Jose Lemus (https://twitter.com/jllemus?lang=en), CEO and cofounder at IBEX Mercado (https://www.poweredbyibex.io/), joins the show to talk Lightning and its growing usage in emerging markets. In this episode:

• The origins of IBEX • How IBEX clients are using LN in emerging markets • How Lightning as a settlement layer for cross-border interbank payments • Lightning as a bridge currency • Why stablecoins make sense on Lightning • Why EM firms have an affinity for Lightning • IBEX’s partnership with Grupo Salinas and how they are introducing Lightning to Mexican households • Lightning as an emerging remittance tool • Why Mexico is a good fight for Lightning adoption • Is Jose satisfied with Lightning’s maturity as a protocol • How Bitcoin’s market cap is the ultimate bandwidth for Lightning • Why Lightning reimagines the established batched payments model • Jose’s answer to the biggest critique of Lightning at present

Further reading: 

• Learn more about IBEX (https://www.poweredbyibex.io/) • IBEX’s partnership with Salinas Group