Alex Treece
Co-Founder & CEO
Stablecore
Biography
Alex is Co-founder and CEO of Stablecore, a bank-core infrastructure platform for stablecoins and digital assets serving leading U.S. banks and credit unions. Since the GENIUS Act was signed into law on July 18, 2025, he has helped financial institutions navigate the evolving digital asset landscape by integrating payment stablecoins and tokenized deposits directly into existing technology stacks with institutional-grade compliance and security. Previously, Alex was Co-founder and President of Zabo, a leading crypto financial data aggregation platform known as the “Plaid for Crypto,” which was acquired by Coinbase in 2021. He then served as a Product Lead at Coinbase, overseeing Finhub APIs, the Coinbase Wallet developer platform, and promotional products within the Coinbase app. Alex began his career in investment banking at Stephens and private equity at The Riverside Company, giving him a foundation in traditional finance that informs his work bridging legacy financial systems and digital asset innovation. D CEO named Alex Treece winner of the 2026 Innovation Awards for “Innovation in Banking, Funding, and Fintech” and Venture Dallas awarded Stablecore 2025 Startup of the Year.
How is the nominee propelling the industry forward?
Alex is advancing the payments industry into the programmable money era by bridging legacy banking and digital-native assets. Recognized as a leader in stablecoin infrastructure and tokenized deposits, he combines traditional finance experience from Stephens and The Riverside Company with deep crypto expertise to move blockchain from theory to institutional reality, enabling banks to settle transactions instantly, 24/7, with greater transparency and security. As Co-founder and CEO of Stablecore, he has built a leading bank-core infrastructure platform for stablecoins and tokenized deposits, raising $20 million from top venture firms and more than 280 banks and credit unions. Following the 2025 GENIUS Act, Alex has helped financial institutions integrate compliant, institutional-grade digital asset capabilities directly into existing technology stacks, positioning stablecoins as core components of retail and institutional payment rails. Previously, as a Product Lead at Coinbase and Co-founder of Zabo (acquired by Coinbase), he developed infrastructure now supporting hundreds of billions in assets and transaction volume. By scaling what was known as the “Plaid for Crypto” to unify fragmented financial data, he laid the groundwork for the interoperable digital payment infrastructure he is now expanding through Stablecore.
Where do you see the nominee succeeding in the future?
Having already built systems at Coinbase that managed hundreds of billions in volume, Alex’s future success lies in migrating that scale to the traditional banking sector. Alex is positioned to define the global standard for how regulated financial institutions interact with programmable money. He is uniquely capable of leading the industry’s shift toward a tokenized economy, where tokenized deposits are projected to handle over $100 trillion in annual flows by 2030. As the GENIUS Act moves from legislation to implementation, Alex will be the primary architect bridging legacy core banking with digital-native rails. Alex will shape this future with critical infrastructure that allows banks to reclaim their role as the primary movers of value in a 24/7, on-chain world, effectively ending the era of slow, batch-processed settlements.