1/ There has been a lot of discussion lately about the potential use case of stablecoins for retail payments at merchants. Given every stablecoin transaction is publicly visible today, what does the onchain data show?
2/ First what does retail transaction behavior at merchants look like? Across all Visa transactions over the last 12 months (through March), the average transaction size was $45.   Most people tap for a coffee, not a car.
3/ Now, if we expand that into an estimated retail spend range of $0 - $250.   What does the data show? There was a total of $48.5B of stablecoin volume over the last 12 months in this range which is < 1% of all adjusted stablecoin volume.   That’s a clear signal.
4/ While this $48.5B of volume is from retail-sized transactions, it includes stablecoins being used to deposit or withdraw into exchanges for crypto trading or transferred peer to peer between consumers. Therefore it’s likely that only a fraction of the $48.5B is being spent at merchants
5/ The reality is that today, stablecoins are being used for high value transfers, business to business and cross-border payments   Retail transactions at merchants? Still a small part of this.
6/ Direct use of stablecoins at merchants is hard: - Limited merchant acceptance - No consumer protections and value proposition - Poor experience with little standardization across blockchains
7/ That’s why we believe stablecoin-linked cards are carving a clear path forward making Visa the acceptance network for stablecoins   If you hold stablecoins, you can spend at any merchant that accepts Visa. The merchant doesn’t need to change a thing
8/ Check out our updated dashboard in partnership with @AlliumLabs to track stablecoin activity including retail-sized transaction volume.
9/ Listen to our latest episode of @TokenizedPod for more insights around what we can learn from onchain data
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🚨 Ep. 40 of @TokenizedPod: Every Bank Announced It’s Stablecoin Strategy @cuysheffield is joined by: ➡️ @ethanyish, Co-Founder and CEO @AlliumLabs ➡️ @nlevine19, Data and Strategy @Visa To discuss: ⛓️ Visa's approach to on-chain data and analytics 🪙 Retail payment analysis using stablecoins under $250 🥊 Differences between USDT and USDC usage in retail payments 👛 Coinbase Wallet evolution into the Base App with social features 🛠️ Future of crypto applications built on self-custodial wallets 🏦 Citi's focus on tokenized deposits and fiat services for stablecoins 🔒 Privacy and interoperability challenges with tokenized deposits *** Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 01:12 Visa's approach to on-chain data and analytics 04:53 Retail payment analysis using stablecoins under $250 09:21 Differences between USDT and USDC usage in retail payments 13:06 Coinbase Wallet evolution into the Base App with social features 17:25 Future of crypto applications built on self-custodial wallets 21:30 Content coins vs. NFTs and their role in social engagement 25:22 Citi's focus on tokenized deposits and fiat services for stablecoins 30:06 Privacy and interoperability challenges with tokenized deposits 32:48 Public vs. permissioned blockchains for tokenized deposits *** 👉𝘚𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 '𝘛𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘗𝘰𝘥𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘵' 𝘖𝘯 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘛𝘶𝘣𝘦. 𝘈𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘦, 𝘚𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘺 𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘗𝘰𝘥𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳! 👈
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