🧵on ethereum 1/ $ETH +22% past month but down -9% YTD
ETH rangebound since 2021, but the rise of stablecoins $CRCL $USDT and Wall Street tokenizing real-world assets is driving up demand for ETH = upside
....please read on
$BMNR DAT @BitMNR
2/ @fundstrat discusses how stablecoins are the "ChatGPT" moment for crypto and Wall Street converging onto ETH on @SquawkCNBC
A 🧵 on stablecoins and Ethereum 1/ Stablecoins is the singular most successful crypto product and the only one to move into the "real world" with $250 billion in total assets
we are in the earliest days....
(keep reading plz)
2/ Stablecoins are a good business model and attracted the interest of banks $JPM $V and even merchants $AMZN $WMT
- issuers of stablecoins generate significant profits as the collateral (USD) can earn yield and this is not paid to holders of the stablecoin (yet)
@fs_insight @SeanMFarrell @WSJ @business
3/ Merchants like stablecoins but there is lower transaction costs and the merchants do not take the continuous loss from "chargebacks" which can run as high as 5%-6% of transaction dollar volume
- and BONUS: a large untapped market of users who do not use credit cards