Mark Lawson 25
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Ngl, I'm scrolling through this new Standard Chartered report and having a hard time not rolling my eyes. Everyone in the daily is suddenly popping champagne because some traditional bank pushed their two trillion dollar stablecoin prediction out to 2030, acting like it is the most bullish thing since sliced bread. But let us be real for a minute. Are we seriously pretending that traditional banks throwing big numbers around means organic adoption, or are they just desperately trying to front-run a market they missed out on?
Look, they keep talking about USDC dominating payments and AI transactions like it is already locked in, but the regulatory noose is tightening every single quarter. Every time volume spikes, people scream institutional FOMO, ignoring the elephant in the room. If yield competition on reserves gets completely crushed by regulators or central bank digital currencies, those massive forecasts are going to look like absolute fantasy land. We have seen this movie before where massive legacy institutions pump a narrative just to dump bags on retail later down the road.
Am I the only one who thinks everyone is getting way too high on their own supply here, or are you guys actually buying this 2030 timeline?
Look, they keep talking about USDC dominating payments and AI transactions like it is already locked in, but the regulatory noose is tightening every single quarter. Every time volume spikes, people scream institutional FOMO, ignoring the elephant in the room. If yield competition on reserves gets completely crushed by regulators or central bank digital currencies, those massive forecasts are going to look like absolute fantasy land. We have seen this movie before where massive legacy institutions pump a narrative just to dump bags on retail later down the road.
Am I the only one who thinks everyone is getting way too high on their own supply here, or are you guys actually buying this 2030 timeline?