WalletConnect CEO: The WalletConnect Bull Thesis (Billions In Volume)

Jess Houlgrave breaks down why 2026 is the year of non-USD stablecoins with USDC losing Mica compliance, 30 European banks now issuing a euro stablecoin, and HKD, JPY, SEK and CHF versions all coming to market. She covers WalletConnect's $6B per week in stablecoin volume, why broad asset support is the key to reducing merchant and much more.

Jess Houlgrave is CEO of WalletConnect, the leading financial connectivity layer powering stablecoin payments across 700 wallets and hundreds of thousands of applications.

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Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

01:04 TradFi Crypto Worlds Converging

02:48 $6B Volume Last Week

04:50 Non-USD Stablecoins Growing Fast

08:08 30 Banks Issuing EUR Stablecoin

11:26 WalletConnect Just The Pipes

13:47 Broad Assets Less Dropoff

18:45 Payment Has Multiple Layers

20:47 Stablecoin Cards Hurt Merchants

24:10 New CRO From Visa

28:39 Worst Quarter For Security

Guest Socials:

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Partners:

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Dinari - Over 230 1:1 backed tokenized stocks, ETFs & more with dividends. US-based SEC transfer agent. Available on 5+ chains & via API. https://dinari.com/

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Relay is the fastest and most reliable way to swap any token on any chain. Learn more here: https://relay.link/bridge

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Zama is an open source cryptography company that builds state-of-the-art Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) solutions for blockchain.

Learn more here: https://www.zama.org/

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Trezor is the creator of the first-ever hardware wallet. Securing crypto for 2M+ users worldwide. 100% open source.

Learn more here: https://affil.trezor.io/aff_c?offer_i...

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