#plasma $XPL
Payments don’t fail mid-flight—they stall when someone has to buy gas.
Plasma treats stablecoin settlement like a dedicated checkout lane: EVM-familiar (Reth), sub-second finality (PlasmaBFT), and USD₮ transfers can be sponsored.
Jan 2026: Visa cited stablecoin settlement at a ~$4.5B annual run rate; stablecoins outstanding are >$270B.
Meaning: remove fee friction + boost neutrality, and stablecoins start behaving like infrastructure.