[Bitwise CIO: Stablecoin Payment Pilots by Tech Platforms Could Push Stablecoin Market Cap to $4 Trillion] According to The Block, Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan stated that large tech platforms piloting the use of stablecoins to pay global creators and gig workers could drive the total stablecoin market cap to approximately $4 trillion by 2030, up from the current $302 billion. DoorDash is collaborating with Stripe to test stablecoin settlements for around 10 million Dashers across more than 40 countries; Meta is offering stablecoin payments to creators in the Philippines and Colombia using Solana and Polygon. Hougan noted that the key advantage of these pilots lies in simplifying the global micro-payment process, requiring only a wallet address without the need for local banking infrastructure or currency exchange, potentially bringing millions of new users into the crypto ecosystem.