Plasma represents a structural shift in how stablecoins are treated at the base layer, moving them from being just another asset on a general-purpose chain to the primary unit around which settlement is optimized. By combining full EVM compatibility with sub-second finality and stablecoin-native mechanics like gasless USDT transfers and stablecoin-first gas, Plasma reduces friction that normally fragments liquidity across chains and intermediaries. Settlement becomes faster, more predictable, and cheaper in ways that actually matter for payments and treasury flows, not just DeFi abstractions. Anchoring security to Bitcoin further improves neutrality and censorship resistance, which is critical once flows scale beyond speculative activity into routine commercial use. The result is a network designed less for experimentation and more for durable, high-throughput settlement where stablecoins behave like real payment rails rather than volatile on-chain instruments.
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