Tokenized
This show is for the builders, who see stablecoins and tokenized real-world assets as the next step in the finance industry. The tokenization of all assets. This show will come to your feed every week featuring the latest news, with views from the operators, to the builders, and the people in markets and in Crypto who see tokenization as the credible future of finance. Join Simon Taylor and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto at Visa for weekly nerd outs on all things stablecoins and the tokenization of real world assets.
Wall Street Bets Big on 24/7 Perpetual Futures
On Ep. 107 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, Founder @ Brainfood & Market Dev @ Tempo and Pet Berisha, MD Media @ Brainfood are joined by Charlie You, Co-Founder & CTO @ RWA.xyz and Chuk Okpalugo, Author @ Stablecoin Blueprint to discuss ICE and Trade[XYZ] bringing regulated perpetual futures to Hyperliquid, why 24/7 perpetual futures trading appeals to Wall Street and more!
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00:00 Introduction03:53 ICE and Trade[XYZ] bring regulated perpetual futures to Hyperliquid06:07 Why 24/7 perpetual futures trading appeals to Wall Street10:04 Hyperliquid’s JELLYJELLY incident and readiness for institutional markets12:57 Google Cloud plans institutional crypto custody using multiparty computation18:05 Bank procurement, cybersecurity and cl...Payment Networks Are Identity Networks
On Ep. 13 of Agentic Commerce, Simon Taylor, Founder @ Brainfood & Market Dev @ Tempo and Bam Azizi, CEO & Founder @ Mesh are joined by Pete Cooling, Founder & CEO @ Atum to discuss building Visa's stablecoin settlement infrastructure, founding Atum, how Atum connects fragmented payment apps, rails and currencies and more!
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Microsoft & Goldman Sachs Say No to Tokenized Stocks
On Ep. 106 of Tokenized, Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa and Noah Levine, Investment Partner @ a16z Crypto, are joined by Cameron Drinkwater, Chief Product & Operations Officer @ S&P Dow Jones Indices and Liam Horne, Product & Engineering @ Tempo to discuss OCC GENIUS Act rules on stablecoin yield and rewards programs, CLARITY Act loophole, J.P. Morgan’s tokenized deposits and more!
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00:00 Introduction02:26 OCC GENIUS Act rules on stablecoin yield and rewards programs05:52 CLARITY Act loophole and alternative ways to earn stablecoin yield10:00 J.P. Morgan’s tokenized deposits and interoperability with stablecoins14:24 S&P's programmable toke...Is the Stablecoin Sandwich Dead?
On Ep. 105 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by Jacquelyn Melinek, Founder & CEO @ StrataMedia and Manuel J Godoy, Co-Founder & CEO @ FĂ©lix Pago to discuss Mastercard and BVNK launching unified fiat and stablecoin accounts, Rain launching embedded stablecoin wallets and more!
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00:00 Introduction01:00 Mastercard and BVNK launch unified fiat and stablecoin accounts05:52 Visa Direct launches stablecoin-powered cross-border money movement and payouts10:22 Stablecoin liquidity challenges across smaller Latin American remittance corridors15:44 Rain launches embedded stablecoin wallets and vertically integrated payments infrastructure21:23 Hiding stablecoin complexity from c...OKX & ICE Launch 24/7 Tokenized Stocks
On Ep. 104 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, Founder @ Brainfood & Market Dev @ Tempo is joined by Nassim Eddequiouaq, Co-Founder & CEO @ Bastion, Greg Bricca, Head of Product @ Morse and Paul-Adrien Hyppolite, Co-Founder & CEO @ Spiko to discuss embedding 24/7 tokenized stock trading into consumer financial platforms, Spiko's $90 million raise, Bastion's enterprise stablecoin infrastructure strategy and more!
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00:00 Introduction03:44 Embedding 24/7 tokenized stock trading into consumer financial platforms06:14 After hours price discovery and tokenized stock price drift risks11:30 Rain and Modern Treasury apply for OCC national trust charters16:09 Spiko enables USDC subscriptions and redemptions for tokenized cash funds19:41 How OCC trust charters improve...Fifth Third Bank: Stablecoins, the Ultimate Instant Settlement Payment
On Ep. 11 of Stablecoin Stories, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo and Ran Goldi, SVP Payments, Fireblocks are joined by Igor Istratov, Digital Assets Product Lead @ Fifth Third Bank to discuss Fifth Third's Newline delivering API-first embedded banking for digital assets, why commercial client demand is driving banks' stablecoin adoption and more!
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00:00 Introduction05:27 How Fifth Third's Newline delivers API-first embedded banking for digital assets07:13 Why commercial client demand is driving banks' stablecoin adoption09:17 How regulatory clarity unlocked stablecoin opportunities for traditional banks10:46 Newline's operating, settlement, reserve and custodial accounts for digital assets12:45 Why stablecoin...Banks Are Going Onchain on Weekends
On Ep. 103 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by Christian Catalini, Founder @ MIT Cryptoeconomics Lab to discuss OpenUSD launch, weekend onchain settlement, how banks should respond to AI agents and more!
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00:00 Introduction0:51 OpenUSD launches across Tempo, Ethereum, Solana and Base14:55 Lloyds pilots USDC settlement with Visa over seven days16:36 Weekend onchain settlement helps major banks gain blockchain experience20:16 Citi and Coinbase enable corporate stablecoin acceptance via Spring24:05 Why consumer stablecoin payments lag while B2B use grows28:16 Agentic banking fears, deposit flight and...OCC Bank Charters Will Usher Stablecoin Adoption Wave
On Ep. 102 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by Nick van Eck, Co-Founder & CEO @ Agora and Shivani Siroya, Founder & CEO @ Tala to discuss Agora's OCC charter, Tala seeing credit access as missing stablecoin adoption layer, Blockchain.com and NYSE explore 24/7 tokenized stocks and ETFs and more!
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00:00 Introduction03:15 Agora OCC charter enables U.S. stablecoin banking one stop shop07:57 Tala sees credit access as missing stablecoin adoption layer14:11 EU MiCA reserve rules and multi-jurisdiction stablecoin restrictions24:07 Local currency stablecoins, yield, and emerging market borrowing...SEC Unlocked Tokenized Stocks
On Ep. 101 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by Nikhil Chandhok, Chief Product & Technology Officer @ Circle and Simone Maini, Chief Executive Officer @ Elliptic to discuss SEC five-year exemption for tokenized US stock trading, AMMs and their role in traditional capital markets, Circle launching Arc mainnet and more!
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00:00 Introduction2:19 SEC five-year exemption for tokenized US stock trading9:32 AMMs and their role in traditional capital markets13:58 Circle launches Arc mainnet with USDC transaction fees17:51 Arc privacy features and institutional compliance monitoring20:04 Building onchain FX markets...Visa Stablecoin Settlement Hits $20BN - Up 15X
On Ep. 100 of Tokenized, Pet Berisha, MD & Co-Creator @ Tokenized is joined by Elise Soucie Watts, Former Regulator, Policy & Regulatory Specialist, Cyril Mathew, Co-Founder & CEO @ Latitude and Matt Marcus, Co-Founder & CEO @ Modern Treasury to discuss Modern Treasury launching noncustodial stablecoin wallets, Latitude raises $35 million, prediction markets, global regulation and more!
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00:00 Introduction03:00 Modern Treasury launches noncustodial stablecoin wallets with fiat rails05:13 Stablecoin agnosticism and likely consolidation among leading stablecoins08:00 Business stablecoin demand across products, liquidity and payment infrastructure10:11 Dollar denominated stablecoins, dollarization and global monetary sovereignty13:28 Latitude raises $35 million to connect stablecoins with local rails18:19 Regulation first...Big Bank Stablecoin - Can It Compete?
On Ep. 99 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by Darko Hajdukovic, Head of Securities Digitization @ London Stock Exchange Group and Ada Vaughan, Head of DeFi @ Stellar Development Foundation to discuss LSEG and Kraken partnership, ICE invests in tZERO, major financial institutions forming a joint bank stablecoin consortium and more!
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00:00 Introduction1:21 LSEG and Kraken partnership brings tokenized stocks to LSE 245:59 Stock tokens merging with DeFi and new financial products9:53 Tokenized and traditional stocks coexisting across public markets11:22 Onchain equities expanding global access and DeFi...Revolut Launched a Stablecoin. Are Big Banks Next?
On Ep. 98 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by Thomas Cowan, Head of Tokenization @ Bullish and Hannah Arnold, COO @ TurnKey to discuss Revolut launching Euro R stablecoin, Standard Chartered brings regulated Hong Kong dollar stablecoin to institutions, Fasset reaches billion dollar valuation using stablecoins for global settlement and more!
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00:00 Introduction 0:56 Revolut launches Euro R stablecoin through Bridge in Europe 5:16 Revolut’s potential shift toward multicurrency onchain accounts 11:09 Stablecoins as cash legs for tokenized equity trading 15:35 Stablecoin payout wallets expanding into yield and investment pr...Will Stablecoins Own Machine-To-Machine Payments? Ft. Christian Catalini
On Ep. 12 of Agentic Commerce, Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, and Bam Azizi, CEO & Founder @ Mesh are joined by Christian Catalini, Founder @ MIT Cryptoeconomics Lab to discuss machine-to-machine payments, why micropayments struggle, AI commoditization and more!
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Every Correspondent Bank Will Support Stablecoins
On Ep. 97 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by Ferdinand Dabitz, Co-Founder & CEO @ Augustus and Anna Wroblewska, Chief Business Officer @ Dinari to discuss Stripe’s OpenRouter acquisition, modernizing correspondent banking with stablecoin liquidity, 24/7 tokenized securities and more!
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00:00 Introduction 03:23 Stripe’s OpenRouter acquisition and model orchestration strategy 08:54 Stablecoin payments for AI inference through MPP 11:00 Financing AI compute infrastructure and rising private credit demand 14:26 Stablecoin card settlement lowering barriers for smaller issuers 16:38 Trapped liquidity, cross-border payments and emerging market stablecoin adoption 20:44 Modernizing correspondent banking with stab...Why Thunes Chose Stablecoins for Cross Border
On Ep. 10 of Stablecoin Stories, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo and Ran Goldi, SVP Payments, Fireblocks are joined by Pritpal Shokar, Head of Product, Digital Assets @ Thunes to discuss Thunes stablecoin pre-funding and global payout capabilities, rising stablecoin demand across emerging markets and more!
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00:00 Introduction 3:34 Real-time settlement versus traditional financial messaging infrastructure 5:22 Stablecoins shifting from speculation toward real-world payment utility 10:25 Thunes stablecoin pre-funding and global payout capabilities 14:04 Rising stablecoin demand across emerging markets and crypto-native customers 16:44 Stablecoin value comes from liquidity, speed and reach 19:47 Compliance challenges bridging traditional finance and crypto infrastructure 26:26 Tokenized...Deel Goes Live With Stablecoin Wallet in 80 Markets
On Ep. 96 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by Luca Prosperi, Co-Founder & CEO @ M0 and Ryan Bozarth, Co-founder & CEO @ Dakota to discuss Rain acquiring Ansa to put branded wallets on stablecoin rails, stablecoin linked cards, onchain credit and more!
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00:00 Introduction 1:10 Rain acquires Ansa to put branded wallets on stablecoin rails 2:44 Tokenized loyalty points become liquid, interoperable and convertible with stablecoins 6:55 Stablecoin linked cards become table stakes for neobanks 11:20 Global co-brand cards could combine loyalty with onchain credit 14:45 Brazil imposes 24-hour holds on large...From Shopify to Sapiom: Building the OS for Agentic Commerce
On Ep. 11 of Agentic Commerce, Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, and Bam Azizi, CEO & Founder @ Mesh are joined by Ilan Zerbib, Founder & CEO @ Sapiom to discuss Sapiom’s vision for agent infrastructure, agent identity, delegated authority, Sapiom’s agent studio and more!
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The Era of 24/7 Money
On Ep. 95 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by Natalya Thakur, Founder & CEO @ Knova and TuongVy Le, General Counsel @ Veda to discuss Western Union and Rain launching Stablecard, stablecoins as opportunity not threat for banks, BlackRock tokenized money market funds for stablecoin reserves and more!
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00:00 Introduction 2:04 Western Union and Rain launch stablecard in 37 markets 3:46 Idle stablecoin balances and yield earning potential 5:44 Self custodial model attractiveness for internationalization 6:23 Western Union business model shift with wallet plus card 10:00 Stablecoins as opportunity not threat for banks 15:06...Why Every Bank Needs 24/7 Cash Settlement Now
On Ep. 9 of Stablecoin Stories, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo and Ran Goldi, SVP Payments, Fireblocks are joined by Ryan Rugg, Global Head of Digital Assets @ Citi Token Services to discuss Citi Token Services liquidity management as first use case, programmable smart contracts, the need for multi bank interoperability and more!
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00:00 Introduction 5:26 Lessons on client pain points from IBM blockchain practice 8:25 Citi Token Services liquidity management as first use case 14:33 Programmable smart contracts for shipping canal payments 18:39 Need for multi bank interoperability and industry owned networks 26:02 Tokenized deposits projected to exceed stablecoin transaction...Why Robinhood Are Going All in on Tokenized Stocks and Prediction Markets
On Ep. 94 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo is joined by Rob Hadick, GP @ Dragonfly, Stephen Sikes, COO @ Public and Ethan Chan, Co-Founder & CEO @ Allium to discuss Tokenized stocks as a global expansion strategy for US fintechs, prediction markets surging and more!
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00:00 Introduction 0:30 Embedded wallet acquisitions and consolidation trends in crypto infrastructure 2:16 Monetization challenges and value accrual for standalone infrastructure providers 5:48 Comparing embedded wallets to Plaid's integration moat and maintainability 9:49 Limited DeFi integrations needed versus traditional fintech like Plaid 12:26 Stablecoin adoption challenges for US brokerage on-ramps and payments 14:52 Tokenized stocks' small scale...Why Stablecoins Won’t Kill Cards Ft. a16z Partner Noah Levine
On Ep. 10 of Agentic Commerce, Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, and Bam Azizi, CEO & Founder @ Mesh are joined by Noah Levine, Partner @ a16z Crypto to discuss a new class of merchants and buyers emerging, stablecoins won't kill cards but fill gaps, Jevons paradox and more!
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Stablecoin Linked Cards Are in Hyper Growth Mode
On Ep. 93 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by Luke Tuttle, CPTO @ MoneyGram, Charles Yoo-Naut, Co-Founder & CTO @ Rain and Darko Hajdukovic, Head of Digital Markets Infrastructure @ London Stock Exchange Group to discuss LSE nighttime trading venue launching 2027, Tokenized UK government debt instrument DIGIT and more!
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00:00 Introduction 3:50 London Stock Exchange nighttime trading venue launching 2027 5:09 Tokenized UK government debt instrument called DIGIT explained 8:09 Regulatory recognition of digital assets versus physical assets 13:29 Marqeta partners with zerohash for stablecoin card programs 16:52 Rain full stack issuer versus Marqeta...Why Ramp Is All in on Stablecoins
On Ep. 8 of Stablecoin Stories, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo and Ran Goldi, SVP Payments, Fireblocks are joined by Alex Bazhenov, Senior Staff Software Engineer @ Ramp and Andrew Chapello, Product Lead @ Ramp to discuss customer demand for faster, cheaper global business payments driving stablecoin adoption strategy, integrating blockchain payments with legacy fiat ledger infrastructure and more!
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00:00 Introduction 5:00 Customer demand for faster, cheaper global business payments drives stablecoin adoption strategy 10:09 How Ramp’s spend management, bill pay, banking, and stablecoin products connect 15:10 Customer adoption, product feedback, and making stablecoin accounts invisible to users 17:36 Engineering ch...Onchain FX Is the Missing Piece for Stablecoins
On Ep. 92 of Tokenized, Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa is joined by Noah Levine, Partner @ a16z Crypto, Didier Lavallee, Founder & CEO @ Tetra Digital Group and Eric Queathem, Founder & CEO @ Velocity to discuss velocity raising $30 million Series A for stablecoin payments, Canadian dollar stablecoin use cases and more!
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00:00 Introduction 1:41 Velocity raises $30 million Series A for stablecoin payments 4:02 Velocity as regulated payment institution not just orchestration 5:11 Stablecoin use cases for corporate treasury internal movements 8:18 Canadian dollar stablecoin use cases for cross border trade 11:29 Visa stablecoin platform and OUSD settlement for acquirers 14:37 Acquirer stablecoin settlement evolution...Why 70% of PSPs Still Won’t Touch Crypto
On Ep. 7 of Stablecoin Stories, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo and Ran Goldi, SVP Payments, Fireblocks are joined by John Egan, Chief Product Officer @ Polygon to discuss the utility theory that blockchain should be used for money, only 30% of PSPs own stablecoin infrastructure and more!
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00:00 Introduction 5:51 Institutional users demand data proof of value 7:58 Utility theory that blockchain should be used for money 11:33 MiCA license sparked stablecoin adoption in payments 16:30 Only 30% of PSPs own stablecoin infrastructure 22:33 Open Money Stack integrates multiple stablecoin vendors into API 27:35 Polygon is the leading chain for stablecoin payments 35:15 Stablecoins...Stablecoin Cards Hitting $1 Billion a Month
On Ep. 91 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by Paul Faecks, CEO & Founder @ Plasma and Guillermo Goncalvez, CEO @ El Dorado to discuss Visa onchain analytics dashboard, growth of stablecoin enabled card spend nearing $1 billion, and more!
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00:00 Introduction 2:05 Visa onchain analytics dashboard and adjusted volume methodology 3:56 Growth of stablecoin enabled card spend nearing $1 billion 5:04 Rise of stablecoin orchestrators bridging to traditional payment networks 9:35 Import/export use case for stablecoins in Latin America 16:04 Bankruptcy protection and custodial risks for stablecoin neobanks 27:17 Brick and mortar banking...From Building USDC to Agentic Commerce: Sean Neville on Programmable Finance
On Ep. 9 of Agentic Commerce, Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, and Bam Azizi, CEO & Founder @ Mesh are joined by Sean Neville, CEO & Co-Founder @ Catena to discuss the early vision for stablecoins and USDC creation, founding Catena, AI focus and more!
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OpenUSD - Bringing the Rest of Fiat Onchain
On Ep. 90 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo is joined by Stephen Richardson, Chief Strategy Officer & Head of Banking @ Fireblocks and Ido Ben-Natan, CEO & Co-Founder @ Blockaid to discuss Fireblocks role in OpenUSD launch, BIS view on DeFi lending, Robinhood Earn product and more!
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00:00 Introduction 2:46 Fireblocks role in OpenUSD launch 4:29 OpenUSD economic model and revenue distribution 7:45 Jeremy Allaire critique of OpenUSD consortium 10:07 Stablecoin liquidity challenges and global adoption 14:11 Tokenized treasuries and settlement speed impact 21:52 Banks integrating stablecoins with tokenized deposits 26:17 BIS report on stablecoins falling short as money 29:37 BIS view on DeFi lending...Interview: Robinhood's 7% Earn Product w/ Johann Kerbrat
In this bonus episode of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo is joined by Johann Kerbrat, SVP & GM of Crypto & International @ Robinhood to discuss Robinhood Chain public mainnet launch going live globally, Robinhood Earn offers 7% yield with Lloyds insurance coverage and more!
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00:00 Introduction 1:02 Robinhood Chain public mainnet launch goes live globally 1:55 Robinhood Chain partners with Arcus and Lighter for trading 3:17 Robinhood customers can earn yields and use Robinhood Wallet 4:28 Robinhood perps launch with simplified UI for advanced traders 5:52 Stock tokens on Robinhood Chain for 120 plus countries 7:14 Use tokenized stocks as collateral in DeFi...Western Union’s $100BN Bet
On Ep. 6 of Stablecoin Stories, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo and Ran Goldi, SVP Payments, Fireblocks are joined by Malcolm Clarke, VP of Digital Assets @ Western Union to discuss USDPT, choosing Solana for fast settlement and developer innovation and more!
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00:00 Introduction 4:07 Building digital identity networks with Hyperledger and blockchain 7:00 Solving consumer and internal use cases with stablecoins 10:48 Balancing Western Union’s legacy brand with crypto innovation 14:33 Integrating digital assets into treasury and compliance teams 18:47 Regulatory frameworks and the catalyst for stablecoin adoption 21:49 Naming and designing the USDPT payment token strategy 28:47 Choosing Solana for fa...Capital Markets Are Going Onchain
On Ep. 89 of Tokenized, Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa is joined by Noah Levine, Partner @ a16z Crypto, Eric Saraniecki, Co-Founder & Head of Network Strategy @ Digital Asset and Theo Golden, Head of Digital Assets @ Baillie Gifford to discuss the growth of tokenized stocks through crypto exchange models, Baillie Gifford launching UK native tokenized fund and more!
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00:00 Introduction 4:26 Growth of tokenized stocks through crypto exchange models 5:33 Onshore versus offshore tokenized asset market bifurcation 7:25 Increased utility of equities via securities lending 12:35 Democratizing prime brokerage services for retail users 16:07 Separating ownership from control in robo-advisory 19:37 Baillie Gifford...Real Agentic Commerce Volume Is $30K a Month
On Ep. 8 of Agentic Commerce, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo, and Bam Azizi, CEO & Founder @ Mesh are joined by Sam Ragsdale, Founder & CEO @ Merit Systems to discuss blockchain enabling massive scale for agentic transactions, Merit focusing on open agent commerce with USDC on Base and Solana and more!
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SpaceX IPO Broke Tokenized Stocks
On Ep. 88 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by Eli Cohen, Chief Legal Officer @ Centrifuge and Ross Basri, Co-Founder @ Uptop (acq by Rain) to discuss Zelle launching ZelleUSD, banks using stablecoins for cross border payments and more!
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00:00 Introduction 2:26 Zelle launching ZelleUSD stablecoin and India expansion 3:48 Banks using stablecoins for cross border payments 5:45 Zelle competing with Revolut and Wise internationally 8:59 Banks embedding FX services into stablecoin products 11:28 Rain launches native loyalty for stablecoin card programs 17:54 Using yield from stablecoins to fund card rewards 24:50 Rain...Kraken Co-CEO Giving Everyone Billionaire Like Access to Finance
In this bonus episode of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo is joined by Arjun Sethi, Co-CEO @ Kraken & Payward to discuss Payward as a parent company with Kraken & NinjaTrader, consumer products Kraken Earn and MoneyGram cashout partnership and more!
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00:00 Introduction 2:45 Payward as parent company with Kraken & NinjaTrader 3:44 xStocks one to one tokenized equities interoperable across chains 5:00 Binomial acquisition for US crypto perpetuals and commodities 9:29 Payward offering modular financial rails for fintech partners 14:25 Consumer products Kraken Earn and MoneyGram cashout partnership 20:18 Earn vaults offering yield strategies from treasury to high risk 23:10 Global regulation evolution...Banks Won’t Stop Deposits Leaving for Stablecoins
On Ep. 87 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo is joined by Noah Levine, Partner @ a16z Crypto, Thierry Edde, Head of Crypto @ Deel and William Peck, Head of Digital Assets @ WisdomTree to discuss stablecoins becoming global checking accounts in emerging markets, tokenized deposits versus stablecoins use cases and more!
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00:00 Introduction 4:21 Stablecoins becoming global checking accounts in emerging markets 6:55 Embedded finance wallets integrated into payroll platforms 9:55 Tokenized real world assets enabling embedded financial services 14:20 Difference between tokenized deposits and stablecoins 18:44 Comparison of tokenized deposits versus stablecoins use cases 27:54 Morpho raises $175M for on...KAST: 1M Users on a Stablecoin Neobank
On Ep. 5 of Stablecoin Stories, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo and Ran Goldi, SVP Payments, Fireblocks are joined by Raagulan Pathy, Founder & CEO @ KAST to discuss the thesis of building fintech on top of stablecoin rails, building USDK for onchain transparency, trust and more!
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00:00 Introduction 7:35 Thesis of building fintech on top of stablecoin rails 9:53 Challenges of scrappy startup fundraising and low salaries 11:39 Early traction through Solana card partnership and trust 13:09 Building USDK for onchain transparency and trust 18:43 Plans for licenses acquisitions and raising more capital 22:47 Growth strategy using referrals cashback and better design 27:14...Why Every Payment Network Should Settle Onchain
On Ep. 86 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by Chris Mason, CEO @ Orbital to discuss why settlement matters for stablecoin adoption, MoneyGram launch MGUSD and more!
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00:00 Introduction 2:42 Why settlement matters for stablecoin adoption 3:18 Mastercard and Visa expand stablecoin settlement networks 6:32 Merchants benefit from faster settlement and transparency 7:50 Privacy challenges for public blockchain payments 11:52 Multilateral netting and streaming money explained 16:30 MoneyGram launches MGUSD stablecoin with self-custodial wallet 23:03 Deel launches yield-bearing USD stablecoin on Tempo 27:23 Revolut offers zero spread stablecoin swaps in US 37:14 CME and...The First Bank Issued Stablecoin
On Ep. 85 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa are joined by Rene Reinsberg, Co-Founder @ Celo and Charles Hamel, Head of Product, MiniPay @ Opera to discuss Visa CLI onboarding merchants, Cash App supports fee free USDC stablecoin transactions and more!
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00:00 Introduction 2:48 Visa CLI onboarding merchants and US rollout 6:25 Cash App supports fee free USDC stablecoin transactions 8:33 Cash App stablecoin safety risks and blockchain addresses 9:32 SoFi launches first bank issued stablecoin on platform 13:39 SoFi stablecoin and tokenized deposit dual strategy 22:33 Mastercard gets BitLicense and Aave secures FCA...99% of Stablecoins Are Dollars
On Ep. 84 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo is joined by Kim Hochfeld, Global Head of Digital and Cash @ State Street Investment Management and Dan Romero, GTM @ Tempo to discuss banks moving on chain, the GENIUS Act impact, stablecoin settlement for remittances and more!
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00:00 Introduction 2:00 State Street Investment Management's first on chain liquidity fund launch 3:25 Banks moving on chain and the GENIUS Act impact 5:22 Lessons from launching on chain products at State Street Investment Management 8:18 Tempo’s validator role and MoneyGram partnership 10:15 Stablecoin settlement for remittances and physical cash access 14:00 Speed of bl...The Headless Merchant Economy
On Ep. 83 of Tokenized, Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, is joined by Noah Levine, Partner @ a16z Crypto, Gmoney and Michael Blau, CTO @ Royal to discuss AWS, Google, Coinbase enabling AI agent payments, headless merchants and more!
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00:00 Introduction 2:13 AWS, Google, Coinbase enabling AI agent payments 3:51 Headless Merchants 5:59 Pay per token model replacing subscriptions for content 10:04 Traders and investors as early agentic payment users 13:42 Card on front, stablecoin settlement in hybrid model 15:50 Using AI agents to make money trading 21:27 AI agents trading stocks with self fulfilling predictions 35:12 Circle’s Arc blockchain for institutional stablecoin use 41:19 Lo...