The World of Stablecoins With Kast & JaffCap's Raagulan Pathy | Blockcast EP 33
This episode of Blockcast dives into the world of stablecoins with stablecoin guru Raagulan Pathy, the former Asia Pacific lead for Circle. We'll explore his journey from traditional tech to crypto, including his role as CIO of JaffCap, a crypto investment fund. We'll unpack the current state of stablecoins, including the competition between USDC and USDT, and Tether's dominance. Raagulan will also introduce Kast, his stablecoin spending card aiming to revolutionize user experience. We'll hear about Kast's vision as a neobank and its potential impact on mainstream crypto adoption, and also Raagulan's insights on future trends in crypto investments and how JaffCap evaluates new projects.
*This episode is recorded on 5th July, and any content is not financial advise.
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Raagulan Pathy
Raagulan Pathy is the Co-founder and CEO of KAST, a fintech platform with plans to
eventually become a fully-fledged stablecoin neobank.
KAST envisions all banking will one day move on-chain, and should be presented through a simple app, including receiving and sending fiat, saving, spending, investments and more. KAST aims to be as accessible as possible, globally. KAST today allows people from 150+ countries to spend major stablecoins like USDC and USDT, with a card, anywhere Visa is accepted. Over time, more and more services will be
added, with on/off ramp in USD, Euro and 50+ other currencies coming soon.
Raagulan is separately the Founder and Chief Investment Officer of JaffCap, a liquid crypto fund.
Raagulan was previously the Vice President, Asia Pacific and CEO Singapore for Circle, best known for USDC, where he built that business ground up for 2.5 years.
Before Circle, he spent a decade as an Executive building the Asia businesses at Zoom, for Facebook’s Enterprise business, and Amazon Web Services. Prior to this, he was the founder of a Cloud software company.