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The Case for Stablechains - Why Payments Don’t Belong on General-Purpose Blockchains 🎙️ Payments are the oldest function in finance. The underlying rails still carry a lot of legacy weight. General-purpose blockchains gave us a crypto-native alternative, but they weren’t built for payments. Can stablechains fix the rails, the...

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Today’s Cheeky Pint is a deep dive on stablecoins with Zach Abrams from Bridge and from Privy: stablecoins as Starlink for money, who should issue a stablecoin, yield market dynamics, improvements in blockchains, and more. Timestamps: 00:00 Introducing Bridge + Privy 06:39 How stablecoins are being used today 14:27 US Dollar Dominance 25:50 The future of banking 34:35 Blockchains 42:27 Building a modular stack 47:14 Open issuance 56:55 M&A 01:11:02 The future of stablecoins
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Today’s Cheeky Pint is a deep dive on stablecoins with Zach Abrams from Bridge and from Privy: stablecoins as Starlink for money, who should issue a stablecoin, yield market dynamics, improvements in blockchains, and more. Timestamps: 00:00 Introducing Bridge + Privy 06:39 How stablecoins are being used today 14:27 US Dollar Dominance 25:50 The future of banking 34:35 Blockchains 42:27 Building a modular stack 47:14 Open issuance 56:55 M&A 01:11:02 The future of stablecoins

John Collison

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How Fun's Costco Model Is Winning The Onchain Payments Race with Alex Fine Timestamps 00:00 Intro And Recent Raise 00:38 Fintechs Going On Chain 01:27 Fun: Highest Converting On-Ramp 03:55 Three Eras Of On-Chain Payments 05:38 KYC Bad Risk Models 06:01 99% Fiat To Stablecoins 06:39 The Costco Revenue Model 07:49 $40M Deposit Must Clear 09:30 Smart Personalized Deposit Flows 23:54 AI At Fun Discussion 25:07 AI Plus Six Nines Caution 26:37 Separating Self From Company 27:30 Stress Is Probably Accurate 29:46 Agentic Payments Are Coming 31:03 AI Needs Blockchains For Money 33:36 Fintech 50 H2 Plan
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How Fun's Costco Model Is Winning The Onchain Payments Race with Alex Fine Timestamps 00:00 Intro And Recent Raise 00:38 Fintechs Going On Chain 01:27 Fun: Highest Converting On-Ramp 03:55 Three Eras Of On-Chain Payments 05:38 KYC Bad Risk Models 06:01 99% Fiat To Stablecoins 06:39 The Costco Revenue Model 07:49 $40M Deposit Must Clear 09:30 Smart Personalized Deposit Flows 23:54 AI At Fun Discussion 25:07 AI Plus Six Nines Caution 26:37 Separating Self From Company 27:30 Stress Is Probably Accurate 29:46 Agentic Payments Are Coming 31:03 AI Needs Blockchains For Money 33:36 Fintech 50 H2 Plan

The Rollup

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