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Tokenized

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This show is for the builders, who see stablecoins and tokenized real-world assets as the next step in the finance industry. The tokenization of all assets.

This show will come to your feed every week featuring the latest news, with views from the operators, to the builders, and the people in markets and in Crypto who see tokenization as the credible future of finance.

Join Simon Taylor and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto at Visa for weekly nerd outs on all things stablecoins and the tokenization of real world assets.

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#104
Monday · 48 min
OKX & ICE Launch 24/7 Tokenized Stocks
On Ep. 104 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, Founder @ Brainfood & Market Dev @ Tempo is joined by Nassim Eddequiouaq, Co-Founder & CEO @ Bastion, Greg Bricca, Head of Product @ Morse and Paul-Adrien Hyppolite, Co-Founder & CEO @ Spiko to discuss embedding 24/7 tokenized stock trading into consumer financial platforms, Spiko's $90 million raise, Bastion's enterprise stablecoin infrastructure strategy and more!
Thursday · 36 min
Fifth Third Bank: Stablecoins, the Ultimate Instant Settlement Payment
On Ep. 11 of Stablecoin Stories, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo and Ran Goldi, SVP Payments, Fireblocks are joined by Igor Istratov, Digital Assets Product Lead @ Fifth Third Bank to discuss Fifth Third's Newline delivering API-first embedded banking for digital assets, why commercial client demand is driving banks' stablecoin adoption and more!
#103
October 5 · 46 min
Banks Are Going Onchain on Weekends
On Ep. 103 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by Christian Catalini, Founder @ MIT Cryptoeconomics Lab to discuss OpenUSD launch, weekend onchain settlement, how banks should respond to AI agents and more!
#102
September 28 · 52 min
OCC Bank Charters Will Usher Stablecoin Adoption Wave
On Ep. 102 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by Nick van Eck, Co-Founder & CEO @ Agora and Shivani Siroya, Founder & CEO @ Tala to discuss Agora's OCC charter, Tala seeing credit access as missing stablecoin adoption layer, Blockchain.com and NYSE explore 24/7 tokenized stocks and ETFs and more!
#101
September 21 · 52 min
SEC Unlocked Tokenized Stocks
On Ep. 101 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by Nikhil Chandhok, Chief Product & Technology Officer @ Circle and Simone Maini, Chief Executive Officer @ Elliptic to discuss SEC five-year exemption for tokenized US stock trading, AMMs and their role in traditional capital markets, Circle launching Arc mainnet and more!
#100
September 14 · 58 min
Visa Stablecoin Settlement Hits $20BN - Up 15X
On Ep. 100 of Tokenized, Pet Berisha, MD & Co-Creator @ Tokenized is joined by Elise Soucie Watts, Former Regulator, Policy & Regulatory Specialist, Cyril Mathew, Co-Founder & CEO @ Latitude and Matt Marcus, Co-Founder & CEO @ Modern Treasury to discuss Modern Treasury launching noncustodial stablecoin wallets, Latitude raises $35 million, prediction markets, global regulation and more!
#99
September 7 · 50 min
Big Bank Stablecoin - Can It Compete?
On Ep. 99 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by Darko Hajdukovic, Head of Securities Digitization @ London Stock Exchange Group and Ada Vaughan, Head of DeFi @ Stellar Development Foundation to discuss LSEG and Kraken partnership, ICE invests in tZERO, major financial institutions forming a joint bank stablecoin consortium and more!
#98
August 31 · 51 min
Revolut Launched a Stablecoin. Are Big Banks Next?
On Ep. 98 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by Thomas Cowan, Head of Tokenization @ Bullish and Hannah Arnold, COO @ TurnKey to discuss Revolut launching Euro R stablecoin, Standard Chartered brings regulated Hong Kong dollar stablecoin to institutions, Fasset reaches billion dollar valuation using stablecoins for global settlement and more!
August 27 · 44 min
Will Stablecoins Own Machine-To-Machine Payments? Ft. Christian Catalini
On Ep. 12 of Agentic Commerce, Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, and Bam Azizi, CEO & Founder @ Mesh are joined by Christian Catalini, Founder @ MIT Cryptoeconomics Lab to discuss machine-to-machine payments, why micropayments struggle, AI commoditization and more!
#97
August 24 · 47 min
Every Correspondent Bank Will Support Stablecoins
On Ep. 97 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by Ferdinand Dabitz, Co-Founder & CEO @ Augustus and Anna Wroblewska, Chief Business Officer @ Dinari to discuss Stripe’s OpenRouter acquisition, modernizing correspondent banking with stablecoin liquidity, 24/7 tokenized securities and more!
August 20 · 35 min
Why Thunes Chose Stablecoins for Cross Border
On Ep. 10 of Stablecoin Stories, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo and Ran Goldi, SVP Payments, Fireblocks are joined by Pritpal Shokar, Head of Product, Digital Assets @ Thunes to discuss Thunes stablecoin pre-funding and global payout capabilities, rising stablecoin demand across emerging markets and more!
#96
August 17 · 56 min
Deel Goes Live With Stablecoin Wallet in 80 Markets
On Ep. 96 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by Luca Prosperi, Co-Founder & CEO @ M0 and Ryan Bozarth, Co-founder & CEO @ Dakota to discuss Rain acquiring Ansa to put branded wallets on stablecoin rails, stablecoin linked cards, onchain credit and more!
August 13 · 39 min
From Shopify to Sapiom: Building the OS for Agentic Commerce
On Ep. 11 of Agentic Commerce, Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, and Bam Azizi, CEO & Founder @ Mesh are joined by Ilan Zerbib, Founder & CEO @ Sapiom to discuss Sapiom’s vision for agent infrastructure, agent identity, delegated authority, Sapiom’s agent studio and more!
#95
August 10 · 54 min
The Era of 24/7 Money
On Ep. 95 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by Natalya Thakur, Founder & CEO @ Knova and TuongVy Le, General Counsel @ Veda to discuss Western Union and Rain launching Stablecard, stablecoins as opportunity not threat for banks, BlackRock tokenized money market funds for stablecoin reserves and more!
August 6 · 35 min
Why Every Bank Needs 24/7 Cash Settlement Now
On Ep. 9 of Stablecoin Stories, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo and Ran Goldi, SVP Payments, Fireblocks are joined by Ryan Rugg, Global Head of Digital Assets @ Citi Token Services to discuss Citi Token Services liquidity management as first use case, programmable smart contracts, the need for multi bank interoperability and more!
#94
August 3 · 55 min
Why Robinhood Are Going All in on Tokenized Stocks and Prediction Markets
On Ep. 94 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo is joined by Rob Hadick, GP @ Dragonfly, Stephen Sikes, COO @ Public and Ethan Chan, Co-Founder & CEO @ Allium to discuss Tokenized stocks as a global expansion strategy for US fintechs, prediction markets surging and more!
July 30 · 45 min
Why Stablecoins Won’t Kill Cards Ft. a16z Partner Noah Levine
On Ep. 10 of Agentic Commerce, Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, and Bam Azizi, CEO & Founder @ Mesh are joined by Noah Levine, Partner @ a16z Crypto to discuss a new class of merchants and buyers emerging, stablecoins won't kill cards but fill gaps, Jevons paradox and more!
#93
July 27 · 48 min
Stablecoin Linked Cards Are in Hyper Growth Mode
On Ep. 93 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by Luke Tuttle, CPTO @ MoneyGram, Charles Yoo-Naut, Co-Founder & CTO @ Rain and Darko Hajdukovic, Head of Digital Markets Infrastructure @ London Stock Exchange Group to discuss LSE nighttime trading venue launching 2027, Tokenized UK government debt instrument DIGIT and more!
July 23 · 48 min
Why Ramp Is All in on Stablecoins
On Ep. 8 of Stablecoin Stories, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo and Ran Goldi, SVP Payments, Fireblocks are joined by Alex Bazhenov, Senior Staff Software Engineer @ Ramp and Andrew Chapello, Product Lead @ Ramp to discuss customer demand for faster, cheaper global business payments driving stablecoin adoption strategy, integrating blockchain payments with legacy fiat ledger infrastructure and more!
#92
July 20 · 53 min
Onchain FX Is the Missing Piece for Stablecoins
On Ep. 92 of Tokenized, Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa is joined by Noah Levine, Partner @ a16z Crypto, Didier Lavallee, Founder & CEO @ Tetra Digital Group and Eric Queathem, Founder & CEO @ Velocity to discuss velocity raising $30 million Series A for stablecoin payments, Canadian dollar stablecoin use cases and more!

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