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Tokenized episodes

April 30PayPal’s Plan to Win the Agent Economy
On Ep. 7 of Agentic Commerce, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo, and Bam Azizi, CEO & Founder @ Mesh are joined by Kausik Rajgopal, EVP, Strategy, Corporate Development & Partnerships @ PayPal to discuss trust and fraud management in agentic commerce, PayPal integrations with Microsoft Copilot and Perplexity and more!

Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction

01:45 Trust and fraud management in agentic commerce

05:51 AI-driven purchase journeys during Black Friday

08:17 Merchants needing AI channel product discoverability

11:28 Payment options for AI agents including stablecoins

13:29 Consumer versus agent payment optimization differences

15:19 PayPal integrations with Microsoft Copilot and Perplexity

20:54 Travel and hospitality as key agentic commerce use case

27:31 Stablecoin use for microtransactions and real-time settlement

32:33 Interoperability challenges among multiple agent protocols
Tokenized is sponsored by Visa
A world leader in digital payments, Visa is bridging the gap between traditional financial institutions and innovative blockchain networks, helping players in the payments ecosystem navigate the ever-evolving world of tokenized fiat currencies with confidence and ease. Learn more at visa.com/crypto.

Tokenized is also presented by Mesh
As the first global crypto payments network, Mesh makes it possible for anyone — or any agent — to pay or get paid instantly, from any wallet, on any chain, anywhere in the world. Learn more at meshpay.com
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We’d also like to remind you that the views or opinions of our contributors today are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the companies they are representing. Nothing we say should be taken as tax, financial, investment or legal advice, do your own research!

Music by Henry McLean
40 min
April 27Every Fintech is Launching a Stablecoin Product
On Ep. 80 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by Nick Philpott, Co-Founder and Head of Partnerships @ Zodia Markets and Paul Frambot, Co-Founder & CEO @ Morpho to discuss why non USD stablecoins are slow to launch, USDT adoption by US fintechs and more!
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction

1:40 Regional currency stablecoins vs G10 focus

4:27 Why non USD stablecoins are slow to launch

7:44 Ramp adds USDT and stablecoin accounts for fintechs

9:50 USDT adoption by US fintechs and regulatory risk

14:57 USDT vs USDC usage differences in DeFi

19:02 Gig economy stablecoin payouts and slower than expected scaling

24:19 Stablecoin payouts as early mover advantage for brands

30:43 AAVE exploit caused by risky restaking token collateral

44:55 Japan tests government bonds on blockchain
Tokenized is sponsored by Visa
A world leader in digital payments, Visa is bridging the gap between traditional financial institutions and innovative blockchain networks, helping players in the payments ecosystem navigate the ever-evolving world of tokenized fiat currencies with confidence and ease. Learn more at visa.com/crypto.
Tokenized is presented by Bridge, a Stripe company.
Just like the internet made information global, stablecoins are making money global. And Bridge, a Stripe company, is the infrastructure powering that shift. Built for speed, scale, and simplicity, Bridge helps businesses send, store, convert, and spend stablecoins instantly, all without borders or having to navigate the complexities of crypto. Learn more at bridge.xyz
Tokenized is presented by M0
Stablecoins are becoming global financial infrastructure. It's time for that infrastructure to mature. If you're a brand, you should have your own stablecoin set to the behavior of financial flows moving through your product. If you're an issuer, you want to be the stablecoin partner for the most valuable brands. M0 is the only platform where issuers and brands get together to build digital money products for the world. Learn more at m0.org

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We’d also like to remind you that the views or opinions of our contributors today are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the companies they are representing. Nothing we say should be taken as tax, financial, investment or legal advice, do your own research!

Music by Henry McLean
49 min
April 23Why Your AI Agent Needs a Card and a Stablecoin Wallet
On Ep. 6 of Agentic Commerce, Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, and Bam Azizi, CEO & Founder @ Mesh are joined by Nikhil Chandhok, Chief Product Officer & CTO @ Circle to discuss agentic commerce impact on everyday consumers, vibe coding, agent owned wallets and more!

Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction

4:08 Pre channels era of agentic commerce development

6:51 Agentic commerce impact on everyday consumers

10:44 Vibe coding and cost of building software

14:12 Emergence of new one person merchant endpoints

21:04 Nano payments enabling small value transactions

27:40 Multiple agentic commerce protocols and interoperability

32:11 On chain consumer payments versus traditional cards

36:29 Local currency stablecoins and on chain FX

39:46 Agent owned wallets versus human wallets

42:16 Using AI agents inside product development cycles
Tokenized is sponsored by Visa
A world leader in digital payments, Visa is bridging the gap between traditional financial institutions and innovative blockchain networks, helping players in the payments ecosystem navigate the ever-evolving world of tokenized fiat currencies with confidence and ease. Learn more at visa.com/crypto.

Tokenized is also presented by Mesh
As the first global crypto payments network, Mesh connects over 300 wallets, exchanges and payments platforms, and enables anyone to pay and get paid instantly, anywhere, in any asset. Mesh makes digital transactions seamless, secure and universal, fuelling the next era of agentic commerce. Learn more at meshpay.com
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We’d also like to remind you that the views or opinions of our contributors today are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the companies they are representing. Nothing we say should be taken as tax, financial, investment or legal advice, do your own research!

Music by Henry McLean
48 min
April 20Should Banks Fear Stablecoin Yield?
On Ep. 79 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo is joined by Alex Johnson, Author @ Fintech Takes and Nikil Viswanathan, CEO & Co-Founder @ Alchemy to discuss token economics and efficiency in AI systems, the consolidation of protocols in agentic commerce and more!
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction

5:03 Payments foundation models using transformer architecture

10:44 Open source models for financial services adoption

17:53 Cost and latency tradeoffs for AI inference

20:24 Token economics and efficiency in AI systems

23:21 Agentic workflows as intellectual property in commerce

25:45 Consolidation of protocols in agentic commerce

30:17 Open source runtime OpenSHIELD for agent security

33:33 Stablecoin advantages for agent to agent microtransactions

35:36 Real traction in search over payments for agents
Tokenized is sponsored by Visa
A world leader in digital payments, Visa is bridging the gap between traditional financial institutions and innovative blockchain networks, helping players in the payments ecosystem navigate the ever-evolving world of tokenized fiat currencies with confidence and ease. Learn more at visa.com/crypto.
Tokenized is presented by Bridge, a Stripe company.
Just like the internet made information global, stablecoins are making money global. And Bridge, a Stripe company, is the infrastructure powering that shift. Built for speed, scale, and simplicity, Bridge helps businesses send, store, convert, and spend stablecoins instantly, all without borders or having to navigate the complexities of crypto. Learn more at bridge.xyz
Tokenized is also presented by Fireblocks
With over $100 billion in monthly stablecoin volume, Fireblocks powers stablecoin strategies at scale with infrastructure that enables PSPs, fintechs, remitters and banks to issue, move, hold, and manage stablecoins. And it’s all done securely, at scale, and with built-in compliance. Learn more at fireblocks.com

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We’d also like to remind you that the views or opinions of our contributors today are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the companies they are representing. Nothing we say should be taken as tax, financial, investment or legal advice, do your own research!

Music by Henry McLean
50 min
April 16How Payments Foundations Models are Fuelling Agentic Commerce Ft. Nvidia
On Ep. 5 of Agentic Commerce, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo, and Bam Azizi, CEO & Founder @ Mesh are joined by Pahal Patangia, Head of Global Industry Business Development and Payments @ NVIDIA to discuss open source models for financial services adoption, agentic workflows as intellectual property in commerce and more!

Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction

5:03 Payments foundation models using transformer architecture

10:44 Open source models for financial services adoption

17:53 Cost and latency tradeoffs for AI inference

20:24 Token economics and efficiency in AI systems

23:21 Agentic workflows as intellectual property in commerce

25:45 Consolidation of protocols in agentic commerce

30:17 Open source runtime OpenShell for agent security

33:33 Stablecoin advantages for agent to agent microtransactions

35:36 Real traction in search over payments for agents
Tokenized is sponsored by Visa
A world leader in digital payments, Visa is bridging the gap between traditional financial institutions and innovative blockchain networks, helping players in the payments ecosystem navigate the ever-evolving world of tokenized fiat currencies with confidence and ease. Learn more at visa.com/crypto.

Tokenized is also presented by Mesh
As the first global crypto payments network, Mesh connects over 300 wallets, exchanges and payments platforms, and enables anyone to pay and get paid instantly, anywhere, in any asset. Mesh makes digital transactions seamless, secure and universal, fuelling the next era of agentic commerce. Learn more at meshpay.com
***
We’d also like to remind you that the views or opinions of our contributors today are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the companies they are representing. Nothing we say should be taken as tax, financial, investment or legal advice, do your own research!

Music by Henry McLean
42 min
April 13Blockchain's Threat to Banking
On Ep. 78 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by Prabhakar Reddy, CEO & Founder @ OpenFX and Thomas Cowan, Head of Tokenization @ Galaxy to discuss inspiration for Open FX, the three distinct eras of stablecoin FX liquidity evolution and more!
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction

1:48 Inspiration for Open FX from Western Union remittance queues

4:45 The three distinct eras of stablecoin FX liquidity evolution

6:45 Banks are designed to hold deposits not move money

10:47 FX settlement speed bottlenecks in developed G10 currencies

18:35 Jamie Dimon's annual letter acknowledges blockchain and stablecoin threats

24:32 International banking pressure to adopt stablecoin payment rails

29:20 Tokenization growth and use cases decoupled from Bitcoin volatility

32:09 Onchain shareholder voting for tokenized equity using Broadridge

40:53 Tokenized equities will expand global access to US markets
Tokenized is sponsored by Visa
A world leader in digital payments, Visa is bridging the gap between traditional financial institutions and innovative blockchain networks, helping players in the payments ecosystem navigate the ever-evolving world of tokenized fiat currencies with confidence and ease. Learn more at visa.com/crypto.
Tokenized is presented by Bridge, a Stripe company.
Just like the internet made information global, stablecoins are making money global. And Bridge, a Stripe company, is the infrastructure powering that shift. Built for speed, scale, and simplicity, Bridge helps businesses send, store, convert, and spend stablecoins instantly, all without borders or having to navigate the complexities of crypto. Learn more at bridge.xyz
Tokenized is presented by M0
Stablecoins are becoming global financial infrastructure. It's time for that infrastructure to mature. If you're a brand, you should have your own stablecoin set to the behavior of financial flows moving through your product. If you're an issuer, you want to be the stablecoin partner for the most valuable brands. M0 is the only platform where issuers and brands get together to build digital money products for the world. Learn more at m0.org

***

We’d also like to remind you that the views or opinions of our contributors today are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the companies they are representing. Nothing we say should be taken as tax, financial, investment or legal advice, do your own research!

Music by Henry McLean
46 min
April 10How AI Bots Buy Internet Services
On Ep. 10 of Stablecoin Stats, Andrew Van Aken, Data Scientist @ Artemis is joined by Lucas Shin, Data & Research @ Artemis to discuss defining agentic payments and web resource transactions, x402 vs Machine Payments Protocol and more!
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction

1:46 Defining agentic payments and web resource transactions

4:35 Artemis agentic payments dashboard and transaction trends

5:40 Meme coin influence on agentic payment activity

8:41 Filtering wash trading in agentic payment data

12:05 Real use cases: lead enrichment and CLI tools

14:47 Differences between x402 and Machine Payments Protocol

16:43 Session-based payments and batching low-value transactions

18:57 Supply side growth and discovery for agentic commerce

20:50 Tracking qualified sellers in the agentic ecosystem
This episode is brought to you by Visa
A world leader in digital payments, Visa is bridging the gap between traditional financial institutions and innovative blockchain networks, helping players in the payments ecosystem navigate the ever-evolving world of tokenized fiat currencies with confidence and ease. Learn more at visa.com/crypto.
This podcast is powered by Artemis

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We’d also like to remind you that the views or opinions of our contributors today are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the companies they are representing. Nothing we say should be taken as tax, financial, investment or legal advice, do your own research!

Music by Henry McLean
24 min
April 09Amy Oldenburg, Head of Digital Asset Strategy @ Morgan Stanley
In this bonus episode of Tokenized, Rob Hadick, General Partner @ Dragonfly is joined by Amy Oldenburg, Head of Digital Asset Strategy @ Morgan Stanley to discuss Morgan Stanley's digital asset strategy, ETF trading and wealth management integration, OCC charter for digital asset custody and more!
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction

1:06 Morgan Stanley digital asset strategy defined

2:54 Emerging markets analogy for crypto adoption

5:26 Breaking front office vs back office bias

7:46 ETF trading and wealth management integration

13:24 Price pullbacks help product development

16:52 OCC charter for digital asset custody

19:51 Tokenized equities and dark pool plans

23:22 Prediction markets and institutional interest

25:42 Build vs partner for crypto infrastructure
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This episode is brought to you by Visa
A world leader in digital payments, Visa is bridging the gap between traditional financial institutions and innovative blockchain networks, helping players in the payments ecosystem navigate the ever-evolving world of tokenized fiat currencies with confidence and ease. Learn more at visa.com/crypto.
***
We’d also like to remind you that the views or opinions of our contributors today are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the companies they are representing. Nothing we say should be taken as tax, financial, investment or legal advice, do your own research!
Music by Henry McLean
30 min
April 06Stablecoins Will Stop Retail From Subsidizing Wall St Ft. BitGo CEO Mike Belshe
On Ep. 77 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by Sam Broner, Founder @ The Better Money Company and Mike Belshe, CEO @ BitGo to discuss frictions in stablecoin payments for retail, the interest and yield debate on stablecoins, quantum computing threat to blockchain cryptography and more!
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction

1:54 Stablecoin clearing house problem explained

3:10 Frictions in stablecoin payments for retail

6:55 Diversity of stablecoins and enterprise issuance

8:19 Clearing house solving many to many problem

10:04 Interest and yield debate on stablecoins

16:25 OpenFX raises $94 million for FX

21:01 Stablecoin cross border payments and FX

30:59 Midas raises $50 million for tokenized liquidity

48:00 Quantum computing threat to blockchain cryptography
Tokenized is sponsored by Visa
A world leader in digital payments, Visa is bridging the gap between traditional financial institutions and innovative blockchain networks, helping players in the payments ecosystem navigate the ever-evolving world of tokenized fiat currencies with confidence and ease. Learn more at visa.com/crypto.
Tokenized is presented by Bridge, a Stripe company.
Just like the internet made information global, stablecoins are making money global. And Bridge, a Stripe company, is the infrastructure powering that shift. Built for speed, scale, and simplicity, Bridge helps businesses send, store, convert, and spend stablecoins instantly, all without borders or having to navigate the complexities of crypto. Learn more at bridge.xyz
Tokenized is also presented by Fireblocks
With over $100 billion in monthly stablecoin volume, Fireblocks powers stablecoin strategies at scale with infrastructure that enables PSPs, fintechs, remitters and banks to issue, move, hold, and manage stablecoins. And it’s all done securely, at scale, and with built-in compliance. Learn more at fireblocks.com

***

We’d also like to remind you that the views or opinions of our contributors today are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the companies they are representing. Nothing we say should be taken as tax, financial, investment or legal advice, do your own research!

Music by Henry McLean
56 min
April 02Bank of England: Stablecoins, Settlement and the Digital Pound Lab
In this bonus episode of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo is joined by Danny Russell, Head of Payments Innovation Technology @ Bank of England to discuss stablecoins, settlement, the Digital Pound Lab and more!
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction

1:44 Four major Bank of England payments innovation programs

2:22 Digital Security Sandbox for live digital securities issuance

2:56 Synchronization Lab enabling atomic settlement across ledgers

3:55 DLT Innovation Challenge testing wholesale central bank money on external ledgers

5:28 Digital Pound Lab as platform for industry co-creation

8:27 Digital check use case using verifiable credentials

14:18 Settlement finality approaches in DLT innovation challenge

19:10 Systemic stablecoin regulation and consultation update

22:56 Liquidity savings mechanism saving 75 billion pounds daily
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This episode is brought to you by Visa
A world leader in digital payments, Visa is bridging the gap between traditional financial institutions and innovative blockchain networks, helping players in the payments ecosystem navigate the ever-evolving world of tokenized fiat currencies with confidence and ease. Learn more at visa.com/crypto.
***
We’d also like to remind you that the views or opinions of our contributors today are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the companies they are representing. Nothing we say should be taken as tax, financial, investment or legal advice, do your own research!
Music by Henry McLean
29 min

About Tokenized

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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.