At the time, Echenim had spent years building blockchain products. Jennifer Echenim and Ajoke Asunmonu, cofounders of BloccpayToday, she and her co-founder, Ajoke Asunmonu, are building a stablecoin-powered payroll and invoicing platform that helps professionals in emerging markets get paid hassle-free. “We’re building this for Africa’s and other emerging markets’ working class and the global businesses that hire them,” she says. Bloccpay lets businesses automate payroll for distributed teams, reducing it to a simple review-and-approve process after setup. “We think of Bloccpay as a one-stop platform for managing income and everyday life,” Asunmonu explains.