Stablecoin special: Zach Abrams (Bridge) and Henri Stern (Privy)

Zach Abrams, the CEO and cofounder of Bridge, the leading stablecoin orchestration platform, and Henri Stern, CEO and cofounder of Privy, the leading crypto wallet infrastructure, sit down with John to discuss the future of stablecoins, issuing, and what it will take for crypto to become ubiquitous. Both companies recently joined Stripe, and are uniquely positioned to dissect how crypto is changing financial infrastructure. Full transcript on Substack: https://cheekypint.substack.com/p/sta... Subscribe to Cheeky Pint Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2IHbGJJ... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Substack: https://cheekypint.substack.com/ Key moments 00:00 Introducing Bridge + Privy 06:39 How stablecoins are being used today 14:27 US Dollar dominance 25:50 The future of banking 34:35 Blockchains 42:27  Building a modular stack 47:14  Open issuance 56:55 M&A 01:11:02 The future of stablecoins

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Bridge CEO Zach Abrams: Stablecoins Are The Next Platform for Money

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Casey Handmer of Terraform Industries on solar maximalism, hard tech, and reclaiming the Salton Sea

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How Rain Is Bringing Stablecoins to Everyday Payments | Farooq Malik and Charles Yoo-Naut, Rain

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Crypto Experts Explain Stablecoins & the Future Financial System w/ Ali Yahya & Arianna Simpson

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A Cheeky Pint with Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev

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Ramp founder Eric Glyman on the many ways AI is changing corporate spending

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What are stablecoins and how does the GENIUS Act regulate them?

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Marc Andreessen and Charlie Songhurst on the past, present, and future of Silicon Valley

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Bret Taylor of Sierra on AI agents, outcome-based pricing, and the OpenAI board

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Crypto’s Killer App? Why Everyone’s Really Into Stablecoins Right Now

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Putin's Army Is Running Out Of LOYALTY