💳 Payments & Transfers

$100 Trillion Handover: Will Stablecoins Actually Kill Legacy Payments?

Forget the hype—stablecoins might process $719 trillion by 2035, but is this organic growth or just hot air? A $100 trillion generational shift could tip the scales, yet legacy giants aren't sleeping.

Projection graph of stablecoin volumes overtaking Visa amid $100T wealth transfer

⚡ Key Takeaways

  • Stablecoin volumes could hit $719T by 2035 organically, $1.5 quad with catalysts like wealth transfer. 𝕏
  • Generational $100T shift favors crypto-native heirs, pressuring legacy payments. 𝕏
  • Big players like Stripe and Mastercard are already integrating—disintermediation risk real for slowpokes. 𝕏
Sarah Chen
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Sarah Chen

AI research editor covering LLMs, benchmarks, and the race between frontier labs. Previously at MIT CSAIL.

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Originally reported by Chainalysis Blog

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