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Crypto market reshaped around speculative trading and stablecoin payments

The cryptocurrency industry is converging around two main uses: speculative trading and stablecoin payments, an executive at payments-focused blockchain developer Tempo said. Speaking at a Consensus 2026 session in Miami, Dan Romero compared the market structure to a barbell, with speculative venues such as Hyperliquid on one end and stablecoin-based payments on the other. He said many mid-market projects failed to find product-market fit despite years of development and funding.

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Coinbase CEO says Base app SocialFi features fell short of expectations

Coinbase strengthened SocialFi functions in its Base app last year but appears to have fallen short of expectations. CEO Brian Armstrong said on a recent podcast that the SocialFi experiment was not successful and the company is now focusing on trading functions. Coinbase scaled back SocialFi from January and switched to a trading-centered user experience. It also removed a Farcaster-based social feed in February, Armstrong said.

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Farcaster co-founders join stablecoin blockchain Tempo

Farcaster co-founders Dan Romero and Varun Srinivasan have joined Tempo, a stablecoin-based payments startup, CoinDesk reported. Farcaster had drawn attention as a crypto-based alternative to Twitter but was recently acquired by Neynar, an infrastructure provider that supports APIs and tools for developers. Tempo is a stablecoin project formed last year with payments company Stripe and crypto venture firm Paradigm taking the lead, and aims to innovate international payments.