1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 John and Glen discuss the latest maneuvers in the stablecoin world- particularly the newly announced Open USD initiative spearheaded by Bridge, bringing its parent company Stripe into the game. Is it a game changer or a press release destined for Libra-land? Also, new Fed data finds credit cards in overdrive.&amp;nbsp; Links related to this episode: Open Standard’s Open USD announcement:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; https://joinopenstandard.com/blog/introducing-open-usd Glen’s blog on the newly released Fed payments data: https://www.big-fintech.com/christmas-in-july-the-fed-delivers-new-2024-payments-data/ Andreesen Horowitz’s take on stablecoins’ outlook&amp;nbsp; (from before the Open USD announcement: https://a16zcrypto.substack.com/p/why-stablecoins-wont-age-well &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/best-innovation-group/&amp;nbsp; https://www.linkedin.com/in/jbfintech/ https://www.linkedin.com/n/glensarvady/ The BIGCast: Sharing the credit union industry's current breakthroughs in innovation and discussing the latest hot topics http://bigcu.libsyn.com/webpage <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/42131495/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/204230645