Episode 23 | Christophe Lassuyt from Request on Building a Financial Suite for Cryptocurrencies

The very nature of cryptocurrencies is that it’s peer to peer, and there is no need for an intermediary to make payments.

But to streamline and facilitate the adoption of crypto payments in a compliant way, there is the need for a whole range of financial applications to be built around.

One company which has been building in this space and garnering substantial industry growth for a while now is Request.

Request is a payment protocol that enables you to request a payment and be paid with crypto in a compliant way.

One of the first financial applications built was Request Finance, an app that now helps over 1,200 businesses in managing their crypto payments and financial operations, including leading blockchain projects like Sandbox, Aave, Maker DAO, Ocean Protocol, to mention just a few.

On Episode 23, I speak to Christophe Lassuyt, the co-founder at Request. The success story of Christophe, a former CFO turned entrepreneur, is inspiring for all accountants out there, and it’s one of the many reasons I wanted to have Christophe on the show.

In this episode, you will learn;

• What is Request network and the financial applications being built on top;
• An overview into Request Finance, and how it’s being used for salaries, expenses and accounting;
• The future of invoicing with Defi;
• The new career opportunities with web3 and much more.

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