Payments Infrastructure

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.

Ripple is moving closer to regulatory approval in the European Union after securing preliminary progress through Luxembourg under the bloc’s MiCA framework. The development could allow Ripple to expand its stablecoin payments and wider crypto services across EU markets.