The silent revolution: Stablecoins are quietly rewriting the rules of traditional finance | Opinion
2025-07-05 08:50:14

Main Idea
Cryptocurrency, particularly stablecoins, has gained significant mainstream adoption in 2025, driven by regulatory advancements and institutional integration, with notable growth in transactions and market capitalization.
Key Points
1. Global stablecoin transactions surpassed $27.6 trillion in 2024, with a market capitalization of $238 billion in 2025.
2. JP Morgan's JPM stablecoin processes $1 billion in daily transactions, prompting regulatory responses like the EU's MiCA framework.
3. The U.S. introduced the GENIUS Act to regulate stablecoins, with projections suggesting the stablecoin supply could grow from $230 billion to $2 trillion by 2028.
4. Standard Chartered estimates that stablecoin issuers could hold $1.2 trillion in U.S. treasuries by 2030, reflecting their growing financial role.
5. Mastercard's VP of blockchain noted that stablecoin usage is becoming so seamless that many users may not realize they are using them.
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Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed here belong solely to the author and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news’ editorial. Crypto has never been more in the cultural zeitgeist than it is in 2025. Ever since Donald Trump took the Whitehouse, Wall Street has been just as concerned with the price of Bitcoin ( BTC ) as it has been with Tesla, Nvidia, or the S&P 500. You might also like: Stablecoins: The gateway to mainstream crypto in 2025 | Opinion The free world has never...
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