Stepan Simkin (Squads) on Stablecoin-Powered Financial Services (EP.688)

Update: 2025-12-01

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Stepan, founder of Squads, sits down with Wyatt on today's episode. In this discussion:

Squads' evolution from a DeFi-facing product to servicing a broader range of companies' asset treasury needs.
What are the pain points of local small-medium businesses?
What is driving the gradual global movement from local currencies into USD stablecoins?
The appetite for safe yield across user types.
Other traditional digital banking players and how they are evolving with technology.
How the stablecoin trend impacts governments.
What happens to local banks?

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Stepan Simkin (Squads) on Stablecoin-Powered Financial Services (EP.688)

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Stepan Simkin (Squads) on Stablecoin-Powered Financial Services (EP.688)

Stepan Simkin (Squads) on Stablecoin-Powered Financial Services (EP.688)