
E81 - Ex Libra Boss David Marcus on Meta Stablecoin Payouts and Global Dollar Accounts
Published: May 4, 2026
Duration: 51:17
On Ep. 81 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by David Marcus, CEO & Co-Founder @ Lightspark to discuss Lightspark’s evolution from Bitcoin Lightning Network to stablecoins, delegating money movement to AI agents and more!
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction 4:37 Lightspark’s evolution from Bitcoin Lightning Network to stablecoins 9:18 How Grid Global Accounts enable platforms to create branded accounts 13:25 Delegating money movement to AI agents 16:27 Meta launches stablecoin creator payouts in select markets 21:44 The opportunity to build creator neobanks with stablecoins 26:06 Using alternative data for global credit underwriting onchain 35:23 West...