us gm @kastxyz prev. head of partnerships @stablecoin (acq. @stripe), @davebanking, @headspace

california, usa
Joined March 2024
The best way to predict the future of global banking is to build it. I’m thrilled to share that I’m joining @KASTxyz as General Manager, US.
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Connor Fitzgerald retweeted
Vegas, we're here. 🇺🇸 Oct 20, during Money20/20 week, find our US GM @cnrfitz at: 🎙️ 9:15 AM PT: Stablecoin AML, with @raincards 🎙️ 2:00 PM PT: Programmable money, with @MerkleScience See you there ↓
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flight with @Starlink you can simply open Google Maps to see where you are this feels right
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trillion dollar idea: an agent to block every "paid expert consultation" outreach from AlphaSense, AlphaSights, and Tegus. six a day. they keep offering to pay me for an hour of my time. I'd pay triple for them to stop.
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another heavy hitter joining the @KASTxyz crew excited to welcome Claire Wells as our new Chief Legal Officer after some impressive stints at @coinbase @circle @Plaid, Claire joins to lead our legal, reg, compliance, licensing strategy and execution. fun fact, my first gig out of college was a growth guy at a social payments company with her, over a decade ago (Tilt RIP) welcome Claire! kast.xyz/en/blog/people/kast…
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anyone hitting @money2020 let's link (not at the starbucks plz)
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If your business spends or pays outside the US, you're probably leaving money on the table. @KASTbusiness pays 3% cash back on every transaction, including international spend where most cards pay zero. Enter your monthly card spend and cash balance at kast.xyz/en/business to see what you'd earn back. Free until the end of the year. Message me directly if you want early access.
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Excited to connect at @thestablecon back home in DC with the @KASTxyz team. Some thoughts -- 1/ More providers launching niche angles for net new use cases 2/OCC charters are the new badge of honor 3/Coverage + consumer experience still matter more than rail commoditization 4/Seeing even more folks from my web2 days means the lines between the two are more blurred than ever 5/Everyone asking what @stripe and @Stablecoin are up to.. nice try. Good to be home.
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flew on the inaugural @united A321XLR flight this morning. people flew in from around the country to be on it. someone offered me $2,000 for my seat. incredible plane. incredible experience. only question: who decided the first flight should be on 9/11 🫪
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Anyone in DC for @thestablecon this week? Let’s jam about how cool this industry is now. Come say hi. @KASTxyz @raagulanpathy @KamalBeiruti
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the amount of times @HelloFresh has sent direct mail larping as a financial summons or debt collector needs to be studied. five plus years running the same campaign, ten years since I ordered..
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Kast for Business open for biz 🙏 Couldn't be more excited for this launch
KAST for Business is now open 🏦 > Open a global USD account > Issue cards and earn up to 4% cashback > Pay your team in 170+ countries Follow for more @KASTbusiness
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A bit on what we’ve been cooking up @KASTxyz Much much more to come. Learn more below
KAST opened Crypto Cards for companies: 3% back with no cap on the free plan - paid plan: 4% on the first $1M in spend, then 3% with no cap - every rate here includes a 1% launch bonus that ends with 2026, so the free plan is 2% after that - up to 12% APY on idle cash while that bonus runs, 8% after - first 100 businesses get 5% net back on ad spend until the end of September - hundreds of virtual cards for the team, limits you set, payouts in 18+ currencies Access is gated: a business email, a company on the paperwork, and @KASTxyz decides who gets in On the personal side 3% costs $10,000 a year and stops at $40,000 a month Which business Crypto Card wants to put its terms next to this?
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stablecoin supply went from $3B to over $300B in under a decade. adjusted volume hit $10.8T last year. february was the month onchain settlement passed ACH, $7.2T against $6.8T. real payments are still a sliver of the total. roughly $390B in 2025, thirty times the level two years earlier. the curve is the point. the TAM is everyone with a phone -- the freelancer in manila with no path to a US bank account. the SMB in nigeria settling a supplier invoice in seconds. the consumer in argentina holding dollars without a dollar account. banking is regional because rails are regional. stablecoins reach all three on day one. artemis published the thesis today on @KASTxyz . We're only scratching the surface for consumers and businesses..
Thesis - stablecoins enable the first trillion dollar fintech We sat down with @raagulanpathy on how @KASTxyz is enabling the future of commerce and how the stablecoin opportunity is the largest he's ever seen Full piece at the end (1/4)
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Connor Fitzgerald retweeted
Why did we build “Reserve”… plus, how do we fund it, and what comes next? Let me lay it out…. 1/ The 6-9-12% for standard-premium-private is introductory, and will drop to 4-6-8% in 2027 (or maybe I’m nice and I extend it!) 2/ We only hold funds in treasury backed stablecoins or similar. No vaults or funky rates. The gap between those 3.5-4% rates and what the user gets is for three reasons… a) It’s a membership benefit. They pay a subscription, and we offset the cost partially via the subscription. b) We use it for Customer Acquisition, it literally sits on our P&L on this line c) It’s a the setup for Credit… let me explain more. 3/ The next step for Reserve, is our Charge Card style product… then credit. a) You will get a monthly balance, which you can spend from Reserve and keep earning rewards still. At the end of the month you get a statement, and 10 days to pay. Pay it via an external top up, and your spend of the previous month was a 0% loan and you keep all the interest on Reserve. Don’t pay it, and you just lose the Reserve interest on what you spent. We also will shortly add Tokenized stocks and Crypto, and borrow against that. b) Every month you pay and top up, you get get a bigger charge card balance. Be good, get more rewards. c) Eventually, working with a partner who does external on-chain finance, we will offer unsecured credit to certain people, working within what we can/can’t do. 4/ But that’s the end game… Today >>> show we are serious about cash rewards for the membership tiers. Tomorrow >> > Charge card + Reserve cash rewards > Borrow against Tokenized everything (crypto, stocks etc) Within six months >> Full blown on-chain unsecured credit Thanks for playing… you better know we’re playing to win.
You don’t need to risk it all to get ahead. Deposit dollars. Earn 6-12%. Spend anytime. Open your Reserve account to get started.
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Connor Fitzgerald retweeted
You don’t need to risk it all to get ahead. Deposit dollars. Earn 6-12%. Spend anytime. Open your Reserve account to get started.
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worked with enough builders to know the real edge is knowing what failed, why, and when the same move is worth trying again. we built around one bank partner instead of stacking two. six months later they pulled back their risk appetite and we scrambled. earning the privilege to share our war stories, what worked, what failed, and what we’d do differently, so others can build better has been one of the most rewarding parts of my career.
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