According to @stonecoldpat0, USDT and USDC can effectively influence Ethereum's fork choice during controversial chain splits by determining which on-chain token version they support, and DeFi on an unsupported fork would collapse if issuers reject its token value (source: @stonecoldpat0 on X, Nov 2, 2025). According to @stonecoldpat0, the growing role of RWAs and multiple stablecoins makes governance a cooperative coordination game where issuers seek consensus on one chain and rule set to protect token value (source: @stonecoldpat0 on X, Nov 2, 2025). According to @stonecoldpat0, coordination could rely on a correlated signal such as the largest RWA, guidance from the Ethereum Foundation, or staker signaling, echoing miner signaling during the block size wars (source: @stonecoldpat0 on X, Nov 2, 2025). According to @stonecoldpat0, these dynamics expose ETH and DeFi liquidity to tail risk around contested upgrades, with stablecoin issuer decisions acting as the decisive driver of on-chain valuations in a split scenario (source: @stonecoldpat0 on X, Nov 2, 2025).