Chibuotu Amadi
Chibuotu Amadi is co-founder of Paycrest, where he works on open infrastructure for stablecoin–fiat payments. He has spent 7+ years building in crypto, including at ConsenSys and Gitcoin, with work spanning cross-chain systems and public-goods tooling. He now focuses on making the fiat edge of crypto more open, verifiable, and non-custodial.
Session
11-03
15:20
7min
Stablecoins Are Permissionless Until They Touch Fiat: Making the Last Mile an Open Market
Chibuotu Amadi
Stablecoins are permissionless onchain, but the moment value must become local fiat, most systems fall back to custodians, proprietary liquidity and unverifiable offchain events. This talk shares a protocol design for routing fiat liquidity through independent providers using per-order escrow, commitments and payout attestation—and the production lessons behind it.
Users, Builders, and Agents
Lightning Stage