Tokenized

On Ep. 71 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, GTM @ Tempo and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by Davis Hart, Founder & CEO @ Omnia and Robert Morgan, Head of Stablecoins @ Payoneer to discuss Payoneer's partnership with Bridge, why stablecoin companies are pursuing federal trust charters and more! Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 2:10 Payoneer's partnership with Bridge for stablecoin payout capabilities 4:05 The evolution of stablecoin payouts from new entrants to established players 7:48 The business case for Payoneer adopting stablecoins 10:17 Why stablecoin companies are pursuing federal trust charters 12:15 Tokenized deposits versus stablecoins and their different use cases 18:41 The early exploration phase of...

On Ep. 70 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, GTM @ Tempo and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by Diogo Mónica, GP @ Haun Ventures and Chris Maurice, CEO @ Yellow Card to discuss BlackRock offering DeFi trading with Uniswap tokens, Erebor Bank receiving its full OCC charter and more!Timestamps:00:00 Introduction2:17 BlackRock offering DeFi trading with Uniswap tokens8:39 BUIDL fund's potential for 24/7 payments and liquidity11:55 Stripe launching machine payments for autonomous agents16:34 Machine to machine payments and consumer protection considerations31:54 Layer Zero unveiling their Layer 1 blockchain called Zero38:35 Zero's ambitious goal of becoming a full cloud environment46:15 E...

On Ep. 8 of Stablecoin Stats, Anthony Yim, Co-Founder @ Artemis and Andrew Van Aken, Data Scientist @ Artemis are joined by Matt Higginson, Partner & Global Head of Digital Assets @ McKinsey & Company to discuss how traditional finance institutions view the term 'TradFi', the 2025 inflection point for stablecoin adoption and more!Timestamps:00:00 Introduction4:44 How traditional finance institutions view the term 'TradFi'5:26 The 2025 inflection point for stablecoin adoption and the GENIUS Act9:20 Methodology behind the McKinsey and Artemis stablecoin payments study12:23 B2B stablecoin payments as the fastest growing category16:01 Card networks leaning into stablecoin adoption18:08 The intersection of agentic AI...

On Ep. 69 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, GTM @ Tempo and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by Sunand Raghupathi, CEO & Co-Founder @ Veda to discuss Kraken and Coinbase DeFi earn products, the role of curators in DeFi vaults and more!Timestamps:00:00 Introduction05:07 Comparison of Kraken and Coinbase DeFi earn products and risks07:31 Consumer redemption risk and vault liquidity management10:50 Role of curators in DeFi vaults and risk allocation decisions15:30 Distinction between staking and lending as different yield products20:20 Explanation of curator role vs traditional asset manager in DeFi24:48 CME exploring institutional tokenized collateral and 24/7 trading30:14 Regulatory...

On Ep. 68 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, GTM @ Tempo is joined by Bam Azizi, CEO & Founder @ Mesh, Kirill Gertman, CEO @ Conduit and Dogan Alpaslan, Researcher @ cyber•Fund to discuss Mesh raising $75M at $1B valuation, Fidelity launching its own stablecoin (FIDD) and more!Timestamps:00:00 Introduction1:53 Mesh raises $75M at $1B valuation for tokenized asset network4:24 Differentiating between infrastructure companies like Conduit and Mesh6:20 Competitive landscape and value of distribution in stablecoin infrastructure13:17 Fidelity launching its own stablecoin (FIDD)15:08 Historical parallels of multiple dollar issuers in the 1800s19:15 Economics and abstraction layers for multiple stablecoins25:26 UBS allowing select cl...

On Ep. 67 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, GTM @ Tempo and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by Jess Houlgrave, CEO @ WalletConnect to discuss institutional adoption of crypto infrastructure by traditional capital markets, differences in approaches to tokenized securities and more!Timestamps:00:00 Introduction2:45 Institutional adoption of crypto infrastructure by traditional capital markets5:31 Differences in approaches to tokenized securities by DTCC, NYSE, and NASDAQ8:23 Stablecoins and tokenized deposits for equity trades10:24 WalletConnect Pay: stablecoin checkout solution with Ingenico POS terminals14:54 Use cases for stablecoin payments: digital nomads, high inflation regions, luxury goods18:25 QR vs NFC: Form factor c...

On Ep. 66 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, GTM @ Tempo and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by Michael Tannenbaum, CEO @ Figure to discuss Visa Direct partnership with BVNK, Figure's on-chain public equity network (OPEN) for blockchain-registered equity and more!Timestamps:00:00 Introduction00:50 Visa Direct partnership with BVNK for stablecoin payment endpoints04:10 How BVNK provides full-stack stablecoin infrastructure for Visa08:18 Targeting multi-billion dollar transaction volume for Visa Direct stablecoin launch13:23 Figure's on-chain public equity network (OPEN) for blockchain-registered equity17:37 Benefits of blockchain-native equity for self-custody and stock loan control22:21 Using blockchain for equity proxy voting transparency and...

On Ep. 65 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, GTM @ Tempo and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by Sandy Kaul, EVP and Head of Innovation, Franklin Templeton to discuss OnePay's integration of crypto, Franklin Templeton's early tokenization platform and more!Timestamps:00:00 Introduction02:43 OnePay's integration of crypto04:28 The rise of financial super apps and wallet-based ecosystems06:33 Franklin Templeton's early tokenization platform and wallet infrastructure10:19 Tokenization expanding to alternative assets like art and IP13:32 Data and operational challenges for enterprise blockchain adoption20:54 Barclays invests in stablecoin settlement firm Ubyx24:33 Banks' strategic dilemma between stablecoins and tokenized deposits33:44 Lloyds...

On Ep. 64 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, GTM @ Tempo and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by Rob Hadick, General Partner @ Dragonfly and Tyler Moebius, CEO and Co-Founder @ SmartMedia Technologies to discuss their predictions for 2026.Timestamps:00:00 Introduction06:12 Grading previous year's predictions on stablecoin and AI narratives07:18 Skepticism on the near-term viability of AI and blockchain crossover10:16 Visa stablecoin settlement to exceed $100 billion annualized by 202618:30 Tier two banks adopting closed-loop stablecoin settlement rails22:09 Tokenizing loyalty programs versus creating merchant stablecoins32:23 $1 billion in tokenized loyalty collateral by end of 202634:29 Regulatory clarity and competition in tokenized money market...

On Ep. 63 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, GTM @ Tempo and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by Anthony Yim, Co-Founder @ Artemis and Andrew Van Aken, Data Scientist @ Artemis to discuss stablecoins, onchain cards and B2B payments in their 2025 review.Timestamps:00:00 Introduction04:44 Surge in number of stablecoins above $10 million supply in 202507:30 What qualifies as a stablecoin? Do we need new definitions?15:11 Tether and Circle's massive supply growth and PayPal stablecoin surge16:47 Blockchain scalability and the rise of low-cost chains like Solana19:41 Tron's resilience and product-market fit in emerging markets22:16 PayPal's PYUSD growth driven largely by...

On Ep. 62 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo is joined by Marieke Flament, 2x CEO, Angel Investor, Advisor, Co-Author of Euro Stable Watch, Chuk Okpalugo, Founder @ Stablecoin Blueprint and Nadine Chakar, Global Head of DTCC Digital Assets to discuss DTCC being authorized to tokenize top 1000 US stocks, the importance of tokenizing real legal rights vs. synthetic wrappers and more!Timestamps:00:00 Introduction03:49 DTCC authorized to tokenize top 1000 US stocks08:01 Importance of tokenizing real legal rights vs. synthetic wrappers20:06 Visa's stablecoin settlement for US banks using USDC on Solana23:05 Domestic use case and liquidity benefits...

On Ep. 7 of Stablecoin Stats, Anthony Yim, Co-Founder @ Artemis and Andrew Van Aken, Data Scientist @ Artemis are joined by Alana Levin, Investment Partner @ Variant to discuss Variant's focus on crypto investments, takeaways from Fintech NerdCon and more!Timestamps:00:00 Introduction01:45 Variant's focus on crypto investments02:51 Takeaways from Fintech NerdCon04:55 The need for fraud model retraining with agentic payments and stablecoins06:05 Growth drivers for stablecoins and the role of embedded wallets like Turnkey09:02 How embedded wallets unlock ease of use and compliance for stablecoins13:29 The importance of security and fraud prevention with Blockaid22:03 Morpho as a leading lending...

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!Timestamps: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...

On Ep. 3 of Agentic Commerce, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo, and Bam Azizi, CEO & Founder @ Mesh are joined by Erik Reppel, Author of x402 and Head of Eng @ Coinbase Developer Platform to discuss the history and original purpose of HTTP 402 status code, the convergence of blockchain, AI, native internet payments and more!Timestamps:00:00 Introduction01:12 History and original purpose of HTTP 402 status code04:24 The convergence of blockchain, AI, and native internet payments06:13 The genesis and technical workings of the x402 standard10:33 How an x402 transaction is constructed and the payments flow12:08 Role of facilitators...

On Ep. 60 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by Rachel Mayer, VP of Product @ Circle and Nick van Eck, CEO and Co-Founder @ Agora to discuss killer features of tokenization, the growth of stablecoins versus other tokenized real-world assets and more!Timestamps:00:00 Introduction02:40 Larry Fink's op-ed on tokenization compared to the early internet04:26 The killer features of tokenization: instant finality and settlement speed06:40 The growth of stablecoins versus other tokenized real-world assets10:18 Collateral mobility benefits for personal and corporate cash management13:14 Regulatory clarity from the...

In this bonus episode, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo is joined live from Stripe Stablecoin Day in London, by Zach Abrams, CEO & Co-Founder @ Bridge to discuss the shift from small developers to large banks and fintechs adopting stablecoins, the critical role of last-mile providers in stablecoin adoption and more!Timestamps:00:00 Introduction04:20 Shift from small developers to large banks and fintechs adopting stablecoins06:02 Cross-border payments as a primary stablecoin use case08:24 The critical role of last-mile providers in stablecoin adoption10:15 Need for diversified stablecoin issuance beyond current dominant players12:17 Managing fragmentation risk through seamless stablecoin...

On Ep. 59 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, GTM @ Tempo is joined by Nilan Peiris, Chief Product Officer @ Wise and Luca Cosentino, Head of Crypto @ Cross River to discuss KlarnaUSD launch, corporate treasury use cases for stablecoins and more!Timestamps:00:00 Introduction02:38 KlarnaUSD launch for internal treasury operations and yield generation05:53 Corporate treasury use cases for stablecoins07:06 Instant merchant payouts and settlement using stablecoins as an abstraction layer11:03 Cross-border payments and stablecoins for remittances and dollarization17:04 Cross River's platform unifying stablecoin and fiat flows to eliminate pre-funding24:56 Building infrastructure for tokenization and future financial use cases28:40 Paxos acquisition of...

On Ep. 2 of Stablecoin Stories, Simon Taylor, GTM @ Tempo and Ran Goldi, VP Payments, Fireblocks are joined by Anthony Soohoo, Chairman and CEO of MoneyGram to discuss the transformation of MoneyGram's mission, MoneyGram Ramps and more!Timestamps:00:00 Introduction04:48 The refounding and transformation of MoneyGram's mission09:42 Identifying real customer problems before applying stablecoins13:13 How stablecoins save customers time, effort, and money16:00 The B2B benefits of stablecoins for corporate treasury22:22 MoneyGram Ramps: Bridging digital assets and the physical world25:32 Launching the digital wallet and choosing Colombia first33:12 The convergence of AI and programmable money with stablecoins...

On Ep. 58 of Tokenized, Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, is joined by Sam McIngvale, Head of Product @ OP Labs and Lesley Chavkin, Ribbit Capital to discuss agentic commerce, traditional AI vs agentic AI and more!Timestamps:00:00 Introduction01:35 Defining agentic commerce and its impact on shopping04:50 How agentic AI enables personalization at scale06:44 Differences between traditional AI and agentic AI09:24 The shift from reactive to proactive banking13:46 Current adoption curve for agentic AI in finance15:01 Promising use cases for agentic AI in commerce17:27 Autonomous agents and redefining customer engagement21:45 Barriers to adopting AI at scale in...

On Ep. 2 of Agentic Commerce, Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, and Bam Azizi, CEO & Founder @ Mesh are joined by Louis Amira, Co-Founder & CEO @ Circuit & Chisel to discuss the evolution of agentic commerce protocols, explosive growth of the x402 protocol and more!Timestamps:00:00 Introduction06:16 Evolution of agentic commerce protocols11:57 Fragmentation in crypto and agentic payments17:14 Different protocols for different use cases22:07 Building agents to bootstrap protocols30:14 Explosive growth of the x402 protocol35:45 The need for micro-transactions between agents39:42 Crypto wallets as universal API keysTokenized is sponsored by VisaA world leader in...