Tokenized

On Ep. 37 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, Head of Content & Strategy @ Sardine, and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by Alonso de Gortari, Director of Product & Chief Economist @ Mysten Labs and Eric Saraniecki, Co-Founder & Head of Network Strategy @ Digital Asset to discuss Digital Asset raising $135M for Canton, Fiserv announcing a stablecoin and more! Timestamps: * 3:43 Digital Asset raises $135M for privacy-focused blockchain Canton * 5:19 Institutional demand for privacy in tokenized assets and stablecoins * 12:36 Bitcoin as high-quality liquid assets in capital markets * 21:35 Fiserv announces stablecoin FIUSD with Paxos, Circle, and PayPal * 25:58 Core ledgers vs. blockchains for banking infrastructure * 33:51 Trade-offs between blockchain cores and traditional banking systems * 40:24 Visa expands stablecoin settlement in EMEA with Yellow Card * 46:22 Challenges of stablecoin adoption in cross-border remittances This episode is brought to you by Visa A world leader in digital payments, Visa is bridging the gap between traditional financial institutions and innovative blockchain networks, helping players in the payments ecosystem navigate the ever-evolving world of tokenized fiat currencies with confidence and ease. Learn more at visa.com/crypto [http://visa.com/crypto]. This podcast is also presented by BVNK. BVNK is the leading provider of stablecoin payments infrastructure—helping businesses move money faster, settle globally, and even launch their own stablecoin products. Head to BVNK.com [http://bvnk.co/] to learn more! This podcast is also supported by Canton Network. The groundbreaking Layer 1 public chain where traditional finance and crypto are converging. Visit canton.networ [canton.network]k to learn more. *** We’d also like to remind you that the views or opinions of our contributors today are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the companies they are representing. Nothing we say should be taken as tax, financial, investment or legal advice, do your own research!   Music by Henry McLean

On this bonus episode of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, Head of Content & Strategy @ Sardine, is joined by Chris Harmse, Chief Business Officer and Co-Founder @ BVNK and John O'Brien, Chief Revenue Officer @ dLocal, to discuss the BVNK and dLocal partnership for global payouts, real-world stablecoin use cases and more! Timestamps: * 00:00 Introduction * 01:01 BVNK and dLocal partnership for global payouts * 03:09 Scaling stablecoin payouts use cases * 04:34 Economics of stablecoin sandwich vs traditional routes * 06:48 Handling crypto complexity in payments infrastructure * 07:43 Future corridor expansion and production scale * 08:22 dLocal's focus on real-world stablecoin use cases * 09:04 BVNK's enterprise-ready stablecoin infrastructure This episode is brought to you by Visa A world leader in digital payments, Visa is bridging the gap between traditional financial institutions and innovative blockchain networks, helping players in the payments ecosystem navigate the ever-evolving world of tokenized fiat currencies with confidence and ease. Learn more at visa.com/crypto [http://visa.com/crypto]. This podcast is also presented by BVNK BVNK is the leading provider of stablecoin payments infrastructure—helping businesses move money faster, settle globally, and even launch their own stablecoin products. Head to BVNK.com [http://bvnk.co/] to learn more! *** We’d also like to remind you that the views or opinions of our contributors today are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the companies they are representing. Nothing we say should be taken as tax, financial, investment or legal advice, do your own research!   Music by Henry McLean

On Ep. 36 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, Head of Content & Strategy @ Sardine is joined by Chris Harmse, Chief Business Officer and Co-Founder @ BVNK and John O'Brien, Chief Revenue Officer @ dLocal to discuss Shopify enabling stablecoin payments via Coinbase and Stripe, Walmart and Amazon exploring issuing their own stablecoins and more! Timestamps: * 00:00 Introduction * 02:58 Shopify enables stablecoin payments via Coinbase and Stripe * 05:08 Stablecoin demand in global south e-commerce markets * 09:03 Programmable payments and escrow in Shopify's protocol * 11:01 Walmart and Amazon explore issuing their own stablecoins * 17:10 Mercado Libre's stablecoin for rewards and emerging markets * 18:40 Corporate treasury use cases for stablecoins in B2B * 26:02 JP Morgan pilots USD deposit token on Coinbase's blockchain * 32:21 Draining pre-funded accounts with stablecoins in emerging markets * 35:32 Compliance frameworks for stablecoins and blockchain payments This episode is brought to you by Visa A world leader in digital payments, Visa is bridging the gap between traditional financial institutions and innovative blockchain networks, helping players in the payments ecosystem navigate the ever-evolving world of tokenized fiat currencies with confidence and ease. Learn more at visa.com/crypto [http://visa.com/crypto]. Tokenized is also presented by Avalanche. With Avalanche’s purpose-built Layer 1s, institutions can tailor digital asset strategies to their exact needs—while still tapping into the power of public blockchain innovation, developer communities, and seamless interoperability. Learn more at avax.network [https://www.avax.network/] *** We’d also like to remind you that the views or opinions of our contributors today are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the companies they are representing. Nothing we say should be taken as tax, financial, investment or legal advice, do your own research!   Music by Henry McLean

In this episode, Simon Taylor, Co-host of Tokenized, is joined by an array of guests from the 2025 Avalanche Summit, to discuss various topics such as Stablecoins, RWAs and Tokenized Equities. Timestamps: * 01:26 Haseeb Qureshi, GP @ Dragonfly * 14:46 David Sutter, Co-Founder @ OpenTrade * 23:43 Anna Wroblewska, CBO @ Dinari * 31:10 Wyatt Lonergan, General Partner @ VanEck Ventures * 40:19 Farooq Malik, Co-Founder @ Rain * 54:09 Jerald David, CEO @ Lynq Network * 1:00:52 Nikhil Sharma, Executive Director, Head of Growth @ Kinexys Digital Assets * 1:15:51 Maredith Hannon, Head Of Business Development, Digital Assets @ WisdomTree This episode is brought to you by Visa A world leader in digital payments, Visa is bridging the gap between traditional financial institutions and innovative blockchain networks, helping players in the payments ecosystem navigate the ever-evolving world of tokenized fiat currencies with confidence and ease. Learn more at visa.com/crypto [http://visa.com/crypto]. *** We’d also like to remind you that the views or opinions of our contributors today are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the companies they are representing. Nothing we say should be taken as tax, financial, investment or legal advice, do your own research!   Music by Henry McLean

On Ep. 35 of Tokenized, Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, is joined by Davis Hart, General Manager @ Solana Labs and Daniel Mottice, Founder @ Beam to discuss Stripe's acquisition of Privy, the future of embedded and self-custodial wallets and more! Timestamps: * 04:08 Stripe's acquisition of crypto wallet provider Privy * 06:32 Differences between Stripe's Bridge and Privy acquisitions * 08:10 The future of embedded and self-custodial wallets * 21:22 Circle's IPO and its impact on stablecoin adoption * 27:10 Airwallex CEO's critique of stablecoins in FX markets * 35:28 Big tech firms exploring stablecoin integration (Apple, X, Airbnb) * 41:29 Potential use cases for stablecoins in P2P payments and marketplaces This episode is brought to you by Visa A world leader in digital payments, Visa is bridging the gap between traditional financial institutions and innovative blockchain networks, helping players in the payments ecosystem navigate the ever-evolving world of tokenized fiat currencies with confidence and ease. Learn more at visa.com/crypto [http://visa.com/crypto]. This podcast is also presented by BVNK. BVNK is the leading provider of stablecoin payments infrastructure—helping businesses move money faster, settle globally, and even launch their own stablecoin products. Head to BVNK.com [http://bvnk.co/] to learn more! This podcast is also supported by Canton Network. The groundbreaking Layer 1 public chain where traditional finance and crypto are converging. Visit canton.networ [canton.network]k to learn more. *** We’d also like to remind you that the views or opinions of our contributors today are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the companies they are representing. Nothing we say should be taken as tax, financial, investment or legal advice, do your own research!   Music by Henry McLean