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Bitcoin Will Become a Major Stablecoin Settlement Layer by 2026
For years, stablecoins have grown on top of faster, cheaper blockchains—but never on the one network with the deepest liquidity, the strongest security guarantees, and the most battle-tested uptime: Bitcoin. That gap is now closing. And if current trends continue, 2026 is the year Bitcoin stops being just adjacent to the stablecoin ecosystem and starts becoming the settlement infrastructure that powers it.