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New Episode: How Will Stablecoins Replace Traditional Banking Zach Abrams, CEO Bridge, joins Friederike Ernst 🦉 to discuss why stablecoins are the first "economically rational" winner in payments over the last decade. He explores how Bridge (now acquired by Stripe) is building the bridge (no pun intended) to turn...

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