How Stablecoins Are Rewiring Global Payments | Borderless CPO Alex Garn

How Stablecoins Are Rewiring Global Payments | Borderless CPO Alex Garn

Published: January 9, 2026

Duration: 25:33

In this episode of The Defiant Podcast, Chris Storaker sits down with Alex Garn, Chief Product Officer at Borderless, to unpack how stablecoins are quietly transforming cross-border payments — and what it actually takes to move money at scale across jurisdictions.

Alex walks through Borderless’ role as an orchestration layer for global on- and off-ramps, why the company stays out of the flow of funds, and how a single API can replace dozens of fragmented integrations across local regulators, liquidity providers, and banking partners.

We explore why stablecoins are moving beyond trading and DeFi collateral into real...