# Why Asia Is Ahead on Stablecoins, According to Reap's Daren Guo

DevFeed: [Why Asia Is Ahead on Stablecoins, According to Reap's Daren Guo](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/why-asia-is-ahead-on-stablecoins-according-to-reap-s-daren-guo-17238.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://solana.com/news/bits-to-bricks-asia-ahead-stablecoins-daren-guo-reap>)

Author: Amira Valliani

Published: 2026-08-12T12:57:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Solana News Feed](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/solana-news-feed.md>)

Topics: [Solana](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/solana.md>), [systems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/systems.md>)

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## AI overview

Reap co-founder Daren Guo explains why Asia's cross-border payment infrastructure is well suited to stablecoins and describes Reap's stablecoin card business, including its primary treasury-management move to Solana in 2025.

## Source excerpt

Reap moves roughly $6B a year in stablecoin card volume after building cross-border payments infrastructure from Asia.