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Wyre is a leading fiat-to-cryptocurrency and payment infrastructure company for the cryptocurrency ecosystem. In blockchain time, Wyre has been around forever -- it was founded in 2013. Wyre leverages blockchain to facilitate cross-border payments, bridging the gap between traditional payment processing and digital assets. Focusing on developers, the company provides easy-to-integrate APIs which enable thousands of developers to bring cryptocurrency to the masses. The company has “on-ramped” over 15 million end users to their partners and has processed over $10B in payments since inception.We were joined by Co-founder and CEO Yanni Giannaros, and Director of Crypto Strategy Jamal Raees, to chat about payments applications in general and in web3, how Wyre works on a technical and business level including regulatory constraints, their recent acquisition by Bolt, and the roadmap for the platform.Topics covered in this episode:The history of Wyre and the changes they have seen in the space over the past 10 yearsYanni and Jamal's backgrounds and how they metA technical overview of WyreThe challenges of running an onrampBolt's recent acquisition of WyrePayments applications in web 3 - what works and what doesn'tThe Wyre business model and feesThe jurisdictional restrictions for using Wyre and Yanni and Jamal's thoughts on the current regulatory environmentThe future of crypto interfacesThe Wyre roadmapEpisode links: WyreWyre on TwitterYanni on TwitterJamal on TwitterSponsors: ParaSwap: ParaSwap aggregates all major DEXs and makes sure you beat the market price at every single swap and with the lowest slippage - paraswap.io/epicenterChorus One: Chorus One runs validators on cutting edge Proof of Stake networks such as Cosmos, Solana, Celo, Polkadot and Oasis. - https://epicenter.rocks/chorusoneThis episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/449

Wyre is a leading fiat-to-cryptocurrency and payment infrastructure company for the cryptocurrency ecosystem. In blockchain time, Wyre has been around forever -- it was founded in 2013. Wyre leverages blockchain to facilitate cross-border payments, bridging the gap between traditional payment processing and digital assets. Focusing on developers, the company provides easy-to-integrate APIs which enable thousands of developers to bring cryptocurrency to the masses. The company has “on-ramped” over 15 million end users to their partners and has processed over $10B in payments since inception.We were joined by Co-founder and CEO Yanni Giannaros, and Director of Crypto Strategy Jamal Raees, to chat about payments applications in general and in web3, how Wyre works on a technical and business level including regulatory constraints, their recent acquisition by Bolt, and the roadmap for the platform.Topics covered in this episode:<ul><li>The history of Wyre and the changes they have seen in the space over the past 10 years</li><li>Yanni and Jamal's backgrounds and how they met</li><li>A technical overview of Wyre</li><li>The challenges of running an onramp</li><li>Bolt's recent acquisition of Wyre</li><li>Payments applications in web 3 - what works and what doesn't</li><li>The Wyre business model and fees</li><li>The jurisdictional restrictions for using Wyre and Yanni and Jamal's thoughts on the current regulatory environment</li><li>The future of crypto interfaces</li><li>The Wyre roadmap</li></ul>Episode links: <ul><li><a href="wyre.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wyre</a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/sendwyre" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wyre on Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/yannigiannaros" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Yanni on Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/jamalwyre" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jamal on Twitter</a></li></ul>Sponsors: <ul><li>ParaSwap: ParaSwap aggregates all major DEXs and makes sure you beat the market price at every single swap and with the lowest slippage - <a href="http://paraswap.io/epicenter" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">paraswap.io/epicenter</a></li><li>Chorus One: Chorus One runs validators on cutting edge Proof of Stake networks such as Cosmos, Solana, Celo, Polkadot and Oasis. - <a href="https://epicenter.rocks/chorusone" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://epicenter.rocks/chorusone</a></li></ul>This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: <a href="https://epicenter.tv/449" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">epicenter.tv/449</a>

Jamal Raees & Yanni Giannaros: Wyre – Using Blockchain for Cross-Border Payments

In episode one of our pilot season we welcome Jamal Raees, Director, of Crypto Strategy at Wyre with Chen Arad, COO, and Co-Founder at Solidus Labs.

In episode one of our pilot season we welcome Jamal Raees, Director, of Crypto Strategy at Wyre with Chen Arad, COO, and Co-Founder at Solidus Labs.

The Future of Wyre with Director of Crypto Strategy Jamal Raees

Coming off the heels of Bitcoin 2022 in Miami, and the massive announcement of Bolt acquiring Wyre for 1.5 billion. Jason and Robb interview Jamal Raees, Head of crypto strategy at wyre, and use this week's episode to discuss the before mentioned topics and more! Including Wyre's future plans in regards to what Blockchains, products, and features they intend on developing in the future. What does this mean for Web3 and how do these developments relate the Wyre's partnership with Embr.

Coming off the heels of Bitcoin 2022 in Miami, and the massive announcement of Bolt acquiring Wyre for 1.5 billion. Jason and Robb interview Jamal Raees, Head of crypto strategy at wyre, and use this week's episode to discuss the before mentioned topics and more! Including Wyre's future plans in regards to what Blockchains, products, and features they intend on developing in the future. What does this mean for Web3 and how do these developments relate the Wyre's partnership with Embr.