Raj Parekh is the CEO of Portal, a stablecoin finance developer platform recently acquired by the Monad Foundation, where he now serves as Head of Payments & Stablecoins. Previously, Raj was on the founding Visa Crypto team, where he launched the first payment network settlement in stablecoins. At Portal, he built tools for startups and enterprises to launch stablecoin products, backed by leading investors such as Haun Ventures, Slow Ventures, and ParaFi Capital, along with angels including the founders of Brex, Plaid, Anchorage, and Stytch. Today, Raj is driving ecosystem development to make stablecoins a core layer of global payments.