Tokenized

On Ep. 57 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, GTM @ Tempo is joined by Joao Reginatto, Chief Strategy Officer @ M0, Mark Greenberg, Global Head of Consumer @ Kraken and Kevin Lehtiniitty, CEO @ Borderless to discuss M0 and MoonPay partnership for stable coin issuance, benefits of companies creating their own stablecoins and more!

Timestamps:

• 00:00 Introduction
• 01:38 M0 and MoonPay partnership for stablecoin issuance
• 05:16 Benefits of companies creating their own stablecoins
• 06:03 Consumer confusion with multiple stablecoin options
• 09:07 JP Morgan's deposit token on Base network
• 10:48 Tokenized deposits vs stablecoins debate
• 20:57 Cash App integrating stablecoins for users
• 28:57 Circle's on-chain FX engine and ARC chain
• 37:09 Coinbase's token offering platform and UK savings account
• 44:52 SoFi Bank launches in-app crypto trading

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

On Ep. 6 of Stablecoin Stats, Anthony Yim, Co-Founder @ Artemis and Andrew Van Aken, Data Scientist @ Artemis are joined by Rob Hadick, General Partner @ Dragonfly to discuss explosive growth in B2B stablecoin payment volumes, the impact of stablecoins on traditional banking and more!

Timestamps:

• 00:00 Introduction
• 06:09 Explosive growth in B2B stablecoin payment volumes
• 10:20 Limited P2P stablecoin growth and market dynamics
• 14:42 Distribution of stablecoin usage in payments and lending
• 18:27 Stablecoin issuers are expanding services to compete with banks
• 23:38 On-chain card spend growth and Visa settlement integration
• 29:11 Early stage opportunities and challenges with agentic commerce
• 32:50 Reviewing the winners in the stablecoin payments landscape
• 35:20 The impact of stablecoins on traditional banking and Plaid

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

On Ep. 56 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, GTM @ Tempo, and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by Haonan Li, CEO & Co-Founder @ Codex and Stone Atwine, CEO @ Co-Founder @ Eversend to discuss Jamie Dimon on stablecoins, financial institutions shifting from strategy to execution on stablecoins and more!

Timestamps:

• 00:00 Introduction
• 03:10 Ripple's acquisition strategy and expansion into custody services
• 06:26 Evolution of custody services and embedded wallet solutions
• 11:27 Ripple's equity valuation versus XRP token dynamics
• 13:44 Jamie Dimon and Larry Fink on tokenization and stablecoins
• 17:54 Interplay between tokenized assets and stable coins as collateral
• 20:30 Streaming money versus net settlement in payment systems
• 25:23 Stablecoins for unidirectional cross-border payment collections
• 29:28 Securitize going public as a tokenization-focused company
• 34:44 Financial institutions shifting from strategy to execution on stablecoins

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 Centrifuge

With over $1 billion in total value locked, Centrifuge works with major institutional partners to tokenize and distribute their funds — and with capital allocators onchain to invest and manage yield. Through every crypto cycle, Centrifuge has been building — and today, it’s the market leader in tokenizing real-world assets. Learn more at centrifuge.io

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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

On Ep. 1 of Agentic Commerce, Simon Taylor, GTM @ Tempo, and Bam Azizi, CEO & Founder @ Mesh are joined by Jeff Weinstein, Product Lead @ Stripe and Steve Kaliski, Principal Software Engineer @ Stripe to discuss the role of AI agents in the future economy and more!

Timestamps:

• 00:00 Introduction
• 02:32 The role of AI agents in the future economy
• 05:00 Moving from search-based discovery to AI-assisted execution
• 10:00 Stablecoins as a global, borderless payment method for agents
• 15:00 Managing payment failure modes in agentic commerce flows
• 20:00 How agents will change consumer shopping behavior
• 25:00 New business models and fraud patterns with AI agents
• 30:00 Token-based billing and usage for AI services
• 35:00 Open standards and competition in agentic payments

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

On Ep. 55 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, GTM @ Tempo is joined by Dan Mottice, CEO & Co-Founder @ Beam, Itai Turbahn, Co-founder & CEO @ Dynamic, Matt Marcus, CEO & Co-Founder @ Modern Treasury and Michael Shaulov, Co-Founder & CEO @ Fireblocks to discuss Modern Treasury's acquisition of Beam for payment infrastructure, Fireblocks acquires Dynamic for embedded wallet infrastructure and more!

Timestamps:

• 00:00 Introduction
• 01:10 Modern Treasury's acquisition of Beam for payment infrastructure
• 04:39 Challenges and solutions in implementing stablecoin technology
• 07:06 Fintech and crypto rails merging into unified financial rails
• 09:37 Benefits of stablecoin backed accounts for businesses
• 12:20 The importance of ledgering systems in stablecoin operations
• 16:23 Mastercard's potential acquisition of zerohash for crypto services
• 24:28 Stablecoin volume growth decoupling from crypto price action
• 28:18 IBM partners with DFNS for mainframe digital asset custody
• 31:05 Fireblocks acquires Dynamic for embedded wallet infrastructure

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

On Ep. 54 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, GTM @ Tempo, and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by Diogo Monica, GP @ Haun Ventures and Michelle O'Connor, Founder @ The Digital Future to discuss Tempo's $500M funding round, the rise of vertically integrated payment blockchains and more!

Timestamps:

• 00:00 Introduction
• 03:02 Tempo's $500M funding round and strategic acquisitions
• 05:23 The rise of vertically integrated payment blockchains
• 07:33 Evolution of stable coins and multi-chain competition
• 13:12 The spectrum of blockchain decentralization and requirements
• 20:03 Ripple's acquisition of G Treasury for corporate treasury
• 23:56 Ripple's M&A strategy and RLUSD stable coin integration
• 30:11 Regulatory and global challenges for corporate treasury
• 35:42 Fed's proposed payments account and master account access
• 40:49 Stable coins and the future of narrow banking

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 Centrifuge

With over $1 billion in total value locked, Centrifuge works with major institutional partners to tokenize and distribute their funds — and with capital allocators onchain to invest and manage yield. Through every crypto cycle, Centrifuge has been building — and today, it’s the market leader in tokenizing real-world assets. Learn more at centrifuge.io

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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

On Ep. 1 of Stablecoin Stories, Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa and Ran Goldi, VP Payments, Fireblocks are joined by Kash Razzaghi, Chief Commercial Officer @ Circle to discuss Circle's multi-chain approach and the Arc blockchain, the difference between using and issuing stablecoins and more!

Timestamps:

• 00:00 Introduction
• 02:34 Kash's journey from tech to Circle and USDC
• 09:02 Early USDC growth and DeFi partnership strategy
• 13:35 The SVB banking crisis and USDC depeg event
• 18:06 Problem-solving during the banking crisis weekend
• 19:13 Evolution of USDC in the payments ecosystem
• 21:35 Regulatory compliance and infrastructure for global adoption
• 24:01 Circle's multi-chain approach and the Arc blockchain
• 30:51 Circle's evolution into an internet finance platform
• 31:21 The difference between using and issuing stablecoins

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 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

On Ep. 53 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, GTM @ Tempo is joined by Morgan Krupetsky, VP of Business Development for Onchain Finance @ Ava Labs and Raagulan Pathy, Founder & CEO @ KAST to discuss the flash crash, market liquidations, $300 trillion PYUSD accidentally minted and more!

Timestamps:

• 00:00 Introduction
• 02:23 The flash crash and market liquidations
• 07:41 Market structure and synthetic stablecoin risks
• 13:14 Institutional perspective on crypto market maturity
• 18:19 Coinbase and Mastercard potential acquisition of BVNK
• 24:54 Corporate treasury as a growing stablecoin use case
• 30:26 Major banks exploring G7 currency stablecoins
• 32:36 Debate on bank-issued stablecoins vs. tokenized deposits
• 39:10 Inefficiencies in traditional cross-border dollar settlement
• 40:31 $300 trillion PYUSD accidentally minted

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

On Ep. 5 of Stablecoin Stats, Anthony Yim, Co-Founder @ Artemis and Andrew Van Aken, Data Scientist @ Artemis are joined by David Weber, Head of PYUSD Ecosystem @ PayPal to discuss PayPal's strategy for PYUSD and more!

Timestamps:

• 00:00 Introduction
• 01:35 PayPal's strategy for PYUSD and global expansion
• 04:53 Stablecoin supply growth crossing $300 billion milestone
• 09:24 PYUSD's rapid growth and incentive strategies
• 13:57 Stablecoin adoption in emerging markets like Latin America
• 16:22 Venmo integration with PYUSD and rewards program
• 22:39 Mini Pay transforming payments in Africa
• 24:42 Crypto-powered credit cards and emerging market adoption
• 26:57 AI-based stablecoins and tokenized private credit opportunities

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

On Ep. 52 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, GTM @ Tempo, and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by Eric Queathem, Co-Founder @ Velocity and Marieke Flament, 2x CEO, Angel Investor, Advisor, Co-Author of Euro Stable Watch to discuss challenges of Euro stablecoin adoption, banks' concerns with on-chain yield products and more!

Timestamps:

• 00:00 Introduction
• 03:14 ECB digital euro project and vendor selection for 2029
• 05:10 Challenges and market response to Euro stablecoin adoption
• 11:51 Alipay's role in next-generation corporate treasury management
• 17:37 Rise of high-yield products and DeFi yield opportunities
• 23:38 Banks' concerns and opportunities with on-chain yield products
• 28:35 Geopolitical implications of currency competition through stablecoins
• 31:24 BNY Mellon testing tokenized deposits for blockchain payments
• 34:01 UK's regulated liability network and tokenized deposit approach
• 43:07 Tether's tokenized gold strategy and global expansion plans

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 Centrifuge

With over $1 billion in total value locked, Centrifuge works with major institutional partners to tokenize and distribute their funds — and with capital allocators onchain to invest and manage yield. Through every crypto cycle, Centrifuge has been building — and today, it’s the market leader in tokenizing real-world assets. Learn more at centrifuge.io

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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