Got to meet THE fintech goat @rooqster! He has been so welcoming or gracious. He was kind enough to invite me to their rooftop happy hour yesterday and went out of his way to introduce me to so many amazing people in our industry. Funny enough, I was just listening to his podcast with @cuysheffield (and @drewrogers) on August 24. I got to share my notes with him (taken during walks, so excuse the typos). The podcast -

.@cyril_mathew spent a decade at Uber, Coinbase, and Stripe watching cross-border payments fail at the same point. People receive stablecoins but have no simple way to convert them into the local currency that they can actually spend. This led to building Latitude ( @rtp ), a settlement network that connects banks, exchanges, and payment aggregators to convert stablecoin payments into local currency across 50 countries, all in under two minutes. This week, they announced @oakhcft led a $35 million Series A that closed in three to four weeks, bringing the total raised to $43 million. Since launching in January 2025, it has secured licenses or approvals in 45 states. Cyril's conversation with @drewrogers: 2:02 - Latitude closes $35M Series A led by Oak HC/FT 4:51 - Paying Uber drivers across 40 countries from Amsterdam 10:03 - Joining Coinbase and the first crypto Visa card 15:58 - "Without liquidity, these things don't take off" 22:20 - Joining Stripe and the 20-page paper on crypto 27:54 - Building stablecoin payouts inside Stripe Connect 31:44 - The founding thesis behind Latitude 35:34 - How settlement works in Mexico, corridor by corridor 42:37 - Raising $35M in under four weeks 51:05 - Why enterprise core flows matter more than pilots

Live Thursday, September 10th, at 12:00 PM ET / 9:00 AM PT. The lineup: - Justin Wang, @_CapitalLayer - @pan_teo_, @paretocredit - @anthonysoohoo, @MoneyGram - @JeremyNauCPA, @The_NetworkFirm - @raagulanpathy, @KASTxyz What should we ask them? Drop it below

AGM on B20 and Coinbase Tokenized Stocks "B20 is a continuation of ERC20 with added functionality for assets like tokenized stocks" "Coinbase Tokenized Stocks are as close as you can get to owning shares onchain. It's like USDC"

Latitude announced a $35M Series A today led by @oakhcft, with NEA, Coinbase Ventures, Lightspeed Faction and OpenFX participating. Total raised is now $43M. Tomorrow, @cyril_mathew, Co-Founder & CEO of Latitude @rtp, tells the behind-the-scenes story on Stableminded Ep. 0060. In this episode we cover: > The 20-page memo he wrote when digital assets were banned at Stripe > The first digital asset card from a major exchange > The stablecoin payout pilot he ran with Twitter, and why nobody used it > Why nobody could spend those payouts in Vietnam, Ghana or Colombia > Why he doesn't think a dollar stablecoin works for everyone > What it took to get the round done after a stretch of rejections

We raised a $35M Series A led by @oakhcft . That brings our total capital raised to $43M. We spent the last decade watching money get stuck at borders across roles at Uber, Coinbase, Stripe, and Zero Hash. Latitude (@rtp) is what we built with those lessons.

Live Today, September 8th, at 12:00 PM ET / 9:00 AM PT. The lineup: - @litocoen, @EthenaPay - Rowland Berry, @Payoneer - @jjjjacobx, @BlinkCashX - @wagmiAlexander, @DromosLabs / @aeroxyz - @0xMarcB, @0xPolygon Labs - @deechoubey, @OpenReserveBank Have questions for them? Drop them below

Joined @lightspark three months ago. First job was rebuilding how we talk about ourselves. Now the playground does the talking, and it's usually where prospects decide to trust us. Chatted through all of it with @stabledash and @patcapulong last week.