We often talk about stablecoins as a mere 'tool' of crypto. However, in reality, they are the ones that keep the machine running: payments, transfers, trading, protection against inflation... Monthly volumes are approaching hundreds of billions of dollars and heading towards a trillion. And despite that, on the majority of blockchains, they are still treated as simple ERC-20 tokens, forced to depend on another currency to function, with an experience that can sometimes be incomprehensible for new users. It's strange when we realize that, for many people, the stablecoin is already the currency.
This gap raises a real question: is the crypto infrastructure truly aligned with its actual use? Stacking external solutions to mask the complexity does not solve the core of the problem. If stablecoins have become the heart of exchanges, then they deserve to be thought of as such, from the protocol onward. Not as a secondary addition, but as a foundation. Because in the long run, it is not the technical promises that count, but simplicity, reliability, and the ability to serve millions of people without friction.
