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Jun 11
๐จ Ep. 5 of Stablecoin Stories: KAST: 1M Users on a Stablecoin Neobank
With hosts:
๐ณ @sytaylor, Head of Market Development, @tempo
๐ฅ @rangoldi, SVP Payments, @FireblocksHQ
With guest:ย โ๏ธ @raagulanpathy, Founder & CEO,ย @KASTxyz
In this episode, Sy, Ran and Raagulan discuss:
โ๏ธ Thesis of building fintech on top of stablecoin rails
โ๏ธ Challenges of scrappy startup fundraising and low salaries
๐ค Early traction through Solana card partnership and trust
๐๏ธ Building USDK for onchain transparency and trust
๐๏ธ Plans for licenses acquisitions and raising more capital
๐ง Growth strategy using referrals cashback and better design
๐ Stablecoins will become 30-50% of payments in 20 years
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Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
7:35 Thesis of building fintech on top of stablecoin rails
9:53 Challenges of scrappy startup fundraising and low salaries
11:39 Early traction through Solana card partnership and trust
13:09 Building USDK for onchain transparency and trust
18:43 Plans for licenses acquisitions and raising more capital
22:47 Growth strategy using referrals cashback and better design
27:14 Stablecoins will become 30-50% of payments in 20 years
***
๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ '๐๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ป๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ต' ๐๐ฏ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฃ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ, ๐๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐บ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ! ๐
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Jun 12
Hold value pegged to USD. Access it instantly. Cash out whenever you want. That's MGUSD.
@anthonysoohoo on why starting with the customer problem makes stablecoins actually useful, on the @TokenizedPod.
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Jun 12
Great discussion with @sytaylor, @nlevine19, and @wbpeck on stablecoins, tokenization, and the launch of @deelโs stablecoin: DLUSD.
Jun 12
Our guest for Monday's Tokenized Podcast
@sytaylor isย joined by:
๐ @nlevine19, Partner,ย @a16z
๐ @thierryEdde44, Head of Crypto,ย @deel
๐ @wbpeck, Head of Digital Assets,ย @WisdomTreePrime
Out on Monday at 8am PT / 11am ET / 4pm GMT
Find it on ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐๐, ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ or ๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐ง๐๐ฏ๐ฒ by searching "Tokenized Podcast" ๐ท ๐
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Jun 12
"We're in that late nineties period where online shopping was one percent and stablecoins are one percent."
@raagulanpathy of @KASTxyz on the @TokenizedPod with @sytaylor and @rangoldi.
Listen wherever you get your podcasts: fblks.co/tokenized-stablecoiโฆ
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Our guest for Monday's Tokenized Podcast
@sytaylor isย joined by:
๐ @nlevine19, Partner,ย @a16z
๐ @thierryEdde44, Head of Crypto,ย @deel
๐ @wbpeck, Head of Digital Assets,ย @WisdomTreePrime
Out on Monday at 8am PT / 11am ET / 4pm GMT
Find it on ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐๐, ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ or ๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐ง๐๐ฏ๐ฒ by searching "Tokenized Podcast" ๐ท ๐
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Every payment network sees the same vision:
Blockchains donโt take bank holidays.
โWe should all move to this as a better form of settlementโ
@cuysheffield on the latest episode of Tokenized
๐๏ธ Listen to the latest episode on Tokenizedpod[dot]com
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Jun 11
๐จ Ep. 5 of Stablecoin Stories: KAST: 1M Users on a Stablecoin Neobank
With hosts:
๐ณ @sytaylor, Head of Market Development, @tempo
๐ฅ @rangoldi, SVP Payments, @FireblocksHQ
With guest:ย โ๏ธ @raagulanpathy, Founder & CEO,ย @KASTxyz
In this episode, Sy, Ran and Raagulan discuss:
โ๏ธ Thesis of building fintech on top of stablecoin rails
โ๏ธ Challenges of scrappy startup fundraising and low salaries
๐ค Early traction through Solana card partnership and trust
๐๏ธ Building USDK for onchain transparency and trust
๐๏ธ Plans for licenses acquisitions and raising more capital
๐ง Growth strategy using referrals cashback and better design
๐ Stablecoins will become 30-50% of payments in 20 years
***
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
7:35 Thesis of building fintech on top of stablecoin rails
9:53 Challenges of scrappy startup fundraising and low salaries
11:39 Early traction through Solana card partnership and trust
13:09 Building USDK for onchain transparency and trust
18:43 Plans for licenses acquisitions and raising more capital
22:47 Growth strategy using referrals cashback and better design
27:14 Stablecoins will become 30-50% of payments in 20 years
***
๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ '๐๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ป๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ต' ๐๐ฏ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฃ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ, ๐๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐บ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ! ๐
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KAST: 1M Users on a Stablecoin Neobank - Tokenized Podcast: Ep. 5 of Stablecoin Stories
#stablecoins @TokenizedPod @sytaylor @rangoldi @raagulanpathy @KASTxyz
youtube.com/watch?v=TuSQX77Sโฆ
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@TokenizedPod interview here youtube.com/watch?v=TuSQX77Sโฆ
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Most stablecoins are built first, then pushed through incentives. @KASTxyz's USDK is the opposite, built from the bottom up.
Deposit USDC, USDT, PYUSD, whatever you want on KAST. See your dollars on chain. Take out any stablecoin you want. USDK is what's in the middle.
USDK is built on M0's modular stablecoin infrastructure.
Jun 11
๐จ Ep. 5 of Stablecoin Stories: KAST: 1M Users on a Stablecoin Neobank
With hosts:
๐ณ @sytaylor, Head of Market Development, @tempo
๐ฅ @rangoldi, SVP Payments, @FireblocksHQ
With guest:ย โ๏ธ @raagulanpathy, Founder & CEO,ย @KASTxyz
In this episode, Sy, Ran and Raagulan discuss:
โ๏ธ Thesis of building fintech on top of stablecoin rails
โ๏ธ Challenges of scrappy startup fundraising and low salaries
๐ค Early traction through Solana card partnership and trust
๐๏ธ Building USDK for onchain transparency and trust
๐๏ธ Plans for licenses acquisitions and raising more capital
๐ง Growth strategy using referrals cashback and better design
๐ Stablecoins will become 30-50% of payments in 20 years
***
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
7:35 Thesis of building fintech on top of stablecoin rails
9:53 Challenges of scrappy startup fundraising and low salaries
11:39 Early traction through Solana card partnership and trust
13:09 Building USDK for onchain transparency and trust
18:43 Plans for licenses acquisitions and raising more capital
22:47 Growth strategy using referrals cashback and better design
27:14 Stablecoins will become 30-50% of payments in 20 years
***
๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ '๐๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ป๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ต' ๐๐ฏ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฃ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ, ๐๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐บ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ! ๐
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Jun 11
๐จ Ep. 5 of Stablecoin Stories: KAST: 1M Users on a Stablecoin Neobank
With hosts:
๐ณ @sytaylor, Head of Market Development, @tempo
๐ฅ @rangoldi, SVP Payments, @FireblocksHQ
With guest:ย โ๏ธ @raagulanpathy, Founder & CEO,ย @KASTxyz
In this episode, Sy, Ran and Raagulan discuss:
โ๏ธ Thesis of building fintech on top of stablecoin rails
โ๏ธ Challenges of scrappy startup fundraising and low salaries
๐ค Early traction through Solana card partnership and trust
๐๏ธ Building USDK for onchain transparency and trust
๐๏ธ Plans for licenses acquisitions and raising more capital
๐ง Growth strategy using referrals cashback and better design
๐ Stablecoins will become 30-50% of payments in 20 years
***
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
7:35 Thesis of building fintech on top of stablecoin rails
9:53 Challenges of scrappy startup fundraising and low salaries
11:39 Early traction through Solana card partnership and trust
13:09 Building USDK for onchain transparency and trust
18:43 Plans for licenses acquisitions and raising more capital
22:47 Growth strategy using referrals cashback and better design
27:14 Stablecoins will become 30-50% of payments in 20 years
***
๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ '๐๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ป๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ต' ๐๐ฏ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฃ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ, ๐๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐บ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ! ๐
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Jun 11
๐๏ธ Listen to the latest episode of Tokenized: tokenizedpod.com/episodes/kaโฆ
๐ท Watch on YouTube: youtu.be/TuSQX77Sp60
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โYou can feel the competition in Financial Services growingโ
- The amount of new entrants
- How quickly theyโre shipping features
There is no other period in history where consumers have had this many choices in financial services
@cuysheffield on the latest episode of Tokenized
๐๏ธ Listen to the latest episode on Tokenizedpod[dot]com
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Jun 10
Sitting on float in banking is disappearing
โThe acquirers would like to sit on floatโ
โAnd those days are starting to disappear with crypto and faster paymentsโ
Chris Mason, CEO of @OrbitalFinance, discussing float in FS on the latest episode of Tokenized
๐๏ธ Listen to the latest episode on Tokenizedpod[dot]com
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Jun 10
A lot more to come
Moneygram and Western Union now have Stablecoins
If you went back 3 years ago and told someone that MoneyGram and Western Union had their own stablecoins, that would be wildโฆ
@cuysheffield on the biggest remittance companies now having stablecoins and self custodial wallets
๐๏ธ Listen to the latest episode on Tokenizedpod[dot]com
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Money movement is changing.
Soon, payment systems won't only settle a transaction. They'll take instructions from software, the way an app does.
That's what agentic commerce will run on.
Circle is already building toward it: local stablecoins delivered on demand, quote and done.
The same logic is showing up across the market. Money that software can call directly, move instantly, settle anywhere.
The more rails that come online, the more they all have to connect.
@chandhok, CPTO at @circle, on @TokenizedPod:
x.com/circle/status/20629375โฆ
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Moneygram and Western Union now have Stablecoins
If you went back 3 years ago and told someone that MoneyGram and Western Union had their own stablecoins, that would be wildโฆ
@cuysheffield on the biggest remittance companies now having stablecoins and self custodial wallets
๐๏ธ Listen to the latest episode on Tokenizedpod[dot]com
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Jun 8
Met some great candidiates but still looking for a kickass growth intern for fintechbrainfood
candidatesYou it?
notion.so/Growth-Intern-Braiโฆ
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Agree with @cuysheffield We are numb to the progress of the industry.
๐จ Ep. 86 of @TokenizedPod:ย Why Every Payment Network Should Settle Onchain
@sytaylor & @cuysheffield are joined by:
๐ Chris Mason, CEO, @OrbitalFinance
To discuss:
๐ Why settlement matters for stablecoin adoption
๐ Mastercard and Visa expand stablecoin settlement networks
๐ธ Merchants benefit from faster settlement and transparency
๐ Privacy challenges for public blockchain payments
๐ง Multilateral netting and streaming money explained
๐ MoneyGram launches MGUSD stablecoin with self-custodial wallet
โ๏ธ Deel launches yield-bearing USD stablecoin on Tempo
๐ช Revolut offers zero spread stablecoin swaps in US
โฐ CME and Hyperliquid drive 24/7 crypto derivatives trading
โ
Orbital and Visa resources for stablecoin solutions
***
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
2:42 Why settlement matters for stablecoin adoption
3:18 Mastercard and Visa expand stablecoin settlement networks
6:32 Merchants benefit from faster settlement and transparency
7:50 Privacy challenges for public blockchain payments
11:52 Multilateral netting and streaming money explained
16:30 MoneyGram launches MGUSD stablecoin with self-custodial wallet
23:03 Deel launches yield-bearing USD stablecoin on Tempo
27:23 Revolut offers zero spread stablecoin swaps in US
37:14 CME and Hyperliquid drive 24/7 crypto derivatives trading
47:53 Orbital and Visa resources for stablecoin solutions
***
๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ '๐๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ป๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ต' ๐๐ฏ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฃ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ, ๐๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐บ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ! ๐
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