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Stablecoins vs Banks: Which One Will Win the Payment War? | Raagulan Pathy

Raagulan Pathy, Founder and CEO of KAST, joined us to discuss how the company is leveraging stablecoins to make global payments faster, easier, and more efficient.

Get to know Raagulan:

  • Early bird or night owl? Early bird
  • Window seat or aisle? Window
  • Text, Email, or call? Text
  • One company outside of crypto you admire? Anthropic
  • If you could have dinner with any person, living or dead, who is it? Warren Buffett
  • Best advice you’ve ever gotten? Chart your own path


Topics:

  • KAST’s stablecoin initiatives
  • Banks vs Stablecoins
  • The future of payments
  • AI Agents using stablecoins

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Timestamps

01:42 Raagulan’s Background – From Circle to Building a New Fintech

4:21 The Global Impact of Dollar-Backed Stablecoins

7:16 Building a Global Neo-Bank on Stablecoin Rails

10:24 Why Non-Crypto Natives Use Stablecoins

17:14 The Future of the Stablecoin Market by 2030

23:33 Tokenized assets settled in stablecoins

30:43 Sneak Peek: The New AI-Focused Card

32:41 Clarity Act impact on crypto industry

34:44 Wrap up questions


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