Money Code

The future of finance is digital. Welcome to Money Code, the show that decodes stablecoins and the evolution of programmable money for builders, investors, and decision-makers. Each week, join hosts Chuk Okpalugo, Author of Stablecoin Blueprint and Raj Parekh, Head of Payments/Stablecoins at Monad Foundation as they break down the systems and strategies of seasoned operators in the space, revealing the insights you need for better build and buy decisions.

Money Code is a business podcast hosted by Stablecon, with 30 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

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  Building Stablecoin Payments Across Latin America w/ Maggie Wu (Velafi)

  Sep 24, 202627 min

  In this episode of Money Code, Sanjib Kalita sits down with Maggie Wu, CEO and co-founder of Velafi, to discuss the challenges of cross-border payments in Latin America and how stablecoins can help businesses move money faster and at lower cost.Maggie shares Velafi's journey from Mexico to markets across Latin America, explaining how the company built its payment infrastructure around local licensing, banking relationships, and compliance. They also discuss the growing demand for stablecoin payments, why B2B businesses have a greater need for cross-border solutions, and what it takes to build financial infrastructure across multiple emerging markets.Subscribe and listen to the Money Code podcast here:https://lnk.to/MoneyCodeSN00:00 - Maggie Wu and the origins of Velafi02:45 - From crypto investing to stablecoin payments04:50 - Why Velafi started in Latin America07:20 - Building compliant cross-border payment infrastructure09:50 - How customer feedback shaped the product12:20 - Expanding across Latin American markets14:35 - Building local teams and maintaining compliance16:20 - Why Velafi focuses on B2B payments18:45 - The growing demand for stablecoin payments21:10 - Why emerging markets are adopting stablecoins23:35 - Velafi’s competitive advantage25:35 - Growth, fundraising, and scaling the business27:55 - Maggie’s journey as an entrepreneur29:45 - What’s next: AI and building with agentsConnect with our Host and Guest: Sanjib Kalita: linkedin.com/in/sanjibkalitaMaggie Wu: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maggie-wu-164a0797/About StableconStablecon (https://stablecon.com/) is the premier gathering for those at the intersection of DeFi, economic policy, financial infrastructure, and institutional integration, and those reinventing global commerce. By convening the brightest minds in fintech and crypto, Stablecon provides attendees with world class thought leadership and fosters unparalleled networking and strategic collaboration across the digital payments industry. Whether you're building, advising, or navigating this new frontier, this is the room where it happens.

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  Coinbase’s Stablecoin & Tokenization Strategy w/ Shan Aggarwal

  Sep 18, 202654 min

  In this episode of Money Code, host Sanjib Kalita sits down with Shan Aggarwal, Chief Business Officer and Head of Investor Relations at Coinbase, to unpack where crypto, stablecoins, and traditional finance are heading next. They explore Coinbase’s vision for an open financial system built onchain and why stablecoins are becoming an increasingly important piece of financial infrastructure.The conversation also dives into tokenized assets, agentic commerce, and the rise of machine-to-machine payments. Shan explains why stablecoins could be particularly well suited for AI-driven transactions and what needs to happen for onchain finance to become more seamless, accessible, and interconnected.Subscribe and listen to the Money Code podcast here:https://lnk.to/MoneyCodeSN00:00 – Intro: Shan Aggarwal and Coinbase03:20 – From Venture Investing to Coinbase09:55 – Building a Global Crypto Platform12:56 – Stablecoins and the Future of Onchain Finance16:39 – Coinbase and the Rise of Agentic Commerce22:32 – Build, Buy, Partner or Invest?34:42 – Coinbase’s 5–10 Year Vision for Finance41:05 – The Convergence of Traditional Finance and Crypto46:57 – The Evolving U.S. Crypto Regulatory Landscape52:17 – Shan’s Outlook on the Future of FinanceConnect with our Host and Guest: Sanjib Kalita: linkedin.com/in/sanjibkalitaShan Aggarwal :https://www.linkedin.com/in/shan-aggarwal-2a314b49/About StableconStablecon (https://stablecon.com/) is the premier gathering for those at the intersection of DeFi, economic policy, financial infrastructure, and institutional integration, and those reinventing global commerce. By convening the brightest minds in fintech and crypto, Stablecon provides attendees with world class thought leadership and fosters unparalleled networking and strategic collaboration across the digital payments industry. Whether you're building, advising, or navigating this new frontier, this is the room where it happens.

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  Inside Felix's Stablecoin Remittance Playbook w/ Manuel Godoy

  Aug 27, 202646 min

  Presented by Stablecon; Powered by BVNK. In this episode of Money Code, hosts Chuk Okpalugo and Raj Parekh sit down with Manuel Godoy, co-founder and CEO of Felix, the WhatsApp-native remittance company that has processed north of $6B across Latin America. They unpack how Felix turned an existing WhatsApp receipt-sharing habit into a remittance product, why stablecoins gave a small startup "economies of scale," and what it takes to build a broader financial companion for Latino immigrants in the US. Subscribe and listen to the Money Code podcast here: https://lnk.to/MoneyCodeSN Chapters 00:00 Felix starts with trust, not rails 02:49 Why remittance still starts in cash stores 05:08 WhatsApp was already in the flow 06:17 The first Felix product ideas failed 09:03 Why senders trust recipients with the money 11:28 Leticia: from hesitant user to ambassador 13:21 Scaling trust beyond founder selling 17:40 The ugly TikTok video that unlocked growth 20:48 Felix passes $6B across Latin America 23:16 Why Felix is becoming more than remittances 31:44 Stablecoins as small-startup scale 38:18 What breaks in weak-liquidity corridors 41:42 WhatsApp as the product platform 45:58 The financial companion opportunity Connect with the Hosts & Guest Chuk Okpalugo: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chuk-okpalugo/ | https://x.com/chuk_xyz/ | https://stablecoinblueprint.com Raj Parekh: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajparekh7/ | https://x.com/rajparekh | http://monad.xyz Manuel Godoy: https://x.com/manueljgodoym Felix: https://felixpago.com | https://x.com/Felixpago About Stablecon Stablecon (https://stablecon.com/) is the premier gathering for those at the intersection of DeFi, economic policy, financial infrastructure, and institutional integration, and those reinventing global commerce. By convening the brightest minds in fintech and crypto, Stablecon provides attendees with world class thought leadership and fosters unparalleled networking and strategic collaboration across the digital payments industry. Whether you're building, advising, or navigating this new frontier, this is the room where it happens. About BVNK BVNK is the leading provider of stablecoin payments infrastructure, helping businesses move money faster, settle globally, and even launch their own stablecoin products. Head to https://bvnk.com/ to learn more.

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  Stablecoins Make Payment Networks Capital-Light w/ Pritpal Shokar (Thunes)

  Aug 20, 202647 min

  Presented by Stablecon; Powered by BVNK. In this episode of Money Code, hosts Chuk Okpalugo and Raj Parekh sit down with Pritpal Shokar, Head of Product for Digital Assets at Thunes, to trace how a global payment network moves money across 140 countries, 90 currencies, and 220 payment methods. They unpack how stablecoins can reduce prefunding from days to hours, why local demand determines which corridors can adopt them, and why Pritpal says a capital-light network makes Thunes' core business stronger. Chapters 00:00 Defining Thunes and the last-mile problem 03:22 Building a payment network one market at a time 05:31 Mobile wallets are the account 07:14 Why instant payouts still require prefunding 10:36 Stablecoins move funding from days to hours 13:49 Local demand determines viable stablecoin corridors 17:11 Thunes tested stablecoins in its own treasury 21:35 Tokenized deposits keep money inside banking 27:02 Supporting new forms of money without picking winners 30:29 Programmable settlement, DeFi, and on-chain yield 35:40 Capital was never the product 39:10 Preparing for agentic payments before demand arrives 42:55 Start with one corridor problem Timestamps may change after final editing. Subscribe and listen to the Money Code podcast here: https://lnk.to/MoneyCodeSN Connect with the Hosts & Guest Chuk Okpalugo: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chuk-okpalugo/ | https://x.com/chuk_xyz/ | https://stablecoinblueprint.com Raj Parekh: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajparekh7/ | https://x.com/rajparekh | http://monad.xyz Pritpal Shokar: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/pritpal-shokar | https://www.thunes.com/ | https://www.linkedin.com/company/thunespayments About Stablecon Stablecon (https://stablecon.com/) is the premier gathering for those at the intersection of DeFi, economic policy, financial infrastructure, and institutional integration, and those reinventing global commerce. By convening the brightest minds in fintech and crypto, Stablecon provides attendees with world class thought leadership and fosters unparalleled networking and strategic collaboration across the digital payments industry. Whether you're building, advising, or navigating this new frontier, this is the room where it happens. About BVNK BVNK is the leading provider of stablecoin payments infrastructure, helping businesses move money faster, settle globally, and even launch their own stablecoin products. Head to https://bvnk.com/ to learn more.

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  NALA Scaled by Owning the Rails w/ Benji Fernandes

  Jul 30, 202652 min

  Presented by Stablecon; Powered by BVNK. In this episode of Money Code, hosts Chuk Okpalugo and Raj Parekh sit down with Benji Fernandes, founder and CEO of NALA, a remittance business for diaspora customers, and Rafiki, its B2B infrastructure arm for emerging-market payouts, collections, and stablecoin settlement. They unpack how consumer remittance volume pushed NALA to own more of the rails, why 96 out of 100 stablecoin trades in its markets are USDT, and why licenses, liquidity, and local payout infrastructure decide what stablecoins can actually do. Subscribe and listen to the Money Code podcast here: https://lnk.to/MoneyCodeSN Chapters 00:00 What NALA does: remittance, Rafiki, and emerging-market rails 01:56 Why Benji entered a "saturated" remittance market 04:56 The failed first version of NALA 06:35 Africa's fragmentation problem: 54 countries, 40 currencies 08:20 The FX loss that pulled NALA into infrastructure 12:48 The NALA stack: ledger, treasury, distribution 18:47 Where stablecoins actually help 20:43 Three stablecoin patterns Benji is watching 26:13 Local wallets: four customer problems inside one product 31:09 The liquidity problem behind stablecoin on/off ramps 35:29 "Solve my problem fastest": what users care about 36:10 The stablecoin hype Benji pushes back on 40:44 TAM has to follow customer behavior 44:39 Payments for the next billion 47:40 Why Rafiki scaled after everyone called it a distraction 49:56 Where to find Benji and NALA Connect with the Hosts & Guest Chuk Okpalugo: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chuk-okpalugo/ | https://x.com/chuk xyz/ | https://stablecoinblueprint.com Raj Parekh: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajparekh7/ | https://x.com/rajparekh | http://monad.xyz Benji Fernandes: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjaminf7/ | https://x.com/Benji Fernandes | https://www.nala.com | https://www.rafiki.com About Stablecon Stablecon (https://stablecon.com/) is the premier gathering for those at the intersection of DeFi, economic policy, financial infrastructure, and institutional integration, and those reinventing global commerce. By convening the brightest minds in fintech and crypto, Stablecon provides attendees with world class thought leadership and fosters unparalleled networking and strategic collaboration across the digital payments industry. Whether you're building, advising, or navigating this new frontier, this is the room where it happens. About BVNK BVNK is the leading provider of stablecoin payments infrastructure, helping businesses move money faster, settle globally, and even launch their own stablecoin products. Head to https://bvnk.com/ to learn more.

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