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The Stablecoin Arms Race Has Begun

The Stablecoin Arms Race Has Begun

Chris Campbell

Posted June 19, 2025

Chris Campbell

Everyone used to think stablecoins were boring.

Or confusing. Or dumb. Or a fad.

Now, they’re starting to get a glimpse: They're not boring. They're a complete paradigm shift.

And Congress just lit the fuse.

The Genius Act just passed the Senate. Quietly. Only a few ripples in the mainstream press. Meaning, it’s one step closer to becoming enshrined into law.

What does that mean?

Here’s the short version: The Genius Act gives institutions the greenlight to dollarize the planet without having to beg the banks for permission.

It essentially says: "Hey, Visa? MasterCard? Thanks for your service. Evolve or die.”

It means stablecoins are now officially becoming a legitimate part of U.S. financial infrastructure. Regulated, clarified, blessed.

The doors are opening.

And guess who’s about to walk through? Every major U.S. company with a balance sheet.

Profit Printers

Stablecoins, especially in shaky countries, are a better product than local currencies.

They’re fast, easy, secure, and—unlike the peso or the lira or the naira—they’re backed by the global default currency: the U.S. dollar.

Speculators want them. The world demands them.

And the business model can’t be beat.

If you control a popular stablecoin, you’re basically printing profit. Just park the float in T-bills and rake in the yield. Tether is already doing this to the tune of over $6 billion a year. No loans. No overhead. No branches. Just a money machine on autopilot.

But now imagine Amazon, Walmart, or Apple doing it.

They don’t just want to issue stablecoins—they want to cut out the 2.5%+ credit card fees they’ve been paying for decades. They want to turn their entire customer base into a monetary ecosystem.

And thanks to the Genius Act, they just might.

And the impact? It won’t start in America. It’ll start in Argentina. Turkey. Lebanon. Nigeria. Anywhere people have been crushed by inflation, corruption, and capital controls.

We’re not talking theory. This is already happening. And now it’s going to explode.

But here’s the kicker…

Owning the Rails

We run massive deficits. We need the world to keep using dollars. Stablecoins are a frictionless way to spread the dollar virus—without lifting a finger.

Every time someone overseas sends money via USDT or buys groceries with a Circle coin, the U.S. gains soft power.

And here’s where it gets interesting for us…

The more real commerce moves to these rails, the more valuable the rails become.

That’s why Ethereum, Solana, and even newer players like Base and LayerZero are suddenly in the spotlight.

These aren’t meme platforms anymore.

They’re digital ports, toll roads, and transaction highways. And they’ll soon be collecting fees on trillions in stablecoin activity.

Some think this transformation will take decades.

I’m not one of them.

The Genius Act will supercharge the arms race for the dominant stablecoins. Whoever wins that race—be it a company, a protocol, or a coalition—will sit atop a trillion-dollar empire.

This isn’t speculation. This is math.

So if you believe in this shift—if you believe stablecoins aren’t boring—then there’s only one question left:

Who’s going to win the race? And what’s the actual upside potential?

More on that to come.

Until next time,

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