Stable Stories

Artemis empowers anyone to understand on-chain activity. Artemis is building the data standard for digital finance so anyone can use and access the new global financial system.Stable Stories is an X Spaces series that explores the behind-the-scenes stories of builders pioneering the stablecoin industry.Eco Website: https://eco.comArtemis Website: https://www.artemisanalytics.com/

In Stable Stories #09, Annika Lewis, Executive Director at the Eco Foundation, speaks with Dakota founders Ryan Bozarth and Gabe D'Sell. Dakota is a modern banking platform, powered by stablecoins and backed by U.S. Treasuries, to make global finance faster, seamless, and secure.Stable Stories is a podcast series that explores the behind-the-scenes stories of builders pioneering the stablecoin industry.Eco Website: https://eco.comDakota Website: https://dakota.xyz/

This week, Dave Clancy, Growth & Governance at the Eco Foundation, speaks with Marcel Kasumovich, Chief Strategist at Coinbase Asset Management.Marcel shares his view of crypto through a macro lens: stablecoins as the first true “banking habit,” Bitcoin as pristine digital collateral that’s been pulled onto institutional rails, and Ethereum as the practical build layer for finance.

Stable Stories is an X Spaces series that explores the behind-the-scenes stories of builders pioneering the stablecoin industry.Eco Website: https://eco.com

Marcel X: https://x.com/MarcelKasumovic

In Stable Stories #10, Dave Clancy, Growth and Governance at the Eco Foundation, speaks with Atikh Bana and Issa Hassan, Co-Founders of Acctual, to discuss building a global invoicing and payments platform powered by stablecoins. They explore the coordination challenges of B2B payments, the need for flexibility across fiat and crypto infrastructure, and how Acctual enables seamless cross-border payouts—even when recipients aren't crypto-native or familiar with blockchain-powered applications.Stable Stories is an X Spaces series that explores the behind-the-scenes stories of builders pioneering the stablecoin industry.Eco Website: https://eco.com

Acctual: https://www.acctual.com/

In this episode of Stable Stories, Onboard founder Badamosi shares his journey from medicine and venture capital to building crypto products that expand access to global finance. The conversation explores how Onboard began as an on-chain P2P protocol before evolving into a global fintech app that lets users send, spend, and convert stablecoins seamlessly. Yele discusses the team’s user-led product strategy, focusing on real-world financial access rather than speculative hype, and the parallels between Africa’s stablecoin adoption and the upcoming wave of institutional adoption in developed markets as regulation matures.Stable Stories is an X Spaces series that explores the behind-the-scenes stories of builders pioneering the stablecoin industry.Eco Website: https://eco.com

Onboard: https://www.onboard.xyz/

In this episode of Stable Stories, Onboard founder Badamosi shares his journey from medicine and venture capital to building crypto products that expand access to global finance. The conversation explores how Onboard began as an on-chain P2P protocol before evolving into a global fintech app that lets users send, spend, and convert stablecoins seamlessly.

Stable Stories is an X Spaces series that explores the behind-the-scenes stories of builders pioneering the stablecoin industry.

Eco Website: https://eco.com

Eco Website: https://eco.com

In this episode, Jay Kurahashi-Sofu, CMO at Eco, speaks with Nitya Subramanian & Aditi Sriram of Para.They explore recent stablecoin developments and how Para is building universal wallets for seamless cross-chain use.

The discussion covers fragmentation, embedded wallets, composable fintech UX, and why gradual abstraction is key to adoption. Stable Stories is an X Spaces series that explores the behind-the-scenes stories of builders pioneering the stablecoin industry.

Eco Website: https://eco.comPara: https://www.getpara.com/

In this episode, Dave Clancy, Growth & Governance lead at Eco Foundation, speaks with Markus Franke, CEO of Mento Labs.They explore how Mento is bringing the $7.5T FX market onchain while issuing multi-currency stablecoins for global users.

Mento shares how they’re enabling cross-chain trading, on/off-ramps, and hedging—powering everything from remittances to institutional-grade currency markets.Stable Stories is a podcast series that explores the behind-the-scenes stories of builders pioneering the stablecoin industry.

Eco Website: https://eco.com

Mento: https://www.mento.org/

This week on Stable Stories Dave Liebowitz (aka DeFi Dave), Head of Growth at Cap joins us to talk about his path from writer to DeFi builder and to introduce Cap's “type-3” stablecoin model.

He explains Cap's three-sided marketplace where competitive strategies chase a hurdle rate while restaking provides cryptoeconomic downside protection via slashing.

Eco Website: https://eco.com/

Cap Website: https://cap.app/

This week, Eco's video series Stable Stories features Martin Bruncko, Founder of Schuman Financial.

Martin explains why Euro stablecoins are inevitable given Europe’s massive financial markets and underscores the global importance of non-USD stablecoins amid shifting geopolitics and growing demand for alternatives.

Stable Stories is a podcast series exploring the behind-the-scenes stories of builders pioneering the stablecoin industry.

Eco Website: https://eco.com/

Schuman Financial: https://schuman.io/