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I Believe The Mark of the Beast Will Come Through a Stablecoin

2 Sept 2026 · 1 min

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In this monologue, Alexander Lorenzo argues that the biblical "Mark of the Beast" will manifest via a widely adopted crypto stablecoin. He explains that stablecoins like USDC and USDT are minted 1:1 against assets, often US Treasury securities, which generate yield for the issuers. As stablecoin usage expands, more US debt is purchased, effectively turning the stablecoin ecosystem into a de‑facto central bank digital currency (CBDC). Lorenzo points out that stablecoin issuers retain the ability to freeze or halt transactions—citing the example of a blockchain shutdown in Iran—as evidence of centralized control. He concludes that this combination of financial power, governmental backing, and technical control aligns with the prophetic description of the Mark of the Beast.

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I completely believe that the Mark of the Beast will come in through a crypto stablecoin. So basically what's happening now is there's all this stablecoin adoption. They have to back up that stablecoin 1 to 1, but they could do it with US Treasuries. A Treasury is debt because they can get yield on it. So if USDC, let's say, gives out 1 million USDC for customers to use, they mint 1 million USDC, they have $1 million in US debt and they get paid interest. That's their business model. So as stablecoin adoption increases, there's actually more US debt being purchased. The Federal Reserve is not allowed legally in law to make their own coin. But— But it's pretty much the same thing. If you look at the mechanics of what's happening with USDC and USDT, I mean, it pretty much displays all the characteristics of what a CBDC is, or central bank digital currency. They can halt it. So we see that with USDT. They halted the blockchain in Iran, completely stopped the currency. Like, they can pretty much control it all, essentially, I would say. I completely believe that the mark of the beast will come in through a crypto stablecoin.