Jose Lemus, CEO and cofounder at IBEX Mercado, joins the show to talk Lightning and its growing usage in emerging markets. In this episode:

• The origins of IBEX
• How IBEX clients are using LN in emerging markets
• How Lightning as a settlement layer for cross-border interbank payments
• Lightning as a bridge currency
• Why stablecoins make sense on Lightning
• Why EM firms have an affinity for Lightning
• IBEX’s partnership with Grupo Salinas and how they are introducing Lightning to Mexican households
• Lightning as an emerging remittance tool
• Why Mexico is a good fight for Lightning adoption
• Is Jose satisfied with Lightning’s maturity as a protocol
• How Bitcoin’s market cap is the ultimate bandwidth for Lightning
• Why Lightning reimagines the established batched payments model
• Jose’s answer to the biggest critique of Lightning at present

Further reading: 

• Learn more about IBEX
• IBEX’s partnership with Salinas Group