We live in a world of tech jargons.  AI has captured the imagination of all tech geeks and futurists since the rise of ChatGPT, generative AI, LLMs, you name it.

I now use ChatGPT and Bard more than Google. 

In this episode of Tokenize, I had the opportunity to talk to a very likeminded Digital assets guru - Nitin Gaur, the former head of digital assets at State Street.

Nitin is a published author and a very modest AI expert as well. We explore the world of digital assets, tokenization, and how AI is going to add to the fun ride we are on.

I began my content journey about 8 years ago when I started blogging. In the initial days of content creation, I published over 150 articles over 3 years. However, recently I noticed that the blog site was no longer online and I lost access to all those articles. This was because a single party owned and ran the site.

Content creation must be decentralized. The internet of tomorrow must not have content creators relying on centralized decision makers. Be it Twitter or LinkedIn algorithms, or Substack blogs, decentralization is the future. 

In this episode of Tokenize, I discuss this precise topic with Andreas Nicolos at the Access Protocol. Access is a platform that I have been using for my content recently which instigated me to reach out to Andreas on the future of decentralized content platforms.

Listen into the future!

How do you stay grounded in a space filled with degens, KOLs and hype? Stablecoins is the answer.

Stablecoin has been easily the most useful, yet vastly underrated innovation within the digital assets space. And in this episode of Tokenize, I am delighted to discuss the Stablecoin ecosystem with Caroline Hill, Senior Director of Global Policy and Regulatory Strategy at Circle.

Circle are pioneers in the stablecoin industry and are backed by none other than Blackrock as investors.

In this episode we discuss the need for regulations and controls (KYC and AML). With Caroline's international experience specialising in Financial crime, she expands on why digital assets can be better suited to address AML, Sanctions and Fin crime than the current fiat system.

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This time we get lucky to hear from a hands-on CBDC expert Conrad Kraft. 

Conrad is a Strategic Advisor at the Digital Euro Association, and is able to talk about Central Bank Digital Currencies from both an emerging markets and a developed world perspective.

Conrad is based out of South Africa and is close to several CBDC initiatives in Africa, and by virtue of his involvement in Digital Euro and Digital Pound initiatives, can also talk about the developed part of the world.

In this episode we talk about financial inclusion, CBDC initiatives across the world, and also quietly discuss about programmable money, 

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Outlier ventures has been an organisation that a native web3 person can't help admiring. They have been at the heart of the development around this space through ups and downs and thrived.

In this episode of Tokenize, Jasper De Maera - Head of Research at Outlier Ventures joins me to discuss digital assets in large financial service firms vs an entreprenial set up at OV, opportunities around tokenization. 

We couldnt also help ourselves and wandered into the wild west of Bitcoin Ordinals.. Listen in, share and subscribe..

In this episode of Tokenize, I speak to one of my favourite teams in the land of tokenized real world assets. Kellan Grenier and Trevor Bacon formerly part of the hedge fund industry in New York, talk about their journey with Parcl, their startup. 

I am perhaps misleading you when I say Parcl are 'Tokenizing' real estate. Technically they are not. They have spent the last two years to gather real estate data sources to fuel the Parcl real estate trading platform. Users can now long London and short New York City on Parcl.

Their data engine is superior to anything else out there even in mainstream financial services. Imagine being the data hub for a $300 Trillion residential real estate market that the world can trade on - that's the vision!

And the best thing - they are on the Solana Blockchain. 

Listen in to the episode to hear it from the experts.

In this episode of Tokenize, I am joined by Nick Ducoff, the Head of Institutional growth at the Solana foundation. If you have been following the crypto/web3 market you would know that Solana was one of the hardest hit ecosystems by the FTX collapse.

Yet, the blockchain was built on sound architectural principles, had a strong culture and a rallying community. Therefore, the Solana ecosystem recovered from the abyss in some style.

But, what does that have to do with institutions? Solana have recently launched Solana Permissioned Environments (SPE) focused on institutions looking to tap the technology in a private setup. In this episode, Nick elaborates the benefits of the SPE in some detail.

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In this episode of the Tokenize podcast, I had the opportunity to talk to Oi Yee Choo, the CEO of Addx. Oi Yee is a former banker, and has been pioneering efforts at Addx in tokenizing private equity and other capital market instruments.

In this episode Oi Yee talks about how the process of tokenizing asset classes like private equity can drive financial inclusion, better pricing and more liquidity. We also discuss what mainstream banks and the regulators are focusing on within this space.

In this episode of Tokenize, I talk to Ari Redbord, the Global head of Policy at TRM labs. TRM labs are an Onchain analytics firm funded by Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Visa, Citi, PayPal, Block, Initialized Capital, Tiger Global, Bessemer, and Y Combinator.

Previous to joining TRM labs, Ari was a prosecutor. In this episode, he shares his legal expertise with us in relevance to the digital assets space. We do a quick tour of the regulatory landscape across the world and particularly in the US. 

We also discuss the infamous SBF/FTX trials - so listen in! 

In this (first) episode of the Tokenize podcast, I speak to my dear friend Richard Turrin, whom I have followed and learnt from over the years.

Richard has been an authority in Fintech, particularly within emerging markets and has seen the rise of China's cashless revolution by virtue of living and providing live coverage of the leapfrog moment. He has published two books, 'Cashless' and 'Innovation Lab Excellence'.

In this episode of Tokenize, Richard simplifies Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) and the implications for the developed and developing world. We touch upon regulations, and more importantly, Richard makes an exciting announcement. Enjoy the listen!