Why Ramp Is All in on Stablecoins

On Ep. 8 of Stablecoin Stories, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo and Ran Goldi, SVP Payments, Fireblocks are joined by Alex Bazhenov, Senior Staff Software Engineer @ Ramp and Andrew Chapello, Product Lead @ Ramp to discuss customer demand for faster, cheaper global business payments driving stablecoin adoption strategy, integrating blockchain payments with legacy fiat ledger infrastructure and more! Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 5:00 Customer demand for faster, cheaper global business payments drives stablecoin adoption strategy 10:09 How Ramp’s spend management, bill pay, banking, and stablecoin products connect 15:10 Customer adoption, product feedback, and making stablecoin accounts invisible to users 17:36 Engineering challenges integrating blockchain payments with legacy fiat ledger infrastructure 23:25 Ramp’s long-term monetization strategy and eliminating on-ramp, off-ramp, and gas fees 33:17 How AI agents automate finance operations and increase productivity across Ramp teams 47:37 Why Ramp believes stablecoins will become bigger than Swift for global payments Tokenized is sponsored by Visa A world leader in digital payments, Visa is bridging the gap between traditional financial institutions and innovative blockchain networks, helping players in the payments ecosystem navigate the ever-evolving world of tokenized fiat currencies with confidence and ease. Learn more at visa.com/crypto. Tokenized is also presented by Fireblocks With over $100 billion in monthly stablecoin volume, Fireblocks powers stablecoin strategies at scale with infrastructure that enables PSPs, fintechs, remitters and banks to issue, move, hold, and manage stablecoins. And it’s all done securely, at scale, and with built-in compliance. Learn more at fireblocks.com ***We’d also like to remind you that the views or opinions of our contributors today are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the companies they are representing. Nothing we say should be taken as tax, financial, investment or legal advice, do your own research!   Music by Henry McLean