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Guest: Felipe Servin, Founder & CEO of Sati
Duration: ~48 minutes
🎧 Episode Overview
For billions of people, banking is a luxury, and stable money is out of reach.
In this episode, host Lindsey McConaghy speaks with Felipe Servin, founder of Sati, a WhatsApp-first crypto wallet that makes Bitcoin, stablecoins, and even mining rewards accessible through simple chat commands.
Felipe shares his journey from building online communities with 50M+ users to confronting the realities of remittances, hyperinflation, and financial exclusion. He also explains why bots may be crypto’s best shot at real-world adoption.
🧠 What You’ll Learn
- How Felipe went from viral Facebook communities to solving cross-border payments
- How Sati turns WhatsApp into a full-featured crypto wallet (no downloads required)
- Sending to phone numbers, with unclaimed funds returned automatically
- Cash-to-crypto on-ramps via 7-Eleven and beyond
- True stories: a Venezuelan nail artist, surviving inflation in Argentina, and more
- What crypto builders can learn from messaging-first design
- What’s next: AI chat flows & Bitcoin Lightning tipping for creators
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