Inside the PayFi Ecosystem Driving $2.8 Billion in Transactions with Huma Finance

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Erbil Karaman, Huma Finance's Co-Founder and Tomer Weller, Stellar's CPO, join Messari CEO, Eric Turner, to discuss the PayFi Ecosystem and recently published Messari report.

Discover the PayFi ecosystem and its potential to revolutionize global payments, financing, and cross-border transactions. This conversation delves into real-world use cases, the PayFi stack, and the role of stablecoins and DeFi in shaping financial innovation. Tune in to hear more about the potential of blockchain to create seamless, efficient, and scalable payment systems.

00:00 Intros

02:53 What is Stellar?

04:17 What is PayFi?

06:42 Cross-border Payments and Stablecoins

11:54 Stablecoin & RWA Adoption

23:34 DeFi & PayFi Relationship

28:00 Most Exciting PayFi Use Case

33:56 Challenges and Headwinds

36:02 What is Arf?

39:20 Future

43:33 Ecosystem announcements

Hosted by Eric Turner of Messari

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