Local currency stablecoins will reach 20% market share, Abrams predicts
Zach Abrams · Stablecoin special: Zach Abrams (Bridge) and Henri Stern (Privy) · Nov 4, 2025 · at 16:31
Bridge CEO Zach Abrams discusses the long-term transactional necessity for non-USD stablecoins in global financial ecosystems.
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“But I do think we, and I hope we get to local stablecoins being 15, 20% of the market, because you need them transactionally in all these markets, and you want to have alternative FX markets, and you want people to be able to store in local currencies.”
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