While #Stablecoins have emerged as Crypto's dominant payment mechanism, a subtler shift may be underway: the emergence of Bitcoin not just as a store of value, but as a reference benchmark, a unit of account for global assets and financial flows. The idea may sound speculative, but some of the world’s most prominent institutions are already signaling in this direction.#StrategyBTCPurchase
Just this March, BlackRock’s tokenized fund BUIDL added bitcoin to its balance sheet, allocating to Sablier’s Bitcoin streaming vault via an on-chain money market. Hours later, Franklin Templeton’s CEO publicly endorsed BTC as a “monetary anchor”, stating: “It’s not just a hedge. It’s part of a long-term capital structure.”#BTC110KToday?
Meanwhile, dollar-backed stablecoins have become the de facto infrastructure layer for digital payments with over 140 million daily transactions and settlement volumes rivaling major card networks. Yet the reliance on USD pegs comes with regulatory frictions and geopolitical exposure. What if the future of trade isn’t denominated in fiat, but in Bitcoin while still settled in stablecoins?#NODEBinanceTGE
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BTC as Benchmark, Not Just Collateral
Historically, Bitcoin has occupied the “digital gold” narrative; a scarce store of value held by long-term investors and protocol treasuries. But that framing may be expanding. $BNB #BinanceAlphaAlert
“More and more institutions are pricing assets in Bitcoin terms, not just holding it as treasury collateral,” says Luke Xie, co-founder of SatLayer. “If you're a mining firm or a sovereign wealth desk in a high-inflation country, benchmarking in BTC can help de-risk exposure to dollar volatility. You still use stablecoins to settle but the unit of value is $BTC .”