Wirex to Host New Stablecoin Infrastructure Conference, Full Stack London

Wirex is launching Full Stack London, a dedicated stablecoin infrastructure conference, to address the technical and commercial hurdles of integrating digital assets into traditional payment systems. As stablecoin card spending triples annually, the event aims to bridge the gap between theoretical blockchain benefits and the practical realities of compliance and customer experience.

What was announced

The inaugural Full Stack London will take place on Thursday, 12th November 2026, at the Ham Yard Hotel. Positioned as a practical follow-on to the Digital Asset Summit (DAS), the closed-door event targets founders, CEOs, and technical builders. The agenda focuses on the "plumbing" of stablecoins—specifically how they integrate into existing payment stacks and become spendable in daily transactions.

Key sessions will tackle industry pain points, including "Why BaaS Providers Go Bust" and "Who Goes to Jail When the Agent Does It?" A fireside chat titled "The AML Model Was Built for Humans" will explore the friction between legacy compliance and automated assets. The programme also includes a comparative analysis of how the UK is attracting stablecoin businesses relative to regulations in the EU and US.

The speaker lineup features Lord Kulveer Ranger, Chair of the Digital Policy Alliance; Kamran Shahin, VP of Product Management for Digital Assets & Payment Systems at Mastercard; and Julian Sawyer, former CEO of Bitstamp. They are joined by Nika Naghavi of Circle and Alexandra Kugusheva, GTM Lead at Morpho. The announcement follows a surge in market activity, including Mastercard’s $1.8 billion acquisition of London-based BVNK and the launch of Circle’s Arc blockchain. Wirex itself reports processing over $200 million in monthly spend via its infrastructure, a figure verifiable on paymentscan.xyz.

"Card spending on stablecoins has roughly tripled in a year, and almost every major payments company is now taking a position somewhere in the stack."

Pavel Matveev, CEO and Co-Founder of Wirex

The companies involved

Wirex is a London-headquartered fintech that has spent over a decade establishing itself as a central player in the global stablecoin infrastructure market. The firm focuses on making digital currencies spendable in the real world, bridging the gap between decentralized finance and traditional retail payments. Its current infrastructure supports significant transaction volumes, recently verified at over $200 million per month.

The event features heavyweights from across the financial stack. Mastercard, represented by Kamran Shahin, has significantly deepened its crypto footprint, most notably through its recent $1.8 billion acquisition of the payments platform BVNK. Circle, another key participant via Nika Naghavi, remains a dominant force in the stablecoin issuance space, recently launching its Arc blockchain with institutional backing from Blackrock. Julian Sawyer, currently an Independent Non-Executive Director at Zodia Custody and former COO of Starling Bank, brings a perspective rooted in both challenger banking and institutional digital asset custody. These entities represent the diverse layers of the industry, from issuance and custody to network processing and retail spending.

What FF News has reported before

FF News has closely followed Wirex’s transition from a retail-focused crypto card provider to a comprehensive infrastructure player. In September 2026, the company expanded its ecosystem with the launch of Wirex One: A Stablecoin-Native Neobank for Mass Affluent Wealth Management, which operates on Circle’s Arc blockchain. This followed a strategic move to bolster its B2B capabilities, as Wirex and Tempo Partner to Accelerate Enterprise Stablecoin Card Issuance. These developments highlight a broader trend in the sector toward institutional-grade stablecoin products, moving beyond simple retail trading toward sophisticated wealth management and enterprise-scale payment solutions.

What this means

The launch of a conference dedicated specifically to stablecoin "plumbing" signals that the industry has moved past the hype of adoption and into the difficult phase of operational scaling. The inclusion of sessions on BaaS failures and personal liability for agents suggests a growing maturity—and perhaps a growing anxiety—regarding the regulatory and structural risks of the current ecosystem. As Mastercard and Circle consolidate their positions through acquisitions and new chain launches, the pressure is on smaller infrastructure providers to prove their commercial viability. The central question for the sector remains whether the UK’s evolving regulatory clarity can actually outpace the liquidity advantages of the US and EU markets.