Over the past 14 years, @ ycombinator YC has invested in nearly a hundred cryptocurrency companies, with the most successful being the incubation of Coinbase. However, the investment funds have always been made through traditional bank wire transfers because "money" is the core process that cannot encounter uncertainty or make any errors. It was not until the GENIUS Act gave stablecoins "legal certainty" that YC made a crucial move: for the first time, USDC payments were included in the standard investment process options Why is it USDC? This is a choice between politics and finance YC directly uses USDC to represent one thing: Silicon Valley chose a 'regulated dollar on chain', not a decentralized dollar. The stable currency is becoming the US dollar supported by the US treasury bond. Through circulation on the chain, YC's 500000 u is essentially a US treasury bond sent directly to the Indian entrepreneur's wallet through usdc, which is a digital version of the US dollar hegemony. YC's' Nokia Moment 'is actually a reminder to all VCs that using stablecoins was a special matter in the past It is now a standard process, and many of the mode transitions we used to be accustomed to in the past were like this, such as email replacing fax, Zoom replacing physical conference rooms, etc. USDC is now replacing international wire transfers In 2012, YC invested in Coinbase as a bet on the future In 2026, YC will use USDC, acknowledging that the future has already arrived # USDC stablecoin https://news. (cnyes.com)/news/id/6333483