Zach Abrams—co-founder of Bridge, acquired by Stripe—joins Ryan to unpack Stripe’s stablecoin strategy and why tokenized dollars are poised to devour global payments.
We cover Bridge’s sale to Stripe, how “fiat L1 / stablecoin L2” rails unlock faster, cheaper cross-border payouts (from startups to government aid), the case for many issuer- and app-specific stablecoins with better yield sharing, and what the Tempo chain targets for payment-scale throughput, privacy, and finality.
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
6:28 Zach’s Founder Arc
15:47 Fintech x Crypto Convergence
18:55 Founding Bridge in the Dark Times
22:42 Traditional Payment Inefficiencies
26:21 Bridge 101
42:00 Traditional Bank Pushback
42:17 Stablecoin Treasuries
50:22 Post-Genius Stablecoin Market
59:27 Fintech in 5 years
1:05:01 Tempo L1
1:13:30 Too Many Blockchains
1:17:25 Exiting TradFi
1:20:49 Getting Stablecoins to Trillions
1:25:28 Stripe x Crypto
1:29:44 AI Stablecoin Users
1:32:32 Closing & Disclaimers
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RESOURCES
Zach Abrams
https://x.com/zcabrams
Tempo
https://tempo.xyz/
Bridge
https://www.bridge.xyz/
Stripe
https://stripe.com/
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