital currencies. That they will be at the wholesale level. So they will serve many of the wholesale applications of some of the stable coins and others.”

Mark Carney Jan 10, 2022 ▶ 20:31 20VC: Former Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney on Why "Only the Niche Will Survive" in Crypto, How Governments and Central Banks Retain Control in a World of Decentralised Finance & The Winners and Losers in Crypto Exchanges and NFTs

May 1, 2023 bearish

Prediction Didn’t hold up

Carney: Recent Regional Banking Failures Put a Silver Bullet Into Stablecoins

“I think this probably puts a, you know, a silver bullet into stable coins.”

Mark Carney May 1, 2023 ▶ 31:30 Mark Carney: First Republic Bank Fails; Will Interest Rates Rise? Global Warming's Net Zero | E1008 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings

Dec 2, 2024 positive

Insight

Storonsky: Crypto's real utility lies in stablecoins competing with SWIFT

“Some use cases are definitely valid. For example, stable coins or enabling instant money transfers through stable coins. Competing with SWIFT on corresponding banking system. Yeah, it's actually very valuable.”

Nik Storonsky Dec 2, 2024 ▶ 13:04 Nik Storonsky, Revolut Founder: What Revolut Needs to Do to Hit $100BN Valuation | E1233 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings

Jul 14, 2025 bullish

Prediction Held up

Tenev: Robinhood stablecoin interest products will generate significant revenue

“Well, if we as we get stablecoin out, Crypto will have that as well. You'll be able to earn interest on your stable coins, and that'll be a significant business.”

Vlad Tenev Jul 14, 2025 ▶ 28:11 Robinhood Founder & CEO, Vlad Tenev: Robinhood’s $85BN Resurgence & Tokenizing SpaceX & OpenAI · 20VC with Harry Stebbings

Jul 14, 2025 positive

Disclosure

Tenev: Robinhood uses stablecoins to settle weekend crypto trades

“But now with stable coins, we can just send you the dollars over the weekend. They instantly get to our counterparties. They can send the crypto back. Problem solved. So that, that's a real use case, and that's led to us adopting it.”

Vlad Tenev Jul 14, 2025 ▶ 31:08 Robinhood Founder & CEO, Vlad Tenev: Robinhood’s $85BN Resurgence & Tokenizing SpaceX & OpenAI · 20VC with Harry Stebbings

Jul 14, 2025 bullish

Assertion Supported

Vlad Tenev: Stablecoins have obsoleted American Express traveler's checks

“They basically obsoleted American Express travelers checks, which, you know, foreigners and countries with depreciating currencies would like stockpile these things to keep their money.”

Vlad Tenev Jul 14, 2025 ▶ 31:39 Robinhood Founder & CEO, Vlad Tenev: Robinhood’s $85BN Resurgence & Tokenizing SpaceX & OpenAI · 20VC with Harry Stebbings

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