OpenTrade - Stablecoin Infra & Yield for Financial Services
Release Date: 01/08/2026
OpenTrade - Stablecoin Infra & Yield for Financial Services
The Crypto Conversation
Andy sits down with Dave Sutter, CEO and co-founder of OpenTrade, to unpack why stablecoins are rapidly becoming the most important financial primitive in crypto — and arguably the missing link between digital assets and traditional finance. Why you should listen Dave traces his journey from building early Bitcoin wallets and launching one of the first dollar-backed stablecoins, through years working with major regulated institutions, to founding OpenTrade in 2023. His core thesis is simple but bold: stablecoins are no longer a niche crypto product — they are evolving into internet-native...
info_outline
SecondSwap - The Dex For Locked Tokens
The Crypto Conversation
Andy sits down with Kanny Lee, CEO and co-founder of SecondSwap, to explore one of crypto’s most under-discussed structural problems: liquidity for locked and vested tokens. With a background spanning two decades in Big Four forensic accounting and early institutional crypto OTC trading in Hong Kong, Kanny brings a rare blend of TradFi discipline and on-chain realism to the conversation. Why you should listen Kanny explains why crypto’s evolution now demands proper secondary market infrastructure—something traditional finance has always relied on, but Web3 has largely ignored. SecondSwap...
info_outline
Tria - Live Free, Bank Freer
The Crypto Conversation
Vijit Katta is the CEO and co-founder at Tria, a self-custodial neobank that unifies spending, trading, and earning across all chains — without bridges, gas, or custodians. Why you should listen Vijit explains Tria’s core vision as building both a protocol layer and a consumer layer that abstracts away blockchain complexity for users and businesses. He describes how the fragmentation of chains, gas fees, bridges, failed transactions, and security risks have slowed mass adoption, and how Tria’s infrastructure removes these friction points across Bitcoin, EVM chains, Solana, and beyond....
info_outline
Pixion Games - The Next Generation of Play
The Crypto Conversation
Kam Punia is the Founder and CEO of Pixion Games, the London based studio behind Fableborne and the $POWER gaming ecosystem. Why you should listen In this episode, Kam Punia, founder and CEO of Pixion Games, shares his background as a long-time game industry veteran and explains how that experience shaped the studio’s approach to building competitive, mobile-first games. He reflects on lessons learned from working on large global franchises such as Yu-Gi-Oh!, including how to scale game universes, balance progression, and design systems that keep players engaged over long periods of...
info_outline
Vision: Bringing Retail and Institutions On-chain
The Crypto Conversation
Florian Klein is the Commercial Lead at Bitpanda’s Web3 team. Bitpanda, one of Europe’s most regulated digital asset platforms (7M+ users, multiple MiCA licences), is expanding into Web3 through Vision ($VSN), its ecosystem token for compliant tokenisation and DeFi infrastructure. Why you should listen Vision is Bitpanda’s unified Web3 ecosystem designed to make decentralised technologies accessible through a familiar, compliant, and integrated framework. The initiative brings together a suite of products; one wallet, one protocol, one chain, and one token, intended to create a...
info_outline
Canopy Network - Limitless Infra for Appchains
The Crypto Conversation
Canopy Network powers the peer-to-peer launchpad for new application-specific chains. Built on a recursive architecture, applications bootstrap each other into independence, forming an unstoppable web of utility and security. Why you should listen Canopy Network is a blockchain project designed to help teams build their own independent blockchains that are connected to a wider network. Instead of forcing many applications to share the same chain, Canopy allows each application to run on its own dedicated chain while still being part of a shared ecosystem. This structure is intended to give...
info_outline
Gallaxia - The Future of Gaming
The Crypto Conversation
James Ashton is a former Chelsea FC and Premier League footballer turned gamer. He is the Founder & CEO of Planet-X and Core Contributor to Gallaxia. Why you should listen Gallaxia is a gaming and entertainment studio built on its own blockchain infrastructure, designed so that gamers, creators, and community members can hold shared ownership in the ecosystem. The project positions this model as an alternative to traditional centralized publishers, with its blockchain serving as the underlying system for game assets, rewards, and participation rights. James says it has brought on 50...
info_outline
Haven - Blockchain With Biometric Authentication
The Crypto Conversation
Haven is a blockchain ecosystem based on the foundations of anonymity and authenticated ownership. Using real and continuous biometric authentication it verifies that the user is the true authenticated owner at all times. It protects users from fraud, loss, and impersonation by making your face the ultimate key. No passwords, no seed phrases, no risks of theft. Why you should listen Haven is building what it calls the world’s first blockchain ecosystem powered by continuous biometric authentication. Instead of relying on passwords, seed phrases, or private keys, Haven ties wallet access...
info_outline
WebX - The Bitcoin Accumulation Company
The Crypto Conversation
Bill Dafflon is Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Wondera.AI, an AI music company backed by leading Silicon Valley venture capital firms. Bill is currently an investor in WebX, the world's first Bitcoin Accumulation Company (BAC). Why you should listen WebX International Holdings Limited began its journey in manufacturing — transforming raw materials into value. Today, that same spirit of transformation drives the company towards a new frontier: computation power. Around the world, computation resources are abundant yet scattered — powerful, but often idle or misallocated. WebX saw...
info_outline
LeveX - Built by Traders for Traders
The Crypto Conversation
Harvey Liu is the CEO at LeveX, a crypto exchange built by traders who believe that sharing strategies and successful trades builds a stronger community where everyone wins. Why you should listen LeveX is a centralized cryptocurrency exchange that launched in 2023. It offers a wide array of trading options — spot and perpetual futures — across hundreds of coins and trading pairs to serve both casual and advanced crypto traders. What sets LeveX apart is its emphasis on community-driven trading rather than treating every user as a lone investor. The platform integrates a social...
info_outlineAndy sits down with Dave Sutter, CEO and co-founder of OpenTrade, to unpack why stablecoins are rapidly becoming the most important financial primitive in crypto — and arguably the missing link between digital assets and traditional finance.
Why you should listen
Dave traces his journey from building early Bitcoin wallets and launching one of the first dollar-backed stablecoins, through years working with major regulated institutions, to founding OpenTrade in 2023. His core thesis is simple but bold: stablecoins are no longer a niche crypto product — they are evolving into internet-native dollars used by hundreds of millions of people worldwide for real payments, savings, and cross-border commerce
The conversation dives deep into OpenTrade’s role as institutional-grade “yield-as-a-service” infrastructure for stablecoins, enabling fintechs, neobanks, and platforms to embed yield directly into their apps without building complex financial plumbing themselves. Dave explains how OpenTrade allows users to earn yield across a wide spectrum — from ultra-safe U.S. Treasuries and money market funds, through higher-yield bonds and private credit, to delta-neutral crypto strategies and curated DeFi markets — all while keeping funds liquid and accessible. This shift, he argues, flips the old crypto narrative on its head: stablecoins are no longer just a parking spot between trades, but a competitive alternative to bank savings accounts that offer better yields with fully reserved, transparent structures.
Zooming out, Dave makes the case that stablecoins are not just a technological upgrade but a reinvention of money itself — permissionless digital cash that anyone with an internet connection can hold, move, and earn on. He points to growing regulatory clarity, adoption by giants like Visa, PayPal, and Stripe, and even banking lobby warnings about deposit flight as evidence of how disruptive this shift really is. His bold conviction: stablecoin market capitalization will exceed $10 trillion within the next decade. The episode wraps with rapid-fire hot takes on Bitcoin vs multi-chain futures, the convergence of DeFi and real-world finance, and a shared love of science fiction — fitting for a conversation about a financial future that, as Dave puts it, is already here but not evenly distributed.
Supporting links
If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.