VC Chamath Palihapitiya Predicts Stablecoin Adoption Will Challenge Visa’s and Mastercard’s Duopoly in 2025

January 5, 2025 Bitcoin.com

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Chamath Palihapitiya, CEO of the VC firm Social Capital, predicts that stablecoin usage may go mainstream in 2025 as President-Elect Trump addresses high credit interest rates and transaction fees. He assesses that stablecoin adoption has reached a “point of no return.” Chamath Palihapitiya: Stablecoin Adoption Will Be a Big Trend in 2025 Chamath Palihapitiya, a […]

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Stablecoin adoption, ETFs to propel crypto performance in 2025: Citi

December 27, 2024 Coin Telegraph

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Inflows into crypto exchange-traded funds are a key driver of price performance, the asset manager said.

Continued adoption of stablecoins and cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds (ETFs) will propel digital asset performance in 2025, according to a Dec. 26 Citi research report.

Crypto ETF inflows, onchain activity and stablecoin usage all spiked after President-elect Donald Trump won the United States presidential election in November, and those metrics remain elevated going into the new year, Citi said.

“Adoption is, in our view, the most important concept to track for the long-term” performance of crypto, according to the report.

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Tether USDT’s market share rises 20%, reaching 75% in two years

September 16, 2024 Coin Telegraph

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The world's largest stablecoin issuer generated around $400 million worth of revenue during the past 30 days.

Tether’s US dollar-denominated stablecoin now controls two-thirds of the entire stablecoin market, following significant adoption over the past two years.

Tether USDT’s (USDT) market share rose over 20% during the past two years to control over 75% of the entire stablecoin market, according to Token Terminal.

The onchain data platform said in a Sept. 16 X post:

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USDC issuer Circle announces HQ move to New York ahead of IPO

September 14, 2024 Coin Telegraph

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2025 could bring stablecoins into the mainstream, after 2024 introduced a "turning point year in crypto," according to Circle's Allaire.

Stablecoin issuer Circle is moving its global headquarters to New York City, ahead of the firm’s planned Initial Public Offering (IPO).

Circle, the issuer of the world’s second-largest stablecoin USDC (USDC), is moving into “one of the top floors of 1 World Trade Center.”

The move was announced by Jeremy Allaire, the co-founder and CEO of Circle, who wrote in a Sept. 13 X post:

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