"Everybody wants access to the dollar right now." But when businesses and individuals need dollars across Africa, most banks don't hold enough to remit on demand, leading to week-long delays and fees as high as 4%. He spent years visiting Nigeria carrying bundles of cash because he couldn't open a bank account without a local verification number. To solve the problem, @OnTheHouz founded @ZyntaFinance Zynta offers regulated stablecoin off-ramps across 20 African countries that settle dollars into local currencies like naira, cedis, and rand. The platform has processed $300M+ in transactions with 100+ enterprises on its rails. Cairon's conversation with @_zacharyhughes: 1:24 - Cairon's career origin at IFDS 3:27 - From permanent staff to contractor 6:06 - Getting into crypto in 2018 7:38 - Building Zynta on @Solana 8:22 - The $300K transaction that changed everything 9:17 - Walking with bundles of cash in Nigeria 10:57 - Africa skipped landlines, now banks 14:40 - Why building the off-ramp is hard 15:32 - AVAF and central banker conversations 16:53 - Licenses across four global countries 17:54 - Four layers of payment infrastructure 22:54 - Stablecoins eating traditional bank revenue 24:08 - How Dollarization meets government resistance 25:13 - 99.6% of stablecoin volume is USD 28:46 - Regulated infrastructure across 20 African countries Episode 0059. Presented to you by @altitude