The last post about issuance kicked off a series of emails from friends I thought were kind of interesting. I thought I'd unpack briefly what it all came down to. Quickly understanding who is participating in a card program as one of the following: Issuer Network Distribution (brand) These are all normally called out clearly on the… Continue reading Card Issuance Programs
Card Issuance & Stablecoin Issuance.
Stablecoins are new-ish, but ways to think about the structure of how money moves is not. New technologies and opportunities tend to repeatedly come from a advantages like speed, cost, immutability. Many new technologies seem different but are actually very similar to something we already know. Card issuance for example, is remarkably similar to stablecoin… Continue reading Card Issuance & Stablecoin Issuance.
The future is not what we thought
For the last few years, a team of us has been working to build infrastructure that simplifies creating stablecoins. By design, these are boring stablecoins. What is exciting about them is that nothing is inherently exciting, which is why they are unique and, most importantly, usable. Last week, some of the core technology graduated from Alpha to… Continue reading The future is not what we thought
Timing is hard
A friend emailed me last weekend about his project, and this line stuck out. Am I just not finding the right pockets, or is the whole market shrinking? This is in the context of a web3 project launched during what could easily be called a hype cycle. What I'm sharing here is an observation and… Continue reading Timing is hard
The Brale Stable Coin, SBC
The Brale team released SBC a few weeks ago, requesting comments from industry participants. It's the second step in a series of many steps. The first was Base; the second was SBC; more are in the works. We know a lot is happening in the market, and we hope to contribute to some stability over time. While… Continue reading The Brale Stable Coin, SBC
Creative Processes
The brand narrative at Brale and the visual elements have started to come together and it feels really special. The web page got updated, it's fun and very simple. Here it is dark mode: And as you go through the page you can find all kinds of fun cues that started in the very beginning… Continue reading Creative Processes
Abstracting gas fees
The Brale team spends an inordinate amount of time these days talking about, thinking about, and working with folks new to DeFi protocols. Most of the world's CeFi & TradFi leaders still need to wrap their heads around gas fees which frequently come up as a barrier to entry. Showing someone gas fee trackers rarely… Continue reading Abstracting gas fees
The Value Layer – Expanded
Since I wrote the original value layer blog post, I've wanted to expand on the idea and start cataloging the different global systems connected through these primitives. At one point, I had hoped to get folks to contribute to it as an open-source project. Due to time constraints, that never happened, but I finally had some time… Continue reading The Value Layer – Expanded
Create a stablecoin
Base enables financial institutions to create stablecoins. The team at Brale has been developing Base with early client feedback for months. Base makes the functions of minting—creating stablecoins, redeeming/removing them from circulation, swapping /changing chains or stablecoins, and viewing the asset on various chains—as easy as logging in. Create a stablecoin using Base As a standalone function,… Continue reading Create a stablecoin
Who is investing in Iowa?
Iowa capital pools, venture funds, and venture-funded businesses are everywhere. Ten years ago, a friend once said something like, if you blew up the room Dwolla launched in 2010, it would set the ecosystem back 20 years. That might have been true then, but it's certainly no longer valid. Searching available capital in the state… Continue reading Who is investing in Iowa?