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Give issuers an exit without leaving holders without redemption

Published Nov 6, 2026

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The setting

is a financial infrastructure company, and is its stablecoin payments platform. Bridge lets businesses send money across borders, pay out US dollars, and issue their own stablecoins, a kind of digital money.

An issuer's exit date does not settle when its obligations to holders end.

Continuing redemption protects holders, while a bounded exit protects the ability to close a programme.

Who you’d be doing this for

“Our lawyer asked who answers a holder six months after we close the programme. I had to leave that slide blank.”

Iskandar Hamid · Payments Product Manager · a character in this brief

Preparing a custom stablecoin launch for a global business whose legal reviewers want to understand its eventual exit obligations.

What is at stake

Five prospective stablecoin issuers cannot agree on what holders receive after a programme closes. You must weigh credible redemption rights against obligations an issuer and operations can actually sustain.

Why it isn’t already fixed

Every obvious fix costs something else. That’s the part you’d have to decide.

  • continuing holder rights vs bounded issuer obligations
  • reusable terms vs issuer-specific needs
  • clear closure dates vs outstanding redemption claims
  • broader eligibility vs a supportable first launch

Why Stripe

Open Issuance connects custom stablecoin promises to reserves management and mint/burn infrastructure that must remain coherent when an issuer leaves.

Written with these in mind

Product counselFinancial services compliance leadsCommercial lawyers working on regulated products

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Where the organization context comes fromThe postings this brief was written from, and the reporting read before it.

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Job postings it was written from

Public descriptions of the work at Stripe. They are listed as sources, not as openings. The lines under a posting are its own words, where it meets this brief.

  • Financial Services Transfer Pricing Strategist (opens in a new tab)
    • This individual will work closely with teams across the organization and must be an excellent communicator who can explain complex transfer pricing concepts clearly to non-tax audiences.
    • The role will focus on transactions between Stripe’s legal entities that have characteristics commonly associated with the financial services sector, including intercompany arrangements supporting Stripe’s stablecoin-related activities.
  • Commercial Counsel, Bridge (opens in a new tab)
    • Support Bridge’s commercial team, leading negotiations for complex and strategic user and partner agreements.
    • A clear and concise communicator (in written and verbal forms), who can distill the key risks and explain complex, nuanced issues in plain and simple terms.
  • Financial Crimes Investigator, Luxembourg (opens in a new tab)
    • Identify potential control gaps through casework analysis and recommend solutions to mitigate financial crime risks across the programme and in individual cases

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