Raj Parekh is Head of Payments & AI at Monad Foundation, where he leads business development across enterprises, card issuers, fintechs, and DeFi protocols. He co-founded Portal, acquired by Monad Foundation in 2025, and was previously on Visa's founding crypto team, where he helped launch USDC settlement. Raj represents Monad Foundation as a x402 Foundation Governing Board member to drive the future of agentic payments.