3 Startups · $24M+ · Stablecoins + AI + RegTech

What they're building

Alfred is a stablecoin-powered payments API connecting local banking rails, real-time payment systems, and digital assets across Latin America (Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, and growing). Originally a consumer wallet, they pivoted to B2B infrastructure: one API for fintechs, marketplaces, and multinationals to move money across borders at real-time settlement speed. They process 4 million-plus transactions, serve 2.5 million-plus users, and are now targeting the Asia-LatAm trade corridor as their next opportunity, a market with $600 billion in annual volume. They are integrated into the Circle Payments Network and the Global Dollar (USDG) on Solana.

Why this matters

Stablecoins are crossing over from crypto-native to mainstream financial infrastructure. Alfred is betting (and winning) that the future of cross-border B2B payments runs on this rail. With Brevan Howard Digital, one of the world's largest macro hedge funds, on the cap table alongside F-Prime (Fidelity's venture arm), this isn't a startup moonshot anymore - it's a financial infrastructure play with serious institutional conviction behind it. The Asia-LatAm corridor alone is a $600 billion market. That means compliance, engineering, and BD hiring at scale is coming fast.