.@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