Bridge Founder on Their $1.1B Stripe Acquisition | Zach Abrams

Bullish:

• $STABLES - Stablecoins are seen as a highly efficient and scalable means of value transfer, with expectations of significant growth in issuance and adoption across various sectors, particularly in fintech and global payments.

  • “Stablecoins create a means of moving that same value in a way that is much more efficient and therefore much, much, much more scalable.”

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  • “We think that there will be tons and tons and tons and tons of stable coins. And and, and and it's purely, you know, rational.”

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  • “If you're a Fintech and you're serving people in 50 different countries, it is literally impossible. This is why you do not see, like Cash App is still in the U. S. Even after they've tried to expand into many many different countries. Like Revolut, which is probably the best in the world that expanding internationally is in like 7 or 8 countries. But if you're building on top of a stable coin stack, you're global from day 1.”

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• $BRIDGE - Bridge is expected to see substantial growth in stablecoin transaction volume, potentially reaching hundreds of billions or even a trillion dollars in the next 5 years.

  • “I certainly hope that stable coin volume, like, through bridge over the years to come is in, like, the 100 of 1,000,000,000. And, you know, in 5 years, it's hard for me to tell. Maybe in 5 years, we're at a trillion.”

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Bearish:

• $TRADFI - Traditional remittance and cross-border payment services may face disruption from stablecoin-based solutions, particularly in consumer, enterprise, and small to medium-sized business segments.

  • “You have, a business, you know, taking a Mexican peso and sending it into the US. There are, you know, the cross border payments market is sort of roughly segmented into 3 areas where you have consumer, you have enterprise, and you have, like, small to medium sized business.”

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