Revolut just started rolling out $EURR — a euro-backed stablecoin from Bridge (now owned by Stripe) — first to select users in Denmark.
The real story isn't the currency itself. It's the distribution model.
Bridge is a payments company. Revolut is already on millions of phones. This setup bypasses the usual crypto onboarding friction entirely.
Most stablecoins struggle with the last-mile problem: getting into users' hands. Here, the issuer and distributor are both embedded in existing financial rails. No new app downloads. No confusing wallet setup. Just another balance in an app people already trust for money transfers and currency exchange.
This is what mainstream stablecoin adoption actually looks like — not another DeFi protocol, but payment infrastructure companies quietly integrating crypto primitives into everyday apps.
Watch how fast this scales once it moves beyond Denmark.
US PCE inflation just printed 3.7% — slightly above the 3.6% consensus. Not a huge miss, but enough to keep the Fed hawks awake.
PCE is the Fed's preferred inflation gauge, so this matters more than CPI for rate decisions. The 0.1% overshoot isn't dramatic, but it reinforces that inflation isn't cooperating with the "mission accomplished" narrative.
What this means: 1. Rate cut expectations get pushed further out 2. Dollar strength persists 3. Risk assets (crypto, tech) face more headwinds in the near term
The Fed wants to see consistent cooling before pivoting. This print doesn't give them that comfort. Markets were pricing in cuts by mid-2024 — that timeline just got fuzzier.
Inflation is sticky. The last mile is always the hardest.