CNBC, 5 partner announcements, Stablecon, and Consensus

It's been a busy few weeks at Mesh. Here's a snapshot of some of our most notable updates.

📺 Bam on CNBC's Fortt Knox

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Our CEO, Bam Azizi, joined Jon Fortt on CNBC's Fortt Knox to break down where crypto payments are heading. His take: crypto is "built by crypto bros for crypto bros" — and it doesn't pass the grandma test. Mesh is fixing that.

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Watch the full conversation →

🌍 Where we showed up

From Miami to Amsterdam, we were on stage at two of the most consequential events of the season.

Stablecon EMEA · Amsterdam

We were proud to join Stablecon EMEA as a Title Sponsor. CCO Adam Israel took the main stage for the panel "Every Dollar, Everywhere, and Lots of Drops to Drink" with Roeland Goldberg (Zero Hash), Martins Benkitis (Gravity Team), and David D'Amico (Banking Circle), moderated by Anna Claassen (Stockholm Fintech). Nathalia Hijuelos demoed Mesh's verified deposit flow.

Consensus · Miami

Gabriele Galli moderated "The Global Payments Pivot: Crypto Cards, Rewards & Beyond" with Christian Rau (Mastercard), Ray Hernandez (Consensys), John Timoney Gomez (Rain), and Mark Zalan (GoMining). Watch clips →

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Arjun Mukherjee joined two panels: "The Agent Wallet Is the New Browser" with Felix Fan (Trust Wallet), moderated by Lia Müller Peña (ArthaX); and "How Agentic Commerce Is Re-Engineering the Global Marketplace" with Ian Dilick (World Foundation) and Louis Amira (ATXP), moderated by Nalin Mittal (Google). Watch clips →

🤝 Partnership momentum

Kalshi: Powering crypto deposits and payouts for the first federally regulated prediction market, with smart asset routing and real-time payout address validation built in.

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‍Circle: Expanded our USDC settlement collaboration across the Mesh ecosystem, streamlining how enterprises, merchants, and PSPs move value globally.

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Stellar: Established as a core settlement layer across the Mesh ecosystem, laying the groundwork for a deeper collaboration on stablecoin payments at global scale.

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Tempo: Formalized as a settlement network for high-throughput stablecoin payments, giving enterprises a more direct path to fast, low-cost settlement.

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Global Dollar Network: Mesh joined GDN, the world's fastest-growing stablecoin network, to drive USDG utility across 300+ wallets, exchanges, and platforms.

🎙️ Mesh podcasts

CEO Beat, our podcast with Stablecon featuring founders building financial infrastructure. Latest episode → Henri Stern (Privy)

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Agentic Commerce, our podcast with Tokenized, co-hosted by Cuy Sheffield (Visa) and Simon Taylor (Tempo). Latest episode → Nikhil Chandhok (Circle)