Looking for degens to join your project sounds a bit funny and insulting if someone wants to join it. And it doesn't seem like people are obsessed with stablecoins,
You are absolutely right, "degens" is not appropriate word when you are looking for serious participants for your project. However, degen is some referred to describe high risk taking traders. Regrading stable coins, they are significant aspects of cryptocurrencies ecosystem widely used to exchange/convert our high risk cryptocurrencies into low risk assets, providing a safer option for traders.