Marc highlights Polygon’s real-world adoption, competitive edge, and vision to become the leading platform for on-chain payments. The episode offers insights into regulatory hurdles, industry trends, and Polygon’s mission to transform digital money movement.

NOTABLE DISCUSSION POINTS:

1. The Labs-Foundation Structure Is a Frankenstein - and Its Creator Knows It: Marc helped architect the legal frameworks behind major DeFi token launches but openly calls the outcome a “complete Frankenstein.” The arm’s-length separation between labs and foundations was necessary to survive regulatory hostility, but makes coherent execution nearly impossible. He argues projects still copying this structure today are doing so out of habit, not legal necessity.
2. Generalist Blockchains Are Dead - Polygon Is Betting Everything on Payments: As chain architectures converge, Boiron believes differentiation through speed and low fees is over. Polygon analysed its actual usage, found stablecoin payments was the standout vertical - $2.3 trillion already moved, fintechs across LatAm, Africa, and Southeast Asia already on-chain - and went all-in. The thesis is binary: if all money moves on-chain within a decade, even the 50th-best payments chain wins big.
3. Polygon’s Real Moat Is Enterprise Trust Built During the NFT Era: The 2022–23 enterprise NFT push looked like a dead end after FTX collapsed, but it left behind institutional due diligence and credibility. Fintechs evaluating payments chains find that Polygon has years of live production use, Fortune 500 relationships, and Stripe already defaulting to it - a trust advantage no newly launched chain can replicate.

TOPICS

Polygon Labs, Polygon protocol, blockchain, crypto, decentralized finance, DeFi, legal frameworks, token launches, meme coins, stablecoins, payments, fintech, Ethereum, ICO boom, web3, NFT, Stripe, Circle

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TIMESTAMPS

1’09: From Spreadsheets to Smart Contracts: The Accidental Lawyer Who Found His Edge in Emerging Companies

4’40: Selling Your Soul for Low-Risk Capital: The Case For and Against the JD MBA

9’41: Fake It Till You Make It: How the ICO Craze of 2017 Turned One Niche Bet Into a Crypto Legal Career

13’01: Read the Actual Law: Why Memorizing the Securities Act Beat 20 Years of Legal Precedent in Crypto

18’19: The Crypto Legal Frankenstein: How Regulatory Survival, Not Business Logic, Built the Foundation-Labs-Token Structure

25’16: From Stockholm Syndrome to Meme Coin Mania: The Disorienting Cost of Crypto's Regulatory 180

30’05: The Dichotomy of Success: How Polygon's Most Celebrated Moment Was Secretly Its Most Broken

36’49: All Money on Chain: Why Polygon Is Betting Its Future on Becoming the World's Payments Blockchain

48’29: The channels used to connect with Marc & learn more about Polygon Labs

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The conversation explores enterprise adoption, regulatory shifts, and the potential for blockchain to revolutionize global finance by enabling privacy-preserving, interoperable networks anchored to Ethereum, ultimately highlighting the growing role of cryptography in advancing financial sovereignty and innovation.

NOTABLE DISCUSSION POINTS:

1. Incorruptibility is Blockchain’s Core Value—Not Consensus: Consensus mechanisms solve network liveness without central operators, but the guarantee that your assets can’t be spent without your permission comes from verification. Bitcoin’s “don’t trust, verify” mantra is literal: every node re-executes every transaction. Zero knowledge proofs achieve the same incorruptibility without requiring universal visibility—enabling both scale and privacy.
2. The Regulatory Shift Has Unlocked an Entirely New Market: The post-Trump regulatory environment represents a “great divide” for crypto. Banks and enterprises that previously couldn’t engage are now actively piloting blockchain infrastructure. Matter Labs is working with Deutsche Bank, UBS, and 35+ global financial institutions through initiatives like Presidio Breakthrough. The focus has shifted from building systems to withstand regulatory hostility to integrating crypto into real business processes.
3. Private Enterprise Chains Settling on Ethereum is the Institutional Path: Banks experimented with consortium blockchains (Hyperledger, Corda, R3) for years but failed due to privacy concerns—participants could see each other’s transactions. Zero knowledge proofs solve this by enabling private chains that interoperate trustlessly through Ethereum as a shared settlement layer. Each institution maintains sovereignty over its operations while gaining cryptographic guarantees when transacting with counterparties.

TOPICS

Matter Labs, zkSync, Ethereum, Consensys, Hyperledger, Arbitrum, Optimism, fintech, blockchain, zero-knowledge proofs, ZK proofs, privacy, institutional adoption, scalability, cryptography, interoperability

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TIMESTAMPS

1’14: The Incorruptibility Problem: Why Zero Knowledge Proofs Are the Only Path to Private, Scalable Finance

5’19: From Soviet Ukraine to Zero Knowledge: How Hyperinflation and a Hunger for Freedom Built a Crypto Visionary

14’07: Freedom Has a Cost: Squaring Crypto's Libertarian Promise With a Decade of Market Abuse

17’11: The Post-Trump Paradigm Shift: Why Stablecoins Are the Shipping Container Moment for Global Finance

25’19: ZK Rollups Demystified: How a Few Kilobytes of Cryptographic Proof Inherit the Full Security of Ethereum

31’38: The Bank Stack of Ethereum: How Zero Knowledge Proofs Finally Solve the Problem Hyperledger and Corda Never Could

37’11: Ethereum as the World's Chronometer: Why Trustless Interoperability Lives or Dies Within a Single Settlement Layer

39’46: The channels used to connect with Alex & learn more about Matter Labs

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The conversation begins with their shared experience at Lehman Brothers during the 2008 financial crisis, where Yoshi worked in fixed income securitization and learned that even when market participants sense a bubble, they keep dancing because timing the exit is impossible. After Lehman's collapse, Yoshi pursued entrepreneurship, building a computer vision AI company acquired by Kyocera before founding Alpaca in 2017. Initially inspired by Robinhood, Yoshi pivoted after experiencing firsthand the friction of accessing brokerage infrastructure—realizing the deeper opportunity was building API-first brokerage rails for developers. Today Alpaca powers 9 million accounts through 300+ partners across 45 countries, recently raising $150 million at a unicorn valuation.

The discussion explores how Alpaca follows Robinhood's product roadmap to anticipate partner demand, the challenges of adding crypto, and Yoshi's thesis that finance is undergoing a generational shift from digital to on-chain operations. Lex shares examples of legacy infrastructure dysfunction—from faxing PDFs to TD Ameritrade in 2012 to the Synapse collapse caused by manual CSV uploads—illustrating why Alpaca built its own custody and ledger systems as a path to competing in the $350 trillion global securities custody market.

NOTABLE DISCUSSION POINTS:

1. Alpaca’s biggest breakthrough was not a better investing app idea, but recognizing that the real bottleneck was brokerage infrastructure. Yokokawa and team initially explored B2C product concepts, but pivoted once they experienced firsthand how painful broker-dealer setup, custody, and clearing integrations were. For readers building fintech, this is a huge lesson: the highest-value opportunity is often the “invisible” infrastructure pain, not the user-facing feature set.
2. They found product-market fit by starting with a narrow wedge (API for automated traders) and only then expanding into a broader platform (Broker API for fintech apps). Alpaca did not begin by serving large fintechs; it first attracted power users who urgently needed programmable execution, then used inbound demand (“can I build my own Robinhood?”) as proof to build account opening, reporting, and full brokerage APIs. This is a valuable go-to-market pattern for infrastructure startups: win with a sharp use case, then expand into the system of record.
3. Yokokawa’s core strategic edge is full-stack control of licenses, memberships, and ledger technology rather than relying on legacy vendors. He explicitly ties this to lessons from historical fintech fragility (manual workflows, broken reconciliations, middleware failures) and argues that owning the custody/clearing layer is what makes Alpaca defensible long term. For readers, this is the key takeaway on moat-building in financial services: if you don’t control the ledger and operational core, your product may scale faster at first but remains structurally fragile.

TOPICS

Alpaca, Lehman Brothers, Barclays, Nomura, Neuberger Berman, Blackrock, Robinhood, Interactive Brokers, TD Ameritrade, BNY Mellon, Brokerage infrastructure, API, trading, tokenization, embedded finance, fintech, crypto, web3

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TIMESTAMPS

1’08: From Lehman and Subprime ABS to Alpaca: Yoshi Yokokawa’s Origin Story

4’39: Neuberger’s $120B MBO and Lehman’s Core Lesson: Keep Dancing Until the Music Stops

7’17: From AAA Securitized Demand to Startup Conviction: Yoshi’s Post Lehman Pivot From Asia Institutions to Entrepreneurship

10’59: Computer Vision AI at the Deep Learning Inflection Point: Building a Profitable Startup and Exiting to Kyocera

13’29: Web2 Fintech Tailwinds and Robinhood Inspiration: Searching for the Right Investing Product in 2017

15’23: Mockups to Broker API Pivot: Why Trade Execution Pain Beat User Interview Insights in 12 Months

19’46: API Brokerage Go to Market: Winning Automated Traders First Then Expanding Into Global Fintech Infrastructure

24’25: Broker API Expansion and Early Partners: Midas and GoTrade Validate the Shift to Fintech Infrastructure and Crypto

26’53: Global Broker Demand and Crypto Buildout: Using Robinhood Signals to Drive Multi Asset Infrastructure in One API

29’48: Multi Asset Revenue and the Endgame: 300 Partners 45 Countries 9M Accounts and a $350T Custody Ambition

34’07: Tokenization as the Regime Shift: How On Chain Finance Could Disrupt BNY Mellon and Reshape $350T Custody

37’12: Fax Machines CSV Ledgers and the Case for Web3 Finance: Why Owning the Custody Stack and Ledger Matters

45’37: The channels used to connect with Yoshi & learn more about Alpaca

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Joseph highlights SharpLink approach to making Ether productive for investors and the growing institutional adoption of blockchain technologies.

NOTABLE DISCUSSION POINTS:

1. SharpLink’s scale and “productivity” pitch for ETH
   We hear that SharpLink (Nasdaq listed since July 2025) has raised a little over $3B in equity, holds ~$3B of ETH, and claims it stakes nearly 100% of its ether—framing itself as a public equities “one click” way to get both ETH upside and yield.
2. A rare behind the scenes look at BlackRock’s crypto playbook
   We get specifics on how BlackRock approached digital assets through three pillars—Circle/USDC reserves, the Coinbase integration (announced Aug 4, 2022) to make crypto trading “boring” for institutions, and tokenization via BUIDL on Ethereum with Securitize, which he calls the largest tokenized fund.
3. The next wave thesis AI agents + Ethereum rails
   Chalom argues the underestimated unlock is autonomous AI agents using Ethereum for programmable settlement, continuously reallocating capital across staking, lending, liquidity, and DeFi while monitoring smart contract risk—replacing manual “yield farming” with always on optimization.

TOPICS

Sharplink, BlackRock, FutureAdvisor, Ethereum, ETH, Buidl, Aladdin, digital assets, treasury management, decentralized finance, tokenization, Bitcoin, AI, AI Agents, Roboadvisors, Autonomous Agents

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TIMESTAMPS

1’05: SharpLink’s Ethereum Treasury: $3B Raised to Make ETH Productive

4’53: BlackRock’s iShares Era and Aladdin Explained: Risk Tech at $14T Scale

9’07: From Aladdin to Robo Advisors: Why 320,000 Advisors Couldn’t Scale

16’32: The FutureAdvisor Culture Lesson: Balancing Product Builders and Institutional Know How

18’31: BlackRock’s Three Pillar Crypto Bet: Circle Coinbase and Tokenization

25’21: Why BlackRock Picked Coinbase: Making Crypto Trading “Boring” and Institutional

28’44: From Six Week Retirement to ETH Treasury: Why SharpLink Holds “Permanent Capital”

34’12: The Treasury Trade After the Hype: Why SharpLink Beats ETH ETFs on Staking

38’55: NAV Discounts and Mean Reversion: SharpLink’s Plan to Double ETH per Share

43’39: Ethereum’s Next Growth Stack: $300B Stablecoins $14T Tokenization and Institutional DeFi

48’23: From Copilots to Autonomous Agents: Ethereum as the Rails for Machine Finance

52’21: The channels used to connect with Joseph & learn more about SharpLink

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Caplan shares insights from his entrepreneurial journey—from building OpenSky and scaling it to $50 million in revenue before its acquisition by Alibaba, to now leading Payoneer’s transformation into a full-service banking alternative for global SMBs.

We explore how Payoneer is addressing the complex financial needs of international businesses, competing in a dynamic payments landscape, and preparing for a future that includes stablecoins, workforce management, and potentially $1 trillion in annual volume.

NOTABLE DISCUSSION POINTS:

1. Payoneer’s Strategic Evolution from Payout Processor to Global SMB Bank Alternative
   Under John Caplan’s leadership, Payoneer expanded beyond marketplace payouts to become a comprehensive cross-border financial platform, offering AR/AP, intra-network transfers, cards, and global workforce management. This shift has significantly increased customer retention, take rate, and profitability—highlighting how product expansion and upmarket focus can unlock durable growth in fintech.
2. Execution Over Hype in Global Fintech Infrastructure
   Payoneer operates in 190 countries with 100+ banking partners and 7,000 payment routes—demonstrating the importance of deep regulatory compliance, local licensing, and multi-entity support in building resilient cross-border infrastructure. Unlike crypto-native entrants, Payoneer emphasizes last-mile utility and customer trust as core differentiators for scaling in complex markets.
3. Profitable Scale and Global Demand for SMB Financial Services
   With $1B+ revenue, $200M+ EBITDA, and $7.5B in customer funds held, Payoneer is proving that serving cross-border SMBs is not just a mission, but a highly profitable business. Their customer base spans from Bangladeshi freelancers to European firms doing $1M+ in volume, signaling massive, underserved global demand for modern financial tools outside the traditional banking system.

TOPICS

Payoneer, Alibaba, OpenSky, Stripe, Wise, Airwallex, Mercury, NuBank, digital banking, embedded finance, stablecoins, blockchain, regtech, B2B payments, SPAC, supple chain, ecommerce

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TIMESTAMPS

1’06: John’s Career Journey: From OpenSky to Alibaba to Payoneer

6’18: Inside OpenSky: Serving Global Sellers and Financing the Supply Chain

9’54: Finding Traction: Failure, Product Market Fit, and China’s E‑Commerce Leap

13’42: Global Distribution: Universal Ambitions, Local Execution

15’52: Behavior Change Beats Legacy: Why Users Digitize When It Matters

17’21: Payoneer at $85B Volume and $1B Revenue: A Platform for Global SMBs

20’49: From Prepaid Cards to Core Operating Account: Evolving Payoneer’s DNA

25’32: Inside Payoneer’s Architecture: Global Bank Network and Internal Ledger

28’26: Global Growth Corridors: LatAm, APAC, and Take Rate Expansion

31’13: Staying the Course: Payoneer’s Post-SPAC Journey Through Volatile Markets

34’03: Misunderstood Value: Stablecoins, Interest Revenue, and Payoneer’s Real Strengths

38’44: Where Global Commerce Bends: Regulation, Platforms, and Resilience

40’58: Path to $1 Trillion: Payoneer’s Strategy for Organic and Inorganic Growth

43’22: The channels used to connect with John & learn more about Payoneer

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Curve pioneered fully automated concentrated liquidity for stablecoins and introduced veTokenomics, a governance model rewarding long-term commitment with voting power and protocol fees. Egorov defends veTokenomics against criticisms of unlock-driven volatility, citing that most CRV locks average over 3 years and behave like permanent commitments. YieldBasis expands Curve’s approach by offering impermanent gain strategies to counter impermanent loss in volatile markets like Bitcoin, aiming to scale toward a $50B market ceiling.

The discussion closes with reflections on DeFi token market structure challenges and Egorov’s call for protocols to connect token value to real economic flows by activating fee-sharing mechanisms.

NOTABLE DISCUSSION POINTS:

1. veTokenomics Drives Long-Term Alignment and Token Sink Efficiency
   Michael Egorov introduced veTokenomics in Curve to address short-termism in token governance by requiring users to lock CRV tokens for up to 4 years to gain voting power and protocol rewards. This mechanism has proven effective in practice, with the average CRV lock time exceeding 3 years, effectively removing tokens from circulation. Egorov notes that veTokenomics removed 3x more tokens from supply than buybacks would have, highlighting its material impact on protocol stability and investor alignment.
2. YieldBasis Aims to Neutralize Impermanent Loss via Engineered Impermanent Gain
   YieldBasis builds on Curve’s AMM infrastructure by combining two layers: a Curve pool experiencing impermanent loss, and a complementary structure engineered to capture “impermanent gain”. This dual-layer approach statistically delivers net profit in volatile assets like Bitcoin, assuming mean-reverting price movements. Egorov estimates the market ceiling for this strategy at $50 billion, positioning YieldBasis as a scalable solution for volatility-based yield generation.
3. DeFi’s Market Structure Issues Stem from Uncertain Token-Economics Linkages
   Egorov critiques much of DeFi for failing to connect protocol economics to token value. While Curve distributes fees directly to CRV lockers, most protocols (like Uniswap) have not activated fee-sharing mechanisms (”fee switches”), creating valuation uncertainty. Egorov argues that unless projects “turn the switch on” and reduce economic ambiguity, token pricing will remain volatile and fragile, hindering broader adoption and investment confidence.

TOPICS

Curve Finance, YieldBasis, Uniswap, MakerDAO, Convex, StakeDAO, Threshold Network, NuCypher, AladdinDAO, Athena, Yearn, DeFi, veTokenomics, AMM, Stablecoin, Tokenomics, Governance, CRV Token, Ethereum, ETH, Bitcoin, BTC

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TIMESTAMPS

1’17: From Laser Cooling to Stablecoin Swaps: Michael Egorov on Physics-Inspired DeFi and Writing the “Laws” of Money

9’12: On-Chain Macro Labs: Designing Economies at Speed

14’58: Lockups vs. Liquidity Wrappers: When “Commitment” Becomes a Market for Illiquidity

18’57: Delegate Democracy on Chain: Vote Aggregators, Campaign Politics, and Why Ve-Style Governance Drives Higher Participation

23’52: Beyond TVL: Why Stablecoin AMMs “Need Less,” and How Yield Basis Targets Bitcoin’s Volatility to Neutralize Impermanent Loss

31’00: Who Earns the Volatility Yield: Wrapped Bitcoin Deposits, Market-Maker Liquidity, and the Long Runway Before Strategy Saturation

36’58: The Altcoin Valuation Trap: Why Buybacks Barely Move Prices—and Locking Can Shrink Supply

40’32: Fixing Token Market Structure: Connecting Cashflows, Killing Uncertainty, and Why “Turning the Fee Switch On” Matters

47’23: The channels used to connect with Michael & learn more about Curve and YieldBasis

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Bitget differentiates through security features, including a $600 million protection fund, and user acquisition via both brand campaigns (e.g. Messi sponsorship) and local affiliate (KOL) marketing. Looking ahead, Bitget aims to move beyond crypto-native assets toward mass adoption, focusing on product-market fit and offering tokenized real-world assets and enterprise services.

NOTABLE DISCUSSION POINTS:

1. Bitget Is Transitioning Toward Regulatory Compliance and Tokenized Assets
   Bitget, historically an offshore crypto exchange, is shifting to a compliance-first strategy in key markets like Europe (e.g., under MiCA). It’s also diversifying its product offering beyond altcoins, including tokenized US stocks and forex, which have already generated $20B in trading volume. This reflects a broader industry trend where crypto platforms aim to integrate with traditional finance and support real-world assets (RWAs).
2. Bitget’s User Acquisition Combines Web2 Financial Discipline with Web3 Community Tactics
   Bitget uses a hybrid marketing approach: brand partnerships like the Leo Messi campaign and grassroots affiliate marketing via KOLs (Key Opinion Leaders) who earn volume-based rebates. Additionally, local teams are given budget control and tailor acquisition strategies per market. This decentralized yet data-informed model mimics Web2 CAC (Customer Acquisition Cost) analysis while leveraging crypto-native community dynamics.
3. Exchanges Are Struggling with Unsustainable Token Launch Models
   Gracy Chen criticizes the crypto industry’s overreliance on speculative “narrative-driven” token launches, noting that even well-funded tokens often fail without real product-market fit. Bitget is responding by requiring more tangible utility and sustainability from listed projects and aims to balance value across users, exchanges, and project teams through mechanisms like airdrop campaigns and launch pools with <1% token supply allocated.

TOPICS

Bitget, Bitget Wallet, Bitkeep, Coinbase, Binance, FTX, MetaMask, MicroStrategy, BlackRock, crypto, crypto exchange, token, altcoins, digital assets, tokenized assets, tokenization

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TIMESTAMPS

1’03: A $300 Revelation: The Unlikely Path to Running a Global Crypto Exchange

4’00: From Offshore to Onshore: Scaling a Global Exchange for 120 Million Users

10’09: Chasing Real Value: How Product Market Fit Outlasts Hype

15’39: Market Structure in Flux: How Speculators Gave Way to Institutions

19’14: Inside the Exchange: How Marketing and Trust Drive User Growth

26’20: Balancing the Books: Navigating User Acquisition in Web3 vs Web2

30’38: Speculation and Signal: How Culture and KOLs Drive Crypto Adoption in Asia

34’11: Fixing the Feedback Loop: Rethinking Token Launches and Expanding Beyond Altcoins

40’42: Beyond the Hype: Building Sustainable Demand for Tokenized Assets

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Despite their success, Gnosis recognizes that the crypto-native user base is limited and has now pivoted to building user-centric, mainstream products like the upcoming Gnosis App targeting Gen Z with real-world financial utility. The company emphasizes its founding mission of democratizing financial ownership and warns against complacency as incumbents like Stripe and Robinhood enter the space. Lastly, Gnosis sees a near-term opportunity in AI-agent driven commerce, especially through reverse advertising models that could unlock trillion-dollar markets.

NOTABLE DISCUSSION POINTS:

1. The $12.5M ICO That Became a $450M Treasury: Gnosis raised $12.5 million in ETH during their 2017 ICO when ETH was trading at $40. Through conservative treasury management and holding their ETH position, that initial raise has sustained the company for nearly a decade and grown to approximately $450 million today. Friederike attributes this to “conservative treasury management and sheer luck” — a remarkable case study in long-term crypto treasury stewardship.
2. Polymarket Runs on Gnosis Infrastructure: Despite Polymarket’s $10B+ valuation and mainstream recognition, it still uses Gnosis’s conditional token framework that was written years ago. Friederike acknowledges being “a little salty” that infrastructure they built powers such a significant share of the on-chain prediction market economy without Gnosis directly benefiting financially. It’s a stark illustration of the “first up the mountain” dynamic where pioneers clear the path but don’t always capture the value.
3. The 19th Century German Banking Parallel: Friederike draws a compelling historical analogy: impoverished German farmers in the 1800s faced predatory moneylenders charging 25-40% interest. They responded by forming collective community banks, lending to each other at 4-6%. Within decades, tens of thousands existed, and one-third of Germans remain members today. She positions crypto’s ownership model as the modern equivalent — a cooperative financial revolution for a generation economically disenfranchised by incumbent systems.

TOPICS

Gnosis, Gnosis Safe, CowSwap, Zodiac, CPK, Polymarket, Kalshi, ConsenSys, Ethereum, ETH, AI, AI Agents, ICO, Onchain, Governance, Crypto Treasury, Web3, Blockchain, Finance, Banking, Payments, Custody, Wallets

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TIMESTAMPS

1’25: From Prediction Markets to On-Chain Governance: The Gnosis Journey with Friederike Ernst

6’09: Early ICO Bets and Lasting Impact: How Treasury Design and Tooling Shaped On-Chain Governance

14’10: Owning the Problem: Turning Internal Crypto Tools into Customer-Facing Products

18’08: Beyond Crypto Natives: Building User-Friendly Blockchain Finance for the Next Billion

24’34: Beyond the Noise: Staying True to Web3’s Ownership Revolution

28’48: Culture as the Catalyst: Building User-Owned Financial Systems for a Disenfranchised Generation

32’59: Reinventing Everyday Banking: A Self-Custodial Money App for the Postbank Era

36’48: AI Agents With Wallets: Gnosis Chain as the Payment Rail for Autonomous Finance

39’49: Reverse Advertising: How AI Agents Will Turn Your Attention Into a Trillion-Dollar Market

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NOTABLE DISCUSSION POINTS:

1. Digital Asset Treasuries Are Emerging as Crypto ETFs in Disguise: Public companies like MicroStrategy and MetaPlanet are turning their balance sheets into crypto holdings, offering indirect exposure to Bitcoin, Ethereum, and BNB. This model is attracting billions and creating a new on-ramp for investors -especially where ETFs or direct access are limited.
2. BNB Is Massively Used Yet Underrepresented in U.S. Markets: With 290 million users and up to $2B in quarterly token burns, BNB is one of the most used tokens globally. Yet it’s largely inaccessible to U.S. investors, creating a major disconnect and a potential opportunity for BNB-focused public vehicles.
3. Crypto Booms Often Rely on Misunderstood, Unsustainable Incentives: Namdar highlights how past cycles inflated demand through staking rewards and nominal yields, not real value. A lack of economic literacy continues to fuel hype over fundamentals, risking long-term sustainability.

TOPICS

BNB Network Company, Binance, BNB, Galaxy Digital, SolidX Partners, MicroStrategy, Bitcoin, Bitcoin treasury, Ethereum, Digital Asset Treasury, DAT, treasury, crypto, convertible debt, tokenomics, crypto treasury, capital markets

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TIMESTAMPS

1’09: Building the Crypto Investment Bank: Taking Digital Assets to Public Markets

4’43: Why Going Public Matters: Crypto Firms, Capital Access, and Market Credibility

7’28: From Fintech to DeFi: How U.S. Markets Mispriced the Crypto Transition

11’07: Real Yield vs. Hype: Why Crypto Markets Keep Getting It Wrong

14’36: The Rise of Digital Asset Treasuries: How Crypto Became a Corporate Balance Sheet Strategy

18’28: Financial Engineering in Crypto Treasuries: How Convertible Debt Fueled Massive Bitcoin Accumulation

22’23: Boom, Hype, Exhaustion: The Capital Cycle Behind Crypto Treasuries

28’52: From Foundations to Public Markets: Why BNB Is the Next Big Treasury Bet

33’25: BNB by the Numbers: Inside the Tokenomics of the World’s Largest Crypto Exchange

39’18: Premiums, Discounts, and Buybacks: Managing Value in Crypto Treasury Stocks

44’41: The channels used to connect with David & learn more about BNB Network Co.

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Together, Lex and Jess discuss the platform’s origins, technical innovations, and massive scale - supporting over 700 wallets and 70,000 projects. The conversation covers challenges in integrating traditional finance with Web3, regulatory compliance, and WalletConnect’s decentralized, token-incentivized network. Jess also shares insights on the future of on-chain commerce, global adoption trends, and the evolving relationship between fintech and blockchain infrastructure.

NOTABLE DISCUSSION POINTS:

1. WalletConnect Becomes Web3’s Financial Backbone: Once a simple UX fix, WalletConnect now connects 700+ wallets and 70,000+ apps, moving $400B annually. It’s evolving into the universal connectivity layer for on-chain finance - a “Visa for Web3.”
2. Fintechs Are Forcing Crypto to Grow Up: As players like Stripe and Shopify enter Web3, they demand frictionless UX and regulatory-grade compliance, not crypto-native clunkiness. This wave will make crypto invisible but usable through embedded fintech experiences.
3. Stablecoins Will Power On-Chain Commerce and Dollarization: Jess predicts commerce, not trading, will drive the next cycle. As stablecoins become spendable everywhere, users won’t need to off-ramp - accelerating global dollarization via open financial rails.

TOPICS

WalletConnect, ReOWN, Circle, Stripe, Checkout.com, MetaMask, Solana, blockchain, decentralized finance, DeFi, crypto, wallet, Web3, web2, UX, wallet infrastructure, stablecoins, tokens, token economy

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TIMESTAMPS

1’03: WalletConnect’s Financial Connectivity Layer: CEO Jess Houlgrave on Helping Build The New Internet

4’42: Universal Wallet Interoperability: How a Single Integration Connects Every App to Every Wallet

9’06: Building Trust in Web3: How Seamless Wallet Connections Create the ‘Visa Moment’ for Crypto

11’51: Scaling Web3 Connectivity: Inside the 50 Million Users and $400 Billion Powered by Wallet Infrastructure

14’02: The Next Wave of Adoption: How Better UX and Fintech Integration Are Bringing Millions On-Chain

16’53: Beyond Ethereum: How Multi-Chain Support and Compliance Are Driving the Next Phase of Web3 Growth

19’41: When Web2 Meets Web3: How Fintechs Are Redefining Crypto UX and Compliance Standards

22’34: Bridging the Knowledge Gap: Helping Fintechs Understand the Complexities of Web3 Integration

26’37: The New Chain Race: Why Fintechs Are Repeating Banks’ Playbook and Competing for Value Capture in Web3

30’05: Decentralizing the Network: How Wallet Infrastructure Is Building a Sustainable Token Economy

35’44: The Future of On-Chain Commerce: How Stablecoins and UX Advances Will Drive Real-World Payments

39’46: The Rise of Digital Dollarization: How Open Financial Systems Are Reshaping Global Currencies

40’57: The channels used to connect with Jess & learn more about WalletConnect

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Today, rebranded as Tandems, the firm offers AI-powered tools for advisors across three key areas: meetings, asset gathering, and investment management, with AI integrated via a modular “wealth OS” platform. Tandems uses an open architecture for AI, prioritizing trust, configurability, and high accuracy tailored to the specific workflows of financial advisors.

NOTABLE DISCUSSION POINTS:

1. The Realization That Most Investors Struggle on Their Own Sparked the Robo-Advisory Movement - Mike Sha’s early data from tracking $400–500 billion in retail portfolios across Yahoo!, CNN, and other finance portals revealed that most individuals consistently underperform when managing their own investments. This insight directly led to the creation of SigFig, one of the first robo-advisors, designed to make high-quality investment advice affordable and automated. It shows how data-driven observation of user behavior can uncover market inefficiencies and spark new product categories.
2. Distribution and Integration Trumps Pure Innovation in Fintech Partnerships - Tandem’s evolution from a consumer-facing platform to a B2B software provider for major banks underscored a critical lesson: distribution and trust are the hardest parts of scaling in financial services. Rather than trying to replace institutions, Sha’s team embedded within them - learning that success requires deep integration with legacy systems and respect for the bank’s compliance and operational frameworks. The “secret” to working with large financial institutions, Sha notes, is understanding their old infrastructure and designing around it - not fighting it.
3. AI’s Real Impact in Wealth Management Will Begin with Eliminating Repetitive Work - Tandem’s current strategy focuses on AI automation for financial advisors, not as a replacement but as an assistant. Sha highlights that over 90% of an advisor’s day involves repetitive administrative work - meeting prep, paperwork, compliance, follow-ups. Tandem’s “Wealth OS” connects legacy systems and uses AI to automate these tasks first, freeing advisors to focus on human relationship-building and advice. It’s a practical and near-term vision of AI in finance: efficiency before intelligence.

TOPICS

Tandems, SigFig, Wikinvest, wealthtech, wealth management, fintech, ai, artificial intelligence, investment, roboadvisors, finance, financial management, banking, bank partnerships

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TIMESTAMPS

1’31: From Wikis to Wealth Tech: Mike Sha on How 401(k)s and “Investing-as-a-Chore” Shaped Tandems

7’05: Building a Fintech from the First Dot-Com Boom: The Origins of Tandem’s Founding Partnership

10’46: Turning Drive-By Traffic into Real Investors: The SEO Strategy That Sparked a $500B Fintech Shift

16’25: Following the Money: How Tandems Scaled Through Bank Partnerships and the Hidden Art of Integrating Legacy Systems

21’58: Inside the Fintech–Bank Power Dynamic: Lessons from Partnering with UBS and Navigating the Enterprise Maze

25’36: Scaling Smart: How Tandems Grew from 25 to 100 People by Blending Finance, Software, and Global Talent

29’55: Beyond Robo-Advisors: How Tandems Rebranded to Tackle Wealth Management’s “Unsexy” Problems with AI

34’02: AI for Advisors: Automating the 90% of Work They Don’t Want to Do

39’32: Open Architecture, Not One Model: How Tandem Builds Reliable AI for Financial Institutions

43’53: The channels used to connect with Mike & learn more about Tandems

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NOTABLE DISCUSSION POINTS:

1. Origins and Scale of On-Chain Treasury Management
   KPK spun out of Gnosis DAO, which had one of the earliest and largest on-chain treasuries (~$1B). From there, KPK evolved into an independent manager now advising on over $2B of DAO and foundation treasuries (ENS, Balancer, Ethereum Foundation, etc.), pioneering non-custodial, fully on-chain asset management practices.
2. Conservative, Mission-Driven Approach vs. Yield-Chasing
   Unlike many DeFi actors during “DeFi Summer,” KPK deliberately rejected risky high-yield strategies. Instead, they prioritized capital preservation and mission alignment—for example, ensuring ENS’s treasury only supports Ethereum-strengthening initiatives (like minority client staking or avoiding centralization risks). This contrarian, values-driven approach built trust and positioned them as long-term stewards of DeFi treasuries.
3. Transformative Potential of Ethereum Treasury Companies
   Marcelo highlights that emerging Ethereum treasury firms (similar to MicroStrategy’s BTC play) could deploy $10B+ in ETH treasuries. A single such “mega whale” could inject unprecedented liquidity into DeFi—making ETH potentially more liquid than BTC, bootstrapping entire verticals (DEX liquidity, lending, insurance), and creating a flywheel where treasury strategies directly accelerate Ethereum’s adoption and price stability.

TOPICS

KPK, Gnosis, Gnosis Safe, Balancer, Aave, Maker, Sky, Uniswap, Morpho, Ethereum Foundation, on-chain asset management, DAO, decentralized autonomous organization, treasury management, DeFi, tokenization, ETH, Ether, stablecoin, USDC

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TIMESTAMPS

1’08: From Gnosis to KPK: Building the Infrastructure for On Chain Treasury Management

8’00: Playing It Safe: How KPK Built Long Term DeFi Strategies in a Risk Obsessed Market

11’50: DeFi Lending Unlocked: How KPK Assesses Risk and Builds Yield Strategies with Stablecoins and Leverage

17’11: Treasury Playbooks: Matching DeFi Investment Strategies to Risk Profiles and DAO Values

20’32: Stablecoin Farming and DAO Drama: Navigating Risk, Governance, and Community Conflicts

23’18: From Impermanent Loss to Long Term Gain: Liquidity Provision and the Case for OG DeFi Protocols

26’33: Behind the Smart Contracts: Why Human Ops and Governance Still Run On Chain Asset Management

30’11: The Rise of Ethereum Treasury Companies: How On Chain Giants Will Supercharge DeFi Liquidity and Revenue

36’34: The Ten Billion Dollar Whale: How Ethereum Treasury Giants Could Reshape Liquidity and Supercharge DeFi

40’51: The channels used to connect with Mercelo & learn more about KPK

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The company’s success stems from its end-to-end infrastructure, homegrown payment rails, and multi-product strategy, with 80% of revenue now coming from customers using more than one product. Airwallex differentiates itself by focusing on global-first B2B use cases and building regional autonomy alongside centralized infrastructure. While not prioritizing stablecoins today, the company is exploring AI-driven financial operations and aims to reach $1 trillion in transaction volume by 2030.

NOTABLE DISCUSSION POINTS:

1. Airwallex’s Infrastructure: Proprietary Global Payment Network
   Airwallex operates a proprietary global payment infrastructure that processes 95% of its $130 billion in annualized transaction volume. The company has developed its own technology and regulatory framework in partnership with over 60 banks worldwide. This approach reduces dependence on legacy systems such as SWIFT and supports greater control over transaction speed, cost, and compliance.
2. Expansion Through Multi-Product Offering
   Airwallex has expanded its services beyond cross-border payments to include card issuance, spend management, treasury functions, and merchant acquiring. According to company data, 80% of revenue is generated from customers using multiple products. Payments now account for 70% of net revenue and are growing at three times the rate year over year.
3. Decentralized Go-To-Market Structure
   Airwallex employs a regional management model, with General Managers responsible for performance and operations in specific geographies. This structure is supported by centralized functions such as product development, compliance, and engineering. With 1,700 employees in 26 offices, the company uses this hybrid model to manage growth and adapt to local regulatory environments across multiple regions, including Latin America and Asia-Pacific.

TOPICS

Airwallex, Stripe, Brex, Rippling, Shopify, Pinterest, Visa, fintech, global payments, e-commerce, cross-border transactions, paytech, embedded payments, CFO stack, stablecoins, AI

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TIMESTAMPS

1’02: Building Through Partnerships: The Platform Strategy Behind a $130B Fintech

7’24: Why It’s Working: Scaling B2B Payments in a Crowded Fintech Market

12’21: From Coffee Beans to Global Rails: How Cross-Border Payments Became the Wedge for Platform Expansion

19’02: Sticky by Design: How Regional Autonomy and Multi-Product Depth Drove Global Expansion

25’31: From Credibility to Scale: When Partnerships Start Driving Growth

29’33: Beyond Point Solutions: Why Global Platforms Are Replacing Fragmented Payment Stacks

34’47: Solving the CFO Stack: A Unified Approach to Global Money Movement

38’14: Resilient by Design: How Airwallex Manages Multi-Bank, Multi-Market Complexity

42’51: The Hidden Cost of Scale: Inside the Engineering Behind a $130B Network

46’15: The Next Phase: Airwallex’s Vision for a Global Financial OS

49’54: The channels used to connect with Ravi & learn more about Airwallex

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NOTABLE DISCUSSION POINTS:

1. Innovation Threatens Incumbents, Benefits Disruptors: Major technological shifts, from the internet to blockchain and AI, create winners and losers. Incumbents often resist disruptive change because it threatens existing revenue models, while nimble startups and tech-first companies can rapidly capture new market opportunities.

2. Venture Success Requires Navigating High Failure Rates: In early-stage investing, most portfolio companies will fail, often within the first 3–4 years. Returns are driven by a small number of outsized successes, usually via acquisitions rather than IPOs, requiring patience, resilience, and a disciplined investment strategy.

3. Inefficient Markets Offer the Greatest Asymmetric Upside: Early-stage venture and emerging technologies like blockchain and AI are inefficient markets where superior access, insight, and execution can generate returns far above those available in traditional, efficient markets like public equities or bonds.

TOPICS

Blockchain Coinvestors, Band of Angels, AngelList, Blockchain Capital, Pantera, Sequoia, Andreessen, BlackRock, Fidelity, Blockchain, DeFi, Decentralized Finance, Investment, Venture Capital, Angel Investment, Fund of Funds

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TIMESTAMPS

1’33: From Consulting to Disruption: Matthew Le Merle on Pivoting from Advising Incumbents to Backing the Innovators

9’56: From Angel Checks to Global Funds: Building One of the World’s Largest Blockchain Co-Investment Platforms

16’50: Leveraging Top Venture Funds to Capture Blockchain and AI’s Biggest Winners: Evolving from Direct Deals to an LP Strategy

24’50: The Emotional Reality of Venture Investing: Coping with Early Failures, Long Timelines, and Rare Big Wins

32’13: Early Liquidity, Higher Risk: Why Most Token Projects Fail Without Ever Delivering Software

35’20: Backing Winners in Inefficient Markets: What Makes a Venture Fund Worth Investing In

42’59: Why Institutional Portfolios Miss the Future: The Case for Shifting Capital from Efficient to Inefficient Markets

51’08: The channels used to connect with Matthew & learn more about Blockchain Coinvestors

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NOTABLE DISCUSSION POINTS:

1. Pix achieved mass adoption through public-private co-creation and legal mandate:

Pix now processes over 6 billion transactions per month, with 90% of Brazil’s adult population and 80% of businesses actively using it. Its success stems from a strategic legal mandate in 2013 granting the Central Bank regulatory and operational authority over retail payments. The Central Bank then led a co-creation process involving both public and private stakeholders through the Pix Forum, fostering alignment, inclusivity, and strong network effects.

2. A lean but powerful team built a nation-scale real-time payments system:

The Pix infrastructure was built entirely in-house by a relatively small team, 30-40 people for the technical infrastructure layer and around 25 for the payment scheme layer. It operates 24/7 with real-time settlement and uses centralized infrastructure separate from Brazil’s traditional large-value payment rails. This centralized, purpose-built architecture dramatically lowered costs and enabled rapid rollout.

3. Strategic communication and mandated participation drove adoption at scale:

The Central Bank led a national communication campaign to build trust, establish a strong brand identity, and educate the public. Simultaneously, it mandated major banks (with over 500,000 active accounts) to join Pix, triggering widespread voluntary adoption from smaller PSPs. The rollout included a restricted pilot phase and emphasized user-friendly features like QR codes and aliases to boost convenience and usage from day one.

TOPICS

Pix, Central Bank of Brazil, World Bank, Visa, Citibank, M-Pesa, Alipay, SPI, fintech, payments, PSP, API, Fast Payments, Payments Infrastructure, PayTech

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TIMESTAMPS

1’19: Building Pix from the Ground Up: Carlos Brandt on Modernizing Brazil’s Payment Infrastructure

3’03: Fast Payments for Financial Inclusion: Harish Natarajan on the World Bank’s Role in Modern Payment Infrastructure

4’29: From Cash to 5 Billion Transactions a Month: How Pix Transformed Brazil’s Payment Ecosystem Through Public-Private Collaboration

10’41: Why Pix Succeeded Where Others Struggled: The Power of Neutral Coordination and Public-Private Synergy

12’40: Inside the Pix Forum: How Brazil Built a Collaborative Process for Payment Innovation

15’07: Fast Payments at Scale: Market Coordination, Infrastructure, and Global Lessons from Pix

20’55: Engineering Pix: How a Small Team Built Brazil’s 24/7 National Payments Infrastructure from Scratch

27’28: Driving Nationwide Adoption: How Strategic Communication and Mandates Powered Pix’s Rollout Across Brazil

34’14: Scaling for Success: Why Communication, Extensibility, and API Design Are Key to Evolving Payment Systems

37’23: Building Trust Through Cooperation: How Regulators Can Foster Innovation While Balancing Public and Private Interests

40’06: The channels used to connect with Carlos & learn more about The Central Bank of Brazil.

40’39: The channels used to connect with Harish & learn more about The World Bank

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Topics: Bunq, ING, Revolut, Betterment, Synapse, TransIP, Fintech, banking, crypto, neobank, challenger bank, culture, Europe, VC

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TIMESTAMPS

1’09: Bunq’s Bold Mission: Ali Niknam on Reinventing Banking for the Modern User

6’27: Building from the Core: Why Bunq Chose the Hard Road to Reinvent Banking

10’08: Bootstrapped Banking: Building Bunq Without External Capital or Compromise

13’56: Launching the Future: Bringing Innovation to Market with Bunq’s First 45-Person Team

17’35: From Payments to Personalization: How Users Drove a Decade of Product Innovation

19’52: Designing for Eva: How Bunq Rebuilt Its Organization Around the User, Not the Org Chart

22’02: Beyond Titles: How Bunq’s Ownership-Driven Culture Redefines Teams, KPIs, and Hierarchy

28’14: Culture Over Compensation: How Bunq Attracts Mission-Aligned Talent Without Relying on Equity

35’06: Europe’s Tech Paradox: Why Innovation Thrives Despite Fragmentation—and What Must Change

39’11: The channels used to connect with Ali & learn more about Bunq

43’07: The channels used to connect with Edward & learn more about Zerohash 

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Notable discussion points:

1. Stablecoins Overtake Crypto in Volume: Stablecoins now make up over 50% of Zerohash’s volume, driven by regulatory clarity and real-world use cases like payments and treasury. Institutions prefer them for their centralized control and ease of integration.

2. Brokerage and Payments Are Converging: Zerohash sees strong demand across brokerage and payment rails, with banks and fintechs embedding stablecoin infrastructure. Global payouts, account funding, and subscriptions are key growth areas despite UX friction.

3. Regulatory Climate Is Rapidly Improving: U.S. policy has shifted from regulatory overreach to bipartisan support for stablecoin legislation. This change is unlocking institutional adoption, with banks now moving aggressively into crypto and digital assets.

MENTIONED IN THE CONVERSATION

Topics: Zerohash, MoonPay, Transak, Ramp, Stripe, BlackRock, Franklin Templeton, Hamilton Lane, Morgan Stanley, Charles Schwab, SoFi, Uniswap, fintech, web3, digital assets, blockchain, tokenization, rwas, stablecoin, crypto, regulation

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TIMESTAMPS

1’51: From Crisis to Convergence: Edward Woodford on Scaling Zerohash and the Future of Embedded Crypto Infrastructure

5’06: Scaling the Pie, Not Stealing Slices: Rethinking Volume, Margins, and Meaningful Growth in Digital Asset Infrastructure

10’02: The Great Rebrand: How Stablecoins Are Shedding the 'Crypto' Label and Reshaping Digital Finance

15’22: From Overreach to Opportunity: How Regulatory Pushback in the U.S. Sparked a Global Shift Toward Stablecoin Adoption

20’31: The Semantics of Trust: Why ‘Stablecoin’ Sells and ‘Crypto’ Scares - and Why the Framing Now Matters More Than Ever

22’36: Unlocking Real Utility: Why Stablecoin Payments Are Finally Poised to Scale Across Commerce and Subscriptions

30’50: Disrupting the Rails: How Stablecoins Are Reshaping the Power Dynamics of Global Payments

34’49: The New Brokerage Mandate: Why Every Platform Is Racing to Add Crypto - and What’s Unlocking the Shift

39’03: Rewiring Financial Infrastructure: How Stablecoins and Super Apps Are Forcing Banks to Rethink Risk and Relevance

43’07: The channels used to connect with Edward & learn more about Zerohash

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Notable discussion points:

1. Canton’s innovative tokenomics: Unlike Ethereum, where validators capture most of the rewards, Canton allocates 70% of block rewards to developers and applications, creating sustainable alignment.

2. Lessons from ASX: Rooz reflects on the failed ASX blockchain migration, advocating for iterative upgrades rather than “big bang” infrastructure transformations.

3. True tokenization: Rooz critiques superficial on-chain IOU models, asserting that real tokenization must place the asset’s books and records natively on-chain to unlock the benefits of DeFi and composability.

MENTIONED IN THE CONVERSATION

Topics: Digital Asset, Canton Network, DRW, ASX, Ethereum, Bitcoin, Plaid, DAML, fintech, web3, tokenization, digital assets, financial infrastructure, DeFi, onchain

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TIMESTAMPS

1’28: From Wall Street to Web3: Yuval Rooz on Founding Digital Asset and the Birth of the Canton Network

4’29: Rethinking Blockchain: Rejecting Ethereum’s Assumptions to Build a Better Financial Infrastructure

8’18: Getting Banks to Say Yes: Bridging Blockchain Innovation with Regulatory Reality

12’43: Blockchain at Scale: Lessons from the ASX Project and Why Incremental Innovation Beats Big Bang Deployments

21’27: Agile by Design: How Canton Aims to Bring Continuous Delivery to Decentralized Blockchain Networks

23’50: Beyond the Hype: Why Crypto Needs Pragmatism, Not Just Vision, to Integrate with Financial Institutions

27’08: From DAML to Canton: Building Scalable, Privacy-First Infrastructure for Real-World Finance

30’52: Redefining Tokenization: Real On-Chain Finance at Scale with Trillions in Assets on Canton

35’34: Solving the Tokenization Gap: Bridging Legacy Infrastructure with Decentralized Architecture

39’13: Seeding Web3 with Real Assets: Canton’s Strategy to Power DeFi with Institutional-Grade Infrastructure

41’33: Custom Rules, Shared Rails: How Canton Balances Decentralization with Regulatory Flexibility

44’30: Aligning Incentives: How Canton’s Tokenomics and Fair Launch Redefine Value Creation on Chain

49’35: The channels used to connect with Yuval & learn more about Digital Asset and Canton Network

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Notable discussion points:

1. Aave Reaches $40 Billion in Net Deposits: Stani Kulechov shared that Aave has achieved a record-breaking $40 billion in net deposits and $25 billion in active liquidity, making it the largest DeFi lending protocol ever by total value locked (TVL).

2. DeFi’s Evolution from Peer-to-Peer to Liquidity Hubs: The conversation detailed Aave’s architectural shift from early peer-to-peer lending models to pooled liquidity and now to a hub-and-spoke model with Aave V4 — designed to balance capital efficiency and risk segregation for both native crypto and real-world assets (RWAs).

3. The Rise of Real-World Assets and Stablecoins in DeFi: Kulechov emphasized that tokenized real-world assets (like treasuries) and decentralized stablecoins (such as Aave's GHO) are reshaping the DeFi landscape, predicting RWAs will outgrow both stablecoins and native crypto assets in total value locked within five years.

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Topics: Aave, Lens Protocol, GHO, Horizon, FTX, Project Guardian, AaveDAO, MakerDAO, Web3, DeFi, Lending, stablecoins, tokens, RWA, decentralized finance, capital markets, DAO, Digital Assets

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TIMESTAMPS

1’11: DeFi at $40B: How a Lending Protocol Redefined Blockchain Finance

9’06: From Peer-to-Peer to Liquidity Hubs: Evolving the Architecture of DeFi Lending

15’01: DeFi's Growth Curve: From Airdrops to Institutional Adoption After FTX

20’49: Scaling Safely: How a Lending Protocol Outpaced Rivals Through Capital Efficiency and Brand Trust

24’34: Beyond Infrastructure: Why Token Issuers Need Capital Markets, Not Just DeFi Hype

28’33: Building Beyond Lending: How a Stablecoin and Institutional Arm Power DeFi Profitability

31’33: From JPMorgan to BlackRock: How Horizon Bridges Institutions to On-Chain Finance

35’18: Tokenized Treasuries and the Future of DeFi: Why RWAs Will Eclipse Stablecoins by 2030

39’36: From Fragmentation to Focus: Why DeFi’s Future Depends on Application Layers, Not More Chains

41’47: The channels used to connect with Stani & learn more about Aave and Avara

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Notable discussion points:

1. AngelList’s Second Founding: Reinvention as a Fintech Platform: Since 2019, AngelList has transformed from a mixed-use startup platform into a focused fintech infrastructure business for fund managers. Avlok Kohli spun out the syndicates arm and built a scalable product offering that includes SPVs, venture funds, and innovative structures like Rolling Funds and Roll Up Vehicles. This pivot catalyzed explosive growth—from ~$1B in AUM in 2019 to $171B+ today—by enabling fund creation and deployment at scale.

2. Product Innovation as a Strategic Advantage: Instead of competing with well-capitalized incumbents like Carta on sales and marketing, AngelList focused on building category-defining products. The launch of Rolling Funds—allowing fund managers to raise publicly and continuously—was a breakout moment. It created viral word-of-mouth growth and redefined how emerging fund managers could access capital, illustrating the principle: “You can’t win by playing someone else’s game.”

3. AI and the Future of Private Markets Infrastructure: AngelList is embedding AI across three strategic layers: (1) Back-office automation, replacing manual workflows, (2) Customer service enhancement, enabling agents to respond to LPs with real-time data, and (3) Data reasoning products, like Fin, which analyzes anonymized fund and secondary data to deliver actionable private market insightsThis positions AngelList not only as an admin platform but as a data intelligence layer over the private capital markets.

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Topics: Fintech, Web3, Venture, VC, Venture capital, private markets, fundraising, crowdfunding, crypto, web3, AI, Angellist, Coinlist, Carta, Gumroad

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TIMESTAMPS

1’09: AngelList Reimagined: How Avlok Kohli Transformed a Startup Directory into a Fintech Powerhouse

6’43: Syndicates vs. Crowdfunding: Solving the Signal Problem in Startup Investing

11’43: From Community to Capital: Rebuilding AngelList Through Business Model Reinvention and Rolling Fund Innovation

16’49: Playing a Different Game: How AngelList Scaled by Redefining the Category Through Product Innovation

21’59: Creating the Category: How Rolling Funds Sparked a Movement and Redefined Venture Fundraising

28’51: From $1 Billion to $125 Billion: How AngelList Scaled by Saying No Before Saying Yes

32’56: The Liquidity Mirage: Why Private Market Access Remains Elusive for Most Investors

37’57: AI Meets Private Markets: Automating Back Offices, Enhancing Customer Touchpoints, and Powering Intelligent Fund Infrastructure

42’26: The channels used to connect with Avlok & learn more about Angellist

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1.The “Post-Web” Is an Intent-Led Internet: Jamie Burke outlines a shift from today’s attention-based web to an intent-driven internet, powered by AI agents, Web3 infrastructure, and DePIN. In this model, agents act on user intent, radically streamlining interactions and replacing much of today’s web interface.

2. Web3 Will Be Run by Machines, Not People: Burke predicts that autonomous agents—not humans—will become the primary users of blockchains, making crypto “machine money.” As a result, products, brands, and processes matter less, while incentive systems and on-chain automation take center stage.

3. Founders Must Embrace Systems Thinking: In the Post-Web era, survival depends on designing self-optimizing systems, not just building products. Burke stresses that token engineering, incentive design, and value flow mapping will define the next generation of durable startups.

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Topics: Web3, decentralized finance, metaverse, Open metaverse, Post web, Outlier Ventures, IOTA, Fetch.ai, accelerator program, AI, artificial intelligence, Agentic AI, agents, Web3, post-web, digital economy, blockchain technology

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TIMESTAMPS

1’18: Outlier Ventures in 2025: From IOTA to Fetch.ai, Backing the Infrastructure Behind Intelligent Web3

10’24: The Open Metaverse Revisited: Outlier’s Long-Game Bet on Augmented Reality, Middleware, and AI-Driven Agents

26’01: FThe Post-Web Era: How AI Agents, Web3 Infrastructure, and Delegation Will Redefine the Internet

35’57: From Attention to Intention: How AI Agents and Web3 Are Flipping the Internet on Its Head

49’39: Surviving the Post-Web Paradigm: Why Founders Must Shift from Startup Thinking to Systems Design

57’49: The channels used to connect with Jamie & learn more about Outlier Ventures

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1. Solving Payroll as a Massive, Underserved SMB Pain Point: Reeves highlighted how in 2011, 40% of small businesses were fined annually due to manual payroll errors. Gusto addressed this pain using cloud and mobile tech, making payroll fast, accurate, and accessible—especially for non-experts.

2. Product Sequencing and the Power of a Payroll-Centric Ecosystem: Starting with payroll, Gusto built a sticky, horizontal product with strong retention. From there, they expanded into benefits, time tracking, and more—adding products based on customer pull and reinforcing their ecosystem.

3. Organizational Evolution: From Founder-Led to Functional and Matrixed: Gusto grew from 3 co-founders to 2,600+ employees by evolving from a hands-on team to a matrix structure. Reeves emphasized hiring leaders suited to each stage and giving small, focused teams autonomy to drive new product development.

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Topics: Fintech, Gusto, Payroll, HR, Zazzle, SMB, CAC, Customer, Scaling, Growth, Web2.0

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TIMESTAMPS

1’13: From PhD Dropouts to Payroll Pioneers: Joshua Reeves on Building Gusto and Solving Real Problems with Technology

4’21: The Web2 Reawakening: Democratizing Creation and Commerce Through the Internet

8’14: From Pen and Paper to the Cloud: Tackling Payroll Pain and Modernizing SMB Operations

11’15: Is Gusto a Fintech?: Ignoring Labels, Solving Problems, and Building for Small Business from Day One

16’07: Cracking the SMB Code: Building Scalable Products with Strong Unit Economics and Organic Growth

19’39: The Fundamentals of Scaling: Navigating CAC, LTV, and Retention in Subscription Businesses

22’49: Building Beyond Payroll: How Customer Demand and Smart Sequencing Shaped a Scalable Product Organization

27’16: Scaling with Intention: Evolving Leadership, Structure, and Talent from 10 to 2,600 People

33’00: Structuring for Scale: Balancing Autonomy, Focus, and Flexibility in a Multi-Product Organization

36’22: From Traction to Tenure: Scaling Impact, Navigating Competition, and Building for the Next Decade

41’12: The channels used to connect with Joshua & learn more about Gusto

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Empowering Advisors in Complex Industries: David Snider has built platforms that enhance human advisors rather than replace them—first in real estate with Compass - a technology-powered real estate brokerage, now in tax with Harness Wealth. In industries with high complexity and large transaction sizes, like wealth management and real estate, human expertise remains essential. His approach emphasizes that technology should enable, not displace, trusted advisors.

Compass Pivoted to Power Top Agents: Compass began with a plan to disrupt real estate agents but pivoted to support top performers with better tech and economics. This shift—paired with smart execution—enabled rapid growth and market leadership by focusing on high-value agents and transactions, rather than cutting them out of the process.

Harness Wealth Modernizes Complex Tax Advisory: Harness Wealth applies a Compass-like model to tax, serving clients with equity comp, crypto, and private investments by connecting them to top advisors through a modern, tech-enabled experience. The platform improves both advisor workflows and client usability, targeting a large, underserved market that DIY tools can’t effectively serve.

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Topics: Fintech, Harness Wealth, Compass, AI, RealEstate, Platform-As-A-Service, Advisory, Data, Tax, WealthTech, TaxTech, CryptoTax, PersonalFinance, FinancialAdvisors

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TIMESTAMPS

1’06: From Bain to Compass: David Snider on Navigating Finance, Real Estate, and the Rise of Advisor-Enabled Tech

5’42: Evolving Real Estate Through Tech: Market Levers, Rollups, and Building Compass's Super Agent Model

13’20: Digital vs. Human: Why Tech Wins in Some Industries—and Advisors Thrive in Others

17’16: Scaling Compass: How Tech, Economics, and a New Go-to-Market Strategy Fuelled Rapid Agent Growth

22’20: Overcoming Resistance: The Grind Behind Compass’s Data Integration and Agent Tech Adoption

26’13: From Compass to Harness: Building a Tech-Driven Platform to Simplify Complex Tax and Financial Advice

31’05: Serving the Underserved: How Harness Wealth Empowers Advisors and Clients Navigating Complex Tax Needs

34’16: Building Smarter Tax Tech: Harness’s Curated Approach to Streamlined Data, Insights, and Advisor Collaboration

36’02: Scaling with Purpose: Harnessing Data, Advisor Value, and a Massive Market Opportunity in Tax

37’46: The channels used to connect with David & learn more about Harness Wealth

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Metronome emerged from firsthand frustrations at Dropbox, where Scott Woody experienced how rigid billing systems slowed growth, confused customers, and blocked real-time insights. He built Metronome as a flexible, real-time billing engine that merges usage data with pricing logic—powering the monetization infrastructure for top AI companies today.

Real-time billing isn’t just about invoices—it's a strategic revenue lever. For AI and SaaS businesses alike, Metronome enables teams to run dynamic experiments, optimize GPU allocation, and make last-minute decisions to hit quarterly targets—turning billing into a core growth engine.

The rise of AI is accelerating a shift to usage-based models. As AI becomes specialized labor across verticals (from loan collection to customer service), companies are rapidly replatforming, and entire industries may flip from seat-based to outcome-based pricing within quarters—Metronome is positioned as the "payment processor" for this AI economy.

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Topics: Metronome, Dropbox, Datadog, OpenAI, AI, AGI, machine learning, pricing models, financial services, business optimization, operational frameworks, analytics, financial modeling

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TIMESTAMPS

1’05: Talent Spotting and Swag Strategy: How Scott Woody Recruited the Brightest Minds at Berkeley

7’27: From Biophysics to Startups: How Stanford and Protein Folding Led Scott into Tech

9’28: Lessons from Dropbox: Why Talent Density Beats Perks in Building Scalable Tech Teams

14’09: Solving the Billing Bottleneck: How Metronome Powers Real-Time Monetization for Modern Tech

19’45: Real-Time Revenue Intelligence: How Metronome Helps Teams Optimize Pricing, Experiments, and GPU Allocation

24’55: Optimizing AI Economics: Metronome’s Real-Time Matching of Model Usage, Customer Spend, and GPU Allocation

29’03: The Rise of Usage-Based AI: Why Real-Time Monetization Is Reshaping Business Models Across Tech

34’25: Specialized AI as Labor: Why Purpose-Built Agents Are Shaping the Future of Work and Software Integration

40’46: The Tipping Point for AI Adoption: Why Clear ROI and Competitive Pressure Are Rewriting Entire Industries

48’39: The channels used to connect with Scott & learn more about Metronome

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Notable discussion points:

The Founding of Arweave and its Mission – Sam Williams’ interest in distributed computing and concerns about authoritarianism led him to create Arweave in 2017. Inspired by the Snowden leaks, he saw the need for a blockchain-based permanent storage solution to protect journalism, historical records, and digital assets from censorship.

Decentralized vs. Distributed Storage – Williams explained how Arweave differs from alternatives like IPFS and Filecoin. Unlike traditional storage, which requires ongoing payments, Arweave uses a one-time payment model. This storage endowment leverages declining storage costs to ensure long-term data persistence without relying on centralized infrastructure.

Arweave’s Expansion into Decentralized Compute – Arweave has evolved beyond storage to develop decentralized computing through "Arweave IO." This enables parallelized smart contract execution, making it possible to run AI models, financial automation, and decentralized apps on-chain—aligning with Web3’s shift toward autonomous, intelligent systems.

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Topics: Arweave, permanent data storage, Web3, decentralized systems, distributed systems, blockchain, economic models, IPFS, Filecoin, decentralized computing, decentralized finance, compute

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TIMESTAMPS

1’06: From Distributed Computing to Decentralized Truth Preservation: A Journey into Web3

4’31: Decentralization vs. Distribution: Defining the Future of Web3 Infrastructure

9’41: Building a Decentralized Archive: Arweave’s Journey from Vision to Adoption

16’28: Web3 Storage Economics: Arweave vs. IPFS and the NFT Data Dilemma

22’42: Arweave’s Endowment Model: A Blockchain-Native Approach to Permanent Storage

27’13: Arweave’s Next Chapter: From Permanent Storage to Decentralized Supercomputing

31’36: Decentralized AI and Agent Finance: Expanding Arweave’s Computational Power

36’26: Decentralized AI and Blockchain: Overcoming Computation and Consensus Challenges

41’34: The Future of Decentralized Intelligence: Trustless Finance and Digital Immortality

44’59: The channels used to connect with Sam & learn more about Arweave

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Notable discussion points:

Virtual Cards = Smarter Spend ManagementVirtual credit cards revolutionize payments by enabling real-time reconciliation, reducing fraud, and improving financial control—especially for SaaS, digital ads, and legal expenses.

Extend’s Edge: Partnering with Banks, Not Disrupting ThemUnlike Brex and Ramp, Extend powers virtual cards on existing bank-issued cards, making adoption seamless for businesses while strengthening bank relationships.

B2B Payments Go EmbeddedThe future of finance is embedding payments directly into platforms like SAP Concur - letting CFOs manage expenses within the tools they already use.

From Enterprise-Only to Instant AccessVirtual cards once took months to implement. Extend’s API-first approach makes them deployable in minutes, bridging the gap between legacy banking and modern finance.

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Topics: Extend, American Express, AMEX, SAP,  fintech, credit cards, spend management, virtual cards, B2B, API, banking infrastructure, embedded payments

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TIMESTAMPS

1’10: From Green Screens to the Cloud: How Early Tech Shaped Andrew Jamison’s Approach to Business and Automation

5’12: Scaling Amex: Expanding Beyond Travel to B2B Payments and Virtual Cards

10’27: Virtual Cards in Travel: Solving Payments but Struggling with Scale

15’19: Virtual Cards and On-Demand Growth: How APIs Unlocked a New Payments Model

19’17: From Amex to Extend: Reinventing Virtual Cards for Everyday Business

26’00: Scaling Smart Payments: How Extend is Reshaping B2B Credit Cards

29’33: Rethinking Spend Management: How Extend Partners with Banks Instead of Replacing Them

31’47: Built for CFOs: How Extend Streamlines Payments and Expense Management

35’08: The Future of Finance: How Embedded Payments and APIs Are Reshaping the CFO’s Role

40’34: The channels used to connect with Andrew & learn more about Extend

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Impact Over Paychecks – Jog’s career leap from SAP to Facebook, Pinterest, Robinhood, and Sei Labs was driven by impact, not salary. He thrived in small, high-talent teams where he could truly move the needle.

Robinhood’s Growing Pains – Early Robinhood was fast and scrappy, but as it scaled, bureaucracy slowed innovation. The shift from “missionary” to “mercenary” employees hurt culture and velocity.

Tech Doesn’t Win—Distribution Does – The best crypto projects don’t just have great tech; they win by getting users. Sei Labs focuses on real-world adoption, not just engineering breakthroughs.

Sei’s Parallelized EVM: A Game Changer – Ethereum is slow. Sei Labs fixes this by parallelizing transactions, enabling high-speed trading and complex on-chain applications. It’s Ethereum’s power with Solana’s speed.

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Topics: fintech, blockchain, Sei Labs, Sei protocol, Ethereum Virtual Machine, EVM, Robinhood, decentralized applications, DeFi protocols, DePIN

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TIMESTAMPS

1’29: From Silicon Valley Roots to Startup Hustle: Jayendra Jog’s Journey Through Tech’s Elite Ranks

7’53: Scaling Robinhood: From Scrappy Startup to Corporate Bureaucracy

12’56: Why Robinhood Won: Distribution Over Technology in Fintech and Crypto

17’38: Sei and the Parallelized EVM: Scaling Blockchain for High-Performance Trading

25’18: Parallelization in Blockchain: Unlocking Scalability Without Breaking the System

28’03: Building Sei: Solving the Blockchain Adoption Puzzle for Finance and Developers

33’50: The Blockchain Race: Competing for Killer Apps and Market Dominance

38’02: The Next Wave: Sei’s Vision for AI, DePIN, and High-Performance Blockchain Applications

41’34: The channels used to connect with Jay & learn more about Sei

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Topics: Socure, Effectiv, Citadel, Amazon, Identity management, digital identity, generative AI, deepfakes, fraud prevention, machine learning, identity verification

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TIMESTAMPS

1’02: Scaling Innovation: Exploring High-Performance Systems and Real-Time Technology

4’04: From Financial Data to Machine Learning: Scaling Systems and Solving Edge Cases

8’49: Bridging Big Tech and Quant Finance: Exploring Technology Overlaps and Ultra-Low Latency Systems

11’12: Protecting Digital Identity at Scale: The Journey to Socure and Solving Real-Time Fraud Challenges

15’50: Building the Network Effect: How Socure Became a Leader in Identity Verification and Fraud Prevention

21’00: Battling Modern Fraud: Deepfakes, Generative AI, and the Evolving Landscape of Digital Security

26’30: Revolutionizing Customer Success: Simplifying Integrations with No-Code Solutions and Real-Time Performance Insights

29’57: Scaling Customer Integration: Fixed Costs, POCs, and Generative AI-Driven Value Propositions

34’00: Driving Efficiency and Scale: Socure's Evolving Product Roadmap and Future Vision

36’14: Learning from Customization: Standardizing for Scalability and Long-Term Growth

38’58: Expanding Horizons: Growing Market Share and Addressable Markets in Digital Transactions

41’00: The channels used to connect with Arun & learn more about Socure

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Topics: Curve, ApplePay, Google Wallet, PayPal, Tink, neobank, fintech, wallets, payments, paytech, NFC, Open Banking

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TIMESTAMPS

1’02: From Military Service to Fintech Success: Shachar Bialick on Founding Curve and Redefining Payments

9’10: The Resilient Founder: Risk-Taking, Leadership, and the Cultural Mindset Behind Entrepreneurship

14’59: From Unbundling to Rebundling: Building Curve to Solve Financial Fragmentation

20’50: Revolutionizing Payments: Curve's Ambition to Unite Financial Ecosystems

24’26: Trailblazing Curve: Overcoming Challenges to Redefine Payments and Build a Global Fintech Ecosystem

30’23: Project Elah: How Curve Challenged Apple’s NFC Restrictions to Redefine Digital Wallets

34’50: Shaving the Lion: How Curve Built a Culture to Overcome Industry Challenges and Innovate

39’05: Challenging Apple Pay: Curve’s Strategy to Deliver Tangible Customer Benefits

42’01: The Evolution of Fintech Infrastructure: Challenges, Opportunities, and the Role of Open Banking

51’54: The channels used to connect with Shachar & learn more about Curve

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Topics: 0G, 0G Labs, Zero Gravity Labs, Bridgewater Associates, ORA, Story Protocol, AI, Artificial Intelligence, Decentralized AI, Tokenized AI, Web3, Blockchain, zkML, TeeML, OPML, SPML

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TIMESTAMPS

1’10: Decentralized AI: From Early Tech Fascination to Innovating the Future

4’08: From Finance to Founding: A Journey of Passion, Growth, and Resilience

9’07: Web3 Meets AI: Building a Human-Centric Future Through Blockchain Innovation

13’45: Decentralized AI Explained: Trustless Systems vs. Closed AI Paradigms

17’21: Decentralized AI Solutions: Addressing Bias, Censorship, and Fair Rewards

23’30: Decentralized AI Framework: Building Open, Trustless Systems for Developers

27’28: Data Availability in Decentralized AI: Supercharging Blockchain for High-Performance Applications

31’24: Integrating Decentralized AI: From User Queries to Scalable Inference Frameworks

34’38: Tokenized AI Ecosystems: Economic Flows and Emerging Inference Networks

40’04: Ensuring Trust in AI Outputs: Bridging Verification Mechanisms with Decentralized Systems

42’13: Decentralized AI's Future: Breakout Use Cases and the Path to Mainstream Adoption

44’40: The channels used to connect with Michael & learn more about 0G

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Topics: Coinbase, Credit Suisse, SEC, Circle, MiCA, Stand With Crypto, FIT21, financial regulation, financial policy, crypto, exchange, USDC

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TIMESTAMPS

1’02: Shaping the Future of Finance: Tom Duff Gordon’s career involving Policy, Crypto, and Global Regulation

7’30: Preventing Financial Panic: How Regulation Mitigates Systemic Collapse

13’12: From Bank Runs to Balance Sheets: Tackling Systemic Risk and Preventing Financial Contagion

16’32: Regulating Crypto: Global Progress and Emerging Frameworks

19’42: Expanding Crypto Regulation Worldwide: Frameworks, Challenges, and the Road Ahead

28’18: Crypto and the SEC: Unpacking America’s Contradictory Approach to Regulation

34’30: Crypto Politics: Why the US is Divided While Europe Stays Unified

41’30: Scaling Crypto: Coinbase's Multi-Vertical Strategy and Ecosystem Vision

45’28: The channels used to connect with Tom & learn more about Coinbase

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Topics: Dynasty, GetDynasty, Carta, eShares, fintech, trusts, legaltech, private markets, legal, SaaS, social media, TikTok, Instagram, LegalZoom

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TIMESTAMPS

1’24: From Sales Pioneer to Scaling Success: Alessandro Chesser on Building Carta’s Sales Organization and Transforming the Cap Table Market

5’38: Building Carta's Success: Strategic Partnerships, Demand Generation, and Sales-Product Synergy

9’57: Navigating Growth and Product Alignment: Carta's Scaling Challenges and the CartaX Experience

14’19: The Journey from Carta to Founding Dynasty: The Lessons Learned and Taking the Leap

16’55: Democratizing Estate Planning: Dynasty’s Mission to Make Trusts Accessible for Everyone

23’11: Unlocking Wealth Protection: Directed Trusts, Asset Security, and Tax Strategies for Founders and Investors

26’00: Trusts for the Middle Class: Simple Solutions for Inheritance and Probate Avoidance

28’19: Privacy and Protection: Using Trusts to Safeguard Real Estate and Build Awareness Through Organic Growth

32’02: Cracking the Viral Code: Leveraging Short-Form Video to Drive Customer Acquisition in Estate Planning

35’09: Building a Viral Marketing Team: Crafting Convincing Content for Organic Growth in FinTech

39’35: Engineering Simplicity in Legal Tech: Automating Trusts and Navigating Legal Complexities

42’52: The channels used to connect with Alessandro & learn more about Dynasty

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Topics: BaaS, API, Open Banking, payments, banking, Fintech, Embedded Finance, regulation

Tags: Synapse, Foundation, Evolve Bank, Mercury Bank, TabaPay, Yotta, FDIC

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TIMESTAMPS

1’06: Synapse and the Evolution of Banking-as-a-Service: Sankaet Pathak’s introduction

3’26: The Synapse Story: Inside the Banking Infrastructure and Its Collapse

6’17: Behind the Rise and Reliance: How Evolve Bank Became Synapse’s Key Partner

9’16: Uncovering Reconciliation Issues: How Synapse Detected Problems with Evolve Bank

11’05: Tracking Customer Funds: How Synapse Managed User-Level Data with Pooled Bank Accounts

14’41: Uncovering Payment Breaks and Fee Issues: The Challenges Synapse Faced with Evolve Bank

21’16: Tracing Missing Funds: Synapse’s Financial Breakdowns and Evolve Bank’s Alleged Deception

24’44: From Billion-Dollar Valuation to Fire Sale: The Synapse Collapse and TabaPay Deal

29’04: Missing Millions: How a Migration Error with Mercury Led to a $49 Million Discrepancy

33’37: Lessons from Synapse’s Collapse: Reflecting on What Could Have Been Done Differently

39’10: Reflecting on Mistakes: Scaling Too Fast and the Complexities of Synapse’s Brokerage Service

43’11: Rethinking Financial Oversight: The Need for Bank Accountability and Direct Regulation of Bank-Adjacent Companies

45’59: Addressing the Critics: Sankaet Pathak on Misunderstandings and Missed Opportunities in the Synapse Collapse

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Zuben explains Brigit’s focus on addressing the U.S. financial crisis of living paycheck-to-paycheck, a problem he personally experienced as an immigrant student. Brigit’s initial product leverages cashflow data to provide instant cash advances, helping users avoid overdrafts and predatory loans. Mathews emphasizes that Brigit’s success stems from a commitment to solving users’ deepest financial issues and using real-time cashflow data, not traditional FICO scores, to provide financial solutions.

The conversation delves into Brigit’s subscription-based business model, which offers transparency and value to users, helping them save money while improving financial stability. Zuben discusses how the app has grown to serve over a million users, generating more than $100 million in revenue with a small team of 90. He also addresses challenges in fintech, such as data access in the U.S. compared to Europe’s open banking regulations, and calls for more balanced regulation that encourages innovation while protecting consumers.

The discussion concludes with Zuben advocating for greater access to bank data and better infrastructure for fintechs, highlighting the importance of innovation in improving customer outcomes in the financial space.

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Brigit's Website: https://bit.ly/4d8tqoh

Zuben's LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3XvsEvT

Topics: Fintech, neobank, overdraft, cash advance, subscription, financial wellbeing, PSD2, regulation

Tags: Brigit, Deutsche Bank, Plaid, Chime, Revolut, Monzo, Yodlee, Synapse, Coastal Community Bank

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TIMESTAMPS

1’36: From Deutsche Bank to Brigit: Zuben Mathews' Journey in Finance and Entrepreneurship

5’03: Bridging Silos at Deutsche Bank: Detailing Strategic Vendor Partnerships and Fintech Insights

9’06: From Startup Struggles to Success: Building Brigit and Navigating the Challenges of Entrepreneurship

15’41: Solving America's Deepest Financial Pain Point: The Vision Behind Brigit's Differentiation in a Crowded Fintech Market

21’07: Leveraging Cashflow Data to Outperform Banks: How Brigit Built a Product to Tackle Overdraft Fees and Expand Financial Access

24’47: Beyond Overdraft Protection: How Brigit Uses Cashflow Data to Reduce Financial Stress and Drive User Engagement

29’01: Balancing Affordability and Financial Health: How Brigit's Subscription Model Empowers Users While Lowering Costs

33’25: Challenges of Data Access in US Fintech: Navigating Bank Transactional Data and the Push for Open APIs

40’36: Navigating US Banking Rails: The Role of Regulation, Innovation, and Customer-Centric Solutions in Fintech

45’24: The channels used to connect with Zuben & learn more about Brigit

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Peaq's Website: https://bit.ly/3XjsaKo

Till's LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/4cGvSSJ

Topics: Blockchain, web3, decentralized applications, dapps, economy of things, EOT, depin, iot, decentralized physical infrastructure networks

Tags: Peaq, IOTA, Exonum, DMG MORI, Silencio, MapMetrics, Helium

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TIMESTAMPS

1’09: From the Valley to Blockchain: Till’s Journey into Entrepreneurship and Crypto

4’59: Building Peaq: From Berlin's Blockchain Scene to IoT Innovation

8’26: Connecting Machines to Blockchain: The Use Case Discovery and Peaq's Evolution

13’31: From IoT to the Economy of Things: The Evolution of Connected Devices

17’53: Unlocking the Machine Economy: The Role of Web3 and DePINs in Decentralized Infrastructure

20’50: Scaling the Machine Economy: Successful Use Cases Built on Peaq's Decentralized Network

23’34: Driving Network Growth: How Peaq Reached 800,000 Connected Devices Through Strategic Go-to-Market and Product Market Fit

29’15: Streamlining DePIN Success: How Peaq Simplifies Tokenomics and Focuses on User Demand

32’56: Empowering Ecosystem Growth: Peaq's Role in Supporting Projects from Integration to Funding

34’45: The channels used to connect with Till & learn more about Peaq

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Pipe's Website: https://bit.ly/3WGQrJN

Luke's LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/4dpDh9P

Topics: Fintech, revenue-based finance, embedded finance, unicorn, SaaS, entrepreneur, lending, capital

Tags: Pipe, Square, Stripe, PayPal, Intuit, OnDeck, Alloy, Increase

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TIMESTAMPS

1’07: From Distressed Credit to FinTech Leadership: Luke's Journey from Sixth Street Partners to Intuit and Beyond

7’17: Square Banking and the Evolution of Leadership: Navigating Single-Threaded and Functional Structures

14’53: Pipe's Transformation: Joining and Steering one of the Fastest Unicorns in History

18’46: Understanding Revenue-Based Financing: Defining Factoring, Merchant Cash Advances, and More

26’39: The Power of Storytelling: How Pipe's Vision and Innovation Led to Unicorn Status

28’39: Pivoting Pipe: Adapting Strategy and Overcoming Growth Challenges

37’25: The Future of Small Business Banking: Embedded Finance and SaaS Vertical Platforms

41’35: Navigating Regulatory Challenges: Pipe's Embedded Finance and Compliance Strategy

46’23: The channels used to connect with Luke & learn more about Pipe

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TruStage's Website: https://bit.ly/3WibyC1

Danielle's LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3XUZNmp

Topics: InsurTech, Insurance, Digital Lending, Lending, embedded finance, embedded insurance, API, fintech

Tags: TruStage, Payment Guard, Lending Club, FDIC

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TIMESTAMPS

1’27: From Financial Consulting to Insurance Innovation: Danielle Sesko’s Journey in Financial Services

4’58: The Role and Necessity of Insurance: Insights on Financial Resiliency and Industry Structure

9’52: Innovation in Insurance: Creating Relevant Products and Navigating Regulations

13’39: Navigating US Insurance Regulations: Engaging State Regulators and Structuring Underwriting for New Products

17’59: Adapting to FinTech: How Established Underwriters Leverage Experience for Digital Lending Innovation

20’48: Assessing the Rise of Digital Lending: Timing, Consumer Preferences, and Regulatory Challenges in FinTech and InsurTech

27’39: Bridging the Gap in Digital Lending: Ideal Customers for PaymentGuard and Their Unique Needs

31’21: Defining Digital Lending Coverage: Target Workflows and Payment Flows for Embedded Insurance Solutions

34’36: Understanding PaymentGuard's Economics: Coverage Duration, Cost Structure, and Value for Digital Lenders

37’42: Integrating InsurTech and Digital Lending: The Technology and Processes Behind Embedding Insurance Solutions

40’11: The channels used to connect with Danielle & learn more about TruStage

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Provenance's Website: https://bit.ly/3xLpXx6

Anthony's LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3VIl3Jn

Companies: Provenance, Sofi, Provenance Blockchain Labs, ProvLabs, Ethereum, Cosmos, Merrill Lynch, Figure Technologies, Figure Markets

Topics: Blockchain, tokenisation, capital markets, DeFi, TradFi, NFT, Financial Services, Governance, crypto

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TIMESTAMPS

1’28: From Traditional Finance to DeFi: Insights on Provenance and Financial Services

4’48: The Complexities of ADRs: Insights on Traditional and Decentralized Financial Systems

8’54: Provenance and Blockchain Innovation: From SoFi Founders to Cosmos Network Integration

13’17: Transforming Capital Markets: The Evolution of Figure's HELOC Business and Blockchain Integration

17’28: Revolutionizing Mortgages with Blockchain: The Impact of NFT Mortgages and Disinflationary Technology

21’20: Exploring Alternative Investments: The Value of Pork Bellies and the Unexpected Tale of Uranium

26’39: Bridging Provenance and Ethereum: Open Source Development and Financial Services Security

30’01: Revolutionizing Governance in Financial Services: Provenance's Approach and Future Directions

32’56: Navigating Centralized Exchanges: Bringing an Institutional Network to Retail Markets

39’20: Regulatory Shifts in Crypto and FinTech: Navigating the Evolving Landscape Ahead of US Elections

42’49: Embracing the Future of Tokenization: Provenance's Vision for Retail Inclusion and Financial Services

46’31: The channels used to connect with Anthony & learn more about Provenance

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Fusion Fund's Website: https://bit.ly/4egJMgp

Lu's LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3KIWozf

Topics: Venture Capital, VC, Innovation, Artificial Intelligence, Startup, Infrastructure, LLM, Decentralized AI, Healthcare

Companies: Fusion Fund, OpenAI, IBM, Microsoft, Nvidia, AMD

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TIMESTAMPS

1’30: From Entrepreneur to VC: Insights from Building and Exiting a Successful Healthcare Startup

5’50: Navigating Startup Challenges: Overcoming Obstacles and Embracing Growth in My Entrepreneurial Journey

9’56: From Founder to Investor: Experiencing the Transition and Learning to Say No

15’16: Fusion Fund’s AI Investment Thesis: Identifying Trends, Opportunities, and Challenges in Artificial Intelligence

23’03: Comprehending Enterprise AI: Ensuring Startups Thrive Without Being Captured by Big Corporates

26’48: The Challenges and Opportunities in Selling Large AI Models to Enterprises: Fine-tuning The Sales Process and Building Strategic Partnerships

30’31: Exploring AI Infrastructure Investments: Paths to Acquisition and IPO in a Competitive Landscape

36’24: AI Infrastructure Gaps: Identifying Opportunities and Challenges in the Evolving Value Chain

40’53: The Future of Decentralized AI: Commercial Opportunities and Economic Dynamics in a World of Personal AI Models

47’07: Key Opportunities in AI: Unmet Needs and Ideas for Future Startups

48’08: The channels used to connect with Lu & learn more about Fusion Fund

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Better's Website: https://bit.ly/456T3Ub

Vishal's LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/4e52szk

Topics: fintech, mortgage, digital lending, digital mortgage, SPAC, interest rates

Companies: Better.com, Better mortgage, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Goldman Sachs, SoftBank

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TIMESTAMPS

1’33: Revolutionizing Mortgages: Vishal's Journey from Frustration to Fintech Innovation

6’41: Cracking the Mortgage Code: Leveraging Fintech Experience to Disrupt a Stagnant Industry

11’11: Overcoming Startup Challenges: Innovating in the Mortgage Industry and Securing Early-Stage Financing

15’25: Recruiting Top Talent: How to Attract High-Caliber Professionals to Revolutionize the Mortgage Industry

20’32: Scaling to Success: The Rapid Growth, Economics and Strategic Milestones of Better Mortgage

24’48: Balancing Growth and Profitability: Navigating Blitz Scaling and Cultural Shifts at Better Mortgage

28’17: Understanding the SPAC Process: The Market Conditions, Expectations, and Challenges of Going Public

34’20: Facing Macro Headwinds: The Declining Efficiency and Financial Challenges in a Changing Market

36’50: Balancing External Stressors and Internal Efficiency: Navigating Market Changes and Organizational Challenges

39’04: From Private to Public: Better Mortgage's Evolution, Current State, and Optimistic Future

43’11: Overcoming Market Shifts: Vishal Garg on Better Mortgage's Resilience and Path to Profitability

45’30: The channels used to connect with Vishal & learn more about Better Mortgages

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Origin's Website: https://bit.ly/4bJcMvc

Matthew's LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3ym8mMa

Topics: fintech, AI, artificial intelligence, PFM, personal financial management, embedded finance

Companies: Origin, Origin Finance, Mint, Mint.com, Plaid, LearnVest, Column Tax, Intuit, Yodlee, ChatGPT

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TIMESTAMPS

1’07: The Entrepreneurial Journey: From Family Influence to Fintech Ventures

3’55: Building the Go-to-Market Function: Penetrating and Innovating in the Insurance Agency Software Market

7’55: Challenges in Financial Vertical Software: Entrenched Systems and High Switching Costs

10’08: Exploring Origin: Addressing the Financial Services Gap for the Mass Affluent

18’16: Evolving Data Aggregation in Fintech: Addressing Costs and Open Banking Trends

22’30: Origin’s Business Model and Market Dynamics in Mass Affluent Financial Services: Lessons from Lead Generation Giants

26’01: Building Financial Solutions In-House: Origin's Approach to Planning, Investing, and Tax

29’24: The Collapse of Mint: Catalyzing Opportunities for Origin in B2B and B2C Markets

31’26: Leveraging Generative AI in Financial Planning: Enhancing Guidance and Managing Challenges

35’47: Understanding the Demand for AI Financial Planning: Challenges and Consumer Behavior

40’22: The Future of Financial Data Control: Consumer-Driven Analysis and Insights in a Tokenized World

41’07: The channels used to connect with Matthew & learn more about Origin

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EZKL's Website: https://bit.ly/4dx1wUb

Jason's Twitter: https://bit.ly/4boqumY

Topics: fintech, machine learning, ai, artificial intelligence, llm, zk-proofs, zero-knowledge proofs, blockchain, web3

Companies: EZKL, Ethereum, Bitcoin, DARPA

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TIMESTAMPS

1’18: From Mathematics to Machine Learning: Tracing the Journey of an AI Researcher"

3’47: Putting Theory Into Practice: Navigating the Evolution of Neural Networks and Blockchain

7’18: Understanding Zero-Knowledge Proofs: The Evolution and Impact of Cryptographic Privacy

11’02: Digital Trust and Privacy: How Zero-Knowledge Proofs Enhance Security and Authentication Online

16’15: From Consensus to Cryptography: Exploring the Transformative Impact of Zero-Knowledge Proofs on Blockchain Technology

22’30: Revolutionizing AI with Blockchain: The Strategic Focus of EZKL on Verifiable and Secure Machine Learning

28’18: Connecting Worlds: Bridging Advanced AI and Blockchain Technology for Economic and Computational Efficiency

31’21: Strategic Transparency: Integrating Proofs in Smart Contracts for Trustworthy Investment Strategies

35’44: EZKL Defined: Navigating the Blend of Product, Library, and Framework in Blockchain Proofs

38’48: Blurring Lines: Will Web3 Innovations or Traditional Web2 Enterprises Drive the Future Demand for EZKL?

40’28: The channels used to connect with Jason & learn more about EZKL

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Affirm's Website: https://bit.ly/3Qo2DvI

Libor's LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/4bfsQVk

Topics: fintech, buy now pay later, BNPL, e-commerce, machine learning, loans, credit,  credit cards, payments

Companies: Affirm, Thinking Machines Corporation, PayPal, Amazon

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TIMESTAMPS

1’00: Internet Pioneers and Business Innovation: Libor Michalek touches on Early Web Experiences

4’56: Digital Transformation and Commerce: Unpacking the Consumer Insights and Technological Advances That Fuelled the E-commerce Explosion

9’18: Beyond Traditional Finance: How Affirm's Founding Insights and Technological Integration Redefined Fintech in the 2010s

13’14: Redefining Credit: Exploring the Consumer Demand for Transparency and Fairness in Financial Products with Affirm

19’04: Integrating Innovation: How Affirm's Unique Approach to E-commerce and Payments Shaped Its Market Strategy

23’47: Machine Learning and Financial Innovation: Launching Affirm's Transaction-Specific Underwriting Models

27’56: Assessing Investment Opportunities: The Risk and Return Profile of Affirm's Customer Loans from an Institutional Perspective

32’11: Empowering Customers: Affirm's Commitment to Transparency and Support in Financial Services

37’42: Leading the Charge: Navigating Competition and Innovation in the Buy Now, Pay Later Market

41’22: Defining Innovation in FinTech: Distinguishing Between Technology-Driven and Finance-First Companies

43’29: The channels used to connect with Libor & learn more about Affirm

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Betterment's Website: https://bit.ly/3Uq5gPK

Sarah's LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/4d5aGqJ

Topics: Fintech, embedded finance, banking, investment, RIA, Tax, roboadvisor, advisory, branding, 401k

Companies: Betterment, Nickelodeon, Disney, Viacom, Schwab, Fidelity

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TIMESTAMPS

1’10: From Nickelodeon to Betterment: Tracing Sarah Levy's Journey Through Media and FinTech

7’22: Brand Personification and Audience Engagement: Exploring Digital Transformation with a lens on the consumer

13’33: Mission and Brand Resonance: Transitioning Leadership at Betterment

16’50: Initial Impressions and Strategic Directions: Enhancing Betterment's Brand and Services

21’41: Refining FinTech: How Betterment Evolved to Meet the Needs of Modern Investors

24’58: Building Betterment's 401k Business: Strategic Growth and Market Opportunities

34’45: Revamping RIA Economics: Betterment's Innovative Approach to Advisor Services

39’41: Beyond the Super App: Betterment's Strategic Approach to FinTech Diversification

44’12: Focused Growth: Betterment's Strategic Decision to Prioritize Long-Term Investing Over Self-Directed Trading

47’09: The channels used to connect with Sarah & learn more about Betterment

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Carta's Website: https://bit.ly/3U92K0w

Anthony's LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3J6u5db

Topics: fintech, regulation, policy, private markets, fund administration

Companies: Carta, SEC,  Committee on Financial Services

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TIMESTAMPS

1’23: From Capitol Hill to Financial Crisis Management: Tracing Anthony's Journey through Finance and Policy

6’24: Building Trust in Turbulent Times: The Crucial Link Between Public Engagement and Policy Formation

10’50: Shaping the Future of Finance: The Essential Role of Stakeholder Engagement in Policy and Regulation

14’50: Digitizing Equity: Carta's Impact on Private Markets and the Future of Financial Infrastructure

20’07: Unlocking Private Markets: Navigating Complexity and Challenging Paternalistic Regulations

24’17: Expanding Economic Opportunity: The Imperative of Broadening Access to Private Markets

27’27: Beyond Data: Carta's Vision for Empowering Founders and Investors in the Private Market Ecosystem

31’50: Tailoring Growth: How Carta Supports Founders from Startup to Public Transition

34’39: Navigating the Terrain: The Dynamics of Private Fund Administration in Changing Economic Climates

38’56: Charting the Future: Carta's Vision for Empowering Founders, Revolutionizing Fund Administration, and Expanding Global Footprints

40’57: The channels used to connect with Anthony & learn more about Carta

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Nvidia's Website: https://bit.ly/3TwEDXO

Malcom's LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3xeimqa

Topics: AI, Artificial intelligence, Machine learning, accelerated compute, compute, generative AI, genAI, financial services, Neural networks

Companies: Nvidia, OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, EvidentAI, AlexNet

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TIMESTAMPS

1’35: Beyond Moore's Law: Nvidia's Pioneering Role in Financial Services Innovation

6’56: Revolutionizing Efficiency: The Transformative Impact of GPU-Accelerated Computing in Finance

14’12: Unlocking Efficiency: How Nvidia's Accelerated Compute Platform Revolutionizes Machine Learning in Finance

19’52: Transforming Finance: The Power of Machine Learning in Fraud Detection and Market Analysis

29’15: From Data Custodianship to AI Revolution: Nvidia's Pivotal Role in Transforming Finance with Generative AI

35’03: Beyond Classification: Nvidia's Role in Fueling Generative AI's Impact on Financial Services Innovation

42’04: Shaping the AI Landscape: The Dynamic Between Open Source Innovation and Proprietary Models in Financial Services

47’01: The channels used to connect with Malcom & learn more about Nvidia

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Percent's Website: https://bit.ly/3x3w8Mg

Nelson's LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/4a5Nwym

Topics: Private credit, lending, borrowers, underwriting, AI, artificial intelligence, investment, alternative investment, fintech, marketplace

Companies: Percent, Lending Club, LendIt, Prosper, Blackstone

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TIMESTAMPS

1’12: From FinTech Consulting to Revolutionizing Private Credit: The Genesis of Percent

4’33: Unveiling the Void: The Journey to Establishing Essential Infrastructure in Alternative Investments

6’55: Decoding Private Credit: Navigating Yields, Risk, and Investor Dynamics in Short-Duration Fixed Income

14’01: Investor Trends and Platform Evolution: The Shifting Terrain of Private Credit Investments

19’15: Building the Bridge: Crafting the Infrastructure to Power a Tripartite Financial Marketplace

26’15: Mastering Multi-Sided Markets: Strategies for Bootstrapping Borrowers, Investors, and Underwriters

31’26: Tech as the Catalyst: Navigating the Fusion of Traditional Finance and Innovative Infrastructure in Private Credit

36’49: Adapting to Shifts: The Impact of Changing Interest Rates on the Private Credit Landscape

40’16: Unlocking Potential with AI: How Proprietary Data Sets Are Shaping the Future of Finance

43’15: The channels used to connect with Nelson & learn more about Percent

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Quantstamps's Website: https://bit.ly/3Iv6zX4

Richard's LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3IvaxyO

Topics: blockchain, security, audit, hacking, hacks, crypto, cryptocurrency, digital assets, Web3, DeFi

Companies: Quantstamp, Ethereum, MakerDAO, Compound, EigenLayer

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TIMESTAMPS

1’30: From High-Frequency Trading to Fintech Innovator: The Journey to Creating Quantstamp

9’26: Demystifying the Audit Process: Inside Quantstamp's Approach to Securing Blockchain Projects

15’04: The Art and Challenge of Blockchain Audits: Navigating the Complex World of Code Review

19’37: The Nomad Hack: A Case Study in Preventability and the Importance of Diligence in Code Auditing

24’39: Web3's Adversarial Landscape: Unpacking the Motivations Behind Crypto Hacks and Security Breaches

29’13: The Ethical Dilemma of Crypto Hacking: Navigating the Fine Line Between Exploitation and Market Manipulation

34’59: Exploring the Frontier: Key Innovations Shaping the Future of Blockchain in 2024 and Beyond

36’34: The channels used to connect with Richard & learn more about Quantstamp

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Lightspark's Website: https://bit.ly/3uQ0Nw1

Christian's LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3UVwBu3

Topics: blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, Digital Assets, AI, cross border, payments, lightning network

Companies: Lightspark, Diem, Libra, Meta Fintech, MIT, MIT Cryptoeconomics Lab

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TIMESTAMPS

1’22: Bridging Worlds: From Academic Inquiry to Entrepreneurial Action in the Crypto and Crowdfunding Era

7’12: Innovating at the Intersection: From the Creative Destruction Lab to the Cryptoeconomics Lab at MIT

13’00: Designing Stability: The Economic Architecture and Vision Behind the Diem Experiment

18’37: Governance and Trust in Crypto: Navigating the Complex Landscape from Diem to Bitcoin

25’42: Money as a Public Good: The Evolutionary Path of Bitcoin and Digital Assets in the Global Economy

31’57: Unleashing Potential: Crypto and AI's Complementary Forces in Shaping the Future of Open Source Technology

37’02: Universal Money Addresses: Revolutionizing Global Transactions with Seamless, Compliant, and Real-Time Payments

41’31: UMA and Bitcoin: Simplifying Cross-Border Payments with a Global, Liquidity-Driven Settlement Layer

46’49: Integrating Innovations: How UMA Partners Enable Smooth Cross-Border Payments Through Bitcoin Liquidity and Local Infrastructure

50’14: The channels used to connect with Chris & learn more about Lightspark

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Arteria AI's Website: https://bit.ly/3SLtWAr

Shelby's LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3I11568

Topics: AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT,  documentation, finance, analytics, contract processing

Companies: Arteria AI, Arteria, Deloitte, OpenAI

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TIMESTAMPS

1’23: From Law to Innovation: Shelby Austin's Journey Through Legal Grind to Tech Entrepreneurship

6’41: Digitizing Diligence: Pioneering Data Management in Legal Workflows

9’10: From Legal Documents to AI Frontiers: Navigating the Transition into Technological Leadership at Deloitte

17’27: Reimagining Documentation: The Genesis of Arteria and the Evolution of Financial Services Solutions

22’32: Simplifying Complexity: Arteria's Solutions for Streamlining Documentation and Compliance Processes

26’44: Transforming Documentation: Arteria's Multimodal Approach to Financial Services Paperwork

32’03: Crafting AI Solutions in Finance: Navigating the Landscape of Models Beyond the Hype

36’16: Building Bridges in Finance: Exploring the Complex Landscape of AI Integration with Major Financial Firms

39’25: The channels used to connect with Shelby & learn more about Arteria AI

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SynFuture's Website: https://bit.ly/3OCDRaa

Topics: crypto, digital assets,  investment, blockchain, AMM, DeFi, CeFi, Liquidity, hedging, arbitrage, derivatives, perps, synthetic

Companies: Synfutures, Alipay, Matrixport, DYDX, GMX, Synthetix, Deutsche Bank, Uniswap

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TIMESTAMPS

1’23: Trading Illusions for Insights: Navigating the Complex World of Financial Derivatives

6’35: Hedging Needs vs. Market Speculation: Deciphering the Derivatives Landscape

10’54: Institutional to Retail: Transitioning Through Chinese Fintech and Cryptocurrency Markets

16’16: SynFutures: Unlocking Decentralized Derivatives Trading for All

20’54: Synthetic Derivatives and Leverage: Amplifying Trades on Decentralized Platforms

26’56: DeFi Derivatives: AMM Liquidity, Competition, and the Future of Synthetic Trading

32’13: The promise of Crypto Derivative Markets: Beyond Speculation - Hedging, Arbitrage, and the Promise of Digital Economies

35’00: The channels used to connect with Rachel & learn more about SynFutures

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10Squared Capital's Website: https://bit.ly/3ShddVm

Stan's LinkedIn profile: https://bit.ly/3w8kO0S

Topics: crypto, digital assets, venture capital, investment, blockchain, ICO, tokenization

Companies: TenSquared Capital, 10THoldings, 10T, 10SQ, Animoca, Coatue, Tiger, Civic

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TIMESTAMPS

1’28: Navigating the Financial Landscape: From Soviet Childhood to Blockchain Innovation

4’03: Transitioning from Soviet Roots to Global Finance: A Journey Through Capital Markets and the Emergence of Digital Assets

11’07: Emergence of Russian Capital Markets: Navigating the Complexities of Financial Evolution and Integration

15’15: Bitcoin and the Birth of a New Capital Market: Pioneering Digital Asset Investment Banking

19’13: Compliance Complexity in 2024: Navigating the Evolving Landscape of Digital Asset Regulation

23’25: Reflecting on the ICO Market: Balancing Innovation, Speculation, and the Evolution of Digital Assets

27’53: From ICOs to Institutional Investment: Charting the Evolution of Digital Asset Markets with 10T Holdings and TenSquared Capital

32’18: Assessing Growth Stage Investments in the Digital Asset Space: Navigating the Challenges of Valuation and Opportunity in 2021-2022

35’24: Identifying Emerging Leaders in Digital Assets: A Look at Key Sectors and Companies Shaping the 2024 Market Landscape

36’25: Exploring the Future of Digital Assets:  Exploring Infrastructure, Consumer Applications, and Financial Services in the Blockchain Ecosystem

43’04: The channels used to connect with Stan & learn more about TenSquared Capital

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TRIVER's Website: https://bit.ly/3OiT1RN

Jerome's LinkedIn profile: https://bit.ly/3ubNWUz

Topics: Fintech, lending, SME, SME finance, Open Banking, Underwriting, API

Companies: TRIVER, Funding Circle, Barclays, Barclaycard, Capital One

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TIMESTAMPS

1’29: From analytics to innovation: Pioneering credit card strategies in the UK with Capital One

4’13: Segmentation and innovation: How Capital One's early customer insights revolutionized consumer finance

9’19: Scaling financial services: Lessons in clarity, efficiency, and rigorous execution from Capital One's rapid growth

14’53: From challenger to major player: Navigating the shift to large-scale operations in financial services at Barclaycard

18’59: Risk management in lending: Balancing uncertainty, reward, and scaling in financial services

26’44: Innovating in Fintech: Leveraging flexibility and focus to outpace traditional banking at Funding Circle and TRIVER

31’37: Entrepreneurship and innovation: The impact of organizational culture and talent on Fintech advancements

33’53: Solving short-term SME finance challenges: TRIVER's innovative approach leveraging data science and open banking

40’23: Real-time SME underwriting: Leveraging transaction data and open banking for effective financial decisions at TRIVER

41’53: Empowering SMEs with instant capital: TRIVER's seamless integration of tech, data, and finance for efficient working capital solutions

46’02: The channels used to connect with Jerome & learn more about TRIVER

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Valory's Website: https://bit.ly/4b3xuWP

David's LinkedIn profile: https://bit.ly/3S5EF8n

Topics: DLT, Distributed ledger technology, ai, blockchain, smart contract, game theory, autonomation, DAO, generative AI, crypto, economics

Companies: Valory, Autonolas, Fetch.ai, OLAS, Gnosis, Cosmos

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TIMESTAMPS

1’34: Mathematics to Game Theory: A Journey Through Academia and the Intricacies of Human Behavior

4’03: Network Games and Equilibria: Exploring Graph Theory and Game Theory in Economics at Cambridge

7’31: Quantitative Abstractions and Intuition: Navigating the Complexity of Equilibria in Economic Systems

12’08: From Academic Theory to Real-World Application: The Impact of Crypto Networks on Economic Modeling and Experimentation

16’17: Mathematics in Governance: Transforming Data for Constituency Insights and Political Decision-Making

19’04: From Human Insights to Blockchain Innovation: The Evolution of Fetch.ai and the Role of Autonomous Agents

23’36: Defining Autonomous Agents: The Evolution and Impact of AI-Driven Software Agents in Complex Systems

30’48: Agent Ownership and Automation: Exploring the Spectrum and Implications of Autonomous AI Systems

35’16: Autonolas Protocol and Valory Launch: Revolutionizing Autonomous Services and DAO Governance on the Gnosis Chain

39’44: Governance Through AI: Understanding the Role of Autonomous Agents in DAO Decision-Making and Proposal Analysis

43’34: OLAS Protocol on Gnosis Chain: Pioneering Autonomous Agents in Prediction Markets and DAO Governance

50’15: Envisioning the Future: The Rise of Autonomous Agents and AI in Crypto and Economic Systems

55’01: The channels used to connect with David & learn more about Valory

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FT Partners' Website: https://bit.ly/3vEVbEG

Fintech Meetup's Website: https://bit.ly/48Nuzji

Steve's LinkedIn profile: https://bit.ly/48P6AAm

Jon's LinkedIn profile: https://bit.ly/3Sgz7cs

Topics: fintech, finance, financial technology, Investment Banking, Blockchain, crypto, paytech, insurtech, infrastructure

Companies: FT Partners, Fintech Meetup, NASDAQ, ETrade, EarthPort, Visa, Mastercard, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Stripe, Worldcoin, Intuit

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TIMESTAMPS

2’21: From Goldman Sachs to FT Partners: Steve McLaughlin's Journey Through the Evolution of Fintech

6’39: Digital Finance Evolution: Steve expands on the Enduring Impact of Early Fintech Companies

9’35: Traversing the Fintech Landscape: Jon Lear’s journey from Procter & Gamble to Fintech Entrepreneurship and Beyond

15’58: Repeating Patterns in Fintech: Exploring Persistent Challenges and Innovations in Financial Technology

20’59: Defining Fintech: Navigating the Blurred Lines of Financial Technology in Today's Evolving Market

28’57: Emerging Ecosystems: How New Technologies Reshape Traditional Financial Services and Create Unique Economic Spheres

32’56: Fintech in Focus: Insights from Fintech Meetup on Market Dynamics, Innovation, and the Shift Towards Infrastructure

36’22: Risk Assessment in Fintech: Evaluating Current Market Dynamics and Venture Capital Trends in the Financial Sector

40’36: Navigating Challenges in Fintech: The Complex Dynamics of M&A and Growth Strategies Amid Market Volatility

43’39: Emerging Trends in Fintech: Identifying Growth Opportunities and Innovations in Blockchain and Payments

45’38: Future Fintech Frontiers: Uncovering Growth Sectors and Geographical Opportunities in the Financial Industry

50’57: The channels used to connect with Jon & learn more about Fintech Meetup

51’10: The channels used to connect with Steve & learn more about FT Partners

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Blockstream's Website: https://bit.ly/3tzZ2Ck

Jeff's LinkedIn profile: https://bit.ly/3tzZ3pS

Topics: Bitcoin, layer-2, blockchain, ethereum, crypto, cryptocurrency, Protocol, L2

Companies: Blockstream, Bitcoin, Lightning Network, Google, Liquid Network, Blockstream Green, Ethereum, Product

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TIMESTAMPS

1’44: From web development to Google: Jeff’s journey through technology and his evolution from software developer to shaping business strategies

6’03: Integrating tech in finance vs. core technology companies: Insights on skill sets and product development

13’17: Blockstream's mission and portfolio: Rethinking trust in financial transactions with Bitcoin and layer 2 technologies

16’52: Blockstream's core business: Building protocols and tools for Bitcoin-connected networks and services

20’27: Liquid Network's scale and programmability: Exploring blinded transactions and asset representation on Blockstream's sidechain

24’09: Bitcoin's evolution since 2009: Balancing decentralization with development and the institutional investment narrative

29’20: Lightning Network's progress: Enhancing Bitcoin's scalability and adoption through Layer 2 solutions

33’37: Lightning Network adoption: Balancing user convenience and enterprise applications in Bitcoin's Layer 2

37’24: Bitcoin's evolving ecosystem: Exploring Ordinals, inscriptions, and the surging interest in programmable assets

41’18: Reimagining financial markets: Blockstream's vision for trust-minimized finance and the path to equitable systems

43’45: The channels used to connect with Jeff & learn more about Blockstream

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Animoca Brands' Website: https://bit.ly/47Vv3UD

Yat's LinkedIn profile: https://bit.ly/3NvEtxT

Topics: Web3, crypto, blockchain, DeFi, NFT, NFTFi, Metaverse, tokens, gaming, GameFi, Web2

Companies: Animoca Brands, Animoca, ConsenSys, Dapper Labs, CryptoKitties, Axiom Zen, Minecraft, Sandbox, Mocaverse

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TIMESTAMPS

1’28: Journey into tech: Yat Siu reflects on his early experiences with gaming, MIDI software, and the transformative impact of online communities

6’49: From early internet anonymity to Web3's shared value: The evolution of online identity and the power shift in data dynamics

15’30: Digital identity and data monopolies: Exploring the tension between privacy and community in the evolution from Web2 to Web3

21’04: Building Animoca Brands: Yat Siu on his journey from a mobile gaming pioneer to championing user empowerment in the digital world

27’37: Collaborative creation: The genesis of CryptoKitties and the emergence of Dapper Labs from the early days of NFT gaming

31’02: Gaming as a platform: The evolution of gaming experiences and the rise of interoperability in the digital asset ecosystem

37’48: Digital economy's growth: The transition from virtual goods in gaming to a democratic, capitalist Metaverse

40’48: Exploring digital economies: The intersection of Web3 adoption and gaming, and the evolution of user engagement

49’22: The channels used to connect with Yat & learn more about Animoca

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Bud's Website: https://bit.ly/3TjBWue

Ed's LinkedIn profile: https://bit.ly/3TaEsTE

Topics: Fintech, open banking, embedded banking, banking, API, GenAI, AI, generative ai, artificial intelligence, data aggregation

Companies: Bud, Bud Financial, Plaid, Salesforce, Yodlee, mint.com

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TIMESTAMPS

1’18: Evolution of Ed’s fintech career: The journey from tech enthusiast to influencing the UK's vibrant financial technology scene

6’32: From consumer app to B2B platform: Bud's evolution amidst the neobank wave and the challenges of data integration in fintech

14’14: Decoding customer insights in fintech: Mastering data enrichment and unlocking personalized financial solutions

20’58: Unlocking transaction data's potential: How advanced AI is transforming financial institutions' approach to customer insights

23’19: Transforming financial services with AI: Bud's role in enhancing banks' transaction analysis and customer engagement strategies

30’57: AI and financial well-being: Navigating the balance between automation and user comfort in personal finance apps

37’01: Redefining workflows in banking: The integration of AI agents for enhanced enterprise efficiency and customer engagement

41’59: Shaping the future of fintech: How generative AI and advanced data capabilities are transforming financial services

45’37: The channels used to connect with Ed & learn more about Bud

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Agoric's Website: https://bit.ly/3GnHcFo

MetaMask's Website: https://bit.ly/3T1vGqY

Dean's LinkedIn profile: https://bit.ly/3Rptf03

Dan's LinkedIn profile: https://bit.ly/3RoPpjb

Topics: Web3, wallet, blockchain, interoperability, AI, smart contracts

Companies: MetaMask, Agoric, Snaps, Cosmos, JavaScript, Secret Network

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TIMESTAMPS

1’46: Web3's evolution and challenges: A conversation with Daniel Finlay on MetaMask's progress and future

6’52: Exploring Web3's potential: The role of MetaMask’s developer focus, safety, and the innovative Snaps platform in shaping the future

11’20: Revolutionizing wallets and Web3: Breaking down the role of JavaScript and secure confinement in enhancing user experience and innovation

17’32: Expanding Web3 development: How JavaScript and lightweight sandboxing in MetaMask unlock new possibilities for developers

19’52: Enhancing Web3 security and usability: The role of hardened JavaScript in simplifying and securing the development process

24’00: Expanding developer horizons in Web3: Understanding the impact of Snaps in MetaMask for creating diverse and innovative applications

28’20: Unifying Web3 ecosystems: How MetaMask and Agoric facilitate seamless integration and cross-chain functionality for developers and users

37’12: Crafting the future of Web3 interfaces: How MetaMask, Snaps and Agoric are paving the way for advanced cross-chain connectivity and AI integration

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Templum's Website: https://bit.ly/3GfLr63

Christopher's LinkedIn profile: https://bit.ly/47O2sjy

Topics: fintech, hedge fund, REIT, ETF, finance, real world assets, RWA, tokenization, alternative assets

Companies: Templum, Raptor Group, Eniac, 8VC, New York Stock Exchange, NASDAQ

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TIMESTAMPS

1’22: From business school to blockchain: A journey into tech and investment

6’12: The liquidity journey: Navigating markets from illiquid to fractionalized assets

8’47: Templum today: Powering alternative asset markets and beyond

12’13: Demystifying infrastructure: Public equities vs. alternative asset markets

14’57: Revolutionizing private asset markets: Templum's Shopify-inspired solution

17’12: Unifying the world of alternative assets: Templum's central operating system

20’03: Unlocking demand: The shift towards alternative assets in investment portfolios

22’18: Democratizing investment: The rise of alternative assets in retail portfolios

26’18: The expanding alt-finTech ecosystem: Templum's position in liquidity and access

28’39: Unlocking liquidity: The market implications of tradable alternative assets

31’16: The evolution of portfolio composition: A future with 60% alternatives and 40% ETFs?

33’10: The future of real-world asset tokenization: Trends, insights, opportunities, and challenges

37’50”: The channels used to connect with Chris & learn more about Templum

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