Can God create a central bank so independent that even he can not interfere with it?

1/ 2 weeks ago we published our thinking on the next phase of fintech Money 3.0 is here, but most people missed it. Here’s our take on why stablecoins represent the biggest architectural shift in finance since the internet + what’s coming next 👇

Ran into this again today.

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A new financial system is taking shape, and stablecoins are at the core. We call this shift Money 3.0: a re-architecture of global finance where platform builders fuse traditional financial services with blockchain infrastructure. In our latest blog, @katkzhang, @arfrank, and @jmover explore: → Why stablecoins are creating new markets, not just filling gaps → Where the value accrues across the stablecoin stack → How founders are designing for trust, compliance, and scale Read the full piece:

We’ve been deep in stablecoins lately - especially after @averystableconf (more on that soon) - and wanted to share some thoughts on the founders building in what we call the Money 3.0 space.

A new financial system is taking shape, and stablecoins are at the core. We call this shift Money 3.0: a re-architecture of global finance where platform builders fuse traditional financial services with blockchain infrastructure. In our latest blog, @arfrank, @jmover, and @katkzhang explore: → Why stablecoins are creating new markets, not just filling gaps → Where the value accrues across the stablecoin stack → How founders are designing for trust, compliance, and scale Read the full piece:

Love that @final hasn’t existed for 7.5 years and we still get a callout in the @WSJ thanks to @CoreCard