Build a compliant, AI-native stablecoin financial platform for global businesses that bridges regulated finance and crypto-native capital efficiency.
Objective:
Create a programmable treasury and financial services layer built on stablecoins that:
- Moves money globally in real time
- Unlocks yield and capital efficiency unavailable in traditional banking
- Provides access to tokenized real-world assets
- Operates within emerging regulatory frameworks
- Feels as safe and compliant as traditional finance
This is not just a payment processor.
It is the financial services layer on top of stablecoin infrastructure.
Core vision:
Businesses should not have to choose between:
- Safe but slow, low-yield traditional banking
- High-risk, unregulated crypto tools
This platform sits in the regulatory middle ground and offers:
- Compliant stablecoin treasury accounts
- Yield-bearing cash management
- Access to tokenized real-world assets
- Programmable cross-border settlement
- Transparent on-chain traceability
Core capabilities:
1. Compliant Stablecoin Treasury Accounts
- KYB onboarding with jurisdiction-aware compliance workflows
- Custodial and non-custodial wallet options
- Segregated treasury accounts per entity
- Double-entry internal ledger synced with on-chain records
- Full auditability for regulators and finance teams
2. Programmable Cross-Border Payments
- Invoice creation in fiat with stablecoin settlement options
- Real-time payment routing across chains and liquidity venues
- FX quoting and settlement preview
- Smart routing based on speed, cost, and reliability
- Full traceability from invoice to on-chain confirmation
3. Yield and Capital Efficiency Layer
Instead of idle treasury balances:
- Route stablecoin balances into compliant yield sources
- Offer transparent yield strategies (e.g., tokenized T-bills, regulated lending pools)
- Display risk tier per strategy
- Daily liquidity view and instant withdrawal options
- Automated yield allocation based on treasury policy
4. Tokenized Real-World Asset Access
Allow businesses to allocate excess treasury into:
- Tokenized short-term government debt
- On-chain credit instruments
- Compliant RWA funds
- Structured yield products
All access must include:
- Risk classification
- Liquidity terms
- Counterparty transparency
- Jurisdiction compliance mapping
5. Treasury Control and Risk Management
- Real-time view across chains and wallets
- Liquidity forecasting
- Counterparty exposure tracking
- Stablecoin depeg monitoring
- Automated rebalancing rules
- Policy-based approval thresholds
Roles:
- org-admin
- finance-manager
- accountant
- approver
- auditor
- compliance-officer
6. Compliance and Safety Infrastructure
- Jurisdiction-aware transaction screening
- Sanctions monitoring
- Manual review queue for high-risk transactions
- Suspicious activity workflow
- Full audit log for every movement
- Reporting exports aligned with traditional accounting systems
7. Unified Ledger and Reconciliation
- Double-entry internal ledger
- On-chain reconciliation mapping
- Fiat-stablecoin equivalence tracking
- Settlement lifecycle tracking:
invoice → payment intent → on-chain transaction → reconciliation status
8. Observability and Controls
- Alerting for failed settlements
- Compliance hold notifications
- Stablecoin risk alerts
- Yield strategy risk changes
- Liquidity stress monitoring
Data model:
- organizations
- wallets
- counterparties
- invoices
- payment-intents
- settlements
- exchange-quotes
- treasury-positions
- yield-allocations
- rwa-positions
- approvals
- compliance-cases
- audit-logs
- ledger-entries
Infrastructure requirements:
- Secure custody integrations
- Strong permissioning
- Segregated tenant architecture
- Deterministic ledger replay
- High-availability payment routing
- Regulatory reporting readiness
Positioning summary:
This platform is not just faster payments.
It is a compliant, programmable financial layer built on stablecoins that enables:
- Real-time global settlement
- Yield-bearing treasury accounts
- Access to tokenized real-world assets
- Transparent and auditable capital movement
It bridges the gap between traditional banking and crypto-native financial infrastructure — giving businesses both safety and upside.
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Stablecoin Financial Services
Requested by Anu Hariharan · ycombinator.com/rfs