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Notes from inside the cross-border money problem.

Brand, compliance, product, and corridor notes from Martin and Qi. Plain English. No "thought leadership".

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Brand 13 May 2026 · 4 min read

Why we publish who we don't serve.

Most fintech hides exclusions in a 20-page PDF. We put them on a public page. Here's the thinking.

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Martin Li
Blockzo · Brand
"Why we publish who…"
Compliance Coming soon · 5 min

The regulated partner is the moat — not the marketing line.

A note on why "regulated by design" lands harder than "trusted infrastructure" when you sit on the board reviewing how you settle.

By Qi Yan
Product Coming soon · 6 min

One operator, one contract, one relationship.

The unbundled fintech stack works for 100-person companies. It doesn't work for 8-person trading firms. Here's the bundle that does.

By Qi Yan
Coverage Coming soon · 7 min

What "trading across Asia" actually means in 2026.

One region, many regimes — and the patchwork of regulated rails a trading business has to route around.

By Martin Li
Crypto Coming soon · 4 min

Three days versus three seconds.

A short essay on why the gap between fiat-rail and stablecoin settlement times is the most underappreciated number in business banking.

By Martin Li
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