DC Fintech Week features a panel titled “Stablecoins Unshackled: New Features, Integrations and Frontiers,” with speakers including PayPal's Jose Fernandez da Ponte, Visa's Cuy Sheffield, and Perena's Anna Yuan, moderated by Robby Greenfield of Umoja Labs. The discussion will focus on the growing importance of stablecoins, which are increasingly used beyond trading, offering potential benefits for payments by reducing intermediaries and enhancing transaction efficiency. Recently, stablecoins have seen a surge in market cap, with Wall Street firm Bernstein labeling them as “systemically important” due to their significant holdings in U.S. Treasurys.