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About
Senior Venture Principal leading pre-seed through Series B blockchain venture investments with a thesis on bridging on-chain and off-chain worlds via market infrastructure. She previously worked at Alumni Ventures, White Star Capital, and the Citi Impact Fund and co-founded a consumer fintech startup. She holds an MBA from Columbia.
Kayla Phillips @kay_phillips_
Kind of crazy that this has progressed so quickly, but SWIFT is now testing transactions on its blockchain-based ledger with 17 major banks (Citi, UBS, BNY, HSBC, Wells Fargo, etc). It's working towards 24/7 cross-border payments using tokenized deposits with final settlement on
Jul 27, 2026 Β· β₯ 13 Β· β 1
Kayla Phillips @kay_phillips_
Some thoughts on the PayPal acquisition deal⦠Stripe already clears $1.9T in TPV on its own, so its interest in PayPal is less about buying scale and more about buying the consumer products Stripe doesn't have: - PayPal's consumer wallet (439M active accounts) - Venmo's p2p
Jul 20, 2026 Β· β₯ 5
Kayla Phillips @kay_phillips_
Had an interesting conversation with @sriram_v2 , who is building merchant loyalty platform Peach. Despite stablecoin payments taking off over the last couple years, we have yet to see a resurgence of onchain merchant loyalty & rewards solutions like we did in '21/'22. But
Jul 2, 2026 Β· β₯ 12 Β· β 1
Experience
- Firstech Services IncSales Managercurrent2014 β present
- Oklahoma State University AthleticsAssistant Athletic Director / Business Operations2022Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States
- Oklahoma State University AthleticsAssistant Business Manager2019 β 2022Stillwater, Oklahoma
- Mississippi State UniversityAssistant Director of Business Operations2018 β 2019Starkville, Mississippi
- Mississippi State UniversityBusiness Coordinator2017 β 2018Starkville, Mississippi
- University of South FloridaExecutive Assistant to the Deputy Director of Athletics2016 β 2017Tampa, Florida
- University of ArkansasAthletics Ticket Sales Assistant2016Fayetteville, Arkansas
- University of FloridaDevelopment Assistant2015
Education
- University of FloridaBachelor of Arts (BA), Economics2012 β 2015
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