Stable Stories

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Stable Stories is a Web3 podcast series that explores the behind-the-scenes stories of builders pioneering the stablecoin industry.

  1. 6D AGO

    Privacy Is Not Just For Cypherpunks: Stable Stories with Horizen Labs

    Zain Cheng, CTO of Horizen Labs, joins Stable Stories to discuss the intersection of AI agents, privacy, and stablecoins. A former Federal Reserve engineer turned crypto builder, Zain explains how Horizen is pivoting from a privacy L1 to a modular Layer 3 on Base. We dive into the "Agentic Economy"—where AI agents hold wallets and transact without bank accounts—and how ZKVerify provides the proof layer they need. Zain also covers Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs) as the bridge for institutional compliance and the roadmap to fully cryptographic privacy.Stable Stories is a podcast series exploring the behind-the-scenes stories of the builders, operators, and pioneers shaping the stablecoin economy. Eco: https://eco.comEco on X: https://x.com/ecoHorizen Labs: https://horizenlabs.io/ZkVerify: https://zkverify.io/Zain on X: https://x.com/zainlabs?lang=en

    24 min

  2. FEB 9

    The Valuation Arbitrage: Why We Stopped Investing in the US and focused on Emerging Markets. | Gideon Greaves, Managing Partner Lisk Ventures

    Gideon Greaves, Managing Partner at Lisk Ventures, joins Stable Stories to discuss why the future of Web3 adoption lies in emerging markets. Gideon shares his journey from bootstrapping a food-tech startup in South Africa to leading a $20 million Web3 fund. He explains Lisk’s pivot to an Ethereum Layer 2, the massive valuation arbitrage opportunities in African tech, and why "boring" use cases like verifying land titles are revolutionary in Nigeria. We also explore the inevitable shift of governments moving on-chain and Lisk’s new partnEco: https://eco.comEco on X: https://x.com/ecoLisk: https://lisk.com/Gideon On X: https://x.com/gideongreavesership with the United Nations to accelerate industrial blockchain adoption.Stable Stories is a podcast series exploring the behind-the-scenes stories of the builders, operators, and pioneers shaping the stablecoin economy.

    28 min

  3. FEB 3

    Why Every Company Should Launch a Branded Stablecoin

    As stablecoins move from a crypto niche to real financial infrastructure, more builders are asking the same question: why issue your own stablecoin instead of relying on USDC or USDT?In this episode of Stable Stories, we sit down with Chase Merlin, Product Lead at Brale, to break down how stablecoin issuance is evolving — and why branded stablecoins are becoming a core primitive for onchain businesses.Chase shares his journey from Web2 product and fintech into DeFi, entering the space during DeFi Summer and witnessing firsthand why stablecoins became the foundation for nearly every onchain use case. We explore how Brale is building a full-stack stablecoin issuance platform that goes beyond minting — covering on- and off-ramps, automations, wallets, treasury management, and multi-chain deployment.The conversation dives into why more marketplaces, fintechs, teams, and consumer apps are choosing to issue their own stablecoins to capture treasury revenue, customize behavior, and build stronger user relationships — and how interoperability will determine whether the future looks like a long tail of branded stablecoins or a reconsolidation into shared consortium models.Stable Stories is a podcast series exploring the behind-the-scenes stories of the builders, operators, and pioneers shaping the stablecoin economy. Eco: https://eco.com Eco on X: https://x.com/eco Brale: https://brale.xyz/

    23 min

  4. JAN 22

    USDT0’s $63B Year: Inside the Massive Growth of Cross-Chain Tether

    This week Lorenzo Romagnoli, Co-Founder of USDT0, joins us to explain how USDT0 makes USDT seamless across chains by turning it into a free, non-custodial interoperable asset.He shares his DeFi-native background (having a crypto wallet before a bank account) and why USDT historically struggled to spread beyond Tron/Ethereum due to friction: Tether chain swaps, liquidity bridges, or CEX routing. USDT0 solves this with an Ethereum lockbox plus LayerZero messaging to mint/burn USDT0 across supported networks—now moving ~150–300M USDT daily. The episode also explores Tether’s “freedom tech” ethos and Tether Gold/XAUT0.Stable Stories is an X Spaces series that explores the behind-the-scenes stories of builders pioneering the stablecoin industry. Eco: https://eco.comEco on X: https://x.com/eco USDT0: https://usdt0.to/USDT0 on Paragraph: https://paragraph.com/@tetherzeroUSDT0 Analytics: https://docs.usdt0.to/overview/analyticsLorenzo on X: https://x.com/zerolore

    33 min

  5. JAN 15

    Send Crypto Like Email: Solving the Last Mile | Konrad Urban, Founder at Peanut

    Peanut is a self-custodial wallet connecting users and their funds directly to banks and payment networks, making spending and using stablecoins easy, cheap and global!This week, Peanut co-founder Conrad Urban explains the Peanut wallet and it's core promise: send funds to anyone without caring what rails they use, with simple link/QR transfers that can route to wallets, banks, or local merchant QR systems. Stable Stories is an X Spaces series that explores the behind-the-scenes stories of builders pioneering the stablecoin industry. Eco: https://eco.comEco on X: https://x.com/eco Peanut: https://peanut.me/Konrad Urban on X: https://x.com/0xkkonrad

    38 min

  6. JAN 9

    Will 2026 Be Bigger Than 2025? The Future of Stablecoins (ft. Circle, Privy, Eco)

    2025 marked stablecoins’ shift from a crypto primitive to real financial infrastructure. Privy’s Max Segall, Circle’s Peter Schroder and Eco's Annika Lewis break down what drove the “stablecoin year”: Bridge’s momentum, Stripe’s acquisition, Privy joining forces with Stripe, and major enterprises finally engaging seriously. They highlight regulation as the key unlock (including the U.S. Genius Act and Canada’s draft stablecoin framework), the rise of stablechains, and Circle’s IPO. The big question for 2026: can stablecoins quietly power mainstream apps through seamless, abstracted payments?Stable Stories is an X Spaces series that explores the behind-the-scenes stories of builders pioneering the stablecoin industry. Privy: https://www.privy.io/Circle: https://www.circle.com/Eco: https://eco.com/

    22 min

  7. 12/23/2025

    Coinflow vs. Stripe: The Future of Instant Stablecoin Payments

    Coinflow enables businesses to make payments their growth engine by launching fast, settling instantly and scaling globally.In this episode, Daniel Lev, co-founder and CEO of Coinflow, explains how stablecoins can eliminate the slow settlement cycles that plague global payments—especially for marketplaces that collect funds and pay sellers across borders. Coinflow acts as a next-gen PSP, accepting multiple payment methods and settling merchants in stablecoins in as little as T+5 seconds, enabling near-instant payouts and faster cash flow. Stable Stories is an X Spaces series that explores the behind-the-scenes stories of builders pioneering the stablecoin industry. Eco: https://eco.comEco on X: https://x.com/eco Coinflow: https://coinflow.cash/Daniel Lev on X: https://x.com/CoinflowLabs/status/1965788707698708939

    24 min

  8. 12/17/2025

    This Finance App Generates 6-10% APY on your Dollars with Ash Ahmed, Co-Founder of Axal

    Axal is a high yield savings app that provides industry leading rates and protection. In this episode of Stable Stories, Dave sits down with Ash, Co-Founder of Axal, to explore why yield should be treated as a core financial primitive, simple and accessible, despite growing fragmentation across DeFi, RWAs, and fixed-rate products. He highlights the importance of non-custodial guarantees, clean UX, and aggregation as yield becomes commoditized and outlines Axel’s yield-first strategy, recent app launch learnings, and roadmap.Stable Stories is an X Spaces series that explores the behind-the-scenes stories of builders pioneering the stablecoin industry. Eco Website: https://eco.comEco X: https://x.com/eco Axal: https://axal.com/Ash on X: https://x.com/ashlan_ahmed?lang=en

    20 min
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Stable Stories is a Web3 podcast series that explores the behind-the-scenes stories of builders pioneering the stablecoin industry.

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  • Creator
    Eco
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    35
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Eco
  • Show Website
    Stable Stories