old hot take: all of crypto twitter hyped about such things thinking it's a win for crypto don't understand the money rails business and are (as we all know) bag pumping idiots. 

but i'm freaking excited about this! let's fucking go

Stablecoins like USDC have grown to over a trillion dollars in monthly transaction volume. But they haven’t seen mass adoption in mainstream commerce.

@Shopify is partnering with @coinbase and @stripe to change that.

Merchants can now accept USDC payments from hundreds of

We're working with our friends at @coinbase and @Shopify to enable stablecoin payments.

Patrick Collison

old hot take: all of crypto twitter hyped about such things thinking it's a win for crypto don't understand the money rails business and are (as we all know) bag pumping idiots. 

but i'm freaking excited about this! let's fucking go

https://x.com/patrickc/status/1933255997562450138?s=46

I think this announcement in 2019-2021 era would have landed flat. 

Only in this version of reality do I give this announcement credence