Zach Abrams is the Co-Founder of Bridge, a stablecoin infrastructure platform that was acquired by stripe in early 2025. Prior to starting bridge, he served as chief product officer at Brex, head of consumer at Coinbase and GM at Square. In this conversation, we discuss his thoughts on the stablecoin market, his journey as a founder in crypto, how Bridge quadrupled it’s business in 2025, the Stripe acquisition, partnering with Visa, pursuing a bank charter and the latest thoughts on policy in DC and the yield debates related to the Clarity Act.
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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Welcome Zach To Crypto In America
2:00 - What Does ‘Crypto In America’ Mean To Zach?
3:00 - Zach’s Thoughts On Stablecoins Today vs. Previous Years
6:00 - Moment Zach New That Stablecoins Would Replace Traditional Rails
10:00 - The American Founder Journey In Crypto - Building Bridge
15:45 - Bridge Quadrupoled in 2025 - What Caused It?
19:30 - Stripe Acquisition
24:45 - Thoughts on Agentic Payments
29:00 - Partnership With Visa - Stablecoins Integrating With Global Rails
35:00 - Pursuing A Bank Charter
38:00 - Thoughts on Yield Disagreements In Clarity Act
46:45 - Underrated Usecases For Stablecoins
49:00 - Advice To Founders In This Space
52:00 - Zach Is Paying Attention To The Changes In Media, Test Scores
54:30 - The Rat Theory
55:30 - Thanks Zach For Joining! Like & Subscribe
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