stablecoins

also referred to as: stable coins · stablecoin

20 statements across 10 episodes · 10 bullish · 4 bearish · 9 people on the record · first statement Oct 9, 2021 by Chamath Palihapitiya · across every show →

Everything said about stablecoins, oldest first

Oct 9, 2021 neutral
Opinion
Chamath: Stablecoins are money market funds and should be regulated as such
“Guys, this is, this has always been a money market fund. It should be- Treated like a money market fund, and it should be regulated and managed like a money market fund.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Oct 9, 2021 ▶ 19:53 E50: Crypto investing deep dive, Facebook's whistleblower fallout, Chappelle's new special & more
Oct 16, 2021 negative
Opinion
Friedberg: Stablecoins act like securities and should be regulated by SEC
“This certainly feels like a security to me, and I would think the SEC should get involved in regulating this.”
David Friedberg Oct 16, 2021 ▶ 1:04:03 E51: Supply Chain Shortages, Inflation, DeSantis, Ted Sarandos Netflix Memo, Cancel Culture, Fan Q&A
Oct 16, 2021 neutral
Opinion
Sachs: Stablecoins are the easiest part of crypto to regulate
“This is the easiest part of crypto to regulate.”
David Sacks Oct 16, 2021 ▶ 1:04:19 E51: Supply Chain Shortages, Inflation, DeSantis, Ted Sarandos Netflix Memo, Cancel Culture, Fan Q&A
Oct 10, 2024 neutral
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Uytdehaage: SWIFT alternatives, including stablecoins, will likely emerge longer term
“I think there is a likelihood there will be alternatives. Yeah. And also I think to your example on stable coins, like that could be an alternative longer term. Also if there are issues with Swift.”
Ingo Uytdehaage Oct 10, 2024 ▶ 22:25 Ingo Uytdehaage, Adyen | All-In Summit 2024
Oct 10, 2024 positive
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Uytdehaage: The future of stablecoins lies in cross-border transactions
“If it's about indeed cross border type of transactions, we still work with relatively old systems like Swift with all their challenges. They try to innovate. Like that's the area where I would see there is a future for stable coins.”
Ingo Uytdehaage Oct 10, 2024 ▶ 13:08 Ingo Uytdehaage, Adyen | All-In Summit 2024
Oct 10, 2024 neutral
Disclosure
Adyen will not launch its own stablecoin but considers partnering with stablecoins
“No, I think we would consider working with stable coins.”
Ingo Uytdehaage Oct 10, 2024 ▶ 13:25 Ingo Uytdehaage, Adyen | All-In Summit 2024
Oct 10, 2024 negative
Opinion
Uytdehaage: Well-developed domestic markets do not have a high need for stablecoins
“And then of course, I don't think that there is a high need for stable coins in well-developed markets.”
Ingo Uytdehaage Oct 10, 2024 ▶ 12:58 Ingo Uytdehaage, Adyen | All-In Summit 2024
Dec 20, 2024 positive
Assertion Supported
Palihapitiya: SpaceX uses stablecoins to collect global Starlink payments
“The point is that a lot of companies that you would never think, so for example, SpaceX uses these stable coins.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Dec 20, 2024 ▶ 12:18 DOGE kills its first bill, Zuck vs OpenAI, Google's AI comeback
Jan 4, 2025 bullish
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Chamath predicts stablecoin usage could quadruple or quintuple by late 2025
“I think stable coins could Quadruple or quintuple by the end of 25.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Jan 4, 2025 ▶ 25:26 2025 Predictions: Tech, Business, Media, Politics!
Feb 22, 2025 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Patrick Collison: Stablecoins will probably become the common payment rail
“I think stablecoins are going to be a big part of a big part of the solution. I actually don't think that's going to supplant all the consumer-facing networks. I think we're going to see consumer-facing networks It's built upon and that, you know, substantiall…”
Patrick Collison Feb 22, 2025 ▶ 19:24 The Stablecoin Future, Milei's Memecoin, DOGE for the DoD, Grok 3, Why Stripe Stays Private
Apr 4, 2025 neutral
Assertion Supported
Calacanis says the Trump family launched a stablecoin in April 2025
“I think the Trump family now just launched, ah, their own stablecoin this week, so you're gonna see 10 stablecoins.”
Jason Calacanis Apr 4, 2025 ▶ 1:23:43 DOGE updates + Liberation Day Tariff Reactions with Ben Shapiro and Antonio Gracias
Sep 18, 2025 positive
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Yakovenko: Back-office stablecoin adoption will force users to understand cryptography
“So I think as stable coins proliferate to the back office, In a lot of companies, people will figure out, oh, the secret key is actually really important. I need hardware, I need PKI, I need trusted displays, all, all of the security stuff, and they will build…”
Anatoly Yakovenko Sep 18, 2025 ▶ 8:55 Solana’s Anatoly Yakovenko on Crypto's Next Era: Quantum, AI, and the Future of Money
Jan 23, 2026 bullish
Prediction Held up
Armstrong: AI agents will use stablecoins and crypto wallets for payments
“AI agents, I think, are gonna use stablecoins and wallet, crypto wallets.”
Brian Armstrong Jan 23, 2026 ▶ 33:29 Coinbase CEO's Top 3 Crypto Trends for 2026 + More from Davos!
Jan 23, 2026 neutral
Assertion Partly supported
Armstrong: GENIUS Act requires US-regulated stablecoins to hold 100% Treasury reserves
“Under the Genius Act that got passed into law last year, US regulated stable coins have to have 100% of the assets stored in short term US treasuries.”
Brian Armstrong Jan 23, 2026 ▶ 6:19 Coinbase CEO's Top 3 Crypto Trends for 2026 + More from Davos!
Jan 23, 2026 positive
Disclosure
Coinbase passes ~100% of stablecoin yield economics to active rewards users
“So when customers do that, we actually pass along about a hundred percent of the economics to them for holding those stable coins with us.”
Brian Armstrong Jan 23, 2026 ▶ 8:49 Coinbase CEO's Top 3 Crypto Trends for 2026 + More from Davos!
Jan 25, 2026 bullish
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Allaire: The legal electronic money TAM is currently 120 trillion dollars
“The TAM Of legal electronic money today is about a 120 trillion dollars, and growing because of monetary easing and things like that, but Of that there's about 60 trillion dollars, which is physical cash and non-interest-bearing demand deposits, so kind of wor…”
Jeremy Allaire Jan 25, 2026 ▶ 22:47 The Future of Everything: What CEOs of Circle, CrowdStrike & More See Coming in 2026
Jan 25, 2026 positive
Assertion Contradicted
Allaire: Trillions of dollars in loans have been issued via stablecoins in DeFi
“Well, so already today there have been trillions of dollars of loans made in stablecoins through DeFi protocols.”
Jeremy Allaire Jan 25, 2026 ▶ 41:33 The Future of Everything: What CEOs of Circle, CrowdStrike & More See Coming in 2026
Jan 25, 2026 negative
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Jeremy Allaire predicts companies will not build proprietary stablecoins
“Yeah, I don't see that. I think this is a lot like other internet platform markets. Like, everyone doesn't need their own data center. Everyone didn't need their own vertical search engines. Yeah. You know, everyone, you know, there are a lot of things that pe…”
Jeremy Allaire Jan 25, 2026 ▶ 32:22 The Future of Everything: What CEOs of Circle, CrowdStrike & More See Coming in 2026
Jan 25, 2026 negative
Opinion
Jeremy Allaire: Marginal value of a new dollar stablecoin is zero
“The marginal value of a net new dollar stablecoin coming into the market is essentially zero.”
Jeremy Allaire Jan 25, 2026 ▶ 32:01 The Future of Everything: What CEOs of Circle, CrowdStrike & More See Coming in 2026
Jan 25, 2026 bullish
Prediction Open · timeframe Jan 2031
Allaire: Stablecoins are coming to Japan, Brazil, Philippines, and other markets
“In the Philippines, or in Mexico, or in Brazil, or in Japan, and other markets, or Australia, Korea, there are stablecoins coming”
Jeremy Allaire Jan 25, 2026 ▶ 36:27 The Future of Everything: What CEOs of Circle, CrowdStrike & More See Coming in 2026
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