# Compute will be paid for in stablecoins, not volatile tokens

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2020-12-16
- **Theme:** Crypto & DePIN — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/crypto-depin/
- **Source:** Greg Osuri - AKASH Network (At Stake)
- **Watch at:** 00:30:19 — https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/greg-osuri-akash-network/id1543138052?i=1000502539042
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/crypto-depin/2020-12-16-compute-will-be-paid-for-in-stablecoins-not-volati-eace/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Compute will be paid for in stablecoins, not volatile tokens," Greg Osuri - AKASH Network (At Stake), 16 Dec 2020, 00:30:19. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/greg-osuri-akash-network/id1543138052?i=1000502539042

## Quote — verbatim

> There will be some friction, I would imagine, for using Akash tokens to pay for compute. So to alleviate that friction, we wanted to introduce stable currencies... using USDX to pay for cloud compute is the first use case for IBC that we really want to, like, get out.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

IBC discussion (spans into the 00:31:05 block); multi-currency settlement via Kava's USDX framed as Akash's first IBC use case. Akash did later add USDC settlement (2023).