Jeff H

Co-Founder at @opentrade_io Prev Centre @circle ($USDC), @pwc, other stuff

[Jeff H @BTC_Jeff]

The coolest thing about @littioco and this product is that it's actually being used by mainstream non crypto users, who don't need to understand how @opentrade_io @avax work under the hood to benefit from simple easy access to USD(C) and stable returns on their balances

[Avalanche🔺 @avax]

🔺 Avalanche unlocks worldwide access to a diverse range of investment products and utilities 🔺

Colombian Neobank Littio is addressing currency devaluation for Latin Americans through its easy-to-use app, allowing users to convert pesos to $USDC that they can send, spend, and save.

Through @opentrade_io’s RWA yield vaults on Avalanche, @littioco now allows customers to earn stable interest on their USDC balances fully backed by U.S. Treasury Bills and other assets.

Here's all the info: https://t.co/8InH7vUP3K

[OpenTrade @opentrade_io]

Our CEO @BTC_Dave joined @TheBlock to break down why stablecoins are the killer crypto application, why emerging markets are where the most important use cases are being built first, and why offering yield in a way that is scalable, compliant, and programmable is harder than it looks.

[Kevin Mills @__kfm__]

Fastest growing RWA-backed asset in the industry. March upwards continues 🫡

[Kevin Mills @__kfm__]

This is exactly why Sierra leverages TradFi markets for our yield - there’s simply not enough scalable demand onchain yet

We could add hundreds of millions overnight and our rates wouldn’t be impacted

[OpenTrade @opentrade_io]

Following our $17M raise and surpassing $200M in TVL, we’re investing in the leadership needed to scale our go-to-market and define the next phase of stablecoin-powered financial infrastructure.

We’re excited to welcome Sebastien Van Schalkwyk as Head of Marketing.

Sebastien brings deep experience across fintech and Web3 SaaS, most recently leading marketing at Coincover and Cryptio, where he defined category positioning and built the growth engines behind their next phase.

Prior to this, he led the European expansion of Onbe as Managing Director, establishing and scaling the business from market entry through to exit. This experience gives him a strong understanding of how to connect market needs with products that unlock real commercial value.

He joins OpenTrade to sharpen our positioning, scale adoption across key markets, and accelerate the next phase of growth.

Welcome aboard, Sebastien Van Schalkwyk!

[Kevin Mills @__kfm__]

Appreciate the trust all of our users and partners are increasingly putting in us

When we explain Sierra's approach to yield - a professionally managed diversified portfolio of investment-grade RWAs held in GSIB custody - light bulbs go off

31.6M 💡to date and counting

[OpenTrade @opentrade_io]

.@ontop_hq processed $1B+ in payroll across 150+ countries in 2025. That capital sat idle between pay cycles.

Powered by OpenTrade, they launched a ~3% APR rewards program in under a month. $1M in user-provided funds in under two weeks. Now live across their full user base.

Yield infrastructure shouldn't require rebuilding from scratch. This is what plug-and-play looks like.

Read more here 👇
https://t.co/APo9MWY22f

[Samantha Handler @sn_handler]

New in @PunchbowlNews PM: Top Senate Approps Dem Patty Murray says the defense topline must come "way down" for Dems to agree on a topline.

"It's really important that the defense topline comes way down," she said.

More here https://t.co/Lszxx0uuod

[OpenTrade @opentrade_io]

Most tokenization efforts fall for the same reason.

If every institution runs on its own blockchain, you have recreated the exact problem you set out to solve: a collection of disconnected networks that do not coordinate with one another.

As OpenTrade Co-Founder and CEO @BTC_Dave puts it, tokenization is not a technology problem. It is a coordination problem.

The value of a shared ledger only materializes when everyone is on the same one.

A question worth asking of every tokenization use case is not what it does on a blockchain, but what coordination problem it actually solves.

@BTC_Dave, @sjolewis, and @eppy314 unpack this on Episode 5 of Money Moves.

Link provided in the comments

[Core Wallet 🔺 @coreapp]

Not all yield is created equal. @SierraMoney backs its returns with U.S. Treasuries, commercial paper, and blue-chip DeFi protocols, all verifiable through a live transparency dashboard. We partnered with SIERRA for the Crypto Bonus campaign.

[Sierra @SierraIsMoney]

How does SIERRA's price actually appreciate?

Hint: it's not through rebasing, staking or claiming external rewards!

Here's how you earn yield as a SIERRA holder👇

[OpenTrade @opentrade_io]

Our SVP of Business Development & Sales, @fgalvisn, joined @littioco Co-Founder @IvanTorroledo for a live session to break down the architecture behind Littio's Pots.

Understanding how yield is generated and what sits behind it matters. Full transparency into the infrastructure is part of what makes a product worth building on.

Link to the full session is in the comments 👇

[OpenTrade @opentrade_io]

OpenTrade has raised $17M, led by @mercuryfund and Notion Capital, with participation from @a16zcrypto, @AlbionVC, and @CMCC_Global.

What fuelled this are numbers that show what the infrastructure is actually doing: $200M+ in total value locked and $250M+ in transaction volume processed in 2025, $300M processed in the first four months of 2026, and on track to process $1B by the end of the year.

They reflect what was true from the start: fintechs, exchanges, and neobanks want to offer stablecoin yield to their users. They shouldn't have to build the entire infrastructure stack to do it.

As the platform scaled, the same need kept appearing across new parts of the ecosystem. Asset issuers, non-custodial wallets, and on-chain treasuries are all looking for a reliable way to connect stablecoins to well-managed yield strategies.

This round lets us scale what we've already built to serve all of them.

A note from Co-Founder and CEO @BTC_Dave on what this means and where we go next. 👇

[OpenTrade @opentrade_io]

90% of Brazil's population has access to stablecoins today. Most of them don't even know it.

That's the reality Sthefano Batista, Head of LATAM BD at @Figment_io, points to when describing how far stablecoin distribution has come in Latin America. The infrastructure is already there, embedded inside the apps people use every day. The question is not about access, it's about awareness, trust, and what happens when people start putting that access to work.

That shift, and what it means for the future of financial services across the region, is exactly what OpenTrade's new stablecoin report, “The Stablecoin Surge: Unlocking Growth Across Latin America,” explores. We spoke to founders and operators across Latin America who are building on these rails right now.

Link to the full report in comments 👇

[OpenTrade @opentrade_io]

1/ $324 billion. That's how much was processed in stablecoin transactions across Latin America in 2025, an 89% YoY surge. Our latest report, “The Stablecoin Surge: Unlocking Growth Across Latin America,” breaks down what's driving it 👇

[Kevin Mills @__kfm__]

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[The Block @TheBlockCo]

OpenTrade raises $17M to expand stablecoin yield infrastructure after topping $200M TVL https://t.co/RJyCb2tOgf

[Morgan Krupetsky @MorganKrupetsky]

Congrats to our partners @OpenTrade on their latest fundraise.

OpenTrade has become a critical pillar of Avalanche’s embedded finance stack, and we’re proud to work alongside them as they expand access to modern financial products for fintechs, neobanks, and wealth platforms across LatAm and the broader Global South.

Powered by @avax, the team is powering stablecoin yield aggregation and next-generation financial services to high-growth markets that need it most.

https://t.co/HLs6DbWEZ8

[Dave Sutter @BTC_Dave]

To our community, today we’re thrilled to announce that @opentrade_io has raised a $17M in a Strategic Round, led by Mercury Fund and Notion Capital, with participation from @a16zcrypto, @AlbionVC, and @CMCC_Global.

Over the past year, the platform has also crossed two milestones that matter even more to us: $200M+ Total Value Locked; $300M Transaction Volume already processed in 2026 with $1B transaction volume projected in 2026.

Those numbers are the result of something we set out to prove from the beginning: that fintechs, exchanges, and neobanks want to offer stablecoin yield to their users, but they shouldn’t have to build the entire financial infrastructure stack to do it.

Platforms around the world are now offering stablecoin yield products powered by @opentrade_io, reaching millions of users; many of whom live in markets where earning reliable dollar returns isn’t just a nice feature, it’s genuinely transformative.

Seeing those products live in the world, being used every day, has been one of the most rewarding parts of building this company.

The funding we’re announcing today allows us to keep building toward that vision by expanding our engineering and trading teams, scaling both our permissioned and permissionless infrastructure, and supporting more partners integrating stablecoin yield products.

If you’ve been following our journey, building with us, or supporting the ecosystem along the way - thank you.

It genuinely means a lot. We’re still early, but the direction of travel feels clearer every year. Excited for what comes next.

[Yen @oneyenonly]

Proud to announce the Titan Fund's continued backing of @opentrade_io in their $17mm strategic funding round

We first backed @BTC_Dave and @BTC_Jeff at the seed stage two years ago. Dave and Jeff are not newcomers to this space; they were tokenizing real-world assets on public blockchains as early as 2014 — before stablecoins or tokenization were known. These are founders who have been building institutional crypto infrastructure through numerous market cycles for over ten years and never wavered in their conviction.

That conviction is now vindicated. OpenTrade is powering stablecoin yield products for fintechs and neobanks across multiple continents. The platform solves a deceptively hard problem: letting any fintech, exchange, or neobank plug in institutional-grade, RWA-backed yield products without building the underlying investment, custody, or compliance infrastructure themselves.

The company has crossed $200mm in Total Value Locked (TVL) with $1bn transaction volume projected in 2026. Overall stablecoin adoption continues to grow rapidly with total stablecoin transaction volume reaching $33tn in 2025 and total stablecoin market cap crossing $320bn.

In an industry still too often associated with speculation and hype narratives, Dave and Jeff are builders of utility — infrastructure that connects real-world capital to real-world users earning real yield.

Congratulations to the entire @opentrade_io team!

More info here: https://t.co/wk35xQ39R3

[Jeff H @BTC_Jeff]

Huge milestone for the company and the evolution of stablecoins overall

[OpenTrade @opentrade_io]

1/ OpenTrade has raised $17M in a strategic round, bringing total capital raised to over $30M. Led by @mercuryfund and NotionCapital, with participation from @a16zcrypto, @AlbionVC, and @CMCC_Global.