In the past few days, there have been news about stablecoins everywhere, and everyone has been paying attention to two recent pieces of news.
1: The "Hong Kong Stablecoin Regulation" will take effect on August 1, and Ant Group and JD Finance have rushed to apply for stablecoin licenses.
2: A company in the U.S. that operates in the stablecoin business has recently gone public, and its stock price is soaring.
But I want to understand why the U.S. is promoting stablecoin legislation at this particular time?
So I've looked for some relevant information. Let's see if this is actually a good thing?
Stablecoins were actually born as early as 2014, but not many people used them before?
The promotion of stablecoins is reportedly closely related to Trump's return to the political arena. Since taking office, he has been promoting a policy path that balances regulation and "de-regulation" related to cryptocurrency.
What we see now with Circle's IPO is actually taking flight on this trend, combined with the two latest bills introduced in the U.S.: one is the "STABLE Act" and the other is the "GENIUS Act."
Jokingly, it is said that the U.S. now has two bills that correspond exactly to Trump's description of himself during his first term: "stable genius," reflecting a certain symbolic meaning.
Back to the point, the linkage between Circle's IPO and the U.S. government's push for stablecoin legislation is very close. Circle, as a company that operates within a regulatory framework, is a representative of "compliance" stablecoins, and it is happy to accept this regulated identity. This background has made Circle highly sought after under the current policy trend.
In addition, it is currently the only truly compliant stablecoin target in the market, which gives it scarcity and naturally makes it the focus of capital's pursuit.
For Trump, stablecoins could indeed become the "savior" of U.S. Treasury bonds.
From a micro perspective, the birth of stablecoins originates from the rise of on-chain assets, and due to the characteristics of blockchain, they have the opportunity to become a new generation of cross-border payment means.
Stablecoin issuers earn profits by holding reserves of dollar assets, which, under normal circumstances, is a good business with no capital investment.
Stablecoins seem to be a tool to consolidate the dominance of the dollar, but there are actually more complex dynamics behind it.
Market Trend: 11,824,934,466 BTC fluctuating in a range, altcoins are broadly declining. Strong coins are beginning to correct, and the market adjustment has entered the second half.
U.S. stock futures are down, and oil prices are surging. The U.S. may intervene in the Middle East war.
Market Highlights: 1. Sahara AI launched on OK, significantly oversubscribed with a valuation of $600 million. Sahara is an AI data infrastructure developed by a Chinese team, with initial funding of $43 million.
2. The on-chain contract platform $HYPE is down, and strong coins are beginning to correct. Approximately $200 million in HYPE will be unlocked in the next week.
3. The meme GOR is rising, and GOR plans to fork the Solana chain, with Solana founder Toly promoting it.
4. Semler Scientific announces BTC accumulation plan: to hold at least 10,000 BTC by the end of 2025 and reach 105,000 BTC by 2027.
Stablecoins are booming, but what exactly are they? Since the listing of Circle, the 'first stock of stablecoins', its cumulative increase has reached 440% in just half a month.
On June 17, Liu Qiangdong, chairman of JD Group, stated at a sharing session that JD has six innovative projects, one of which is stablecoins.
On June 18, Wednesday, Pan Gongsheng, governor of the People's Bank of China, mentioned stablecoins for the first time at the 2025 Lujiazui Forum.
Many people are asking: what exactly are stablecoins?
In fact, they are not only an innovation in the crypto world but also a key bridge between traditional finance and the Web3 era.
With the spirit of decentralization of blockchain, they carry the trusted assets of the centralized world, creating an unprecedented financial form.
The financial system we are familiar with today can roughly be seen as a product of the Web1.0 or 2.0 era, relying on central banks, institutions, and rules, with the issuance and value endorsement of currency being highly centralized.
This system brings stability but also comes with a crisis of trust in central nodes. The financial world of Web3 completely reverses this: it is built on blockchain, where everyone has an immutable 'ledger', and decentralized trust is supported by code and consensus.
The emergence of stablecoins happens to find a junction between these two worlds.
Their ledger is on-chain, public, transparent, and immutable, reflecting the spirit of decentralization; yet the underlying assets they are pegged to, such as the US dollar, government bonds, gold, etc., are still relatively trusted centralized assets. This makes them a transitional form that connects 'traditional faith' and 'future faith'.
Those who distrust traditional finance can see the feasibility of decentralization through stablecoins; and those who believe in traditional finance can gradually understand and accept the logic of the Web3 world with the help of stablecoins.
So, to sum it up in one sentence: stablecoins allow traditional finance people to see the possibility of decentralization while also letting Web3 believers see the expansion path of traditional finance. This is what I believe to be their most core value at present, and it may also be the greatest potential for the future.
However, with stablecoins being so hot, one should not overlook the risks; people can easily be misled by superficial technological innovations while neglecting the in-depth analysis of the essence of assets.
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Also, is there anyone with the less worn $Zkj who got smashed?
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