Shwetabh Sameer

Ramp Picks Stablecoins Over the Fiat Build-Out

Jul 23, 2026

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11 min read

Ramp Picks Stablecoins Over the Fiat Build-Out

AND CLARITY Still Lacks the Votes, as Marqeta Brings Stablecoin Cards to Its Issuing Base

Shwetabh Sameer, +1

🎙️ Ep. 92. Onchain FX Is the Missing Piece for Stablecoins

Jul 21, 2026

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6 min read

🎙️ Ep. 92. Onchain FX Is the Missing Piece for Stablecoins

Ft. Noah Levine (a16z), Didier Lavallee (Tetra Digital Group) and Eric Queathem (Velocity)

Shwetabh Sameer, +1

DTCC Tests Tokenized Markets With BlackRock, JPMorgan and the NYSE

Jul 16, 2026

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9 min read

DTCC Tests Tokenized Markets With BlackRock, JPMorgan and the NYSE

AND Circle Wins Final OCC Approval for Its National Trust Bank

Shwetabh Sameer, +1

🎙️ Ep. 91. Stablecoin Cards Hitting $1 Billion a Month

Jul 14, 2026

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5 min read

🎙️ Ep. 91. Stablecoin Cards Hitting $1 Billion a Month

Ft. Paul Faecks (Plasma) and Guillermo Goncalvez (El Dorado)

Simon Taylor, +1

Swift Puts Tokenized Deposits on One Shared Ledger

Jul 9, 2026

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11 min read

Swift Puts Tokenized Deposits on One Shared Ledger

AND Three G-SIBs Pull Stablecoins Into the Bank Relationship

Shwetabh Sameer, +1

🎙️ Ep. 90. Open USD - Bringing the Rest of Fiat Onchain

Jul 7, 2026

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5 min read

🎙️ Ep. 90. Open USD - Bringing the Rest of Fiat Onchain

Ft. Stephen Richardson (Fireblocks) and Ido Ben-Natan (Blockaid)

Simon Taylor, +1

140 Companies Just Backed a Stablecoin Called OpenUSD

Jul 2, 2026

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12 min read

140 Companies Just Backed a Stablecoin Called OpenUSD

AND Robinhood Takes Its Chain Live, Turning Stock Tokens Into Collateral

Shwetabh Sameer, +1

🎙️ Ep. 89. Capital Markets Are Going Onchain

Jun 30, 2026

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5 min read

🎙️ Ep. 89. Capital Markets Are Going Onchain

Ft. Noah Levine (a16z Crypto), Eric Saraniecki (Digital Asset), and Theo Golden (Baillie Gifford)

Simon Taylor, +1

The Bank of England Wrote the Rules. Now It Needs a Stablecoin

Jun 25, 2026

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13 min read

The Bank of England Wrote the Rules. Now It Needs a Stablecoin

AND Baillie Gifford puts corporate credit on public chains with BNY

Shwetabh Sameer, +1

Fidelity and Coinbase Give DeFi Institutional Mandates

Jun 18, 2026

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11 min read

Fidelity and Coinbase Give DeFi Institutional Mandates

AND Zelle's Stablecoin Is the Banks Saying Yes

Shwetabh Sameer, +1

America's Biggest Banks Build a Shared Ledger

Jun 11, 2026

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12 min read

America's Biggest Banks Build a Shared Ledger

AND how a $480B manager ended up on both sides of Ethena's stack

Shwetabh Sameer, +1

Mastercard Goes Always-On Across Six Stablecoins

Jun 4, 2026

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16 min read

Mastercard Goes Always-On Across Six Stablecoins

AND the SEC clears Paxos to settle US equities onchain

Shwetabh Sameer, +1

SoFi Ships the First Nationally Chartered Bank Stablecoin

May 28, 2026

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12 min read

SoFi Ships the First Nationally Chartered Bank Stablecoin

AND Tether builds Georgia's national currency

Shwetabh Sameer, +1

37 Banks, One Euro Stablecoin, and MiCA 2.0

May 22, 2026

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17 min read

37 Banks, One Euro Stablecoin, and MiCA 2.0

AND The BoE softens its tokenization rulebook

Shwetabh Sameer, +1

May 14, 2026

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14 min read

CLARITY Act Clears Committee

AND Circle, AWS, and Google Cloud all ship agentic payment rails in the same week

Shwetabh Sameer, +1

Kraken × MoneyGram: The Off-Ramp Becomes the Moat

May 6, 2026

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15 min read

Kraken × MoneyGram: The Off-Ramp Becomes the Moat

AND stablecoin yield compromise lands. CLARITY markup clock starts

Shwetabh Sameer, +1

Western Union Doesn't Want to Rent Your Stablecoin

Apr 29, 2026

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12 min read

Western Union Doesn't Want to Rent Your Stablecoin

AND European clearing banks go live on stablecoin rails under MiCA

Shwetabh Sameer, +1

DoorDash Brings Stablecoin Payouts to 40 Markets with Tempo

Apr 22, 2026

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16 min read

DoorDash Brings Stablecoin Payouts to 40 Markets with Tempo

AND Europe's Qivalis Picks Fireblocks, Expands to Twelve Banks

Shwetabh Sameer, +1

Apr 15, 2026

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14 min read

The Yield War Reaches a Breaking Point

Plus; Hong Kong licences banks to mint digital money

Shwetabh Sameer, +1

The White House Just Dismantled the Bank Lobby's Best Argument Against Stablecoin Yield

Apr 8, 2026

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22 min read

The White House Just Dismantled the Bank Lobby's Best Argument Against Stablecoin Yield

AND JPMorgan's CEO Just Gave Every Bank Board the Cover to Take Blockchain Seriously

Simon Taylor, +1

OpenFX Raises $94M to Fix the Corridors That Correspondent Banking Forgot

Apr 1, 2026

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28 min read

OpenFX Raises $94M to Fix the Corridors That Correspondent Banking Forgot

AND Aave V4 Goes Live as DeFi's First Institutional Credit Layer

Shwetabh Sameer, +1

Shwetabh Sameer

Ramp Picks Stablecoins Over the Fiat Build-Out

🎙️ Ep. 92. Onchain FX Is the Missing Piece for Stablecoins

DTCC Tests Tokenized Markets With BlackRock, JPMorgan and the NYSE

🎙️ Ep. 91. Stablecoin Cards Hitting $1 Billion a Month

Swift Puts Tokenized Deposits on One Shared Ledger

🎙️ Ep. 90. Open USD - Bringing the Rest of Fiat Onchain

140 Companies Just Backed a Stablecoin Called OpenUSD

🎙️ Ep. 89. Capital Markets Are Going Onchain

The Bank of England Wrote the Rules. Now It Needs a Stablecoin

Fidelity and Coinbase Give DeFi Institutional Mandates

America's Biggest Banks Build a Shared Ledger

Mastercard Goes Always-On Across Six Stablecoins

SoFi Ships the First Nationally Chartered Bank Stablecoin

37 Banks, One Euro Stablecoin, and MiCA 2.0

CLARITY Act Clears Committee

Kraken × MoneyGram: The Off-Ramp Becomes the Moat

Western Union Doesn't Want to Rent Your Stablecoin

DoorDash Brings Stablecoin Payouts to 40 Markets with Tempo

The Yield War Reaches a Breaking Point

The White House Just Dismantled the Bank Lobby's Best Argument Against Stablecoin Yield

OpenFX Raises $94M to Fix the Corridors That Correspondent Banking Forgot

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