Stablecoins Are a 'WhatsApp Moment' for Money Transfers, a16z Says

Stablecoins Are a ‘WhatsApp Moment’ for Money Transfers, a16z Says


Remember the old days when calling or sending a message via text outside the country cost money? With the help of modern messaging apps like WhatsApp, paying for cross-border calls and texts is now obsolete.

For money transfers, stablecoins might do just that: democratize the payments industry by eliminating historical gatekeepers, says venture firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z).

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“Just as WhatsApp disrupted costly international phone calls,

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