In this episode, Tim sits down with Itamar Lesuisse, founder of Ready, to talk about building an on-chain alternative to a bank, why stablecoins are becoming a real financial primitive, and what it would take to actually use crypto in everyday life.Itamar explains how a frozen multi-million dollar payment after selling his previous company pushed him deeper into crypto, why that led him and his co-founders to start Argent, and how that original vision has evolved into Ready. The conversation covers self-custody, spending stablecoins, crypto cards, global payment rails, and why banks still make it so hard for people to move and use their own money.Also in this episode:How a six-week frozen payment helped spark the idea for Argent / ReadyWhy self-custody matters, and why seed phrases were never going to work for most peopleThe early vision for an on-chain bank, long before DeFi fully existedThe highs and lows of building through multiple crypto cyclesWhy stablecoins are already solving real problems in places like ArgentinaHow crypto is shifting from speculative asset to real financial infrastructureWhy London is a bigger crypto city than people think, but still struggles to connect itselfSubscribe for new episodes every week: @TheLocalWMCAlso on Spotify, Youtube, and wherever else you get your fix.Follow us on X: https://x.com/TheLocalWMC