How Bridge Quadrupled In Volume & Partnered w/ Visa To Expand Stablecoins Globally | Zach Abrams

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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