stablecoins

also referred to as: stable coin · stablecoin

6 statements across 4 episodes · 5 bullish · 1 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Aug 2, 2025 by Vinod Khosla · across every show →

Everything said about stablecoins, oldest first

Aug 2, 2025 bullish
Opinion
Khosla: India should issue a stablecoin using the Aadhaar system
“Every economy should have a stable coin. The Indian government should issue a stable coin, and then great place to do it with the Aadhaar system.”
Vinod Khosla Aug 2, 2025 ▶ 1:17:35 Vinod Khosla: College Degrees Are Becoming Useless | People by WTF | Episode 12 · Nikhil Kamath
Dec 20, 2025 bearish
Opinion
Dalio: Stablecoins are transaction tools, not stores of wealth
“A stable coin is attached to the fiat currency. So it goes down like the fiat currency goes down, and it doesn't give an interest rate. And they're toying around with whether it gives interest rates or not, but there's not a model that I've seen. So, so far it…”
Ray Dalio Dec 20, 2025 ▶ 26:06 WTF Is Wealth? Ray Dalio Breaks It Down w/ Nikhil Kamath | WTF is Finance Ep 2 · Nikhil Kamath
Jul 16, 2026 positive
Insight
Armstrong: Stablecoin issuers operate on 100% reserves unlike fractional banks
“Banks do fractional reserve. So they've lent out most of the money, and that's partly why they're so heavily regulated. They're doing fractional reserve. So in a stablecoin issuer is a hundred percent reserve. The only risk they're taking is At most a 93 day U…”
Brian Armstrong Jul 16, 2026 ▶ 29:34 Brian Armstrong: Bitcoin, Banks & The New Rules Of Money | Nikhil Kamath | People by WTF · Nikhil Kamath
Jul 16, 2026 bullish
Assertion Partly supported
Armstrong: Stablecoin volume grows 3x to 4x annually uncorrelated with trading
“Now we're seeing stable coins just grow like crazy, and it's totally uncorrelated with, so even if the trading markets are down stable coins are growing like three or three or four X per year.”
Brian Armstrong Jul 16, 2026 ▶ 1:10:11 Brian Armstrong: Bitcoin, Banks & The New Rules Of Money | Nikhil Kamath | People by WTF · Nikhil Kamath
Jul 16, 2026 bullish
Insight
Armstrong: AI agents will use crypto wallets over traditional bank cards
“An AI agent is going to have a hard time signing up for a credit card at a bank, and you have to show your ID, which, you know, only human beings currently can get this government-issued piece of paper. But an AI agent can spin up a self-custodial crypto walle…”
Brian Armstrong Jul 16, 2026 ▶ 17:55 Brian Armstrong: Bitcoin, Banks & The New Rules Of Money | Nikhil Kamath | People by WTF · Nikhil Kamath
Jul 28, 2026 bullish
Opinion
Ning Zhu: Stablecoin Adoption Is Solidifying US Dollar Dominance
“I think the introduction of a stable coin in the past, Couple of years, maybe solidifying solidifying US dollar's dominance in a way about RMB is not pushing as hard or as fast into that direction.”
Ning Zhu Jul 28, 2026 ▶ 38:24 They Called The Trade Wars & China's Housing Crash | Nikhil Kamath | WTF is Finance Ep 4 · Nikhil Kamath
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