₿ **Crypto's 'barbell': speculation and stablecoin payments drive adoption, Tempo's Romero says**

Stablecoins are quietly powering real-world money flows as other crypto experiments than speculative trading have failed to scale, Romero said at Consensus 2026.

🔗 https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/05/05/crypto-s-barbell-speculation-and-stablecoin-payments-drive-adoption-tempo-s-romero-says

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