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Presented by Stablecon Media and Powered by BVNK
In episode 9 of Money Code, hosts Chuk Okpalugo and Raj Parej are joined by Visa’s Cuy Sheffield to discuss how stablecoins move from speculation to real-world finance: dollar access at global scale, stablecoin-linked cards, cross-border flows, and the next frontier (onchain lending and agentic payments) plus what banks, fintechs, and regulators must build to compete.
About Stablecon
Stablecon (https://stablecon.com/) is the premier gathering for those at the intersection of DeFi, economic policy, financial infrastructure, and institutional integration, and those reinventing global commerce.
By convening the brightest minds in fintech and crypto, Stablecon provides attendees with world class thought leadership and fosters unparalleled networking and strategic collaboration across the digital payments industry. Whether you’re building, advising, or navigating this new frontier, this is the room where it happens.
About BVNK
BVNK is the leading provider of stablecoin payments infrastructure, helping businesses move money faster, settle globally, and even launch their own stablecoin products. Head to https://bvnk.com/ to learn more.
Connect with the Hosts & Guest
Chuk Okpalugo: LinkedIn, X, stablecoinblueprint.com
Raj Parekh: LinkedIn, X, monad.xyz
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Chapters
1. Opening And Guest Introduction (00:00:00)
2. How Visa Crypto Began: Bridging Payments and Crypto (00:02:00)
3. Building from Within: The “Visa Crypto Mafia” Story (00:05:18)
4. What Crypto Misses About Payments (00:08:08)
5. The Power of Interchange: Incentives and Business Models (00:12:45)
6. Where Stablecoin Adoption Is Real: Dollar Access & Emerging Markets (00:19:10)
7. Banks, Regulation, and the GENIUS Act: Who Wins the Next Phase (00:24:05)
8. From DeFi to Onchain Lending: Credit as the Next Trillion-Dollar Use Case (00:37:20)
9. Trust, Permissioning & Scaling On-Chain Credit (00:46:20)
10. Agentic Commerce and Machine-to-Machine Payments (00:56:30)
11. Rapid Fire Questions (01:04:20)
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