Why Every Major App Will Issue Their Own Stablecoin with Luca Prosperi from M0
The Rollup27 Loka 2025

Why Every Major App Will Issue Their Own Stablecoin with Luca Prosperi from M0

The infrastructure of money is being completely rewritten, and most people don't see it happening.

In this episode, we sit down with Luca Prosperi, founder of M0, to discuss why every major app will issue their own stablecoin, how MetaMask built their own dollar without banking rails, and why we're heading from $300B to trillions in stablecoin market cap.


We discuss:

- Why every bank's dollar is actually different

- The stablecoin fragmentation problem

- How MetaMask built their own dollar without banking rails

- Why apps need to control their own stablecoins

- The future of non-custodial financial services

- From $300B to trillions: Where stablecoins are heading


Timestamps

00:00 Intro

00:53 Luca's Journey: From Traditional Finance to Crypto

06:17 Founding M0 & Raising Without a Pitch Deck

09:51 The Illusion of Dollar Fungibility

11:14 Enso Ad, Relay Ad

11:50 Stablecoin Proliferation Strategy: Why More Is Better

14:09 Upstream vs Downstream Money Infrastructure

16:55 The Fragmentation Problem Nobody Talks About

19:00 How MetaMask's USD Actually Works

21:28 MetaMask's Partnership with Bridge: The Technical Details

26:00 Talus Ad, Alvara Ad, Hibachi Ad

26:29 Will Consumers Actually Notice Blockchain Money?

28:37 Second-Order Effects of Trillions in Stablecoins

30:34 The Next Major M0 Launch

32:28 Hyperliquid's Stablecoin War: Who Wins?

34:19 Developer-Friendly Issuance: Lowering the Barrier

34:42 Closing Thoughts


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