Brian Mehler

.@mehler is CEO of @stable, a USDT-native layer one blockchain built for stablecoin payments. He spent 20 years in finance, including as the first hire on B1's venture arm, where he ran a program with close to a billion dollars starting in 2018, backing companies like Galaxy and Securitize. He joined Stable in August 2025 convinced the plumbing behind everyday money movement hadn't caught up: a wire lands and nobody can tell you where the money sat, or who's actually holding it in between. The chain went live four months later, in December, with a pre-deposit campaign that was oversubscribed in the billions. Stable removes the volatile gas token most blockchains run on and uses USDT, already 80 percent of the stablecoin market, as native gas instead, settling cross-border transfers in half a second. Its cap table includes PayPal Ventures, Franklin Templeton, and Bitfinex, with Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino advising the company. Brian's conversation with @dr3wrogers: 04:41 - First hire on B1's venture arm, deploying close to $1 billion 08:29 - Why "eating your own dog food" is rare in crypto 09:35 - Why Stable skipped the volatile gas token every other L1 relies on 11:53 - The velocity of money nobody talks about in traditional finance 13:00 - PayPal Ventures, Franklin Templeton, Bitfinex, and Paolo Ardoino as advisor 19:19 - What a wire transfer actually tells you (nothing) 20:43 - Public companies losing points on every transaction 23:13 - Where your money sits over the weekend 24:06 - Correspondent banking is "basically memos" 24:28 - The two-week compliance holiday Wall Street takes 27:27 - A payroll run that used to cost a week 36:13 - Why Stable uses a partner for wallet infrastructure instead of building it in-house 42:39 - His cousin at Truist spots his name in a presentation 45:26 - Mainnet live since December, oversubscribed in the billions 49:58 - What it looks like when stablecoins disappear into the background Episode 0053. Presented to you by @Altitude

Great getting to sit down with @stabledash and share more about what @Stable is building and what's coming over the horizon with stablecoins

"Crypto has all these promises. But there was always a hidden asterisk." @mehler ran @b1's billion dollar crypto venture program as its first hire in 2018. Now he's CEO of @stable, the layer1 network using USDT as native gas, backed by PayPal Ventures, Franklin Templeton, and Bitfinex. In this conversation, Brian shares why household-name public companies started calling after the GENIUS Act passed, and why an independent chain in the Tether ecosystem has an edge over the stablecoin chains Stripe and Circle are incubating in-house. First look at Stableminded Ep. 0053. Full episode releasing Thursday, brought to you by @altitude

StableEarn is now live on StableHub. Put your idle USDT to work directly through StableHub and access on-chain yield through a seamless earning experience. One place to manage, move and earn on @Stable. Check it out: hub.stable.xyz/earn/stable-ma…

Great to have @Stable be part of the Mesh Alliance Program. Looking forward to growing and building with @meshpay

#HSCLifeRules - Brian Mehler (@mehler), CEO at @Stable, HSC Asset Management Hong Kong, April 23 Everyone spitballs about what could go wrong with stablecoins - rogue agents, new attack vectors. But nobody looks at how broken the current system already is. In the US, if someone has your account number and routing number, they can pull funds from your account without authorization. That's called direct debit. Paper checks are still common "Intentional malice in legacy finance is way more costly than the hacks we've seen in crypto. Billions of dollars drained on a regular basis worldwide because we have fundamentally flawed systems" #HSCAssetManagement

🎙️ Cregis MicUp Vol 15: Compliance Decoded — What Every Crypto Business Needs to Know 🗓️ June 3, 2026 | 8:00 PM GMT+8 | Live X Space 🔗 Set your reminder: x.com/i/spaces/1YGNr… Compliance has become one of the defining challenges and competitive advantages for crypto businesses. As digital assets move further into the mainstream, regulatory expectations are growing more sophisticated. Yet for many founders, operators, and product teams, compliance remains a complex maze of acronyms, requirements, and evolving standards. What does compliance actually mean in practice? Where do regulations and business realities collide? And how should crypto companies prepare for what's coming next? Join Cregis for a practical discussion on the foundations of crypto compliance, the industry's biggest challenges, and the frameworks businesses need to operate responsibly and sustainably. 🎤 Meet Our Expert Panel: @mehler — CEO at @Stable Devin Chai — Core Contributor at @WidthGRC 🎙️ Moderated by Bovey 📋 What We'll Explore: 🔸 Compliance 101 — What Are We Actually Talking About? What do KYC, KYB, AML, and the Travel Rule actually mean in practice? Why do regulators require them, and how do these frameworks work together within a crypto business? 🔸 Crypto-Specific Compliance — Where the Standard Playbook Breaks Down Which compliance requirements are uniquely difficult in crypto? Where do current solutions still fall short, and what does a realistic compliance program look like today? 🔸 Policy vs. Operations — Where the Real Conflicts Live Where do regulatory expectations clash most sharply with operational reality? How do businesses navigate these tensions while continuing to grow and innovate? 🔸 What Keeps Compliance Officers Up at Night? What regulatory challenges are creating the most uncertainty today? And are there areas where the industry needs more practical and balanced regulatory approaches? 🔸 Looking Ahead — Where Is Compliance Going? What regulatory developments should crypto businesses be preparing for right now, even before new rules formally take effect? Why This Matters: Compliance is no longer just a legal requirement—it's becoming a core part of business strategy, market access, and long-term sustainability. Understanding the fundamentals today can help businesses avoid costly mistakes tomorrow, while positioning themselves to operate confidently in an increasingly regulated environment. Whether you're building a startup, managing operations, or scaling an established crypto business, this session will provide practical insights into one of the industry's most important topics. 📌 Join us 5 minutes early to secure your spot! #Compliance #CryptoCompliance #AML #KYC #TravelRule #DigitalAssets #Web3Infrastructure #Regulation #CregisMicUp

Every idle stablecoin is a missed opportunity Morpho powers StableEarn to bring noncustodial yield to every USDT on @Stable's payment network

@Stable 🚀 StableEarn now live

Took a deep dive into Stable with @WTR_Research, covered where we are headed and how the tradfi is adopting stablecoins to solve the bottlenecks.

Hong Kong. Done🇭🇰 The Hopewell Hotel hosted a different kind of conversation — senior allocators, institutional decision-makers, and builders in the same room, working through the questions that actually matter for the next phase of digital asset markets Panels on capital reallocation, stablecoin infrastructure, RWA, macro positioning, and the future of financial institutions. A signing ceremony between HSC Asset Group and VM holdings. A fireside with Allan Liu of AIC. Interviews on the floor. Deals discussed over lunch This is what we built HSC Asset Management for A huge thank you to our co-host @CGVFOF for making this happen alongside us, also thanks to every speaker, partner, and attendee who made April 23 what it was! Next event coming. Watch this space! Speakers in these photos: - Will Mei, General Manager, Sycamore Investment Fund Management - Vadim Krekotin (@KrekotinVadim), Managing Partner, HSC Asset Group - Sangmi Cha (@sangmi_cha), Asia Equities Reporter @business - Barton Lui, Director, Global Product Solutions @BlackRock - Allan Song, Head of Data & Digital, FSS @StanChart - Joseph Chalom (@joechalom), CEO @Sharplink - Don Ng, Director, Digital Assets @ChinaAMC_HK - Nimesh Panchal, Sr Product Manager, Global Payments @HSBC - Cynthia Wu (@CryptoCWU), Founding Partner & Chief Commercial Officer, @BITofficial_EN - Mikhail Ivanov, CEO,@ArcanumPulse - Evan Auyang (@EvanAuyang), Group President, @animocabrands - Chris Mihos, Co-Founder & CEO @makebanc - Mushtaq Kapasi, Managing Director, Chief Representative, Asia-Pacific, ICMA - Brian Mehler (@mehler), CEO, @Stable - Ng Yingzhong (@ngyingzhong), CPO, @UR_global - Shawn Lim, VP of Asia, @HypernativeLabs - Niki Ariyasinghe, APAC VP, @chainlink Media partners: @cryptodotnews, @pivotintelHQ, @Coinstelegram1, @cryptovate_io, @coinpapercom, @broadchain_info, @dlnews, @CoinCheckup, @BlockTempo, @CryptoRank_io, @blockchainrptr, @coin_gabbar_, @CoinCodex, @coin_post Community partners: @Coiniseasy, @akindo_io, @1783Dao

Joined @_RichardTeng, @Len_hoh, and Akhil Devmurari on stage in Hong Kong at @festival_web3 and deep dived into where the future of cross-border payments is headed

Brian Mehler @mehler, @Stable's CEO, will be sharing his insights on stage at #Web3Festival in Hong Kong. Bringing more than 15 years of experience across finance, venture capital, and blockchain, Brian has a strong background in financial operations, investment management, and cryptocurrency accounting. 🗓️20-23, April |📍HKCEC 🎫luma.com/hkweb3festival…

At scale, agents won’t just make a few payments. They’ll make thousands per day across services and sub-agents. That only works if payments are predictable, seamless, and invisible. That’s where Stable is emerging as a payment rail for the agentic economy.

The settlement layer underneath matters. If agents have to manage gas tokens, conversions, or volatile fees, that complexity compounds quickly. Stable simplifies this by keeping execution and settlement in USDT. No separate asset. No extra steps. ⚡️ x.com/Stable/status/…

Agents can do everything, until they need to pay. Then the workflow breaks. We built @Stable for exactly this: instant, predictable, autonomous payments in the agentic economy. Worth reading @citrini’s take this week.

Insightful conversations at LONGITUDE during #ConsensusHK, hosted by @Cointelegraph and @One_BullEx. Our CEO @mehler joined the panel to discuss the infrastructure needed to scale stablecoin adoption globally and how Stable is building real-world payment rails.