Alexander Höptner on cross-border payments
From Joint Custody Episode 12: Alexander Höptner, CEO of AllUnity · · GK8 - Trust is your most valuable asset
“For true cross‑border payments you need stablecoins in the local currencies — for example a Japanese company wants yen — and you must provide FX between them so the European company receives euros; until stablecoins fully replace other rails, you need on‑ and off‑ramps in both currencies.”
On , Alexander Höptner, CEO at BitMEX, spoke about cross-border payments during Joint Custody Episode 12: Alexander Höptner, CEO of AllUnity on GK8 - Trust is your most valuable asset.
About Alexander Höptner
In a March 2026 episode of the podcast *Joint Custody – The Digital Asset Dialogues*, Alexander Höptner, CEO of AllUnity, discussed the company's launch of a MiCAR-compliant EUR stablecoin. Höptner described the stablecoin as "the tokenized version of e‑money" under MiCA regulation, distinguishing it from cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. He stated that AllUnity's primary focus is using stablecoins for cross-border payments rather than as a settlement instrument for crypto trading. Höptner argued that for true cross-border payments, stablecoins must be available in local currencies, with foreign exchange services provided between them)Skip. He noted that stablecoins will become one component of a broader global payment system, alongside instant payment systems and central bank digital currencies, and predicted they will be "heavily used" in the future. AllUnity is backed by DWS, Flow Traders, and Galaxy.