🚨 The Stablecoin Landgrab: Why Corporations Are Rushing In And Why DigiDollar Might Be the Only Exit 1/ Stablecoins are no longer crypto-native. They’re Wall Street-native now. BlackRock, PayPal, JPMorgan, Circle, and even Walmart are building their own. Why? Not for decentralization. But for surveillance, profits, and leverage. — 2/ Let’s get one thing straight: A stablecoin is not just a “digital dollar.” It’s programmable cash trackable, pausable, and often custodial. And the issuer doesn’t just hold your dollar… They invest it. — 3/ 🧠 Here’s the play: You deposit $1 into a stablecoin. That $1 is held in short-term treasury bonds (~5% yield). But you get nothing. The issuer pockets all the yield. -> $1B in stablecoins = $50M/year in risk-free profit. — 4/ Walmart is exploring a “Walmart Coin” - a dollar-pegged asset for purchases and employee payroll. But behind the scenes? Billions in float they can deploy into Treasuries or money market funds. You’re not the customer. You’re the yield. — 5/ Same with PayPal’s PYUSD. Backed by Circle, custodied by BlackRock, audited by Deloitte. Sounds safe? Sure. But it’s also a surveillance chain backed by corporate-state interests. Private corporations acting as quasi-central banks. — 6/ This is what people miss: Stablecoins are not about crypto adoption. They’re about monetizing your trust. They want to replace banks. But without your consent, and with fewer regulations. And yes they want all of your data. — 7/ So what’s the alternative? 🔓 DigiDollar. A proposal for a stablecoin on DigiByte that’s: •Fully decentralized •Backed 1:1 with locked DGB •Non-custodial •On-chain •Transparent Think DAI but simpler, purer. — 8/ With DigiDollar: • No corporate issuer. • No centralized profits. • Yield doesn’t flow to VCs it flows to the system and its users. The more DigiDollar is minted → the more $DGB is locked → the more scarce $DGB becomes. That’s alignment. — 9/ Why this matters: → Stablecoins will dominate global crypto. → Corporations will issue them. → Governments will regulate them. And the average user? Will trade sovereignty for convenience unless something better exists. — 10/ Remember this: You’re not “using a stablecoin.” You’re signing a contract with whoever controls it. You’re saying: “Yes, you can hold my cash. Yes, you can earn yield on it. Yes, you can freeze it if I misbehave.” — 11/ DigiDollar is early. Raw. Unpolished. But it’s not owned by PayPal. It’s not owned by Walmart. It’s not owned by BlackRock. It’s one of the last designs that doesn’t need permission to be free. — 12/ You’ll see headlines like: “Walmart launches stablecoin for customers” “PayPal stablecoin sees 1B in volume” “Circle partners with [insert country]” But remember… None of them serve you. They serve themselves. — 13/ Final thought: The future isn’t about who makes the most stablecoin. It’s about who you trust to hold your economic identity. Choose wisely. — 📌 RT this. Follow @Esoteric23E The next thread: How DigiDollar could quietly create a supply shock for $DGB.