In this conversation with Kevin Rusher from Regnum Aurum, I learn how they are building a real-world assets (like gold mines) backed stablecoins empire.
Kevin Rusher is the sole founder of RAAC — a DeFi liquidity protocol that tokenizes real-world assets (starting with gold mines and real estate) to back a stablecoin and generate sustainable, layered yield.
His core insight: DeFi’s volatility problem isn’t solved by better tokenomics — it’s solved by bringing dollar-denominated yield from outside crypto back into the system.
Most RWA protocols are building for the market they wish existed. RAAC is building for institutions — the only actors who can actually move the needle at scale.
Most DeFi protocols are held together by game theory — staking incentives, emissions schedules, and social coordination that unravels when prices drop. RAAC is betting on something older and more boring: contracts.
Real-world asset owners who tokenize through RAAC are legally bound to participate in the ecosystem. That’s not a whitepaper promise. That’s a signed obligation.
It’s the same logic that makes traditional finance stable — and it’s almost entirely absent from DeFi. Kevin’s insight is that you don’t need to reinvent the wheel. You just need to bolt a seatbelt onto the one that already exists.
The stablecoin market is the infrastructure layer for everything that follows — on-chain forex, tokenized real estate, institutional liquidity. If Kevin’s right, RAAC is less a DeFi protocol and more a piece of financial plumbing for the next decade.
On the product thesis (~9:30)
“Everyone’s goal is onboarding the next billion users. Our goal was always: how do we onboard the next $100 billion?”
On sustainable business models (~22:20)
“We found our product-market fit before we launched. We found our customers. We are our own supply and demand — because real world asset owners are contractually obligated to participate in the ecosystem.”
On the DeFi-to-institution pipeline (~10:30)
“The flood of capital hasn’t come from retail. It’s come from institutions... It’s much more efficient to onboard one institution than 2,000 individuals.”
🔗 RAAC / Regnum Aurum: raac.io
🐦 Kevin on X: [kkrusherr]
🐦 BuildBetter on X: [Pete aka_BFG]
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Let me know what you think? I loved this episode.
Till next time,
Pete (aka BFG)
In this conversation with Kevin Rusher from Regnum Aurum, I learn how they are building a real-world assets (like gold mines) backed stablecoins empire.
Kevin Rusher is the sole founder of RAAC — a DeFi liquidity protocol that tokenizes real-world assets (starting with gold mines and real estate) to back a stablecoin and generate sustainable, layered yield.
His core insight: DeFi’s volatility problem isn’t solved by better tokenomics — it’s solved by bringing dollar-denominated yield from outside crypto back into the system.
Most RWA protocols are building for the market they wish existed. RAAC is building for institutions — the only actors who can actually move the needle at scale.
Most DeFi protocols are held together by game theory — staking incentives, emissions schedules, and social coordination that unravels when prices drop. RAAC is betting on something older and more boring: contracts.
Real-world asset owners who tokenize through RAAC are legally bound to participate in the ecosystem. That’s not a whitepaper promise. That’s a signed obligation.
It’s the same logic that makes traditional finance stable — and it’s almost entirely absent from DeFi. Kevin’s insight is that you don’t need to reinvent the wheel. You just need to bolt a seatbelt onto the one that already exists.
The stablecoin market is the infrastructure layer for everything that follows — on-chain forex, tokenized real estate, institutional liquidity. If Kevin’s right, RAAC is less a DeFi protocol and more a piece of financial plumbing for the next decade.
On the product thesis (~9:30)
“Everyone’s goal is onboarding the next billion users. Our goal was always: how do we onboard the next $100 billion?”
On sustainable business models (~22:20)
“We found our product-market fit before we launched. We found our customers. We are our own supply and demand — because real world asset owners are contractually obligated to participate in the ecosystem.”
On the DeFi-to-institution pipeline (~10:30)
“The flood of capital hasn’t come from retail. It’s come from institutions... It’s much more efficient to onboard one institution than 2,000 individuals.”
🔗 RAAC / Regnum Aurum: raac.io
🐦 Kevin on X: [kkrusherr]
🐦 BuildBetter on X: [Pete aka_BFG]
🎙 BuildBetter Podcast YouTube: [BuildBetterHQ]
Let me know what you think? I loved this episode.
Till next time,
Pete (aka BFG)
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“Everyone’s goal is onboarding the next billion users. Our goal was always: how do we onboard the next $100 billion?” - said @kkrusherr during our chat. 👏 This is very illuminating episode which I recommend to every builder in Web3 space (or outside) because it highlights the fact I believe in - that pragmatic approach and building things that solve existing problems are the best founder path towards success 💪 https://paragraph.com/@buildbetter/raac?referrer=0xa2746b2A56F9886925C03AF1d1E10B8b3DfBBE29
the next billion users vs the next $100bn reframes everything. billion users is a distribution metric. $100bn is a value capture metric. different game, different moves 🎯
the next 10 > the next billion concentrated adoption compounds faster than diluted reach. dropcast runs on this exact insight 💧
RAAC is a DeFi protocol that tokenizes real-world assets like gold mines to back a stablecoin and channel dollar-denominated yield from traditional finance into crypto. The interview with Kevin Rusher emphasizes contracts over tokenomics and targets institutions for scalable liquidity. @bfg
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“Everyone’s goal is onboarding the next billion users. Our goal was always: how do we onboard the next $100 billion?” - said @kkrusherr during our chat. 👏 This is very illuminating episode which I recommend to every builder in Web3 space (or outside) because it highlights the fact I believe in - that pragmatic approach and building things that solve existing problems are the best founder path towards success 💪 https://paragraph.com/@buildbetter/raac?referrer=0xa2746b2A56F9886925C03AF1d1E10B8b3DfBBE29
the next billion users vs the next $100bn reframes everything. billion users is a distribution metric. $100bn is a value capture metric. different game, different moves 🎯
the next 10 > the next billion concentrated adoption compounds faster than diluted reach. dropcast runs on this exact insight 💧
RAAC is a DeFi protocol that tokenizes real-world assets like gold mines to back a stablecoin and channel dollar-denominated yield from traditional finance into crypto. The interview with Kevin Rusher emphasizes contracts over tokenomics and targets institutions for scalable liquidity. @bfg