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David Marcus on Lightspark reaching escape velocity in global payments
Lightspark CEO David Marcus reflects on four years of methodically building payment infrastructure, describing the company as having finally reached the "sweet spot where capabilities, licensing, and partnerships converge." That now includes nearly 70 countries' payment systems integrated in real-time, every major stablecoin and blockchain live, a global dollar account product for banks and platforms, a full Visa vertical stack integration for global card issuance, and an at-scale stablecoin and Bitcoin settlement rail via Spark. Payments always rewards the team willing to accumulate licenses, capabilities, and partnerships one by one, and most companies bail before reaching escape velocity.
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