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In episode 19 of Money Code, hosts Chuk Okpalugo and Raj Parekh are joined by Mike Hudack, Co-founder and CEO at Sling Money. They unpack why stablecoins function as a shared ledger layer that turns cross-border payments from a prefunding and reconciliation problem into an interoperability problem, and why the real hard parts become ramps, localization, and fincrime controls rather than “the blockchain.”
Chapters
00:00 Money never became an internet good
04:07 Sling’s “global Venmo” origin story
05:05 End-to-end Sling flow across 120 countries
08:33 Why global availability is the default, not the goal
10:30 What self-custody actually means in practice
13:29 Ramp strategy: regulation plus local partners
15:33 Abstraction versus trust in the UX
20:26 Generations of cross-border and shrinking float
25:11 Localization is distribution, not translation
28:49 Compliance is a product, not a checkbox
36:44 Stablecoin choice
43:22 Sling’s mission and the line between money apps and banks
Connect with the Hosts & Guest
Chuk Okpalugo: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chuk-okpalugo/ | https://x.com/chuk_xyz/ | http://stablecoinblueprint.com
Raj Parekh: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajparekh7/ | https://x.com/rajparekh | http://monad.xyz
Mike Hudack: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mhudack | https://x.com/mhudack | https://sling.money/
About Stablecon
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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.
