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This show is for the builders, who see stablecoins and token游戏副本ed real-world assets as the next step in the finance industry. The tokenization of all assets. Featuring the latest news, with views from the operators, to the builders, and the people in markets and in Crypto who see tokenization as the credible future of finance. Join Simon Taylor and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto at Visa for weekly nerd outs on all things stablecoins and the tokenization of real world assets.
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- 4 days ago46 min
The First Bank Issued Stablecoin
On Ep. 85 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa are joined by Rene Reinsberg, Co-Founder @ Celo and Charles Hamel, Head of Product, MiniPay @ Opera to discuss Visa CLI onboarding merchants, Cash App supports fee free USDC stablecoin transactions and more! Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 2:48 Visa CLI onboarding merchants and US rollout 6:25 Cash App supports fee free USDC stablecoin transactions 8:33 Cash App stablecoin safety risks and blockchain addresses 9:32 SoFi launches first bank issued stablecoin on platform 13:39 SoFi stablecoin and tokenized deposit dual strategy 22:33 Mastercard gets BitLicense and Aave secures FCA registration 28:20 Stablecoins as open loop network for global payments 33:03 Mini Pay self custodial wallet for dollar payments 35:54 DeFi security risks from AI and user errors 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
- 1 weeks ago42 min
99% of Stablecoins Are Dollars
On Ep. 84 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo is joined by Kim Hochfeld, Global Head of Digital and Cash @ State Street Investment Management and Dan Romero, GTM @ Tempo to discuss banks moving on chain, the GENIUS Act impact, stablecoin settlement for remittances and more! Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 2:00 State Street Investment Management's first on chain liquidity fund launch 3:25 Banks moving on chain and the GENIUS Act impact 5:22 Lessons from launching on chain products at State Street Investment Management 8:18 Tempo’s validator role and MoneyGram partnership 10:15 Stablecoin settlement for remittances and physical cash access 14:00 Speed of blockchain collateral vs TradFi operational risk 17:00 Stablecoin payouts moving from contractors to salaried employees 24:30 European bank consortium challenges with euro stablecoins 32:52 Hyperliquid perps explained and regulatory tensions with CME 37:30 Perpetual futures as financial innovation forcing market improvements 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
- 2 weeks ago46 min
The Headless Merchant Economy
On Ep. 83 of Tokenized, Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, is joined by Noah Levine, Partner @ a16z Crypto, Gmoney and Michael Blau, CTO @ Royal to discuss AWS, Google, Coinbase enabling AI agent payments, headless merchants and more! Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 2:13 AWS, Google, Coinbase enabling AI agent payments 3:51 Headless Merchants 5:59 Pay per token model replacing subscriptions for content 10:04 Traders and investors as early agentic payment users 13:42 Card on front, stablecoin settlement in hybrid model 15:50 Using AI agents to make money trading 21:27 AI agents trading stocks with self fulfilling predictions 35:12 Circle’s Arc blockchain for institutional stablecoin use 41:19 Local currency stablecoins for treasury yield in emerging 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 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
- 3 weeks ago46 min
Kraken's $600M Bet on Stablecoin Cards
On Ep. 82 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo is joined by Wyatt Lonergan, GP @ VanEck Ventures and Mark Greenberg, VP of B2B @ Kraken to discuss Kraken adding bank withdrawals across 100 countries, Kraken and MoneyGram partnership and more! Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 1:33 Kraken and MoneyGram global crypto to cash partnership 3:21 Kraken adding bank withdrawals across 100 countries 6:18 Informal local cash networks and stablecoin formalization 8:15 KYC and AML risks in crypto cash withdrawals 10:37 Kraken acquires Reap for stablecoin backed corporate cards 12:55 Verticalization of crypto payment stacks and card economics 25:58 Stablecoins as settlement rail for corporate treasuries 31:25 Bullish acquires Equiniti for tokenized equities infrastructure 40:12 Tokenized private credit and on chain asset demand 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
- May 4, 202651 min
Ex Libra Boss David Marcus on Meta Stablecoin Payouts and Global Dollar Accounts
On Ep. 81 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by David Marcus, CEO & Co-Founder @ Lightspark to discuss Lightspark’s evolution from Bitcoin Lightning Network to stablecoins, delegating money movement to AI agents and more! Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 4:37 Lightspark’s evolution from Bitcoin Lightning Network to stablecoins 9:18 How Grid Global Accounts enable platforms to create branded accounts 13:25 Delegating money movement to AI agents 16:27 Meta launches stablecoin creator payouts in select markets 21:44 The opportunity to build creator neobanks with stablecoins 26:06 Using alternative data for global credit underwriting onchain 35:23 Western Union stablecoin rollout replacing correspondent banking 39:08 Making platform issued stablecoins maximally fungible across networks 47:07 Visa stablecoin backed cards hit $7 billion run rate 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
- Apr 30, 202639 min
PayPal’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 VisaA 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 MeshAs 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 *** 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
- Apr 27, 202648 min
Every 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 ***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
- Apr 23, 202647 min
Why 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 VisaA 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
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This show is for the builders, who see stablecoins and token游戏副本ed real-world assets as the next step in the finance industry. The tokenization of all assets. Featuring the latest news, with views from the operators, to the builders, and the people in markets and in Crypto who see tokenization as the credible future of finance. Join Simon Taylor and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto at Visa for weekly nerd outs on all things stablecoins and the tokenization of real world assets.
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