Does every company need a stablecoin strategy?

On Ep. 11 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, Head of Content & Strategy @ Sardine, and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by Eric Saraniecki, Co-Founder and Head of Network @ Digital Asset to discuss USDG stablecoin, Polymarket & betting markets and how policies post-election will affect the space.

Timestamps:

• 01:54 USDG stablecoin
• 09:31 PSPs
• 14:10 Polymarket & betting markets
• 21:20 How will policies post-election affect the space?
• 25:31 Lazard to create tokenized funds
• 28:39 Demand, infrastructure & products
• 37:07 Interest bearing stablecoins vs money market funds & tokenized securities
• 42:17 Swift, UBS & Chainlink announce successful tokenized asset pilot

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

Visa’s Tokenized Asset Platform (VTAP) uses smart contracts and cryptography to help banks bring fiat currencies onchain. VTAP allows financial institutions to issue fiat-backed tokens, improving financial efficiency and enabling programmable finance. Express interest in VTAP at globalclient.visa.com/vtap

This podcast is also supported by Digital Asset.

Digital Asset is excited to launch the Canton Network, a proven, trusted, and scaleable service that provides interoperability between institutional-grade tokenization platforms. The Global Synchronizer is now live, managed by Linux and institutions are actively using Canton Coin to manage the governance. No, the banks haven’t launched a token in the classic sense, this is much more interesting. They’ve done it to make all token networks interoperable. Find out more at canton.network

Is this a coming of age for stablecoins?

On Ep. 10 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, Head of Content & Strategy @ Sardine, and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by Dante Disparte, Chief Strategy Officer & Head of Global Policy @ Circle and Chris Harmse, Co-Founder @ BVNK to discuss Stripe acquiring Bridge for $1.1 billion, if stablecoins and CBDCs have shifted the narrative about crypto and the future of the stablecoin space.

Timestamps:

• 02:03 Stripe acquires Bridge for $1.1 billion
• 07:21 How have stablecoins and CBDCs shifted the narrative about crypto?
• 10:22 Why should you use a stablecoin?
• 16:10 Increasing target addressable market through stablecoins
• 22:03 UK introducing stablecoin legislation
• 25:52 Lessons learned from MiCA & policy solutions
• 33:58 a16z Crypto 2024 report
• 45:31 The stablecoin space over the next 12 months

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

Visa’s Tokenized Asset Platform (VTAP) uses smart contracts and cryptography to help banks bring fiat currencies onchain. VTAP allows financial institutions to issue fiat-backed tokens, improving financial efficiency and enabling programmable finance. Express interest in VTAP at globalclient.visa.com/vtap

This podcast is also supported by Digital Asset.

Digital Asset is excited to launch the Canton Network, a proven, trusted, and scaleable service that provides interoperability between institutional-grade tokenization platforms. The Global Synchronizer is now live, managed by Linux and institutions are actively using Canton Coin to manage the governance. No, the banks haven’t launched a token in the classic sense, this is much more interesting. They’ve done it to make all token networks interoperable. Find out more at canton.network

On Ep. 9 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, Head of Content & Strategy @ Sardine, and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by Guillaume Chatain, Chief Revenue Officer @ Société Générale - FORGE and Nick Ducoff, Head of Institutional Growth @ The Solana Foundation to discuss the state of Solana in 2024, Société Générale - FORGE, EURCV & Solana and the future of stablecoins.

Timestamps:

• 01:30 The state of Solana in 2024
• 05:25 Société Générale - FORGE
• 08:07 EURCV & Solana
• 10:41 Société Générale journey
• 14:44 Public vs permissioned blockchains
• 23:01 The future of stablecoins
• 27:11 PayPal, Ernst & Young and Google Cloud use Coinbase for B2B payments
• 36:42 Uniswap launch L2 network Unichain
• 43:13 Interoperability
• 46:20 Overcoming institutional challenges

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

Visa’s Tokenized Asset Platform (VTAP) uses smart contracts and cryptography to help banks bring fiat currencies onchain. VTAP allows financial institutions to issue fiat-backed tokens, improving financial efficiency and enabling programmable finance. Express interest in VTAP at globalclient.visa.com/vtap

This podcast is also supported by Digital Asset.

Digital Asset is excited to launch the Canton Network, a proven, trusted, and scaleable service that provides interoperability between institutional-grade tokenization platforms. The Global Synchronizer is now live, managed by Linux and institutions are actively using Canton Coin to manage the governance. No, the banks haven’t launched a token in the classic sense, this is much more interesting. They’ve done it to make all token networks interoperable. Find out more at canton.network

On Ep. 8 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, Head of Content & Strategy @ Sardine, and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by Mike Hudack, Co-Founder @ Sling Money. Mike talks to Tokenized about how his time at Monzo, Meta and Deliveroo influenced Sling Money's rise into one of the best crypto experiences on the planet.

Timestamps:

• 01:53 What is Sling Money?
• 05:16 Creating a useable experience sending stablecoins
• 07:20 Compliance infrastructure & technology
• 12:58 Multi-currency experience
• 16:02 Why is the user experience in crypto so poor?
• 18:00 Gas abstraction
• 21:56 Who should be thinking about this space?
• 26:09 SG Forge rollout Euro CoinVertible on Solana
• 30:03 Why Solana?
• 30:52 MiCA & regulation
• 31:34 On-chain FX
• 37:12 Stablecoin native exchange TrueX
• 40:33 What's the vision for Sling Money?

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

Visa’s Tokenized Asset Platform (VTAP) uses smart contracts and cryptography to help banks bring fiat currencies onchain. VTAP allows financial institutions to issue fiat-backed tokens, improving financial efficiency and enabling programmable finance. Express interest in VTAP at globalclient.visa.com/vtap

This podcast is also supported by Digital Asset.

Digital Asset is excited to launch the Canton Network, a proven, trusted, and scaleable service that provides interoperability between institutional-grade tokenization platforms. The Global Synchronizer is now live, managed by Linux and institutions are actively using Canton Coin to manage the governance. No, the banks haven’t launched a token in the classic sense, this is much more interesting. They’ve done it to make all token networks interoperable. Find out more at canton.network

On Ep. 7 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, Head of Content & Strategy @ Sardine, and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by Catherine Gu, Head of CBDC and Tokenized Assets @ Visa and Francisco Maroto, Head of Blockchain and Digital Assets @ BBVA to discuss the Visa Tokenized Asset Platform (VTAP), BBVA's tokenization journey and the momentum of tokenization.

Timestamps:

• 01:50 Introducing the Visa Tokenized Asset Platform (VTAP)
• 07:02 BBVA's tokenization journey
• 18:45 What are the possibilities of VTAP?
• 21:55 Why is VTAP compelling from BBVA's perspective?
• 26:14 Payments, financing & cross border money movement
• 33:34 New Swift tokenized asset & deposit capabilities
• 40:01 The momentum of tokenization
• 43:38 Smart contracts & innovation

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

Visa’s Tokenized Asset Platform (VTAP) uses smart contracts and cryptography to help banks bring fiat currencies onchain. VTAP allows financial institutions to issue fiat-backed tokens, improving financial efficiency and enabling programmable finance. Express interest in VTAP at globalclient.visa.com/vtap

This podcast is also supported by Digital Asset.

Digital Asset is excited to launch the Canton Network, a proven, trusted, and scaleable service that provides interoperability between institutional-grade tokenization platforms. The Global Synchronizer is now live, managed by Linux and institutions are actively using Canton Coin to manage the governance. No, the banks haven’t launched a token in the classic sense, this is much more interesting. They’ve done it to make all token networks interoperable. Find out more at canton.network

On Ep. 6 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, Head of Content & Strategy @ Sardine, and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by Noelle Acheson, author of Crypto is Macro Now to discuss Paypal's PYUSD hitting $1bn market cap, Certifuge's lending market, Sony launching a L2 blockchain backed by Samsung, and Hong Kong launching 'Project Ensemble'.

Timestamps:

• 01:54 PayPal's PYUSD stablecoin hits $1B market cap
• 12:33 Stablecoin regulation
• 14:44 Centrifuge unveils lending market with Morpho, Coinbase
• 24:29 The rise of Base
• 28:11 Sony launches blockchain Soneium
• 39:05 Hong Kong launches project Ensemble

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 also supported by Digital Asset.

Digital Asset is excited to launch the Canton Network, a proven, trusted, and scaleable service that provides interoperability between institutional-grade tokenization platforms. The Global Synchronizer is now live, managed by Linux and institutions are actively using Canton Coin to manage the governance. No, the banks haven’t launched a token in the classic sense, this is much more interesting. They’ve done it to make all token networks interoperable. Find out more at canton.network

On Ep. 5 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, Head of Content & Strategy @ Sardine, and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by Zach Abrams, Co-Founder of Bridge to discuss the competitive and innovative landscape of Stablecoins.

Timestamps:

• 02:27 The current state of stablecoin payments
• 04:43 The evolution of stablecoin payments
• 08:15 The role of wallets in stablecoin payments
• 17:18 Cross border payments with stablecoins
• 29:16 Stablecoin sandwich
• 30:53 How are consumers and businesses benefiting from stablecoins?
• 33:51 Regulation and Compliance
• 46:00 The future of stablecoins

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 also supported by Digital Asset.

Digital Asset is excited to launch the Canton Network, a proven, trusted, and scaleable service that provides interoperability between institutional-grade tokenization platforms. The Global Synchronizer is now live, managed by Linux and institutions are actively using Canton Coin to manage the governance. No, the banks haven’t launched a token in the classic sense, this is much more interesting. They’ve done it to make all token networks interoperable. Find out more at canton.network

On Ep. 4 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, Head of Content & Strategy @ Sardine, and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by Elise Soucie, Executive Director @ Global Digital Finance to discuss the competitive landscape of stablecoins, Hamilton Lane launching fund on Solana, Project Pyxtrial and much more!

Timestamps:

• 01:44 Hamilton Lane launches fund on Solana
• 06:44 Blockchain selection for large institutions
• 10:22 Competitive landscape of stablecoins
• 13:49 Project Pyxtrial: Monitoring the backing of stablecoins
• 21:01 Stablecoins & CBDC
• 29:12 California DMV tokenizes 48 million vehicle titles using Avalanche
• 33:41 Ledgers, ownership & consumer experience
• 39:41 Morgan Stanley offering Bitcoin ETFs to wealthy clients
• 48:42 SEC $125m lawsuit against Ripple Labs

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 also supported by Digital Asset.

Digital Asset is excited to launch the Canton Network, a proven, trusted, and scaleable service that provides interoperability between institutional-grade tokenization platforms. The Global Synchronizer is now live, managed by Linux and institutions are actively using Canton Coin to manage the governance. No, the banks haven’t launched a token in the classic sense, this is much more interesting. They’ve done it to make all token networks interoperable. Find out more at canton.network

On Ep. 3 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, Head of Content & Strategy @ Sardine, and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by Robert Leshner, CEO @ Superstate to discuss the Ethereum ETF, tokenized money market funds, MakerDAO's $1 billion tokenized treasury investment plan and much more!

Timestamps:

• 01:34 What is Superstate?
• 05:17 Ethereum ETF
• 13:48 Tokenized money market funds & collateral use cases
• 18:31 Who is buying on-chain treasury products?
• 22:30 Stablecoin & treasury interplay
• 25:37 Key drivers of the tokenization of financial products?
• 31:57 MakerDAO's $1 billion tokenized treasury investment plan
• 40:58 What does "good" look like for protocols vs pension funds?
• 42:57 Superstate launch crypto basis Fund USCC

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 also supported by Digital Asset.

Digital Asset is excited to launch the Canton Network, a proven, trusted, and scaleable service that provides interoperability between institutional-grade tokenization platforms. The Global Synchronizer is now live, managed by Linux and institutions are actively using Canton Coin to manage the governance. No, the banks haven’t launched a token in the classic sense, this is much more interesting. They’ve done it to make all token networks interoperable. Find out more at canton.network

On Ep. 2 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, Head of Content & Strategy @ Sardine, and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by Chris Brummer, Founder @ Bluprynt to discuss compliance in crypto, regulation, disclosures, MiCA and much more!

Timestamps:

• 02:01 What is Bluprynt?
• 06:18 Effective regulation
• 08:50 Where are the EU & US markets on their regulatory journey?
• 13:15 How does MiCA impact stablecoins?
• 19:28 MiCA nuances and will the rest of the world follow?
• 24:52 Circle becoming compliant with MiCA
• 27:19 What are macro impacts of stablecoins and on global currencies?
• 33:43 Société Générale stablecoin, and stablecoin use cases
• 39:12 Tangem Visa payment card/hardware wallet - how does it work?

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 also supported by Digital Asset.

Digital Asset is excited to launch the Canton Network, a proven, trusted, and scaleable service that provides interoperability between institutional-grade tokenization platforms. The Global Synchronizer is now live, managed by Linux and institutions are actively using Canton Coin to manage the governance. No, the banks haven’t launched a token in the classic sense, this is much more interesting. They’ve done it to make all token networks interoperable. Find out more at canton.network