Stablecoin Gold Rush: A $200 Trillion Opportunity | Rob Hadick

Stablecoins are no longer a niche crypto curiosity—they're a full-blown financial revolution. In this episode, Rob Hadick, General Partner at Dragonfly, joins us to unpack the emerging stablecoin tech stack and why cross-border payments, savings, and financial infrastructure are being rebuilt from the ground up. From Circle and Tether to next-gen orchestration layers and stablecoin-native blockchains, we explore why this $200 trillion global opportunity is only 5% unlocked—and who stands to win the most.------📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24 https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium------BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:🪙FRAX | SELF SUFFICIENT DeFihttps://bankless.cc/Frax 🦄UNISWAP | SWAP ON UNICHAINhttps://bankless.cc/unichain 🌐SELF | PROVE YOUR SELFhttps://bankless.cc/Self 🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORKhttps://bankless.cc/Mantle 🏦INFINEX | THE CRYPTO-EVERYTHING APPhttps://bankless.cc/Infinex ------TIMESTAMPS0:00 Intro5:08 Why Stablecoins?6:50 The Stablecoin Train20:26 Stablecoin Network Effects22:55 Stablecoin Payments: Who Actually Wins?26:51 Orchestration Layers41:53 Stablecoin Blockchains52:53 Stablecoin Singularity56:03 Traditional Banks59:38 Non-USD Stablecoins1:02:05 How Many Stablecoins?1:05:03 Circle IPO1:09:32 Closing & Disclaimers------RESOURCESRob Hadickhttps://x.com/hadickmStablecoin Payments: Who Actually Wins?https://medium.com/@HadickM/stablecoin-payments-who-actually-wins-ebd72a1cc8b3------Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here:https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠