Stablecoins @moonpay, Founder/CEO @iron (acq. by @moonpay) | Prev: @ultimateapp (acq. by @jupiterexchange). Follow me for all things Stablecoins & DeFi.
00:00- Yesterday we announced something huge π @iron + @Mastercard + @moonpay are bringing stablecoin spending to the real world. Soon, any wallet can offer a Mastercard card - funded by stablecoins, accepted at 150M+ merchants. Users see stables. Merchants get fiat. Under the hood?
- Very exciting news to share: @JupiterExchange has acquired Ultimate!!! With over $10B weekly trading volume, Jupiter is by far the largest trading platform on Solana. They are now planning a major push into mobile and Ultimate will form the core of this product offering. Thisπ Big News: Jupiter acquires Ultimate Wallet and our mobile team! More info in the threadπ
- Stablecoin FX is a massive emerging opportunity. Good read by @haonan. Current DeFi market infra is not yet built to support OTC sized FX flow but we are getting there. Agree that this is one of the biggest opportunities to build today. This is when real institutional flows
- Huge news from @iron . Weβre proud to announce our partnership with @Mastercard to issue stablecoin-linked virtual cards for 100m+ crypto wallet users. This is a major step forward in our mission to make stablecoins usable anywhere, by anyone. Powered by Iron & @moonpay underπ¨ BREAKING NEWS π¨ MoonPay and @Mastercard have joined forces to enable stablecoin payments and spending at 150 million global businesses! with this partnership, every crypto wallet will also have access to new stablecoin-powered virtual Mastercards
00:00 - So many acquisition news in crypto / stablecoins recently. Three more the last two days. @FireblocksHQ buys @dynamic_xyz for $90m --> huge kudos to @turbahn for fantastic execution building this company. Excited to work together in the future. @aave Labs buys
- Stablecoins are not just new payment rails - they're the first time financial infrastructure is being rebuilt from first principles by developers. Composable money. Global liquidity. All accessible by API. "Everything we do today can be made stablecoin-native, and when that
- The Stablecoin Mullet Thesis - Fintech at the front. Stablecoins at the back. One of the biggest unlocks for stablecoin usage globally will be adoption by FinTechs with large distribution such as challenger banks (@nubank @RevolutApp ), brokerages (@RobinhoodApp), enterprise
- π We got a New York BitLicense! π This isnβt just any license - the NYDFS BitLicense is one of the most difficult and respected regulatory approvals in crypto. With it, we can now fully serve customers in New York - one of the most highly regulated markets, where many
- Replying to @maxwallenberg2/ A full Nasdaq on chain This was the core idea behind Solana, the βBlockchain at Nasdaq speedβ. Currently the Solana network runs at 4k average TPS (more than all EVM chains combined) but with @jump_firedancer this should allow for 600k TPS (vs 500k for Nasdaq).















