#514: Bhau Kotecha, Co-Founder of Paxos Labs, on Stablecoin Adoption, USDG, Omnichain Architecture, and Privacy Focused Stablecoins

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Bhaumik Kotecha discusses the mission of Paxos Labs in simplifying decentralized finance and the future of stablecoins.

Bhaumik (“Bhau”) Kotecha is the Co-Founder and Head of Paxos Labs, a startup spun out from Paxos in 2025 to empower institutions and developers with enterprise-grade infrastructure for on-chain financial products. At Paxos Labs, he leads the mission to remove the complexity of decentralized finance so partners can seamlessly embed trusted products—such as custom stablecoins, DeFi yield strategies, and tokenized assets—into their platforms. His vision blends the regulatory rigor and infrastruc...

People in this episode

Guest: Bhaumik Kotecha

Topics covered

• stablecoin adoption
• decentralized finance
• on-chain financial products
• privacy focused stablecoins
• omnichain architecture

Keywords

• stablecoins
• decentralized finance
• Paxos Labs
• USDG
• omnichain architecture
• privacy
• financial products

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Organizations: Paxos Labs, Paxos

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