Payments veteran Michael Batuev is betting that the next phase of global finance won’t be won by louder technology—but by technology that becomes effectively invisible. Now leading global payments at onchain financial infrastructure firm WeFi, Batuev argues that mainstream adoption of stablecoin spending and self-custody hinges less on new breakthroughs and more on removing friction until users no longer notice the rails beneath them.
In an interview published Friday ET, Batuev traced his career-long fascination with systems that “work so well no one thinks about them,” drawing a parallel… Read more






