The Stable Pulse

In this special live episode of Stable Pulse, Nik Milanović, Founder of Stablecon, sits down with Jacqueline Reses, CEO of Lead Bank, to explore how AI and stablecoins are reshaping the future of banking, payments, and financial infrastructure.

They discuss how financial institutions can prepare for the AI revolution, the role stablecoins could play in an increasingly automated economy, and what it will take to build the next generation of financial services.

Explore Lead Bank’s report, “Leading Into the AI Revolution”: https://www.lead.bank/blog/leading-into-the-ai-revolution

Subscribe to Stable Pulse for more conversations on the future of stablecoins, payments infrastructure, and global finance

Connect with the Host and Guest:
Nik Milanović: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikm/
Jacqueline Reses: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacqueline-reses-938b7850/

About Stable Pulse
Stable Pulse is a fast-paced, news-driven podcast covering the most important developments shaping the stablecoin and digital asset ecosystem. Each episode dives into timely conversations with industry leaders, operators, and policymakers, offering sharp insights and real-world perspectives on where the market is heading. With a focus on clarity and relevance, Stable Pulse breaks down complex topics into accessible, actionable takeaways for anyone building in or exploring the future of finance.

In this special live episode of Stable Pulse, Nik Milanović, Founder of Stablecon, sits down with Jacqueline Reses, CEO of Lead Bank, to explore how AI and stablecoins are reshaping the future of banking, payments, and financial infrastructure.

They discuss how financial institutions can prepare for the AI revolution, the role stablecoins could play in an increasingly automated economy, and what it will take to build the next generation of financial services.

Explore Lead Bank’s report, “Leading Into the AI Revolution”: https://www.lead.bank/blog/leading-into-the-ai-revolution

Subscribe to Stable Pulse for more conversations on the future of stablecoins, payments infrastructure, and global finance

Connect with the Host and Guest:
Nik Milanović: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikm/
Jacqueline Reses: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacqueline-reses-938b7850/

About Stable Pulse
Stable Pulse is a fast-paced, news-driven podcast covering the most important developments shaping the stablecoin and digital asset ecosystem. Each episode dives into timely conversations with industry leaders, operators, and policymakers, offering sharp insights and real-world perspectives on where the market is heading. With a focus on clarity and relevance, Stable Pulse breaks down complex topics into accessible, actionable takeaways for anyone building in or exploring the future of finance.

Faster payments don't always mean cheaper payments. Behind the promise of instant global transactions is a costly system of prefunding, liquidity management, and capital tied up across borders.

In this episode of Stable Pulse, host Dante Reminick sits down with Luka Ivicevic, Co-founder of Sugar Capital, to explore the hidden costs of traditional payment infrastructure, how prefunding impacts businesses, and how stablecoins could make cross-border payments more efficient. They also discuss the role of underwriting, transaction monitoring, and compliance in building faster payment systems, and what it takes to move money around the world without sacrificing security or trust.

Subscribe to Stable Pulse for more conversations on the future of stablecoins, payments infrastructure, and global finance

Connect with the Host and Guest:
Dante Reminik: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dante-reminick / https://x.com/DanteReminick
Luka Ivicevic: https://www.linkedin.com/in/luka-ivicevic/?isSelfProfile=false

About Stable Pulse
Stable Pulse is a fast-paced, news-driven podcast covering the most important developments shaping the stablecoin and digital asset ecosystem. Each episode dives into timely conversations with industry leaders, operators, and policymakers, offering sharp insights and real-world perspectives on where the market is heading. With a focus on clarity and relevance, Stable Pulse breaks down complex topics into accessible, actionable takeaways for anyone building in or exploring the future of finance.

Crypto custody is evolving, and the next wave of digital money may look very different from the last. In this episode of Stable Pulse: CEO Beat, Bam Azizi sits down with Bryce Ferguson, Co-Founder and CEO of Turnkey, to explore how crypto custody infrastructure is changing and what it takes to build products for institutions, developers, and the next generation of financial applications.

Bryce shares lessons from building Coinbase Custody and launching Turnkey, from navigating the 2022 crypto downturn to scaling secure, flexible wallet infrastructure. They also discuss the future of stablecoin payments, why AI agents will need wallets to transact autonomously, and how the right controls and guardrails could enable a new era of programmable money.

If you enjoyed this conversation, subscribe for more discussions with the founders and operators building the future of finance.

Connect with the Hosts & Guest

Bam Azizi: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bam-azizi-54117310a/

Bryce Ferguson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryceeferguson/

About Stable Pulse

Stable Pulse is a fast-paced, news-driven podcast covering the most important developments shaping the stablecoin and digital asset ecosystem. Each episode dives into timely conversations with industry leaders, operators, and policymakers, offering sharp insights and real-world perspectives on where the market is heading. With a focus on clarity and relevance, Stable Pulse breaks down complex topics into accessible, actionable takeaways for anyone building in or exploring the future of finance.

What does it take to bring stablecoins into the Fortune 500? In this episode of Stable Pulse: What's Next Beat, host Dante Reminick sits down with Dileep Thazhmon, Founder and CEO of Jeeves, to explore how stablecoins are transforming enterprise finance, cross-border payments, and global financial operations.

Following Jeeves' $110 million funding round, Dileep explains how the company combines traditional financial infrastructure with stablecoin-powered payments to help businesses operate across borders. They discuss how stablecoins can cut international payment times from days to hours, why enterprises care more about outcomes than the underlying technology, and how Jeeves is building an integrated financial operating system spanning corporate cards, payments, and accounts receivable. They also look ahead to programmable money, AI agents making payments, and what it takes to build financial infrastructure across dozens of countries.

Subscribe to Stable Pulse for more conversations on the future of stablecoins, payments infrastructure, and global finance

Connect with the Host and Guest:
Dante Reminik: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dante-reminick / https://x.com/DanteReminick
Dileep Thazhmon: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kietttran/?isSelfProfile=false

About Stable Pulse
Stable Pulse is a fast-paced, news-driven podcast covering the most important developments shaping the stablecoin and digital asset ecosystem. Each episode dives into timely conversations with industry leaders, operators, and policymakers, offering sharp insights and real-world perspectives on where the market is heading. With a focus on clarity and relevance, Stable Pulse breaks down complex topics into accessible, actionable takeaways for anyone building in or exploring the future of finance.

Stablecoins are moving from crypto-native products to the infrastructure powering the next generation of finance. In this episode of CEO Beat, Bam Azizi sits down with Charles Cascarilla, Co-founder and CEO of Paxos, to explore how stablecoins have evolved, why institutional adoption is accelerating, and what it takes to build trusted financial infrastructure.

Charles shares his journey from traditional finance and investment banking to discovering Bitcoin in 2010 and founding Paxos. He explains how the company pioneered regulated blockchain infrastructure, launched stablecoins including BUSD and PayPal USD (PYUSD), and helped establish the foundation for tokenizing real-world assets.

The conversation also dives into the rise of consortium-based stablecoins, the competition between major issuers, the importance of regulatory clarity, and why getting cash on-chain is essential to bringing traditional financial assets onto blockchain networks. Charles also discusses how agentic commerce could reshape the relationship between money, payments, and AI.

If you enjoyed this conversation, subscribe for more discussions with the founders and operators building the future of finance.

Connect with the Hosts & Guest

Bam Azizi: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bam-azizi-54117310a/

Charles Cascarilla: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlescascarilla/

About Stable Pulse

Stable Pulse is a fast-paced, news-driven podcast covering the most important developments shaping the stablecoin and digital asset ecosystem. Each episode dives into timely conversations with industry leaders, operators, and policymakers, offering sharp insights and real-world perspectives on where the market is heading. With a focus on clarity and relevance, Stable Pulse breaks down complex topics into accessible, actionable takeaways for anyone building in or exploring the future of finance.

In this episode of Stable Pulse, host Justin Friedman sits down with Josiah Senu, co-founder and CEO of Zuba, at Stablecon USA to explore the challenges of cross-border payments in emerging markets and how stablecoins are reshaping global settlement.

They discuss why traditional banking can leave payments delayed for days, how liquidity and compliance impact businesses across Africa, and where stablecoins are delivering real value today. As Josiah explains, waiting nine days to move money isn’t just a quirk of the system. It’s a tax on growth.

Tune in to learn how faster, more reliable payments could transform financial infrastructure across Africa and beyond.

Connect with the Host and Guest:
Justin Friedman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justingfriedman/
Josiah Senu: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josiahsenu/?isSelfProfile=false

About Stable Pulse
Stable Pulse is a fast-paced, news-driven podcast covering the most important developments shaping the stablecoin and digital asset ecosystem. Each episode dives into timely conversations with industry leaders, operators, and policymakers, offering sharp insights and real-world perspectives on where the market is heading. With a focus on clarity and relevance, Stable Pulse breaks down complex topics into accessible, actionable takeaways for anyone building in or exploring the future of finance.

On this episode of The Stable Pulse, host Dante Reminick sits down with Kiet Tran, CEO of Lukka, to unpack the data infrastructure challenges shaping institutional digital assets and stablecoins.

They explore why on-chain transparency doesn’t necessarily make reconciliation easier, the need for standardized and traceable data across CEXs, DEXs, custodians, and administrators, and the challenge of connecting blockchain activity with traditional systems like ERPs, treasury platforms, and books and records.

Kiet also shares his perspective on programmable markets, tokenized assets, AI agents in capital markets, and Lukka’s ACES framework for keeping financial AI accurate, consistent, explainable, and secure.

Connect with the Host and Guest:
Dante Reminik: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dante-reminick / https://x.com/DanteReminick
Kiet Tran: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kietttran/?isSelfProfile=false

About Stable Pulse
Stable Pulse is a fast-paced, news-driven podcast covering the most important developments shaping the stablecoin and digital asset ecosystem. Each episode dives into timely conversations with industry leaders, operators, and policymakers, offering sharp insights and real-world perspectives on where the market is heading. With a focus on clarity and relevance, Stable Pulse breaks down complex topics into accessible, actionable takeaways for anyone building in or exploring the future of finance.

On this special edition of The Stable Pulse, White House advisor Patrick Witt sits down with Stablecon’s Head of Policy, Justin Friedman, on stage at Stablecon USA.

As Executive Director of the President’s Council of Advisors for Digital Assets, Patrick has spent a year-and-a-half coordinating national policy on digital assets for the United States.

Patrick shares his read on how the GENIUS Act is enabling the stablecoin marketplace, offers his perspective on non-US Dollar stablecoin issuance, and touches on the transformative potential for agentic commerce and the need to modernize digital identity to keep up.

Finally, Patrick makes a bold prediction of a successful outcome for the crypto market structure legislation known as the Clarity Act. In any case, Patrick expresses confidence that the financial regulatory agencies in Washington will continue relying on existing authority to formalize market structure rules — with or without enactment of the Clarity Act.

This episode was recorded live in front of the audience at Stablecon USA in Washington, DC, on September 10, 2026.

Connect with the Host and Guest:

Justin Friedman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justingfriedman/

Patrick Witt: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-witt-10b149a2/

About Stable Pulse:

Stable Pulse is a fast-paced, news-driven podcast covering the most important developments shaping the stablecoin and digital asset ecosystem. Each episode dives into timely conversations with industry leaders, operators, and policymakers, offering sharp insights and real-world perspectives on where the market is heading. With a focus on clarity and relevance, Stable Pulse breaks down complex topics into accessible, actionable takeaways for anyone building in or exploring the future of finance.

In this episode of Stable Pulse, Dante Reminick sits down with Justin Wang, founder of Capital Layer, to explore the intersection of stablecoins, AI infrastructure, and Taiwan’s critical role in the global supply chain.

Justin explains why stablecoins may not be necessary for established payment corridors like US-Taiwan, but could unlock new opportunities in restricted-currency markets, supply chain finance, and AI-related payments. He also shares how Capital Layer is building infrastructure for banks to support stablecoin custody, on- and off-ramps, and enterprise payments, and why stablecoins could eventually become part of the payment infrastructure behind AI devices and compute.

Connect with the Host and Guest:
Dante Reminik: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dante-reminick / https://x.com/DanteReminick
Justin Wang: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-wang-cheng-ta/?locale=en

About Stable Pulse
Stable Pulse is a fast-paced, news-driven podcast covering the most important developments shaping the stablecoin and digital asset ecosystem. Each episode dives into timely conversations with industry leaders, operators, and policymakers, offering sharp insights and real-world perspectives on where the market is heading. With a focus on clarity and relevance, Stable Pulse breaks down complex topics into accessible, actionable takeaways for anyone building in or exploring the future of finance.