Behind the Startup Making Stablecoins Actually Work | Jack Chong

Jack Chong, founder of Checker, joins Frontera to break down what it really takes to make stablecoins usable in emerging markets.

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00:00 - Intro
00:55 - Stablecoin Infrastructure Is Growing 3x MoM  
04:22 - Why USD Hegemony Is a Problem for Local Adoption  
11:02 - DeFi Is Failing: No Apps, No Credit, No Real Use  
13:40 - What Emerging Markets Actually Want: Credit, Not Collateral  
17:05 - Tokenized Government Debt as a Killer Use Case  
22:39 - 80% of Stablecoin Value Will Come from EMs  
25:20 - The Big Compliance and UX Gaps in Crypto
29:15 - Outro