The Stablecoin Podcast

From Sidelines to Front Row: Anthony Vassallo on How SVB Built Crypto Banking for 500+ Clients

In this episode, we're joined by Anthony Vassallo, Director of Crypto at Silicon Valley Bank (a division of First Citizens Bank), who's spent the last eight of his ten ye

Building SphereNet: The Compliance-First Ledger for Cross-Border Payments (Arnold Lee) 

In this episode, we're joined by Arnold Lee, co-founder and CEO of Sphere Labs, whose company settles cross-border payments across more than 160 markets and just brought

FX meets stablecoins: Elysium and AUDD

In this episode, we’re joined by Chris O'Connor and Roque Castro from Elysium Technologies, alongside Effie Dimitropoulos, CEO of AUDD, to explore where stablecoins, FX m

Accounting for Stablecoins: Inside Nephos Group's Crypto Practice (Joe David)

In this episode, we're joined by Joe David, founder and CEO of Nephos Group, an accountancy practice that moved from servicing a handful of early crypto clients in 2018 t

Building Sorbet: MENA's First On-Chain Neobank (Maher Ayari)

In this episode, we're joined by Maher Ayari, co-founder of Sorbet, a stablecoin-powered fintech building what it calls the region's first on-chain neobank for the MENA m

Inside the UAE's First Central Bank-Licensed Stablecoin: Building AECoin (Ramez Rafeek)

In this episode, we're joined by Ramez Rafeek, General Manager of AED Stablecoin LLC, the issuer of AECoin, the UAE's first Dirham-backed stablecoin, licensed directly by

When Money Moves Itself: Agentic Payments and the Future of Cross-Border Finance (Pritpal Shokar)

In this episode, we're joined by Pritpal Shokar, Head of Product for Digital Assets at Thunes, to explore what it really takes to build stablecoin infrastructure at a glo

The asset leg and the money leg of on-chain finance (Will Beeson & Jack Chong)

In this episode, we’re joined by Will Beeson (Multiliquid) and Jack Chong (Checker) to unpack where the money layer and asset layer of on‑chain finance collide. We explor

Title: From Net 30 to Net 30 Minute settlement (Ran Grushkowsky)

In this episode, Ran Grushkowsky, Co‑Founder and CEO of MassPay, breaks down why global payout systems are still fundamentally broken—and what it takes to fix them. We ex

Replacing SWIFT Without Customers Noticing (Kirill Gertman)

In this episode, Kirill Gertman, Co‑Founder and CEO of Conduit, explains how stablecoins are quietly replacing legacy payment rails like SWIFT without end users ever touc

Why Stablecoins Won’t Win Without Distribution with Gabriele Galli

In this episode, Gabriele Galli, SVP of Sales, Partnerships, and Business Development at Mesh, breaks down what it actually takes to win the stablecoin payments race. We

How Stablecoins Are Rewiring Fund Access and Global Finance with Đorđe Žarković

In this episode, Đorđe Žarković, Head of Fund Solutions at Bank Frick, breaks down what happens when traditional correspondent banking fails and why stablecoins are emerg

Stablecoins Beyond Dollars: How Grain Became Digital Money

In this episode, we explore how grain‑backed tokens are redefining money in the real economy. Eduardo Novilo Astrada, CEO and co‑founder of JustToken (AgroToken), explain

Christopher Perkins on How Stablecoins Solve For Trapped Collateral and Settlement Risk

Christopher Perkins, President and Managing Partner at CoinFund, joins us to unpack the stablecoin infrastructure era. We explore why settlement risk and trapped collater

Ghazi Ben Amor (Zama) on Confidential Stablecoins & the Future of Private On‑Chain Finance

Zama’s Ghazi Ben Amor breaks down how fully homomorphic encryption enables confidential stablecoin transfers, private DeFi, and encrypted RWAs,  all while remaining verif

Inside Accenture’s FinTech Lab: Luke Giancarlo on Bringing Stablecoins to Big Finance

Accenture’s Luke Giancarlo joins us to unpack what it really takes for stablecoins to break into enterprise adoption. From working with 120+ fintechs to advising the worl

Tanner Taddeo (Stable Sea) on Solving Stablecoin Liquidity for the Real World

Stable Sea CEO Tanner Taddeo joins us to unpack the “last mile” of stablecoins — turning digital dollars into real‑world fiat across 40+ countries. He explains why B2B pa

Alana Levin on what trends shaped the crypto industry in 2025

In this episode, we sit down with Alana Levin, investment partner at Variant and author of the 2025 Crypto Trends Report, to unpack the three compounding S‑curves: asset

Geetha with Tesser: The all-in Stablecoin Solution for Banks and Fintechs

In this episode, we sit down with Geetha Panchapakesan, founder and CEO of Tesser, to explore what stablecoins actually fix in cross‑border payments. Drawing on her exper

Intersection of Banking and Cryptowith Nicolas Marxer | Bank Frick

We sit down with Nicolas Marxer from Bank Frick, a leader in integrating crypto into traditional finance. Discover how this Liechtenstein bank became a pioneer in stablec