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Bitwise Head of Research Ryan Rasmussen says investors may be underestimating Circle as stablecoins expand from roughly $300 billion toward a multi-trillion-dollar market. He argues Circle’s long-term opportunity could extend beyond reserve revenue into payments infrastructure, including its Arc blockchain.

A potential Stripe acquisition of PayPal is stirring debate across fintech and crypto over who controls the rails behind consumer payments. Market participants say the biggest prize may be PayPal’s wallet reach, merchant network and stablecoin distribution rather than any single token.