E61 - Tempo Tesnet, EVM, and the Race to Onchain Payments

On Ep. 61 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, GTM @ Tempo and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by Joey Isaacson, CEO @ Nook and Alex Gluchowski, Co-Founder & CEO Matter Labs to discuss Tempo Testnet launch, EVM, the race to onchain payments and more!

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00:00 Introduction02:37 Tempo Testnet launch with dedicated payment lanes and stablecoin-native gas05:37 Discussion on consumer app challenges and the importance of payment rails07:34 The role of testnets in development and institutional experimentation10:18 Dedicated payment lanes and network resilience during congestion events13:46 The importance and network effects of the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)18:50 Privacy, compliance...