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ステーブルコインが静かにお金を書き換えている――そしてビッグテックが参入を狙う

Stablecoins Are Quietly Rewriting Money—And Big Tech Wants In

米国でGENIUS法が成立し、Metaもクリエイター向け決済への活用に関心を示すなど、ステーブルコインが日常の送金手段として広がり始めている。一方で、プライバシーや金融安定性への懸念も浮上。「誰がお金を形作るのか」を問う動きを追う。
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Have you ever waited a week for a payment that was only forty dollars? Now imagine that same money arriving almost like a message on your phone. That is the idea behind a stablecoin. A stablecoin is a digital asset designed to stay at a fixed value, usually one U.S. dollar. In the United States, the GENIUS Act became law on July 18, 2025. It created a federal framework for payment stablecoins and requires issuers to hold reserves one for one and clearly explain how users can redeem them. (congress.gov)

Picture a small video creator. She lives in a country where the local currency moves up and down fast. A brand wants to send her a small reward for a short ad. Meta told U.S. senators in June 2025 that it had no plan to issue its own stablecoin. But it also said it was interested in letting people, businesses, and creators use non-Meta stablecoins for payments, especially in markets with volatile currencies. Suddenly, a digital dollar is not just a theory. It becomes a tool for everyday payouts. (banking.senate.gov)

But here is the turn. When a social platform starts to touch money, the question is not only speed. It is power. On May 7, 2026, Senator Elizabeth Warren said new reports suggested Meta was running a small stablecoin trial and could expand integration later in 2026. She warned about privacy, competition, crime controls, and financial stability. Those worries matter because stablecoins are growing fast. The Federal Reserve said the market reached 317 billion dollars by April 6, 2026, and IMF research says rising stablecoin flows are linked not only to crypto activity but also to remittances, trade, inflation, and exchange-rate swings. So maybe stablecoins will change money in a quiet way first, one small payment at a time. And then one day, we may look up and realize the bigger question was never only “How do we pay?” but “Who shapes the money we use?” (banking.senate.gov)

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