219 - Hassan Ahmed: The Man Scaling Coinbase Across Southeast Asia

About this episode

Hassan Ahmed discusses his journey in the crypto industry and the future of financial systems in Southeast Asia.

🩵 Special episode today with Hassan Ahmed, Country Director and CEO of Coinbase Singapore. With an impressive background coming from roles at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management (VP Strategy) & Venmo (Head of Business Operations), to eToro USA (launched their regulated crypto trading platform in the US); Hassan then ran GoTo Group (dual role as CEO of Coins.ph in the Philippines and SVP Strategy for GoPay Indonesia), before becoming Country Director/CEO of Coinbase Singapore - leading Southeast Asia operations since April 2021, Hassan has quite the rap sheet! We'll be talking stablecoins, tokenization, agentic payments and what it looks like when crypto infrastructure moves from framework to execution! This is a jam-packed episode. Let's get into it 🚀 **** TIMESTAMPS 1:31 Hassan gives us his 'timeline' into crypto 4:20 Coinbase Singapore - a run down 7:16 Stablecoins - a place to 'park' your money or more? 12:37 Is Singapore becoming a financial system of the future? 14:52 From framework to execution - a broader discussion 17:13 Hassan's insights on where the crypto industry is going **** SHOWNOTES LinkedIn X 💥 Have you downloaded Bamboo’s 2026 Crypto Market Report ? 💥 ****…

People in this episode

Guest: Hassan Ahmed

Topics covered

• crypto infrastructure
• stablecoins
• financial systems
• tokenization
• agentic payments
• Southeast Asia operations

Keywords

• Hassan Ahmed
• Coinbase
• stablecoins
• crypto trading
• financial systems
• Southeast Asia
• tokenization
• agentic payments

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Coinbase, Merrill Lynch Wealth Management, Venmo, eToro USA, GoTo Group, Coins.ph, GoPay

Places: Singapore, Southeast Asia, Philippines, Indonesia

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