Why Everyone's Wrong About Stablecoin Adoption

On Ep. 8 of Stablecoin Stats, Anthony Yim, Co-Founder @ Artemis and Andrew Van Aken, Data Scientist @ Artemis are joined by Matt Higginson, Partner & Global Head of Digital Assets @ McKinsey & Company to discuss how traditional finance institutions view the term 'TradFi', the 2025 inflection point for stablecoin adoption and more!

Timestamps:

• 00:00 Introduction
• 4:44 How traditional finance institutions view the term 'TradFi'
• 5:26 The 2025 inflection point for stablecoin adoption and the GENIUS Act
• 9:20 Methodology behind the McKinsey and Artemis stablecoin payments study
• 12:23 B2B stablecoin payments as the fastest growing category
• 16:01 Card networks leaning into stablecoin adoption
• 18:08 The intersection of agentic AI and blockchain technology
• 24:36 The future of non-USD stablecoins and national coordination
• 32:41 Advice for payments executives navigating digital assets

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Music by Henry McLean