Ep. 150 - $46 Trillion Moved, Under 2% Spent: The Stablecoin Payments Reality Check, with Wallet Connect

Podcast: The Payments Shed · Grant Evans and Justin Hanna

Opublikowano: 2026-10-17

Stablecoins are moving trillions of dollars every year. But how much of that activity actually involves people buying something? Despite an estimated $46 trillion in annual stablecoin transaction volume, less than 2% is attributed to retail payments. So if stablecoins are already moving so much money, why aren't more people using them at checkout? Recorded live at Fintech Meetup Europe in Lisbon, Liam Gray is joined by Jess Houlgrave, CEO of WalletConnect, to explore the gap between stablecoin transaction volumes and real-world commerce, the barriers holding back adoption and what it will take to make paying with stablecoins feel...