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The advent of Bitcoin-anchored stablecoins might make 2024 a watershed moment for Bitcoin, Europe’s CoinShares alternative asset management firm analysts predict. CoinShares’ Outlook 2024 report elucidates that the impact of stablecoin settlement on Bitcoin would have multiple effects, improving BTC’s monetarian features and hastening its global adoption.
Bitcoin is now in its second decade, and the conversation surrounding the network has transitioned from recognition to merit. The question is not what are these cryptocurrencies anymore but how these assets are addressing actual issues. CoinShares indicates that although native assets remain a ‘disputed subject,’ users have become acquainted with the concept of crypto dollars, as the advantages of US dollars tokenization are perceptible. Stablecoins’ success is evident in their progress within a span of 4 years: their market cap surged by 1,100% to over $123 billion and transfer volumes amounting to $5 trillion in the previous year. However, these assets face substantial challenges, the main one being that the vast majority of stablecoins are established on centralized or erratic blockchains, exposing users to systemic failures like the collapse of the Terra ecosystem. This scenario has sparked the need for stablecoins to be introduced into Bitcoin as it has the longest history, the highest stability, the smallest technical debt, and the strongest assurances.
Even though there is a demand for stablecoins on Bitcoin’s blockchain, achieving this is technically challenging because Bitcoin was not devised with the flexibility to natively support external assets like dollar-pegged tokens. CoinShares’ analysts, however, are confident that 2024 will be crucial for Bitcoin in the stablecoin realm, as feasible development projects are expected to be available as accessible tools. These projects are likely to outstrip the speed and cost of other stablecoins while retaining Bitcoin infrastructure’s foundational stability. As a result, Bitcoin projects that aim to compete in the stablecoin industry will likely become accessible to users this year, and plugins that combine stablecoin spending will facilitate sustained usage growth. Successful integration could increase transaction demand, attract a new user demographic to Bitcoin, and potentially act as an entryway, introducing Bitcoin to a wider audience of users who are yet to explore its potential as money.
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