Tokenized

E74 - KAST Raise $80M for Stablecoin Neobank

Published: March 16, 2026

Duration: 50:21

On Ep. 74 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, GTM @ Tempo and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by Raagulan Pathy, CEO & Co-Founder @ KAST and Homam Maalouf, Co-Founder & Chief Products Officer @ Lead Bank to discuss KAST raise $80m for stablecoin neobank, Lead Bank's role in enabling stablecoin card programs and more!

Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction 1:39 KAST's $80M raise and vision for a global stablecoin neobank 2:21 KAST's global growth metrics and stablecoin adoption beyond trading 5:48 Lead Bank's role in enabling stablecoin card programs 7:05 Building lasting compliance infrastructure for stablecoin platforms 19:18 NASDAQ partners with Kraken to launch tokenized stocks globally 29:29 Using...