HENRI STERN STEPS IN TO LEAD STRIPE CRYPTO AND STABLECOINS

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Privy founder Henri Stern has taken on a dual role leading crypto and stablecoins at Stripe, tasked with building a stablecoin developer platform designed to be open, modular, and global by default. Stripe's existing client base shows the demand: Meta uses the rails to pay creators in real time, Ramp runs fiat and stablecoin flows in parallel for global expansion, and Deel routes contractor payouts worldwide, each requiring end-to-end orchestration rather than isolated point solutions. The platform integrates Bridge, Privy, Tempo, and Open USD together, treating fiat and crypto as interoperable layers rather than separate stacks businesses must rebuild from scratch. Stripe holds a conditional OCC national bank trust charter approval in the US along with MiCA and EMI licenses in Europe, placing it in a GENIUS Act-ready compliance posture.