Drew Rogers
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stay stable 💸 — founder @stabledash fmr: @coinbase @square @bastionplatform
St Louis, MO
Joined October 2021
Introducing: Stabled Up. The premiere live show about stablecoins, hosted weekly by @therollupco is coming to @stabledash Every episode with insights from our teams. First one just dropped 📰 https://t.co/AnIlVHn3Ey
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The Rollup and Sam Kazemian analyze how the Fed’s 25 basis point cut and shift in monetary policy are creating a pivotal moment for the $300 billion stablecoin market.
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"The digital euro doesn't really change anything because it's like SEPA - it's just within the countries that are part of the European Union and not outside. Stablecoins, you can just send outside of Europe." - @Luis_schaubi, @AllUnityStable The core difference: CBDCs replicate
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The biggest mistake companies make when expanding to emerging markets? Treating entire regions as monoliths. "Nigeria and Botswana have about as much in common as Italy and China. And people see them as similar because people see Africa as like a monolith." - @chrismaurice, CEO
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Permissionless doesn't mean you have to do business with everyone. It means anyone can innovate on your infrastructure without asking. "You could get an 18-year-old coder from Italy just turn up and do something really innovative with that Euro stablecoin infrastructure. If they
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FINALLY RELEASED — @rparekh is one of the most experienced 'fintech-meets-stablecoin' builders I've ever interviewed. We unpack his early days at @Visa — building and selling @portal_hq to @monad — & what's next Missing these CDMX vibes 🇲🇽😮💨
.@rparekh leads stablecoin strategy at @monad after their acquisition of @Portal_hq (the company Raj started) In this conversation, Raj covers Monad's infrastructure approach to stablecoin payments, why LatAm is becoming the testing ground for stablecoin applications, and how
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"If you're focused on the US and Europe, you didn't see it (stablecoins) early because...who the hell needs this in the US? Like, my bank works fine." - @chrismaurice, CEO of @yellowcard_app This is why emerging markets saw stablecoin adoption years before developed economies
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Those who can buy in to something before it actually exists = my fav people to build with @Joey_Isaacson agreed to be a Contributor before we even had an operational website. Loved seeing his first op-ed go live today. Go check out @nook_platform !!!
📰 The Rate Paradox: Why Higher Yields Are Killing Mainstream Stablecoin Adoption - @Joey_Isaacson, @nook_platform Read More:
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"Today, we are the largest licensed stablecoin payments infrastructure provider for emerging markets." - @chrismaurice, CEO @yellowcard_app They're powering Visas, PayPals, and major telcos moving money across Africa, Southeast Asia, and Latin America.
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NOW STREAMING: Stableminded S6 E3 ft @chrismaurice, CEO/Co-founder of @yellowcard_app Companies that wouldn't take Chris's calls 2.5 years ago are now the ones reaching out post-election asking how to access stablecoin payment rails. Yellow Card launched in Nigeria in 2019 as
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"People say, 'If you can make it in New York, you can make it anywhere.' That's not true. If you can make it in Lagos, Nigeria, that's a whole another ballgame." - @ChrisMaurice, CEO/Co-Founder of @Yellowcard_app Season 6, Episode 3 of Stableminded is live. Chris covers: -
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"The number of people doing things right? It's probably less than 10%." - @rodrifernandezt, Co-Founder of @Crossmint, on the compliance crisis in crypto applications. He estimates the vast majority may be illegally engaging in money transmission without realizing it and locking
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"Banks, which are governed by central banks, say 'actually you can only take out a million dollars per month because we don't want capital flight.'"- Tanner Taddeo, CEO at @StableSea_xyz on the cash trap problem. Companies generate $200 million in monthly revenue in countries
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"For us, the lowest risk you can get in Brazil is paying 15% a year." Thomaz Teixeira, CEO at @brl1coin, on why Brazilian stablecoins operate with different economics than USD stablecoins. BRL1 maintains a 1:1 peg with the Brazilian real while reserves sit in government
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Full article and episode, now on @stabledash
https://t.co/q17EzP971F
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From NFT roots to fintech rails, Crossmint is pioneering modern money movement
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4/ on Spending. "There's no point in having a stablecoin balance if you can't actually use it." That's why they integrate @raincards — Instant off-ramp to real spending. Cards = Utility (aka adoption)
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3/ on Urgency. "If you're a fintech company and you're not already building with stablecoins? Start now or you'll be too late." — @rodrifernandezt I've seen plenty of "get in now" pitches. This one truly feels different. We're early, but the window is narrowing.
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2/ on Speed. Crossmint helped @MoneyGram launch a live stablecoin remittance product in Colombia in 2 months. With 1.5 engineers... That stat floored me. Building onchain used to mean stitching together 10+ vendors, each with their own compliance overhead and tech debt.
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1/ on Visibility. The companies winning in stablecoins aren't the ones with the best tech They're the ones making the tech disappear entirely. Where is "Crossmint" here? Invisible.
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Spent an hour with @rodrifernandezt (co-founder at @crossmint) talking about the infra layer for modern money. Big learnings 🧵
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Stablecoin infrastructure breaks at $10 million. Large-ticket transactions (treasury moves, merchant settlements) still get routed to OTC desks via Telegram, messaging apps that treasury teams legally can't use. Tanner Taddeo, CEO of @StableSea_xyz identified the gap: stablecoin
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