Zodia Markets co-founder Nick Philpott joins the show to discuss the role of emerging markets in particular, how and why emerging markets in Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the MENA region are using stablecoins for cross-border payments.

A must-listen episode if you're interested in learning more about the competitive advantage that stablecoins provide to banking services and the potential of stablecoins in cross-border payments.

Show Highlights

→ How and why emerging markets in Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the MENA region are using stablecoins for cross-border payments

→ The differences between Zodia Markets and Zodia Custody and the importance of segregation custody and execution

→ How providing access to banking services can be a competitive advantage for crypto firms

→ A look back at the factors that caused Meta’s stablecoin Libra project to fail

Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov joined Henri live at this year’s World Blockchain summit to discuss the role of Chainlink in on-chain finance and its impact on traditional financial institutions.

He also delves into the challenges faced by financial institutions in adapting to a multi-chain environment and the future outlook of cross-chain solutions while sharing insights on privacy in a multi-chain environment.

Show Highlights

→ Overview of Chainlink's role as a data transmission and value transmission layer for all blockchains

→ The urgency of traditional financial institutions to adapt to the multi-chain environment and the challenges they face

→ The solutions provided by Chainlink's Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) for financial institutions in a multi-chain environment

→ The evolution of privacy in a multi-chain environment and the role of technologies such as zero-knowledge proofs and homomorphic encryption

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Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire joins the Future of Money podcast live at Token2049 to share his thoughts on the current state and future trajectory of a range of digital assets, including stablecoins and CBDCs, and their impact on the global financial services sector. He also discusses Circle’s vision and the rollout of new regulatory and compliance frameworks in key jurisdictions.

Show Highlights

→ Insights into the global landscape of stablecoins and CBDCs

→ The impact of digital assets on financial services

→ Thoughts on various regulatory frameworks in key jurisdictions

→ Circle's global banking infrastructure for USDC services

→ Protocol expansion increasing across 16 blockchain ecosystems

→ Circle’s cross-chain transfer protocol for developers