Tokenized

Blockchain'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

How 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 ***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

Amy 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 *** 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

Stablecoins 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

Bank 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 *** 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