Everyone Just Launched a Stablecoin

Podcast: Good for Bitcoin · Brandon Marshall & Kate Parkman

Opublikowano: 2026-07-03

Out of left field: 140+ companies — Visa, Mastercard, Google, Samsung, PayPal, BlackRock, Coinbase, Stripe and more — announced Open USD, one shared stablecoin where the partners keep the reserve earnings. Then came the backlash: firms saying they never signed on, and Circle's CEO firing back. Meanwhile Strategy published a real plan for STRC (including permission to sell some Bitcoin), whales scooped up ~$16.7B, and Robinhood went full crypto. No one told the builders it's a bear market. In this episode of Good For Bitcoin, Brandon and Kate discuss: The bombshell: Open Standard announced Open USD, a stablecoin with 140+ part...