The Future of Global Payments with Messari
Our latest podcast appearance on the Fully Diluted with Messari Research: The Future of Global Payments with Sphere Labs’ Arnold Lee.
What’s it like to rebuild cross-border payments from the ground up—with stablecoins at the core?
In Messari's latest Unqualified Opinions podcast episode, Messari’s Andrew Dyer sits down with Arnold Lee, co-founder of Sphere Labs, to explore how programmable money is reshaping financial infrastructure in emerging markets.
They dig into:
- Why the “stablecoin sandwich” is changing global settlement flows
- How SpherePay & SpherNet are tackling real
- World routing complexity
- The growing tension between dollar stablecoin adoption and sovereign policy- Why being small and nimble is an edge in markets TradFi won’t touch
🎧 Watch the full episode
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📘 Dive deeper in the State of Stablecoins 2025, where Sphere Labs contributed on-the-ground insights on stablecoin usage, liquidity, and compliance in underserved markets.
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