First, check out these bold takes, then dive into the details: - 'If application scenarios aren’t unlocked, stablecoins relying solely on a few percentage points of yield from the underlying layer to attract users in the crypto space is going to be a real struggle. True explosive growth requires integration into the real-world business ecosystem.' - 'It’s not the peasants revolting you should fear, but the scholars. Stripe, as a payment-native challenger, knows exactly where the pain points of the traditional payment system lie. It’s the one capable of leading the rebel army to spark a payment revolution.' - 'Visa and Mastercard joining the alliance are essentially Trojan horses. As defenders of the status quo, they’re not going to let you completely succeed and overthrow their own systems.' - 'Blockchain is inherently an unfriendly backend technology for humans—it’s a native machine internet. What Stripe is doing with its B2B payment settlement rails is building a gateway to transition from the carbon-based world to the silicon-based world in this pre-machine economy era.'