Signals Through the Noise: Payments Are Still Broken

About this episode

This episode explores the complexities and inefficiencies of cross-border payments with guest Ran Grushkowsky from MassPay.

Most people never see the ugliest part of cross-border payments. Builders do. In this episode of the Crypto Hipster Podcast, I sit down with Ran Grushkowsky of MassPay to explore the hidden infrastructure behind global payouts, remittances, compliance, settlement friction, and the operational realities most consumers never think about. We discuss: why cross-border payments remain painfully inefficientthe invisible compliance layers shaping global money movementhow stablecoins may change international settlementwhere traditional finance still controls the railsand why building payment infrastructure requires surviving constant operational complexity This conversation is less about hype and more about the systems underneath modern money movement. Hosted by Jamil Hasan. Crypto Hipster Podcast — where builders talk freedom, not price.

People in this episode

Host: Jamil Hasan

Guest: Ran Grushkowsky

Topics covered

• cross-border payments
• global payouts
• remittances
• compliance
• settlement friction
• stablecoins
• payment infrastructure

Keywords

• cross-border payments
• global money movement
• remittances
• compliance layers
• settlement
• stablecoins
• payment infrastructure

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: MassPay

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