Crypto and Fintech Are Colliding. Who Wins, and How? - Ep. 856
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So you see tons of startups now. There's this tech event we were at in, April, the, Africa Tech Summit, and it was hundreds of companies and half of them were involved in crypto in some way. And that was before stable coin summer. So that was like the precursor, you know, kinda see the trends happening in Africa that later hit the rest of the world. And everybody was there, and it was just wild to see. Hi,
everyone. Welcome to Unchained, your Welcome to Unchained, your no hype resource for all things crypto. I'm your host, Laura Shin. Every episode of Unchained, I read comments from listeners. Today, we have a comment from Emily junior responding to my recent interview with Jesse Pollock about JPMorgan's announcement of a USD token launch on base. On x, Emily Junior said, JPM on base. Stripe on base. Pripy acquired by Stripe. Largest bank in United States, JPM. Largest private fintech on planet, Stripe. Gradually then all at once, accelerating. If you want your comment or thoughts on the podcast
for having me back. I
know. You were the first guest ever on Unchained nine years ago. I
can't I failed. Not
long to have you back. But the timing is so fortuitous. You've just announced that pending regulatory approval, your company will be acquired by Uruguayan payments provider, Dlocal, plus Yeah. Stablecoin Summer. And we are in this moment where fintech and crypto are kind of, like, all competing in the same space. So this is, like, the perfect time to have you back.
It's so wild. Feels like a different planet than when when we first talked. Right? I
know. Seriously, I listened to the first episode, and it's so funny because, you talked about how at that time people, like like, when you started, that people would make international payments by sending somebody to, like let's say they wanted to make a payment to China. They would literally send a person with bags of cash to China.
Yeah. No. No. And, like, when Barry Silbert sent me his first investment, he had to send me a check because there was no wire to go through. And then I get a DHL check called the Bitcoin Opportunity Corp, and my bank then sent it back to The US from Kenya verify it. And I was like, this is madness. Like like, so wild. So wild. Yeah.
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