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I used to think zero fees were just marketing bait. Then I looked at Plasma more closely and realized it feels less like a feature and more like a quiet monetary stance.

Right now stablecoins sit around 150 billion dollars in total market cap, with USDT alone above 90 billion, which tells you where traders actually park capital when volatility hits. Plasma builds around that behavior. Zero-fee USD₮ transfers are not just about saving a few cents. They change how money moves. If moving a dollar costs nothing, you move it more often. That increases velocity, tightens arbitrage spreads, and lowers friction for everyday settlement.

On the surface, it looks simple. Underneath, it’s a policy choice. Most chains rely on gas fees as their economic engine. Plasma shifts the foundation toward stablecoin settlement and pushes value capture elsewhere. That momentum creates another effect. Users start thinking in dollars, not in native tokens. Liquidity pools feel steady. DeFi activity starts resembling payment infrastructure.

Of course, free transfers raise questions. Who subsidizes the network? Can zero fees hold up under heavy usage? Early signs suggest the model leans on structural design rather than temporary incentives, but scale will test that assumption.

Meanwhile, as markets rotate between risk-on and stablecoin safety, Plasma is aligning with where capital already rests. If this holds, zero-fee is not about being cheap. It’s about deciding what the base currency of crypto actually is.
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