It does seem like MATIC (Polygon Network) has the right partnerships to be a powerhouse in the next bull run.  They seem well positioned to be the chain of the metaverse and the affordable option for large companies to use to issue their NFTs.  I don't see any reason why MATIC won't continue to rise in value.  If BTC sees a x10 from here, I could easily see MATIC hitting $20, or maybe even $50 in the next bull run.  I think I would be a bit surprised if it didn't at least test it's previous all time high.  The only thing bearish about this coin is that it's already seen an incredible rise in value.

Yeah they definitely are coming, there's not question about that. But i don't see them "better" in a sense that they are not comparable and build for different reasons in mind. Stablecoins are a way to go if you are into DeFi.

But if you want just to hodl fiat money, it's not like it will be optional to go back to current fiat money system after CBDC has taken the whole system over. So i don't see it as better than stablecoins, but better then current fiat-money transferring system in general.

And this is why I believe no altcoin will ever surpass bitcoin, even if a new revolutionary altcoin was created as long as it was based on the same principles of bitcoin, the bitcoin developers could always analyze the code of this altcoin and whatever features which makes it such an special altcoin and add them to bitcoin.

If bitcoin is to be replaced in the future this will happen because an entire new concept was created that is more efficient than bitcoin and that cannot be implemented on bitcoin at all.

By who, if you don't mind sharing?

Hopefully it's a credible source and not the usual peanut gallery of "doomsayers" whose predictions are almost always wrong.  

20 billion dollars is a huge capitalisation for a project that is hardly used anywhere. Ripple regularly announces some kind of partnership and cross-border payments, but in reality I have not yet heard of any successful outcome of such payments. But I also think that if ripple is consistently in the top 10 coinmarketcap, it's probably for a reason.

Nope, as it isn't ban on staking, it's banning cex staking services (for U.S. clients for now). People can run nodes by them as they wish. But CEX:es promising to give interest to hodl money locked in there is going to be a service of the past. At least for regulated exchanges. I think that kraken was just an example. We will hear more about this when we get more details but trying ban POS would be just moronic move from them that would be laughed out from in any court.

I don't know what will happen in the future but US dollar is already being abandoned as we speak. Dozens of countries have already started moving away from it, for example Brazil which has only slightly smaller exports to China compared to United States is the most recent country that switched to using Yuan instead of Dollar.
It is not always replaced by Yuan though. Other currencies are being used too between countries. There is even gold bars being used as currency these days.

Of course US is fighting this and will continue to fight (...Taiwan proxy war incoming...) but it will only slow down dedollarization, just like fighting bitcoin will only slow down its adoption.

I agree on certain extend but there are independent auditors who have somewhat cleared Tether and USDT and says that it is backup 1:1 and that they have extra, more money to cover the loses.

While on the other hand, there are attacks by SEC on other stable coins and somewhat deemed it as securities.

So it could be the beginning of the tightening on stable coins but I think USDT might survived in the long run, just saying.

It has its advantages for the users but will the exchanges happy about these changes? We know that exchanges don't like privacy coins because all exchanges have a big partner which is called he government and the government wants to know who you are. If shiba becomes a privacy coin then the government will tell their partners to stop doing business with shiba and shiba will get affected in a very bad way.

I don't see CBDC killing stable coins unless they they would be adopted on chains that allow DEXes etc and we need stable coins for that exact reason..

And DBDC is most likely not being adopted on any chain that's currently available as they are not capable for L1 confidentiality with auditability, Build in KYC etc.

As long as there are people who try to take advantage of the newbies in the Cryptocurrency space, there would be a lot of people who would want to try and save those newbies in order to have people still invested. That’s going to have fewer problems and would be tolerable. Regulations take place to have the right rules and monitor projects for the safety of people.

You just can’t really satisfy everyone and there would be a lot of people in and out of support with regulations.

It will be challenging for the FXT exchange to regain the confidence and support of its investors. After what their investors experienced in their hands, getting their funds rug pulled unexpectedly on their exchange.

FXT's attempt to reimburse investors who have lost money on their exchange is a welcome step toward clearing their name from the cryptocurrency blacklist, but it doesn't guarantee that they will once again be a reliable exchange. The actions they took will continue to echo in the minds of crypto investors.

It will take years for FXT exchange to pull through this without trying to rebrand its name and mechanism

One popular option is to use Polygon (MATIC) network, which is a Layer 2 scaling solution for Ethereum that offers faster and cheaper transactions, whether staking your stablecoins is worth it depends on your investment goals and risk tolerance. Staking can provide a relatively low-risk way to earn interest on your stablecoins.
One way to stake stablecoins on Polygon is by using Aave, a decentralized lending platform that offers users high yield on their deposits or the other way is using Curve Finance.

I can only agree with what you have said but you could say the very same thing about Russia as well. They could have instead used their vast amounts of resources and expanded their economy and create wealth and live in prosperity. But now they don't because there is a one-man-show going on that makes no sense for anyone who is thinking rationally.

Xi Jinping is the same kind of guy. From an economic point of view an invasion of Taiwan would make no sense, but does that mean they won't invade Taiwan? If Xi Jinping gives the go, it is going to happen.

One major issue I have with all of this is that we as a global society already forego potential wealth by just pumping excessive amounts of money into military. Usually nobody really noticed it in their everyday lives, but this is going to change tremendously when the whole world starts to take away significant amounts of money from other causes and instead wastes it on military equipment. I just don't see how we can put the arms race to an end anytime soon. Even if Russia stops its aggression tomorrow, every country in Europe will still increase their military spendings by a lot. Finland is now building some sort of defend walls and I am sad to say that it makes sense to me. Nobody is interested getting hit by a surprise attack. 

Obviously DOGE is the absolute OG, around & still thriving after so many years but my favourite is SHIB. I’m sure there will be others that will surface & become very popular in the next bull run. I just wish they could have some of their supply cap burned because both have near endless supply. What makes bitcoin so good is the 21M supply cap. These meme coins could do better with a smaller supply.

If 2024 and 2025 aren't going to be bullish momentums for crypto, it's going to be a very unsual situation faced by crypto industry, because the periods of time following bitcoin's halvings have always been very positive for the industry as a whole, despite global crisis, such as the Covid-19 pandemic, which didn't prevent bitcoin from hiting its 69,000$ ATH in 2021. Although I'm not hopeful about an extreme high new ATH, I still believe bitcoin can surpass its previous mark in the following 2 years, following the logic history shows us so far.

As it stands right now, USDT has withstood the test of time and trouble, so yes, I would trust it. Next up is USDC and then maybe BUSD

I find it hard to assess whether time is running in favor of China or not. In the end China is highly dependent on a well functioning global economy, but if every country is now investing heavily in military equipment and defense, there is less money to be spent on Chinese products as well.

Today at the security conference in Munich China emphasized that territorial integrity is to be respected by everyone in the world, but that was also implying that Taiwan actually is a part of China and they would only take back what belongs to them anyway. They will now also start a peace initiative regarding Russia and Ukraine, but they haven't really specified what that is going to look like. It didn't sound very convincing and the US made clear that they have their doubts. As far as I know it was quite a heated debate between Chinese representatives and US representatives.

There are a bunch of candidates as replacement and Euro is not among them. In fact in the future Europe's economy falls apart faster and worse than US economy as it is already evident from the inflation, recession and deindustrialization going on in the two continents.
Unfortunately one of the biggest replacement options seems to be Yuan! Then it would be China that abuses its power an ruins the world instead of US...

Stablecoin is centralized, if you don't fear the risk of holding a stable coin, why don't you use an intermediary exchange to stake? I mean, if you already trust USDT and USDC, then there's no reason you shouldn't trust Binance, Binance is still more reliable than both of those stablecoins. If you want daily passive income, then you can stake, but if you are willing to hold for long term profit, bitcoin will be better choice. Even though I still use USDT, I don't feel safe using them long-term.