Zero Hash

There are 1.57 billion freelancers worldwide, accounting for 47% of the global workforce. Yet this huge market is being underserved by traditional banking and payments systems. We surveyed 2,500 freelancers across the US, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil and The UAE. Here are 5 key takeaways: 1. Freelancers and gig workers are frustrated with traditional #payments  58% of global freelancers and gig workers said the current local #banking and payment systems don’t work for them. 2. Significant loss of opportunity due to FX complexities  Due to FX inefficiencies, globally 65% of freelancers say they have lost money or left money on the table because they couldn’t accept work across borders due to FX complexities and inefficiencies.  3. Freelancers worldwide are demanding crypto and stablecoin payouts  93% of global freelancers want to receive a portion of their income in #crypto and #stablecoins.  4. Stablecoins: The new preference for freelancer pay  Almost two thirds of freelancers would choose stablecoin payouts over their local currency. 5. Freelancers want to pay for services using crypto or stablecoins  81% of freelancers said they would prefer or at least have the option to pay for their subscriptions including Netflix, Spotify, and ExpressVPN, using crypto or stablecoins as the payment method. Learn more insights about the study in our report  Freelancer Freedom: Enabling payments for the modern workforce

Stablecoin on-chain volume demonstrates the utility of #stablecoins across different use cases. At our Zero Hash Connect roadshow event, Edward Woodford, Founder and CEO of Zero Hash shared, “Last year there was $11tr stablecoin volume on-chain, which is approaching on par with the Visa network. There’s also 600m #crypto wallets globally, and stablecoins are being used as a 24/7/365 funding mechanism.” Watch the full panel discussion, “Stablecoins: How can they unlock new opportunities for brokerage and CFD platforms?”, with Nithya Sridharan, Digital Assets Product Director of TP ICAP. Ritu Singh, VP, Regional Director of StoneX Group Inc.. Laurence Willows, Head of BD Digital Assets of IG Group. Tariq Ahmed, Head of Payments and Customer Success of Trade Nation. https://lnkd.in/eudgv5nB

How do you make it more efficient to remit funds to Africa? At Zero Hash Connect, Gwera Kiwana, VP partnerships: Blockchain Payments of Onafriq explained “We have integrated into a layer 1 blockchain, which has resulted in instant settlement between OnAfriq and our money transfer operator partners.” Gwera presents the future of global money movement, describing it as fintech or traditional financial services front end UX, powered by crypto on the back. “This has been really impactful for our remittance business.” Watch the full panel session: “Stablecoins: Cross-border payments simplified”, with Nicolas Cabrera, VP of Product of Lightspark, Elizabeth Rossiello, CEO of AZA Finance, ⚡️Thales Freitas, CEO of Bitso Brazil, and Joaquín Ayuso de Paul de PaulGlobal Head of Product of Zero Hash https://lnkd.in/e9yMxWUY

Why does Zero Hash connect fiat, crypto and stablecoins into one ecosystem through our Value Engine? At Innovation in Payments and Remittances, Shaun O'keeffe, our VP, Growth Enablement, explained, “how no one of these mechanisms can solve all of the world’s transaction needs.” Shaun explains how #stablecoins have found product market fit as the killer #payments use case, which is bringing real utility to businesses, freelancers, and consumers. If you would like to learn more about the market for stablecoins, please read our report  Freelancer Freedom: Enabling payments for the modern workforce: https://lnkd.in/eGMEFY8b Also a recommended read is the Visa report “Stablecoins: the emerging market story: https://lnkd.in/e4MftiS2 Anwar Saleem, Aamer Abedi, Innovation in Payments and Remittances

Zero Hash’s Product team is growing! We are hiring for a VP of Product. Joaquín Ayuso de Paul, Global Head of Product said: “Zero Hash is building the financial infrastructure for the future. The world’s leading businesses partner with Zero Hash to seamlessly connect fiat, crypto, and stablecoins. This is a unique opportunity to play a crucial role in helping set and implement our product strategy for the new era of global money movement and value transfer.” Apply today and join our mission to connect fiat, stablecoins and crypto for the new era of money movement. https://lnkd.in/eHBDwwqZ #Stablecoins #Crypto #DigitalAssets #FinancialInfrastructure #Hiring #Product

Are you attending Digital Assets Week in London? Connect with our Director of Sales Engineering, Arin Ray, and Linas Beliūnas, Director of Revenue to learn how Zero Hash is enhancing tokenized asset accessibility, with 24/7/365 stablecoin payment rails, which are powering industry leaders including Franklin Templeton, Securitize, and Republic. “Zero Hash’s end-to-end crypto and stablecoin infrastructure provides a seamless payments bridge between investors and issuers on the Republic platform. Their stablecoin payment rails are proven and scalable, and will play a critical role in unlocking access to invest in tokenized assets,” said Sean Rolland, Head of Product of Republic Crypto. We look forward to seeing you at Digital Assets Week! #Crypto #Tokenization #Payments #DigitalAssetsWeek #Stablecoins

Edward Woodford, our Founder and CEO, is speaking at The Future of Fintech Week, hosted by World Business Chicago, on September 25th at 11:45am - 12:15pm CT. Edward will share his career journey, starting at MIT to establishing Zero Hash in Chicago in 2017, and building the business to become the global leading crypto and stablecoin infrastructure provider. Join Edward’s panel discussion “Building FinTech in Chicago” to learn how Zero Hash has grown from our origins in Chicago to a global company; - Over 160 employees across the world; - On-boarded approaching 5 million users globally to crypto and stablecoins; - Processed $25bn in transactions for our partners including start-ups, enterprises and Fortune 500 companies, such as Stripe, Interactive Brokers, Shift4, and Franklin Templeton,. Edward will be joined on the panel by industry leaders, Patricia Felts, Managing Director, Strategic Investments of Fifth Third Bank, Sach Chitnis, Co-founder and Partner of Jump Capital, and Michelle Winterfield, Co-Founder of Tandem. We look forward to seeing you at The Future of Fintech Week! #Crypto #Tokenization #Payments #Chicago #Stablecoins

On 1st October, Zero Hash, in partnership with Circle will be joined by Shift4, Stripe, Republic, Aptos Foundation, Solana Foundation, SEI Foundation, Visa and Avalanche, to explore how #stablecoins on different #blockchains are being used to disrupt and solve different challenges across:  - #Tokenization; - #Payouts; and - #Onramping Learn more about our event here: https://lnkd.in/dSu_gRJD Thank you to our speakers for sharing their insights including: - Nick Krakoff, Crypto Product & Business of Stripe - Asha Dakshinamoorthy, Head of Product of Aptos Labs - Spencer Spinnell, VP Americas of Circle - Brian Aznar, Chief Technology Officer of Republic - Austin Federa, Head of Strategy of Solana - Mike McCoy, Director of Infrastructure of Sei Foundation - Pietro Moran, Director of Crypto of Shift4 - Peter Wexler, Senior Director of Business Development – Crypto Solutions of Visa - Eric Kang, Ecosystems Growth, Head of DeFi of Ava Labs

On 2nd October, Zero Hash will be joined by industry leaders from Apex Fintech Solutions, IG Group, StoneX Group Inc. and Kalshi, to explore “Stablecoins: The Global Trading Unlock”,:  Thank you to our speakers for sharing their insights including: - Connor Coughlin, Chief Commercial Officer, Apex Fintech Solutions - Eric Rose, Head of Digital Asset Execution, StoneX - Tarek Mansour, CEO, Kalshi - Stuart Manktelow, Chief Operating Officer, IG Group Learn more about our event here: https://lnkd.in/eF9H9qEG

How can stablecoins change the fabric of payments for merchants? At Zero Hash Connect, our Founder and CEO, Edward Woodford spoke with our customer Stripe’s John Egan, Head of Crypto about how our partnership is abstracting away the complexity of stablecoins. John emphasized that to create mass merchant adoption of stablecoins, we need to, “convince the merchant that they don’t have to learn all about blockchain to be able to absorb all of the value for their business.” Watch the full fireside chat between John Egan and Edward Woodford: “Payouts, Payins and On-Ramping.” https://lnkd.in/e8TJTvHN #Stablecoins #Payments #Merchants #Crypto