The best case is having a stable value coin at the base layer. It is a design choice that will improve survivability, but it not required. As long as the three other requirements exist it will work even if the stable value coin is at a higher layer. How smoothly would depend on the implementation & design.
These could be implemented, in theory, similar to break away community tokens.
RE: Why Survivability is the ONLY thing that matters when choosing a blockchain?