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are stablecoins as the future of crypto a bad thing?

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the current stablecoin marketcap is $237.49B

not a huge part of the crypto as a whole YET, but i foresee it being the main way people interact and use it as time goes on

the question is - is it a potential contagion considering how centralized all stables are?

or does present adoption outweigh future centralization risk?



Community strategy at @offchainlabs,  contributing to /arbitrum

$237.49B is no small number, and while stablecoins aren’t the dominant force yet, they’re becoming the default on-ramp, payment rail, and store of value in crypto for many. The convenience and UX they offer are accelerating adoption — especially in emerging markets and DeFi.

But yes, the centralization risk is real. Most top stables (USDT, USDC) are tightly linked to U.S. regulatory frameworks and traditional banking systems. That creates a potential single point of failure — censorship, blacklisting, or coordinated regulation could ripple through the ecosystem.

So the tradeoff becomes: short-term adoption and utility vs. long-term resilience and sovereignty. Ideally, we’ll see more decentralized stablecoin models mature (like crvUSD, GHO, or LUSD), but right now, the market is clearly prioritizing ease of use over ideology