Crypto Payments Won't Scale Without Convenience w/ Davi Strazza (Lightspark)

Presented by Stablecon; Powered by BVNK.In this episode of Money Code, hosts Chuk Okpalugo and Raj Parekh sit down with Davi Strazza, Chief Business Officer at Lightspark, an 11-year Adyen veteran who helped grow the company from $30B to over $1.3T in payments volume before joining a 50-person startup building on Bitcoin rails.They unpack why Davi believes the moment to rebuild payments infrastructure from first principles is now, how Lightspark uses Bitcoin as an invisible transport layer to move money across 65 countries, and why crypto will never reach the scale it deserves unless it becomes as easy as tapping a card.Subscribe and listen to the Money Code podcast here:https://lnk.to/MoneyCodeSNChapters00:00 Why leave $1.3T in payments for a 50-person startup?02:44 Three problem spaces, one infrastructure play05:55 The Bitcoin sandwich: fiat in, crypto transport, fiat out09:41 "Bitcoin is volatile" — why sub-second settlement changes the math12:39 The import-exporter who flies cash on planes17:02 B2B is the bigger prize: treasury, payroll, creator payouts21:39 "The plumbing is necessary — it's just not sufficient"26:47 Are we innovating in the right place?30:38 Adyen lessons: education is the go-to-market bottleneck34:35 The Frankenstein problem: why global expansion is cultural38:37 Agentic payments: infrastructure is ahead of product44:40 Fintech is 1% built — where does all the money go?Connect with the Hosts & GuestChuk Okpalugo: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chuk-okpalugo/ | https://x.com/chuk_xyz/ | http://stablecoinblueprint.comRaj Parekh: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajparekh7/ | https://x.com/rajparekh | http://monad.xyzDavi Strazza: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davistrazza/ | https://x.com/davistrazzaAbout StableconStablecon (https://stablecon.com/) is the premier gathering for those at the intersection of DeFi, economic policy, financial infrastructure, and institutional integration, and those reinventing global commerce. By convening the brightest minds in fintech and crypto, Stablecon provides attendees with world class thought leadership and fosters unparalleled networking and strategic collaboration across the digital payments industry. Whether you're building, advising, or navigating this new frontier, this is the room where it happens.About BVNKBVNK 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.