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Abrams: Joining Stripe gives Bridge's issuance platform a different customer base

Zach Abrams · Stablecoin special: Zach Abrams (Bridge) and Henri Stern (Privy) · Nov 4, 2025 · at 1:01:08

Bridge co-founder and CEO Zach Abrams discusses launching Bridge's stablecoin issuance platform and the commercial benefits of joining Stripe.

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“I mean, there's just a lot of things like our stablecoin issuance platform that we just launched, an amazing opportunity. We could launch that as an independent business, but it is a very different opportunity, a very different set of customers that are interested in working with us as a result.”

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