Powering a New Era of Financial Infrastructure

Nigerian startup Blockops Network is addressing a critical bottleneck in the continent’s rapidly evolving digital payments landscape with its OnchainStacks platform. Designed specifically for stablecoin operations, Onchain Stacks offers fintechs, banks, and other financial institutions an all-in-one solution to unlock new revenue streams, accelerate money movement, and enhance transaction transparency.

Addressing Underserved Corridors

Sub-Saharan Africa has seen explosive growth in on-chain value transfers, reaching over $200 billion between mid-2024 and mid-2025. While stablecoins represent 43% of this activity, existing infrastructure primarily supports popular corridors like Asia-Africa trade routes and Western remittance channels. This leaves a significant portion of African cross-border payment demand underserved—particularly routes connecting Francophone countries and East Africa.

“A large share of African cross-border payment demand sits on these underserved corridors,” explains Blockops founder and CEO Adedayo Akinpelu. “Fintechs moving money along these paths often resort to slow, manual settlement processes simply because automated routing options are lacking.”

Dynamic Routing for Efficiency Gains

Onchain Stacks solves this problem with an integrated routing engine that supports both popular and underserved corridors. By dynamically directing transactions across stablecoin rails, banking networks, and mobile money systems, the platform enables:

• Faster settlement times: Fintechs can move East African corridor payments in roughly one day instead of three
• Reduced costs: At a fraction of typical remittance rates
• Expanded reach: Accessing previously underserved markets

From Infrastructure Builder to Solution Provider

Akinpelu brings over 10 years of experience building blockchain infrastructure for protocols like Zama, Flow Blockchain, and Obol. This deep technical foundation led Blockops to initially target banks with stablecoin payment solutions.

“We spoke to about 17 banks in Nigeria and other emerging markets,” Akinpelu recalls. “While interest in stablecoins was growing, we found that the required infrastructure was fragmented, complex, and expensive.”

The team realized businesses needed a more integrated approach—one that consolidated wallet management, liquidity access, compliance tools, and treasury functions into a single platform.

Strong Early Traction

Blockops recently secured $250,000 in pre-seed funding from Antler VC and is finalizing additional investment. The startup reports strong early adoption with dozens of enterprises committed to over $100 million in potential stablecoin settlement volume through its pilot program.

With Africa as its initial focus, Blockops aims to expand into Latin America, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East—regions facing similar challenges with dollar access, liquidity constraints, and inefficient payment infrastructure. As Akinpelu notes, “The problem isn’t Africa-specific; businesses across emerging markets need better solutions for moving money securely and efficiently.”