Allow me to (re)introduce myself

Who I Am, What I Do, and Why I Care About Stablecoin Payments

I’ve been exploring writing more and putting myself out there. Someone close to me gave me some good advice that I needed to tell my story so that folks could better connect to my content. So in the words of Jay-Z, allow me to re-introduce myself.

A Bit About Me

I’m someone who has always been fascinated by how money moves. Maybe it’s because I grew up in a Nigerian family in the UK, where cross-border payments were always a reality. My mum constantly sent money back to Nigeria, often through informal networks of friends and relatives and eventually through methods like Western Union. It was inefficient, and clunky, but the norm.

That theme, how people move money, has stuck with me throughout my life.

I grew up in Manchester, played a lot of basketball, and went on to study medicine at university. I quickly realized it wasn’t for me and instead, I entered the world of finance through an internship, starting my career in investment banking at Morgan Stanley, and progressing to a private equity role at Silver Lake. After a few years in London, I moved to the U.S. for business school at Harvard, intending to go back into finance. But the pull toward building things, toward entrepreneurship, was too strong to ignore. I had always been entreprenrurial (I ran an eBay store in my high school summer refurbishing Nokias) and here was a chance to explore that interest.

That’s how I found my way into product management. First, at a startup called EquityZen, where I learned to code (out of personal interest) and helped build a platform for trading private shares. Then, at a real estate fintech for a short stint before eventually landing at Paxos, where I’ve spent the last four years working on everything from securities and commodities settlement, crypto OTC settlement, collateral management, and blockchain integrations. Now, I’m focused on leading our stablecoin orchestration and payments efforts, enabling our customers to bringing stablecoins into the mainstream as a better way to move money.

Why Stablecoin Payments Matter to Me

At its core, money movement is about enabling people. It’s about making economies work better.

If you can make payments faster, cheaper, and more accessible, you don’t just help businesses and indivduals, you help entire economies grow. You create more opportunities for people to work globally. You remove barriers that prevent businesses from expanding. You give individuals more agency over their financial lives.

We’re already seeing how stablecoins are making this happen. Individuals across emerging markets have a USD bank account in their pockets. Businesses are using them for faster settlements. In a world where technology is so sophisticated, AI agents can manage more and more complex tasks, why can’t you or your business pay anyone anywhere?

That’s why I write about this space. I believe that if more people understand how stablecoins work and why they matter, we can accelerate adoption. We can grow the industry. We can bring more talent in (that helps me and other builders). And ultimately, we can help build a better financial system, one where money moves as fast as the internet.

What I’ll Be Writing About

This new Substack is a place for me to share my thoughts on the stablecoin payment industry. I’ll be covering:

• Analysis of trends in stablecoin adoption

• Business ideas and strategy

• Case studies of businesses using stablecoins

• Curation and synthesis of education content

If that sounds interesting, feel free to subscribe. No pressure, I'm still figuring this out. But if you’re curious about where stablecoin payments are headed and want to stay ahead of the curve, I’d love to have you along for the ride.