The Round Trip Ep.7 — TradFi, Fintech, and the Fight for Stablecoin Rails

💰 Airwallex CEO says stablecoins are “pointless.”
💸 Meanwhile, Stripe acquires wallet infra startups and rolls out stablecoin payments in 100+ countries.
🏦 DTCC is piloting a USD-backed stablecoin to modernize U.S. stock settlement.
🔥 And Plasma — a Bitcoin sidechain — raises $1B in stablecoin deposits in 30 minutes from 3,000 wallets.

Stablecoins aren’t just a product — they’re becoming the rails.
This week, we break down who’s betting on programmable money… and who’s getting left behind.

00:00 Opening
00:54 Airwallex Raises $300 Million at a $6.2 Billion Valuation to Build the Future of Global Banking
03:12 fter stablecoin push, Stripe acquires crypto wallet developer Privy
05:43 World’s largest financial clearinghouse DTCC eyeing stablecoin launch
06:49 Societe Generale just launched USDCV, a fully MiCA-compliant stablecoin backed by BNY Mellon and issued on both Ethereum and Solana
07:21 Ant International — the global arm of Jack Ma’s Ant Group, operator of Alipay — is jumping in too
10:15 Retail’s Stablecoin Appetite – The Plasma Phenomenon