The Future of Stablecoins | Bell Curve Roundup

This week we're excited to bring you the Round Up episode from our Bell Curve Podcast, a show where we breakdown the most important themes in crypto. In today’s episode, Mike and Michael discuss all things Stables and more! The guys kick things off with PayPal, discussing their PYUSD Stablecoin launch and what it means for the wider ecosystem and future Stablecoin market structure. We then take a closer look at Coinbase’s Q2 earnings, before touching on future Rollup value accrual. We then close with a Ripple update, Cantina (Web3’s security marketplace), the endgame for Stablecoins, and more! - - Timestamps: (00:00) Introduction (02:28) PYUSD: PayPal stablecoin (07:37) Future Stablecoin Market Structure (11:31) Coinbase Update (24:39) Portnoy's Barstool Sports $1 Buy Back (26:10) Rollup Value Accrual (44:43) Ripple XRP Update (50:04) Web3 Security Marketplace: Cantina (55:10) News-to-price Incongruities (58:15) The Stablecoin Endgame - - Follow Michael: https://twitter.com/im_manderson Follow Mike: https://twitter.com/MikeIppolito_ Subscribe on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3R1D1D9 Subscribe on Apple: https://apple.co/3pQTfmD Subscribe on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3cpKZXH -- Research, news, data, governance and models – now, all in one place. As a listener of Bell Curve, you can use code "BELLCURVE10" for a 10% discount when signing up to Blockworks Research https://www.blockworksresearch.com/ -- Use code BELLCURVE30 to get 30% off Permissionless 2023 in Austin: https://blockworks.co/event/permissionless-2023 - - Resources: PYUSD: PayPal stablecoin: https://www.paypal.com/us/digital-wallet/manage-money/crypto/pyusd Coinbase earnings: https://blockworks.co/news/crypto-stocks-stumble-earnings - - Disclaimer: Nothing said on Empire or Bell Curve is a recommendation to buy or sell securities or tokens. This podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely our opinions, not financial advice. Mike, Jason, Michael, Vance and our guests may hold positions in the companies, funds, or projects discussed.