{"id":96860,"date":"2026-05-06T14:26:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T11:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=96860"},"modified":"2026-05-06T14:30:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T11:30:11","slug":"bitwise-corporations-to-propel-stablecoins-to-4-trillion-market-cap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/bitwise-corporations-to-propel-stablecoins-to-4-trillion-market-cap\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitwise: Corporations to Propel Stablecoins to $4 Trillion Market Cap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Matt Hougan, the Chief Investment Officer at Bitwise, identified corporate partnerships with crypto projects as the primary catalyst for the proliferation of <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-are-stablecoins\">stablecoins<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He believes that initiatives by <a href=\"https:\/\/tempo.xyz\/customer-stories\/doordash\">DoorDash<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/meta-initiates-usdc-payments-to-content-creators\">Meta<\/a> could elevate the sector&#8217;s market capitalization to trillions of dollars.<\/p>\n<p>DoorDash, in collaboration with Stripe, will implement stablecoin payments for couriers in 40 countries. Meta will launch a similar pilot project for content creators in Colombia and the Philippines through the <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-polygon-matic\">Polygon<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-solana-sol\">Solana<\/a> networks.<\/p>\n<p>Hougan noted that for industry giants, low fees are not the only concern. The main advantage is the simplification of payment logistics: a single crypto wallet replaces dozens of banking systems and currencies, saving company resources.<\/p>\n<p>Stablecoins are the most efficient bridge into the industry, according to the top executive. Once a user sets up a wallet to receive payments, Bitcoin and DeFi protocols become accessible with a single click.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of writing, the sector&#8217;s market capitalization exceeds $317 billion. Analysts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.citigroup.com\/global\/insights\/stablecoins-2030\">forecast<\/a> growth to $4 trillion by 2030.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-694b758efd59be48-3667585982192920.webp\" alt=\"Screenshot 2026-05-06 132056\" class=\"wp-image-279624\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coingecko.com\/en\/categories\/stablecoins\">CoinGecko<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hougan is confident that technology companies with millions of freelance employees will accelerate this process and cement cryptocurrency in the global financial system.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, on May 4, Western Union <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/western-union-introduces-stablecoin-on-solana-platform\">issued<\/a> its own stablecoin, USDPT, on the Solana blockchain.<\/p>\n<p>On May 5, State Street and Galaxy <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/state-street-and-galaxy-launch-tokenized-fund-on-solana\">launched<\/a> a tool for 24\/7 liquidity management using stablecoins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matt Hougan, the Chief Investment Officer at Bitwise, identified corporate partnerships with crypto projects as the primary catalyst for the proliferation of stablecoins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":96861,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"Bitwise sees corporate partnerships driving stablecoins to $4 trillion market cap.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[949,1146,807],"class_list":["post-96860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-bitwise","tag-cryptocurrency-market-forecasts","tag-stablecoins"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"14","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"Bitwise sees corporate partnerships driving stablecoins to $4 trillion market cap.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96860"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96860\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96862,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96860\/revisions\/96862"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}