Unchained

Stablecoins are having a moment.
From Stripe’s acquisition of crypto wallet startup Privy, to Shopify integrating USDC, to Plasma raising $500 million for its stablecoin-optimized sidechain, stablecoins are having a moment. And at the center of it all is Circle, which had one of the most successful IPOs in decades.
But what’s really happening under the surface? And who’s best positioned as stablecoins go mainstream?
Vicky Fu, co-founder at Yala and former engineering director at Circle, joins Unchained to explain:
How she saw Circle as deeply undervalued before the IPO buzz
What Stripe’s crypto moves signal for the broader market
Why retail payments could become stablecoins’ breakout use case
How network effects give Circle a serious edge, even as banks circle the space