Elise Soucie Watts

Stepan Simkin, CEO of Squads, and Elise Soucie Watts, Executive Director at Global Digital Finance, dive into the exciting world of stablecoins. They discuss the launch of a stablecoin account for businesses, merging traditional banking with blockchain innovations. The conversation shifts to compliance challenges in the crypto landscape, emphasizing the role of AI in regulatory processes. They also touch on the legislative strides made by the GENIUS Act and how regulatory clarity could revolutionize financial interactions and improve innovation.

Join Elise Soucie Watts, Executive Director at Global Digital Finance, and Rob Hadick, General Partner at Dragonfly, as they dive into the launch of Circle Payments Network (CPN) and its ambitious goals for revolutionizing cross-border payments. They tackle the regulatory hurdles facing hybrid financial institutions and unpack the differences between yield-bearing and payment stablecoins. The conversation also explores crypto firms pursuing bank charters and the implications of compliance regulations in today’s fast-evolving financial landscape.