ÜBER DIESE EPISODE
Presented by Stablecon; Powered by BVNK.
In this episode of Money Code, hosts Chuk Okpalugo and Raj Parekh sit down with Thierry Edde, Head of Crypto at Deel, to unpack what five years building global payroll infrastructure taught him about where stablecoins add value.
They break down why workers want dollar balances inside payroll apps, why compliant stablecoin salaries still run through local fiat rails, and how Deel is using Akai agents to clean up the payment failures deterministic code misses.
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Chapters
00:00 Deel's payments surface: 40,000 businesses, 150 countries
02:19 Why a late salary becomes an escalation
04:14 RFIs, SWIFT, and the missing status problem
06:44 Argentina showed every withdrawal path was in play
10:21 "Just people getting paid": hiding the chain
11:56 The wallet works because the off-ramps already exist
17:13 Businesses fund in stables, employees get paid compliantly
20:18 Reversing the stablecoin sandwich
23:29 DLUSD, card demand, and rewards behavior
28:36 Fiat payment scars matter for stablecoin scale
33:05 Akai agents and the last 1% of payout automation
36:37 Building Deel as an AI-native payment stack
40:31 Wallet expansion and where Deel goes next
Connect with the Hosts & Guest
Chuk Okpalugo: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chuk-okpalugo/ | https://x.com/chuk_xyz/ | https://stablecoinblueprint.com
Raj Parekh: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajparekh7/ | https://x.com/rajparekh | http://monad.xyz
Thierry Edde: https://x.com/thierryEdde44 | https://www.deel.com/ | https://x.com/deel
About Stablecon
Stablecon (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 BVNK
BVNK 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.
