Santi Alvarado (XFX) on Improving FX for Stablecoins (EP.635)

Bullish:

• $STABLES - Stablecoins are seen as a revolutionary standard for cross-border payments, offering significant improvements over traditional systems, especially in terms of efficiency and real-time processing.

  • “The most exciting thing for me about Stablecoins is that for the first time, we have an standard that the ecosystem can agree upon and actually build according to that standard for cross border payments.”

    Santi·7:35

  • “Why does the cross border payments base still need to happen in batch? That's to a large degree the problem that Stablecoins can get to solve.”

    Santi·10:50
• $EM - Emerging markets, particularly those with less liquid and more exotic currencies, are seen as prime opportunities for new financial technologies to provide significant improvements over traditional finance options.

  • “We believe that the places where this technology, like, is really 10 x better than the existing TradFi alternatives is in the less liquid, more exotic markets.”

    Santi·14:57
• $XFX - XFX, a company in the cross-border payments space, has recently raised funds and is backed by notable investors, indicating potential for growth and innovation in the sector.

  • “XFX, you just raised for earlier this week, and we were proud to be investors in that round.”

    Sean·3:48