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Stablecoins on the Rise: Benefits, Risks, and the Future of Digital Payments

By Karly MarieSeptember 20, 2019Updated:March 9, 20253 Mins Read

Stablecoins promise low-cost, global transactions, but could they disrupt banks, threaten weaker currencies, and pose financial risks? Experts weigh in on the future of digital payments.

Bitcoin (BTC) $ 104,821.08

Ethereum (ETH) $ 2,609.01

Tether (USDT) $ 1.00

XRP (XRP) $ 2.20

BNB (BNB) $ 669.87

Solana (SOL) $ 152.44

USDC (USDC) $ 1.00

Dogecoin (DOGE) $ 0.189592

TRON (TRX) $ 0.273446

Cardano (ADA) $ 0.681243

Lido Staked Ether (STETH) $ 2,608.06

wrapped-bitcoin

Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) $ 104,741.06

Hyperliquid (HYPE) $ 35.02

Wrapped stETH (WSTETH) $ 3,135.11

Sui (SUI) $ 3.16

Chainlink (LINK) $ 13.81

Avalanche (AVAX) $ 20.29

Stellar (XLM) $ 0.266623

LEO Token (LEO) $ 8.94

Bitcoin Cash (BCH) $ 400.29

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Toncoin (TON) $ 3.22

Shiba Inu (SHIB) $ 0.000013

USDS (USDS) $ 1.000000

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Hedera (HBAR) $ 0.167556

Wrapped eETH (WEETH) $ 2,786.89

WETH (WETH) $ 2,611.99

Litecoin (LTC) $ 87.96

Polkadot (DOT) $ 4.02

Monero (XMR) $ 331.58

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Binance Bridged USDT (BNB Smart Chain) (BSC-USD) $ 1.00

Ethena USDe (USDE) $ 1.00

Bitget Token (BGB) $ 4.70

Pepe (PEPE) $ 0.000012

Pi Network (PI) $ 0.647866

coinbase-wrapped-btc

Coinbase Wrapped BTC (CBBTC) $ 104,943.12

WhiteBIT Coin (WBT) $ 31.29

Aave (AAVE) $ 262.56

Uniswap (UNI) $ 6.31

Dai (DAI) $ 0.999741

ethena-staked-usde

Ethena Staked USDe (SUSDE) $ 1.18

Bittensor (TAO) $ 377.53

Aptos (APT) $ 4.82

OKB (OKB) $ 50.42

crypto-com-chain

Cronos (CRO) $ 0.101268

NEAR Protocol (NEAR) $ 2.47

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BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL) $ 1.00

internet-computer

Internet Computer (ICP) $ 5.24

jito-staked-sol

Jito Staked SOL (JITOSOL) $ 184.12

Ethereum Classic (ETC) $ 17.28

Ondo (ONDO) $ 0.826077

sUSDS (SUSDS) $ 1.05

tokenize-xchange

Tokenize Xchange (TKX) $ 31.26

gatechain-token

Gate (GT) $ 18.77

Mantle (MNT) $ 0.662817

Kaspa (KAS) $ 0.084329

USD1 (USD1) $ 1.00

Official Trump (TRUMP) $ 10.82

Artificial Superintelligence Alliance (FET) $ 0.794548

VeChain (VET) $ 0.02391

Cosmos Hub (ATOM) $ 4.33

Render (RENDER) $ 3.78

polygon-ecosystem-token

POL (ex-MATIC) (POL) $ 0.215969

lombard-staked-btc

Lombard Staked BTC (LBTC) $ 104,818.08

Ethena (ENA) $ 0.312121

Fasttoken (FTN) $ 4.42

Worldcoin (WLD) $ 1.12

Arbitrum (ARB) $ 0.355012

Filecoin (FIL) $ 2.56

Algorand (ALGO) $ 0.191115

first-digital-usd

First Digital USD (FDUSD) $ 0.999527

Sky (SKY) $ 0.074162

binance-peg-weth

Binance-Peg WETH (WETH) $ 2,607.25

jupiter-perpetuals-liquidity-provider-token

Jupiter Perpetuals Liquidity Provider Token (JLP) $ 4.42

jupiter-exchange-solana

Jupiter (JUP) $ 0.512597

USDtb (USDTB) $ 1.00

Celestia (TIA) $ 2.17

KuCoin (KCS) $ 11.15

USDT0 (USDT0) $ 1.00

binance-staked-sol

Binance Staked SOL (BNSOL) $ 160.86

NEXO (NEXO) $ 1.24

Sonic (S) $ 0.39155

rocket-pool-eth

Rocket Pool ETH (RETH) $ 2,967.60

Bonk (BONK) $ 0.000016

injective-protocol

Injective (INJ) $ 12.31

Flare (FLR) $ 0.017698

virtual-protocol

Virtuals Protocol (VIRTUAL) $ 1.77

kelp-dao-restaked-eth

Kelp DAO Restaked ETH (RSETH) $ 2,727.01

Stacks (STX) $ 0.751165

Story (IP) $ 4.06

Optimism (OP) $ 0.638012

SPX6900 (SPX) $ 1.15

Sei (SEI) $ 0.192962

Immutable (IMX) $ 0.545305

binance-bridged-usdc-bnb-smart-chain

Binance Bridged USDC (BNB Smart Chain) (USDC) $ 0.999644

XDC Network (XDC) $ 0.059956

PayPal USD (PYUSD) $ 1.00

Vaulta (A) $ 0.611557

mantle-staked-ether

Mantle Staked Ether (METH) $ 2,782.89

Solv Protocol BTC (SOLVBTC) $ 104,649.04

polygon-bridged-usdt-polygon

Polygon Bridged USDT (Polygon) (USDT) $ 1.00