Facundo Werning

Latam @withAUSD | Prev: @tether_to & @worldcoin | Low-information environments.

[Facundo Werning @werningfacundo]

I’m thrilled to share that I am joining Agora @withAUSD as Head of Latam alongside some of the best operators in the space.

We’re backed by some of the strongest investors in the space and are hot off announcing our $50M Series A led by @paradigm and @dragonfly_xyz.

[Facundo Werning @werningfacundo]

@somos_yhat 🫡

[Facundo Werning @werningfacundo]

A couple smaller ideas I wish people would do:

- Use prediction markets to create liquid markets for total stablecoins outstanding, total float in defi, and on-chain interest rates.
- Launch a “labor-hedge token” that hedges against white-collar labor being displaced (holds labs, hyperscalers, and maybe prop bets on median salary/positions).
- Create a 1-month intensive or 3-month slower course on software systems architecture.

[Facundo Werning @werningfacundo]

Given increased COL and mercenarial attitudes towards company missions, I think you’ll see more interesting companies moving away from SF and NY.

Not necessarily on a permanent basis but for longer stints of time. Almost the opposite of an offsite.

[Facundo Werning @werningfacundo]

@HHorsley The 2 or 4 year seed to token pipeline has been one train wreck after another.

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@robbiepetersen_ @dragonfly_xyz @hosseeb @FengBo22588938 @HadickM @tomhschmidt 🫡

[Facundo Werning @werningfacundo]

Only in San Francisco do you find people who have 90% of their net-worth in one company basically shilling their main competitor.

[Facundo Werning @werningfacundo]

Back again for a few weeks before Bitso. If you're around let me know, always happy to chat stables and emerging markets.

Walk and talks appreciated.

[Facundo Werning @werningfacundo]

In SF for a couple weeks, if anyone's around and wants to chat stables or emerging markets -- DMs open.

Open for any and all excuses to take long walks around the Marina and expense some ice cream.

[Facundo Werning @werningfacundo]

@jackchong_jc @checkercorp @velocitycap_ Looking sharp Jack.

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@luigiremor @UniswapFND @crecimientoar 🫡🫡

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@Simonpuebla_ @Andentech @nvidia 🤫🤝

[Facundo Werning @werningfacundo]

Brian’s original tweet is about remittances, that means cross-border.

The ideal end-state of stables would be to just pay in a stable, missing the whole rest of fees here.

Incredibly convenient that BatSad posted about this and had a whole breakdown of fees 3 days ago, you should hire them.

[Facundo Werning @werningfacundo]

@a16zcrypto @eddylazzarin .@eddylazzarin beard is coming in nice

[Facundo Werning @werningfacundo]

You either die a fintech or you live long enough to see yourself become a bank.

[Nick van Eck @Nick_van_Eck]

Stablecoins are the next chapter for the global dollar. Invited to the @NYSE today to chat GENIUS and banking groups who are seeking to slow things down with @CoinDesk.

[Facundo Werning @werningfacundo]

In 2022 I'd dropped of college recently (with a full-time job).

A little later I had an offer to work at Tether and another to work in IB at JPM. I'm pretty sure my dad would've been a little more thrilled to see me go into banking than work remote for a crypto company.

I was totally convinced stablecoins were the future and took the Tether job -- anyways, now a couple years later at Agora we just announced we're filing for a bank charter with the OCC.

"All roads lead to Rome."

[Facundo Werning @werningfacundo]

@Nick_van_Eck @withAUSD 🤝

[Facundo Werning @werningfacundo]

Today @withAUSD filed with the OCC.

When you work with Agora, you get access to the bare metal. We believe in building out the infrastructure and doing hard things, all the way, so we can serve our customers with a full-money stack.

Above all, we want to help our partners win.

[Nick van Eck @Nick_van_Eck]

Today, @withAUSD filed its application for Agora National Trust Bank with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. Securing this charter would enable Agora to operate in the United States under a unified federal framework and expand its product suite beyond stablecoin issuance.

In a few months, Agora will hit its two year anniversary of operating its stablecoin issuance business. Recently, however, we've been heads down to prepare for launching a suite of feature-rich products that go beyond simply issuance. More on that soon.

We've long believed that if you want to change the world you need to do the hard things and be the metal. That's why we started with our own stablecoin and it's why we're aiming to secure a bank charter. We recognize the importance of a direct relationship with regulators and management over the infrastructure. Without it, your ceiling is someone else's floor.

We're determined to own the entirety of the rails, because you either are the metal, or you lose.

[Nick van Eck @Nick_van_Eck]

Today, @withAUSD filed its application for Agora National Trust Bank with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. Securing this charter would enable Agora to operate in the United States under a unified federal framework and expand its product suite beyond stablecoin issuance.

In a few months, Agora will hit its two year anniversary of operating its stablecoin issuance business. Recently, however, we've been heads down to prepare for launching a suite of feature-rich products that go beyond simply issuance. More on that soon.

We've long believed that if you want to change the world you need to do the hard things and be the metal. That's why we started with our own stablecoin and it's why we're aiming to secure a bank charter. We recognize the importance of a direct relationship with regulators and management over the infrastructure. Without it, your ceiling is someone else's floor.

We're determined to own the entirety of the rails, because you either are the metal, or you lose.

[Agora @withAUSD]

Buenos Aires showed us what's possible when the right people are in the same room.

Proud to have co-hosted a dinner with B2C2 at Payments Day 2026. Great conversations with market leaders on stablecoins, payments, and what it's going to take for LatAm to break through.

The momentum here is real. 🇦🇷