This is an attractive narrative but the overwhelming majority of stablecoin usage is for trading and as a currency pair for trading.
This will, in fact, decline in the next decade but trading and exchanges are *the* venue for stablecoins still.

the thing most people miss about stablecoins in 2026: the demand isn't coming from crypto traders anymore. it's coming from CFOs who are tired of paying $40 in fees and waiting 3-5 days to send a wire to europe.
we're building for those CFOs at @tryramp.

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