Understanding Stablecoins and Their Utility, Why Stripe is Buying Bridge, Virtual Reality for NFL Quarterbacks

A closer look at the emergence of stablecoins, their utility in crypto and cross-border payments, progress in the crypto space that could lead to more widespread adoption, and the strategic logic of Stripe's plan to buy Bridge, a stablecoin platform, for a reported $1.1 billion. At the end: Updates on the Apple Vision Pro, and the secret behind the success of Jayden Daniels in Washington, D.C. To email the show: email@sharptech.fm @SharpTechPodcast Channel — YouTube @Stratechery Channel — YouTube Stripe Confirms Plans to Acquire Stablecoin Platform Bridge — Bloomberg Stripe Acquires Bridge, Stablecoins, Platform of Platforms — Stratechery Update Tim Cook on Why Apple’s Huge Bets Will Pay Off — Wall Street Journal Apple Sharply Scales Back Production of Vision Pro — The Information Jayden Daniels’ growth with VR simulation has Commanders embracing mind games — The Athletic The German VR ‘flight simulator’ behind LSU QB Jayden Daniels’ Heisman-caliber 2023 season — The Athletic Get all episodes of Sharp Tech, Sharp China, Stratechery Updates and Interviews, Greatest of All Talk and the Dithering Podcast as part of Stratechery Plus for $15/month or $150/year.