Stable Stories

Peanut is a self-custodial wallet connecting users and their funds directly to banks and payment networks, making spending and using stablecoins easy, cheap and global!This week, Peanut co-founder Conrad Urban explains the Peanut wallet and it's core promise: send funds to anyone without caring what rails they use, with simple link/QR transfers that can route to wallets, banks, or local merchant QR systems.Stable Stories is an X Spaces series that explores the behind-the-scenes stories of builders pioneering the stablecoin industry.Eco: https://eco.comEco on X: https://x.com/eco Peanut: https://peanut.me/Konrad Urban on X: https://x.com/0xkkonrad

2025 marked stablecoins’ shift from a crypto primitive to real financial infrastructure. Privy’s Max Segall, Circle’s Peter Schroder and Eco's Annika Lewis break down what drove the “stablecoin year”: Bridge’s momentum, Stripe’s acquisition, Privy joining forces with Stripe, and major enterprises finally engaging seriously. They highlight regulation as the key unlock (including the U.S. Genius Act and Canada’s draft stablecoin framework), the rise of stablechains, and Circle’s IPO. The big question for 2026: can stablecoins quietly power mainstream apps through seamless, abstracted payments?Stable Stories is an X Spaces series that explores the behind-the-scenes stories of builders pioneering the stablecoin industry.Privy: https://www.privy.io/Circle: https://www.circle.com/Eco: https://eco.com/

Coinflow enables businesses to make payments their growth engine by launching fast, settling instantly and scaling globally.In this episode, Daniel Lev, co-founder and CEO of Coinflow, explains how stablecoins can eliminate the slow settlement cycles that plague global payments—especially for marketplaces that collect funds and pay sellers across borders. Coinflow acts as a next-gen PSP, accepting multiple payment methods and settling merchants in stablecoins in as little as T+5 seconds, enabling near-instant payouts and faster cash flow. Stable Stories is an X Spaces series that explores the behind-the-scenes stories of builders pioneering the stablecoin industry.Eco: https://eco.comEco on X: https://x.com/eco Coinflow: https://coinflow.cash/Daniel Lev on X: https://x.com/CoinflowLabs/status/1965788707698708939

Axal is a high yield savings app that provides industry leading rates and protection. In this episode of Stable Stories, Dave sits down with Ash, Co-Founder of Axal, to explore why yield should be treated as a core financial primitive, simple and accessible, despite growing fragmentation across DeFi, RWAs, and fixed-rate products. He highlights the importance of non-custodial guarantees, clean UX, and aggregation as yield becomes commoditized and outlines Axel’s yield-first strategy, recent app launch learnings, and roadmap.Stable Stories is an X Spaces series that explores the behind-the-scenes stories of builders pioneering the stablecoin industry.Eco Website: https://eco.comEco X: https://x.com/eco Axal: https://axal.com/Ash on X: https://x.com/ashlan_ahmed?lang=en

In this episode of Stable Stories, Dave sits down with Gabriele Sabbatini, co-founder and CEO of Hercle, to unpack how institutional-grade infrastructure is bridging fiat rails, digital assets, and stablecoins—and why that matters most for cross-border B2B payments in emerging markets. Eco Website: https://eco.comHercle Website: https://hercle.com/