Is the foreign trade payment at the end of the year driving you crazy? I saw the real scene of @Plasma in Yiwu.
These past few days, I had dinner with several friends who do foreign trade in Yiwu, and everyone is complaining about the same thing: it's the end of the year, and the payment from abroad is coming back too slowly. Especially now in early 2026, with the pre-Spring Festival stocking up, the capital turnover rate is simply a lifeline. Traditional SWIFT settlements often get stuck, and the fees are outrageously high, which is like cutting flesh for traditional manufacturing industries whose profits are already squeezed to just a few points.
At this point, I was thinking, how many things are there that can truly solve the pain points of the real economy while we're busy speculating on various concepts in the crypto space? It was during this time that I re-evaluated the Plasma project. To be honest, I used to think that Layer 1 public chains were everywhere, what new tricks could they play? But look at the Paymaster mechanism created by @Plasma ; it really understands the heart of traditional businessmen.
For my friend who does foreign trade, asking him to buy ETH for gas fees and remember mnemonic phrases would drive him crazy. What he wants is simple: 'I transfer you 1000U, you receive 1000U,' without any wear and tear in between, and without needing to deal with any fuel tokens. Plasma has achieved this; in its network, USDT transfers can have zero fees and are extremely fast. This is the right way for Web3 to move towards large-scale adoption.
I believe that one of the major undervalued points of the $XPL cryptocurrency is just this. It was not created for speculation; it is meant to enable traditional business owners who don’t understand blockchain to use cryptocurrency just like they use WeChat Pay. While traditional industries are still struggling with 'reducing costs and increasing efficiency,' Plasma has already paved the way. If 2026 is a year of large traditional capital inflow, then this infrastructure with 'zero threshold' attributes will definitely be the biggest dark horse. Don’t just focus on the K-line; pay more attention to what real businesses are using.
