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We are back from Riga, slightly windblown, well caffeinated, and with solid takeaways from UN:BLOCK 2026.What stood out ...
14/04/2026

We are back from Riga, slightly windblown, well caffeinated, and with solid takeaways
from UN:BLOCK 2026.

What stood out most:
how practical the conversations were —
real use cases, implementation,
and what it takes to make stablecoin
infrastructure work at scale.

A few things happening right now in the industry:

1️⃣ Six Swiss banks are already testing
use cases for a Swiss franc stablecoin.

2️⃣ Mastercard announced a stablecoin
infrastructure deal worth up to $1.8B.

3️⃣ Stablecoin-linked cards are moving
closer to everyday payment flows,
with access to 175M+ Visa-accepting
merchant locations worldwide.

At Kea, we’ve seen it this way
for a long time —
not hype, but practical infrastructure
for faster settlements, lower friction,
and cross-border payments that work for businesses.

Good to see the industry
moving in the same direction.

Thanks to everyone we met in Riga🤝

Follow along for more
from the world of payments & crypto.

Crypto

If we made a film about stablecoins,Scorsese, Nolan, and Fincherwould appreciate it.3 scenes. 25 years.━━━━━━━━━━🎬 SCENE...
13/04/2026

If we made a film about stablecoins,
Scorsese, Nolan, and Fincher
would appreciate it.

3 scenes. 25 years.

━━━━━━━━━━

🎬 SCENE I · 2000–2014
The Problem Room

It’s 2003.
A wire from Germany to South Korea
takes 3–5 days.
FX spread eats 2–3%.
Four correspondent banks. Four fees.

$32 trillion/year in global trade
running on infrastructure
built in the 1970s.

The world needed programmable dollars
that moved at internet speed.

━━━━━━━━━━

🎬 SCENE II · 2015–2022
The Experiment Years

USDC launched in 2018.
Fully backed. Fully audited.

DeFi summer 2020 —
stablecoins became the fuel
of a parallel financial system
moving billions with no bank in sight.

Then May 2022. Terra/LUNA.
$40 billion gone in 72 hours.

It looked like a disaster.
It was actually a filter.

The market learned violently
that a dollar token backed by actual dollars
is a completely different instrument
from one backed by math and faith.

While the noise played out,
the real use case kept compounding quietly:

freelancers in Argentina, Turkey, Nigeria
trying to hold their earnings
in something stable.

Stablecoins gave them a dollar account
without a US bank.

━━━━━━━━━━

🎬 SCENE III · 2023–Now
The Infrastructure Moment

A CFO in Dubai
approves a payment to Singapore.
It settles in 38 seconds.

Stablecoin volume crossed $27 trillion in 2024 —
more than Visa.

The technology got boring.
That’s the win.

Boring infrastructure
is infrastructure that works.

The conversation shifted from
«should stablecoins exist?»
to «which ones do you use for settlements?»

━━━━━━━━━━
The ones already in the stablecoin action
don’t need commentary —
they need infrastructure that works.

That’s what we build at Kea.
DM us, let’s find what fits your business📩

Nobody’s really talking about this.There’s a $2.5 trillion gap in trade financebetween Asia and the West.Two financial s...
07/04/2026

Nobody’s really talking about this.

There’s a $2.5 trillion gap in trade finance
between Asia and the West.

Two financial systems
that refuse to speak the same language.

We heard it firsthand during our trip to Asia,
at Consensus Hong Kong conference and DT Summit —
from founders, CFOs, compliance leads.
Companies are still rejected by outdated algorithms.

The East is moving fast.
The West is catching up.

Our verdict is — the gap won’t close itself.

Building in Asia and hitting payment walls?
Let’s talk, our DMs are open 📩

01/04/2026

¿Por qué España?

We asked Alex Fernandez, our Country Manager in Spain, why it’s a perfect place for business.

Watch his answer in the video🙌🏼

Thinking of expanding to Spain? DM us or book a call with our team in bio🔗

Race Day Dubai🏇 Where else do you discuss global payments while watching horses fly?Champagne in hand. Truly fascinating...
23/03/2026

Race Day Dubai🏇 Where else do you discuss global payments while watching horses fly?

Champagne in hand. Truly fascinating atmosphere and people. And the best business conversations of the quarter.

No walls between industries. That’s what makes this event different.

We are honored to be a partner.
And grateful for every conversation that happened.
To many more ahead🙌🏼

23/03/2026

Race Day Dubai memories🏇

Great atmosphere. Unique networking. Negotiations that matter.

Pure excellence.
Kea is honored to be a partner of the event and a part of its amazing community.

20/03/2026

We build what you actually need.

At ICE, our CEO Mark heard it directly from clients and partners — Kea is solving real payment challenges.

Local payouts solutions, stablecoin payments. Doing our best to be on track🙌🏼

Book a call with our team to learn more about how we can help your business.
→ Link in bio🔗

A crypto startup came to us after a year of hearing «we’re still reviewing your application» from banks.We get it. We’ve...
20/03/2026

A crypto startup came to us after a year of hearing «we’re still reviewing your application» from banks.

We get it. We’ve seen this story too many times.

KYB verification and in a matter of days, the client got: 
→ Finnish IBAN live
→ SEPA, SWIFT payments 
→ global payouts in AED 
→ crypto on/off-ramp

All in one go.

The difference? 
We don’t auto-reject you. Our compliance reviews every case individually.

This is one client story, and we have plenty more🦜

Swipe for details or book a call via link in bio.

The modern entrepreneur is asset-light. The banking system is not.Traditional banking was simply built for a different e...
19/03/2026

The modern entrepreneur is asset-light. The banking system is not.

Traditional banking was simply built for a different era.
When growth meant buying more equipment,
and success was measured in square meters.

Today’s founders build differently,
and the system hasn’t caught up.

We wrote about why this matters and what it means for founders.

→ Check the full read on our LinkedIn.
Link in bio🔗

𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬?Mark Berkovich, the CEO of Kea, sat down withStablecoin Insider to discuss it....
12/03/2026

𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬?

Mark Berkovich, the CEO of Kea, sat down with
Stablecoin Insider to discuss it.

One quote that captures what we do:
“Stablecoins are painkillers. Not vitamins.”

Businesses don’t migrate to crypto out of curiosity.
Most often, it happens when traditional banking
systems stop working for them.

⁃ Can’t open an account.
⁃ Payment stuck for 5 days in a correspondent chain.
⁃ No idea when the money actually lands.

𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐫?

The interview covers:
→ How the “Stablecoin Sandwich” works
→ Banks vs. stablecoin issuers: who wins?
→ What’s ahead in 2026
→ Why we still pick up the phone when clients call
in a world where everyone’s automating everything

Check out the whole interview via the link in our bio🔗

For new Kea clients, we’re offering 0% fees on all incoming crypto transactions for the first 6 months 🎉That means you c...
09/03/2026

For new Kea clients, we’re offering 0% fees on all incoming crypto transactions for the first 6 months 🎉

That means you can accept crypto and pay no commission as it lands in your Kea account for 6 months in a row. Isn’t it amazing?

Here’s the bigger picture:
→ The global crypto audience is now estimated at 850M+ owners.

→ That’s a massive pool of potential customers ready to pay with crypto.

Add them to your client base, while paying zero fees to accept their payments💸

It’s our way of saying «welcome aboard» from day one. If you’ve been on the fence about adding crypto payments, now’s the time to jump in.

05/03/2026

🦜 Conference live hack:
if you attend Consensus, Token2049 or any major global industry event - never skip the side events.

That’s where the real magic happens: smaller groups, better focus, and more productive conversations.

This was exactly our experience in Hong Kong with the Kea team during Consensus & DATSummit week.

We saw strong interest not only in our Dedicated IBANs and crypto processing, but also in our new product - Global Local Payouts, with HKD payouts in particularly high demand across Asia.

Great to reconnect with friends, meet new partners, and enjoy some excellent Hong Kong food along the way😊

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