Brian Armstrong reframes the quantum threat not as crypto-specific, but as a challenge for all cryptography, including banking and data encryption. The solution is to upgrade networks to post-quantum algorithms, a process already underway, rather than abandoning the technology.
While payment systems like SWIFT or credit cards compromise on cost, speed, or global reach, stablecoins are the first rail to excel at all three. Armstrong argues this makes them an underappreciated technology with massive growth potential for global commerce.
To overcome resistance to new AI tools, Brian Armstrong mandated that engineers try them by week's end. Resistors faced a Saturday meeting with him, a 'clear tone from the top' that spurred near-total adoption and only one termination.