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EPISODE · Jan 25, 2026 · 29 MIN

Unchained

from Crossing Borders

Send us Fan MailStablecoins are everywhere, helping global corporations settle instantly and giving everyday users faster access to money.At the same time, global payments are still deeply dependent on banks and traditional rails like SWIFT. Even as the industry moves toward real-time, always-on payment experiences, much of the underlying infrastructure still operates on banking hours and legacy systems.In this episode, Yuval Giveon, CTO & Co-Founder of Neema, speaks with Ran (Goldi) Goldshtein, SVP Payments & Network at Fireblocks, about why stablecoins are gaining traction, how blockchain rails are used in cross-border payments, and why both payments companies and banks remain part of the system.The conversation moves from today’s constraints to a broader question about the future: will stablecoins remain a behind-the-scenes tool, or will they eventually become part of everyday transactions?

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Send us Fan Mail Stablecoins are everywhere, helping global corporations settle instantly and giving everyday users faster access to money. At the same time, global payments are still deeply dependent on banks and traditional rails like SWIFT. Even as the industry moves toward real-time, always-on payment experiences, much of the underlying infrastructure still operates on banking hours and legacy systems. In this episode, Yuval Giveon, CTO & Co-Founder of Neema, speaks with Ran (Goldi) G...

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