Most blockchains treat stablecoins like just another token. Plasma does the opposite — it designs the entire chain around stablecoins as the primary unit of value.
Stablecoins as the Default Asset
On Plasma, stablecoins aren’t secondary to volatile native tokens. The network is optimized so that stablecoins can be used as the default medium for gas, transfers, and application activity. This removes one of crypto’s biggest UX problems: forcing users to hold a volatile asset just to move digital dollars.
Predictable Fees for Predictable Money
Stablecoins are meant to represent stability — but on many chains, transaction costs fluctuate wildly. Plasma introduces stablecoin-denominated gas and fee abstraction, ensuring predictable costs. This makes it ideal for:
On-chain payroll
Merchant payments
Treasury management
High-frequency financial apps
In short, Plasma aligns monetary stability with network economics.
While users can transact in stablecoins, $XPL secures the network. Validators stake XPL, consensus is maintained through PlasmaBFT, and the chain remains performant without pushing volatility onto end users. This separation of concerns is intentional:
Stablecoins = user experience
XPL = security and incentives
Plasma is fully EVM-compatible, allowing developers to deploy existing smart contracts — but with stablecoin-first logic. DeFi, payments, and settlement apps can operate without redesigning their entire economic model around gas volatility.
Plasma isn’t competing to be a general-purpose Layer-1. It’s aiming to be financial infrastructure for stablecoin economies — where digital dollars move efficiently, predictably, and globally.
