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 EPISODE DESCRIPTION I sat down with Reid, co-founder of Ground, to explore what it actually takes to bring on-chain finance to institutions. Ground is building a non-custodial API platform, think Stripe, but for DeFi, so that banks, neobanks, and financial companies can access yield, lending, liquid staking, and real-world assets without rebuilding their entire stack. Reid shares his journey from Square to Stripe to Chime to founding Superstate and ultimately Ground. We dig into why large institutions move slowly, why the "just build it with AI" objection misses the point, and what the future looks like when blockchains are quietly powering the back end of your Robin Hood or JPMorgan account. DISCLAIMERNothing mentioned in this podcast is investment advice and please do your own research. It would mean a lot if you can leave a review of this podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and share this podcast with a friend. Be a guest on the podcast or contact us - https://www.web3pod.xyz/ CONNECT Ground Website: https://www.groundtech.co/Ground LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ground-global/Ground Twitter/X: https://x.com/ground_onchainReid Twitter/X: https://x.com/rmcumingWeb3 with Sam Kamani: https://www.web3pod.xyz/ KEY POINTS WITH TIMESTAMPS • [00:00] Sam introduces Reid and Ground, a platform helping institutions access on-chain finance• [01:20] Reid's nonlinear path from consulting to Silicon Valley to fintech at Square, Stripe, and Chime• [02:00] How Reid joined Compound Labs, built Compound Treasury, then co-founded Superstate before incubating Ground• [03:04] The core problem Ground solves: abstracting blockchain complexity into a Stripe-like API experience• [04:26] What on-chain finance functions look like: stablecoins, lending protocols, LP pools, liquid staking, and RWAs• [05:34] Why institutions are eager but slow, regulatory uncertainty, internal change management, and calcified tech stacks• [08:08] How Reid navigates complex enterprise sales cycles versus faster-moving startup clients• [10:40] Building during a market downturn: why Reid sees it as the best time to build with high signal• [14:15] Ground as a non-custodial API: clients retain full control while Ground handles orchestration and security• [17:26] Addressing the "we'll just build it ourselves with AI" objection, and why real clients never actually say this• [21:30] Current institutional client conversations: time savings, security, compliance, and avoiding cannibalization of existing business• [23:31] The Innovator's Dilemma in crypto: why incumbents like Stripe struggle to self-disrupt on fees• [25:32] Key challenges bridging TradFi and DeFi: compliance, on/off ramps, RWA liquidity, and security insurance• [27:33] The hardest role to hire for: go-to-market talent that bridges crypto-native and institutional worlds• [30:54] What's next in crypto: tokenization plus DeFi becoming invisible infrastructure powering mainstream finance apps• [33:26] Reid's advice for founders and investors: keep turning the crank, stay curious, never get complacent• [34:56] Ground's asks: hiring engineers and a BD lead, onboarding corporate treasury clients, and building yield or investment products

Johann Eid is the Chief Business Officer at Chainlink Labs.In this episode, Johann walks us through how crypto has evolved from a dreaming phase of romanticized white papers into its "big boy era," where hundreds of billions are now onchain, institutions from around the world are tokenizing RWAs like stocks, and stablecoins have changed the lives of everyday people from Lebanon to South America. He emphasizes why security is the foundation of everything built, what Chainlink's CCIP offers for an interoperable DeFi economy, and why AI agents transacting onchain represent the next wave of users nobody is pricing in yet.------

In this episode of the 2Tokens Podcast, hosts Alex Bausch and Jonny Fry welcome back Anthony Abell - CEO and co-founder of TPX Property Exchanges Group. While his previous appearance focused on the vision behind property tokenisation, this conversation turns to the infrastructure needed to make digital real estate markets a reality.Anthony explains how TPX is working with governments, land registries, regulators and financial institutions to transform property titles into legally recognised digital assets that can be transferred, financed and settled more efficiently. Rather than simply digitising ownership, the goal is to build the legal and technical foundations for a new generation of property markets.They also discuss how London Digital Escrow supports this ecosystem through self-custody technology and secure digital settlement, reducing transaction risk while enabling faster, more transparent exchanges. From digital identity and cross-border interoperability to the growing role of agentic AI, the conversation looks beyond tokenisation itself and toward the infrastructure that will define the next generation of financial services.Together, they analyse what it takes to move from promising pilots to real-world adoption and why collaboration between technology providers, regulators and public institutions is essential for scaling digital asset markets.Whether you're working with digital asset infrastructure, settlement technology or real estate, this episode provides an inside look at the building blocks of tomorrow's property ecosystem.

Niklas Kunkel maps where the RWA market is heading next, from Centrifuge and Apollo's CLOs to Galaxy's first tokenized credit product, then turns to a cautionary tale: some SpaceX pre-IPO token buyers never actually owned the shares they thought they had. Host: Steven Ehrlich - Host of Bits + Bips and Head of Research at Sharplink Guest: Niklas Kunkel - Founder and CEO of Chronicle Labs This clip is from a longer conversation on crypto oracles, tokenized real-world assets, and Chronicle Labs' work verifying them. Full episode here: https://youtu.be/HW9Cu_E8DnU  We go live every week - subscribe to catch it live. Cape: Your biggest crypto vulnerability isn't your wallet, it's your phone number. Cape is America's privacy-first mobile carrier that rotates your SIM identity daily and blocks SIM swaps before they happen. Get 33% off your first six months at https://cape.co/unchained (use code: UNCHAINED). Chapters

John Gillen is an ex-BlackRock VP, General Partner at TRU Capital, and host of The Milk Road Show.In this episode, John breaks down his Wartime Ethereum thesis on why this is a defining moment for Ethereum that demands engagement, conviction, and patience rather than capitulation. He walks through how ETH functions as a triple point asset, why stablecoins, tokenization, and the agentic economy are all in their first innings with Ethereum best positioned to capture each tailwind, and why decentralized AI makes the case for Ethereum's censorship resistance more urgent than ever.------

Niklas Kunkel maps where the RWA market is heading next, from Centrifuge and Apollo's CLOs to Galaxy's first tokenized credit product, then turns to a cautionary tale: some SpaceX pre-IPO token buyers never actually owned the shares they thought they had. Host: Steven Ehrlich - Host of Bits + Bips and Head of Research at Sharplink Guest: Niklas Kunkel - Founder and CEO of Chronicle Labs This clip is from a longer conversation on crypto oracles, tokenized real-world assets, and Chronicle Labs' work verifying them. Full episode here: https://youtu.be/HW9Cu_E8DnU  We go live every week - subscribe to catch it live. Cape: Your biggest crypto vulnerability isn't your wallet, it's your phone number. Cape is America's privacy-first mobile carrier that rotates your SIM identity daily and blocks SIM swaps before they happen. Get 33% off your first six months at https://cape.co/unchained (use code: UNCHAINED). Chapters

At the beginning of the month, Eversource closed on its deal selling Aquarion. Now that RWA officially operates the water utility impacting thousands of Connecticut residents, what does that mean? We asked Senator Tony Hwang about water bills, tax implications for municipalities, oversight woes and environmental investment following the sale. 

Gracy Chen breaks down how Bitget evolved into a universal platform offering tokenized stocks, ETFs, bonds, forex, and pre-IPO positions, shares the 10% vision she pitched to BlackRock CEO Rob Goldstein, and explains why stablecoin issuers and Solana's RWA positioning are the biggest winners of the tokenization wave. One of the most globally-minded CEO perspectives we've had on the show.Gracy Chen is CEO of Bitget, one of the world's largest global digital assets exchanges offering crypto, tokenized stocks, ETFs, bonds, and pre-IPO assets.The Rollup is where the leaders of digital assets and finance converge. Live from the financial capital of the world.Timestamps00:00 Intro02:50 Bitget's Tokenized Stock Offering05:39 Return To Fundamentals Era08:32 Quality Projects Taking Shape11:02 Top Exchanges Diverge Now13:39 10% Vision With BlackRock16:26 Who Wins This Wave?19:14 Nvidia Stock As Collateral22:46 Perps Coming To US25:34 Perps And Spot Coexist28:10 Marathon Not A SprintGuest Socials:Gracy Chen X: https://x.com/GracyBitgetBitget YouTube: https://x.com/bitgetBitget Website: https://www.bitget.com/Partners: Better than Banks. Transparent capital efficiency earning the highest yields in DeFi. Learn more here: https://infinifi.xyz/---Dinari - Over 230 1:1 backed tokenized stocks, ETFs & more with dividends. US-based SEC transfer agent. Available on 5+ chains & via API. https://dinari.com/---Relay is the fastest and most reliable way to swap any token on any chain. Learn more here: https://relay.link/bridge---Zama is an open source cryptography company that builds state-of-the-art Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) solutions for blockchain.Learn more here: https://www.zama.org/---Trezor is the creator of the first-ever hardware wallet. Securing crypto for 2M+ users worldwide. 100% open source. Learn more here: https://affil.trezor.io/aff_c?offer_i...---

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Jai Bhavnani is the Founder of Waymont Co, the developer of the Royco protocol.In this episode of DeFi Frontier, Jai walks through how Royco evolved from an incentive platform into a risk tranching protocol connecting RWA issuers with both institutions and DeFi users. He explains what makes an asset worth tranching, and then navigates through a real stress test in progress for Royco, with the recent apyUSD drawdown triggering a 21-day observation period. Plus, we get a first take on what to expect from Royco Dusk, a new app for extending credit to Royco senior tranche holders, through an AMM-backed liquidity pool.------

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 EPISODE DESCRIPTION In this episode, I sit down with Milos, Lead Engineer at Enso, live at Berlin Blockchain Week. We dig into the real problem holding back DeFi builders, complexity. Audits cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, bridges are a nightmare, and integrating protocols is a full-time job on its own. Enso is tackling all of that with a single API that handles routing, security, and DeFi actions across 100-plus protocols, so developers and agents can just build. We also get into the RWA boom, the current state of AI agents in Web3, and why Milos thinks we should never forget where DeFi came from. DISCLAIMERNothing mentioned in this podcast is investment advice and please do your own research. It would mean a lot if you can leave a review of this podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and share this podcast with a friend. Be a guest on the podcast or contact us - https://www.web3pod.xyz/ CONNECT Enso Website:https://www.enso.build/Enso Twitter/X: https://x.com/EnsoBuildEnso LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/enso-build/Milos LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/miloscostantini/Web3 with Sam Kamani: https://www.web3pod.xyz/ KEY POINTS WITH TIMESTAMPS • [00:00] Milos explains the core problem Enso solves: complexity for DeFi developers• [01:33] Milos's personal journey from mining Bitcoin as a student in 2016 to writing his thesis on Ethereum• [03:13] How smart contract development has and hasn't changed over the years• [06:00] How Enso's API removes the need for developers to deploy integration contracts or manage bridges• [07:00] Built-in security defaults, like MEV protection on DEX swaps, that come with Enso• [07:53] Why using Enso means you don't need your own smart contract audit• [09:36] The biggest trend Enso is seeing: RWA and tokenized stocks• [10:43] How Enso lets users buy tokenized stocks using any token from any chain• [11:40] Flash loan aggregator and looping positions, what's coming next• [12:05] How Enso makes money through fee-split partnerships with integrators• [13:00] The long-term vision: becoming the most composable orchestration layer in DeFi• [14:29] Milos's take on the current hardening era for DeFi and the rise of hacks• [16:38] His most contrarian view: don't forget Web3's roots in permissionless experimentation and values• [18:23] Notable projects built on Enso including Yearn, EtherFi, and the Boiko Layer 0 migration• [20:44] Advice for builders: don't give up, explore on-chain options protocols• [22:28] Enso is profitable and actively hiring

Aujourd'hui nous recevons Grégory Monfort, fondateur d'Ace Fund, pour explorer une idée qui pourrait transformer le financement du 7e art : la tokenisation des films.Comment investir dans un catalogue de films ou une production en cours ? Peut-on percevoir des royalties grâce à la blockchain ? Pourquoi la tokenisation des actifs réels (RWA) pourrait-elle ouvrir le cinéma à une nouvelle génération d'investisseurs ?On parle aussi :

 EPISODE DESCRIPTION I sat down with Brian J. Esposito, CEO of Diamond Lake Minerals (DLMI) and a 25-year entrepreneur who has built over 115 companies across 25 industries. Brian has been in regulated, compliant tokenization for over 13 years , long before it was cool , and in this episode he breaks down exactly why most RWA projects are getting it wrong, why owning the underlying asset is non-negotiable, and how Diamond Lake is structured like a modern General Electric to bring fractional ownership of commercial real estate, music catalogs, hotels, and more to millions of people who have never had access to these kinds of assets before. We also get into the frothy AI IPO market, speculative leverage trading, and why the next FTX-style collapse would set the entire industry back years. If you care about where real-world asset tokenization is actually heading , not the hype , this one is for you.DISCLAIMERNothing mentioned in this podcast is investment advice and please do your own research. It would mean a lot if you can leave a review of this podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and share this podcast with a friend. Be a guest on the podcast or contact us - https://www.web3pod.xyz/ CONNECT Diamond Lake Minerals (DLMI) – Official Website: https://diamondlakeminerals.com/ Twitter/X – Brian J. Esposito: https://x.com/brianjesposito?lang=enLinkedIn – Brian J. Esposito: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianjesposito/Web3 with Sam Kamani https://www.web3pod.xyz/ KEY POINTS WITH TIMESTAMPS • [00:10] Sam introduces the episode and guest Brian J. Esposito, CEO of Diamond Lake Minerals, focused on tokenizing real-world assets• [01:43] Brian shares his 25-year entrepreneurial journey , from launching 1,200 beauty brands to building a private holding company of 115 companies across 25 industries• [02:53] Why Brian took over Diamond Lake as a public vehicle: making tokenized assets accessible to people who already know how to buy stocks• [04:18] Brian's 13-year background in regulated security tokens, his relationships with INX, Securitize, and T-Zero, and what he expected after FTX collapsed• [07:22] Why true mass adoption of security tokens happens when they appear on mainstream brokerage accounts like Charles Schwab or Merrill Lynch• [08:55] The surprising fit of tokenization for commercial real estate , stable Fortune 50 tenants, 15-year leases, and fractional revenue sharing for global investors• [11:25] How tokenization democratizes access , billions of people previously locked out of IPOs and Series A-E rounds can now invest with pennies• [13:41] Why owning any asset beats cash in an inflationary world, and how even $1-2 per month in token earnings is life-changing for people in developing economies• [15:17] Lessons from merging traditional finance with digital assets , the trust gap, the UX challenge, and why regulatory silos are the biggest barrier• [18:36] How Diamond Lake decides which industries and asset classes to pursue next , and why their network and team access is their real competitive moat• [21:19] The microtransaction fee problem in fractional investing, and how controlling your own licensed exchange changes the economics• [26:01] Brian's most contrarian take: RWA firms don't actually own the assets they tokenize, and that's a ticking time bomb for the industry• [28:09] Where RWAs are headed by 2030 , projections ranging from $6 trillion to $35 trillion , and why Diamond Lake doesn't need a big slice to win big for shareholders• [29:22] The AI IPO frenzy, leverage trading, and why history is repeating the dot-com bubble in dangerous ways• [35:23] Diamond Lake's recent merger with ECI and Stillway , over $20 billion in commercial real estate transactions over 40 years , and a first tranche of $5M investment announced• [37:18] Brian's closing philosophy: treat every dollar that comes in like it's your grandmother's, build sustainably, and let million-dollar deals grow into billion-dollar deals

Vladimir Novakovski sits down with Andy & Robbie to break down the Lighter bull thesis from The Tokenization Tower in NYC. We discuss Lighter's escape hatch design that lets every participant exit through Ethereum even if the protocol fails, why the RFQ model is the key to bootstrapping liquidity for pre-IPO and RWA perps, and why getting Citadel and US institutional capital on chain is the biggest unlock the perp market hasn't hit yet. He's working with the CFTC to make that happen.Vladimir Novakovski is CEO of Lighter, a decentralized perp exchange built on top of Ethereum with an institutional-grade security-first architecture.The Rollup is where the leaders of digital assets and finance converge. Live from the financial capital of the world.Timestamps00:00 Intro01:37 Perp Market Awareness Today03:26 Pitching Institutions On Lighter05:28 Ethereum Security And Escape Hatch07:54 How Market Makers Stay Comfortable11:17 How Lighter Bootstraps Liquidity12:35 Pre-IPO Perp Durability15:37 Build In-House Or Composable19:29 US Regulatory Path For Perps23:29 CFTC Innovation Council Insights26:39 Questions For Commissioner Hester Peirce28:07 Team Culture And Miami Office32:26 Founder Decision Making Framework34:46 AI Agents And Lighter's Stack37:30 Perps Market Structure Long View41:21 Power Law Or Distributed Market?Guest Socials:Vladimir Novakovski X: https://x.com/vnovakovskiLighter X: https://x.com/Lighter_xyzLighter Website: https://lighter.xyz/Partners:Better than Banks. Transparent capital efficiency earning the highest yields in DeFi. Learn more here: https://infinifi.xyz/---Dinari - Over 230 1:1 backed tokenized stocks, ETFs & more with dividends. US-based SEC transfer agent. Available on 5+ chains & via API. https://dinari.com/---Relay is the fastest and most reliable way to swap any token on any chain. Learn more here: https://relay.link/bridge---Zama is an open source cryptography company that builds state-of-the-art Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) solutions for blockchain.Learn more here: https://www.zama.org/---Trezor is the creator of the first-ever hardware wallet. Securing crypto for 2M+ users worldwide. 100% open source. Learn more here: https://affil.trezor.io/aff_c?offer_id=133&aff_id=36664---

Jetzt bei Kraken anmelden und 30 EUR Bonus erhalten: https://bit.ly/kraken-bonusRWA (Real World Assets) sind 2026 der wichtigste Infrastruktur-Trend: tokenisierte Anleihen haben on-chain 20 Milliarden Dollar geknackt. Ich erkläre, was RWA und tokenisierte Anleihen sind, warum BlackRock und JPMorgan einsteigen, und was das für DACH-Anleger bedeutet. Themen & Timestamps:00:00 RWA-Markt knackt 20 Mrd. USD00:33 Wall Street kommt on-chain01:02 Was bedeutet RWA-Tokenisierung?02:05 Die drei Säulen des RWA-Markts04:06 Tokenisierte US-Staatsanleihen05:00 Ondo Finance als Brücke zu DeFi05:58 Renditeprodukte vs. ONDO-Governance-Token08:00 Tokenisierte Aktien und Ondo Global Markets

Welcome to a special blockbuster compilation edition of The Edge of Show, broadcasting live from the ground at Consensus Miami! In this episode we sit down with four massive market leaders who are shifting emerging tech away from pure retail speculation and directly toward institutional-grade utility, RWA tokenization, and physical AI infrastructure.Join us with Evan Auyang, President of Animoca Brands, to discuss their historic fintech milestone: securing a rare regulated stablecoin license from the Hong Kong Monetary Authority alongside HSBC. Then we travel with Lin Dai, CEO of BookIt.com to show us details on how their system quietly processed $1.3 billion in travel volume using stablecoin backends without exposing regular consumers to crypto friction.Next Adam Levine, CEO of Fireblocks Financial Services, breaks down on why Wall Street "suits" are taking over the ecosystem and how AI wallets will soon pay for things autonomously. And finally we finish the episode with Till Wendler, CEO and Co-Founder of Peak, who successfully reveals they have tokenized an entire automated robotic vertical farm in Hong Kong. The future on finance is here at the Edge of show, don't miss this episode. Support us through our Sponsors! ☕ Want to make content like ours? Sign up with Castmagic to make your creative process easy: https://bit.ly/CastmagicReferral Work smarter, grow faster. Automate your SEO, get AI insights, and manage all your clients in one place with Helm. Start today 50% off your first month at helmseo.com

In this episode, Peter sits down with Bartek from BikeID to unpack how bicycles can be given a persistent digital identity that follows them through manufacturing, retail, ownership, servicing and resale. The conversation covers why the bike industry still lacks a common identification standard, how BikeID uses NFC and RFID tags as the physical interface, and why blockchain helps remove the need for a central authority to validate the record.They also dig into the commercial reality behind bringing this on-chain. Bartek explains how BikeID is thinking about scale, why not every event should land directly on Cardano mainnet, and how batching through partner-chain style infrastructure could make the model practical. It is a strong discussion of real-world asset identity, Digital Product Passports, circular economy use cases, and the type of adoption story Cardano was built for.Key Takeaways:- BikeID is building a common digital identity layer for bicycles, similar in spirit to a VIN for cars but designed for the bike industry.- The physical interface comes from BikeID's NFC and RFID tags, which are built to survive production conditions and make scanning easy across the supply chain.- Blockchain gives the system an independent proof layer, reducing reliance on a single private company acting as the source of truth.- The model is not only about theft protection or ownership checks. It also supports manufacturing, warehousing, servicing, warranties and resale history.- Digital Product Passport regulation in Europe could create a strong tailwind for systems that can track physical products across their lifecycle.- BikeID expects high event volume, so the team is thinking carefully about batching, middleware and partner-chain style infrastructure rather than putting every event directly on Cardano mainnet.- Bartek estimates registrations could be packaged in batches of around 100 bicycles per mainnet transaction, with around 1,000 events grouped for event anchoring.- The broader vision goes beyond bikes into other industries where product identity, traceability and circular economy incentives matter.Links & References:- BikeID - Global Bicycle Identification System | NFC & RFID: https://link.learncardano.io/X0a6no- x.com: https://link.learncardano.io/OPo9ZPWebsite: https://link.learncardano.io/bQ68RcX/Twitter: https://link.learncardano.io/3a1QtvDisclaimer: This content is for educational purposes only. Nothing constitutes financial advice.DISCLAIMER: This content is for informational and educational purposes only and is not financial, investment, or legal advice. I am not affiliated with, nor compensated by, the project discussed—no tokens, payments, or incentives received. I do not hold a stake in the project, including private or future allocations. All views are my own, based on public information. Always do your own research and consult a licensed advisor before investing. Crypto investments carry high risk, and past performance is no guarantee of future results. I am not responsible for any decisions you make based on this content.

In Episode 317 of The Block Runner Podcast, hosts William and I-man unpack why this Bitcoin cycle felt like a failed rocket launch, how unrealistic expectations soured market sentiment, and what Bitcoin's diminishing returns mean for miners and the long-term security budget. They then dive into the real world asset wave sweeping crypto: graded sports cards and Pokemon moving on-chain, Meteora and OpenSea entering the RWA arena, and what past collectible bubbles, from tulips to trading cards, teach us about speculative media. Finally, they share NAT.fun updates: the second rocket launch, a move toward systemic periodic launches, fame-score based caps, and ten thousand dollars up for grabs for creators. Disclosure: The hosts are founders of NAT.fun and hold positions in assets discussed. Nothing in this episode is financial advice. Watch the full episode on YouTube and subscribe to the newsletter at TheBlockRunner.com.

DeFi Dad breaks down why lighter's ETH escape hatch makes it the most underrated security feature versus HyperLiquid, why RWA tokenization will eventually eclipse all native crypto tokens by market cap, and why ETH staking yield is effectively the native T-bills rate of the entire DeFi economy. The most convicted ETH bull case you'll hear right now.DeFi Dad is one of the most prominent long-term ETH advocates and DeFi content creators in the space.The Rollup is where the leaders of digital assets and finance converge. Live from the financial capital of the world.Timestamps:01:15 Lighter Vs Hyperliquid04:22 DeFi Exploit Risk Reality05:58 DeFi Dad's Portfolio07:32 Ethereum's DeFi Dominance11:09 Exploits And AI Vulnerabilities14:55 Stani New Protocol Rumors17:38 Tom Lee BitMine Preferred Shares19:46 STRK Vs BitMine Compared23:19 ETH Burn And Issuance Debate25:10 Staking Yield As Native Rate29:23 DeFi Dad's ETH Stack Story31:54 ETH Bull Price Targets35:00 Return To Quality AssetsGuest Socials:DeFi Dad X: https://x.com/DeFi_DadThe Edge Podcast X: https://x.com/Edge_PodThe Edge Podcast Website: https://www.the-edge.xyz/Partners:Better than Banks. Transparent capital efficiency earning the highest yields in DeFi. Learn more here: https://infinifi.xyz/---Dinari - Over 230 1:1 backed tokenized stocks, ETFs & more with dividends. US-based SEC transfer agent. Available on 5+ chains & via API. https://dinari.com/---Relay is the fastest and most reliable way to swap any token on any chain. Learn more here: https://relay.link/bridge---Zama is an open source cryptography company that builds state-of-the-art Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) solutions for blockchain.Learn more here: https://www.zama.org/---Trezor is the creator of the first-ever hardware wallet. Securing crypto for 2M+ users worldwide. 100% open source. Learn more here: https://affil.trezor.io/aff_c?offer_id=133&aff_id=36664---

Is big money choosing Solana? Kyle Samani, co-founder of Forward, breaks down his latest deal on the main stage at Solana, a minority stake in Henri, a reinsurance RWA yielding 12-13%, funded by a Galaxy debt facility at 3.5%. He makes the case for why Solana has quietly become the dominant chain for institutional payments, tokenized equities, and real world assets. From Western Union and Visa to Meta and PayPal, the biggest names in finance are all building on the same rails. Plus, why he thinks most altcoins are bleeding out, Ethereum L2s are in trouble, and why this bear market might be the best investing opportunity in crypto right now. - Timecodes: 00:00 - Kyle Samani at Consensus Miami 2026 02:08 - Bear Markets Are Where Winners Are Born 03:30 - Why Solana Is Winning Payments and RWAs 06:00 - DTCC's Tokenized Equities Pilot and SEC's Project Crypto 08:48 - Building a Market Maker With Claude Code 10:00 - Agentic Payments and the x402 Protocol 13:46 - Why Institutions Pick Public Chains Over Walled Gardens 15:43 - Why Solana: Gas, On-Ramps, Neutrality 17:21 - Are Ethereum L2s in Trouble?

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), and Stellar announced plans to enable tokenization of custodied assets on the Stellar network. MoneyGram today announced the launch of MGUSD, a native U.S. dollar stablecoin and the foundation for a growing suite of financial services across its global network. ~This episode is sponsored by Tangem~ Tangem ➜ https://bit.ly/TangemPBN Use Code: "PBN" for Additional Discounts! Guest: Denelle Dixon, CEO & Executive Director at Stellar Development Foundation Stellar Learn More ➜https://bit.ly/StellarXLMwebsite 00:10 Sponsor: Tangem 01:00 Moneygram launching stablecoin on Stellar 02:40 Expectations 03:30 Canton disbelief 05:30 What will be the limitations?  06:15 Why 24/5? 07:30 Institutions care about distribution 09:45 Bridges to access DeFi apps like Morpho? 12:00 When will this happen? 01:00 Next 2 years 14:40 BENJI 5-Year performance 15:40 RWA value in 12months? 17:00 Why hasn't USDC or PayPalUSD taken off on Stellar? 18:30 Is “Privacy” misleading? 19:40 KYC for everyone? 24:15 CLARITY Act odds & unlock 25:10 Perps & Prediction Markets on Stellar? 25:40 POS System: Toast partnership? 28:30 Customer confidence timeline? #Crypto #XLM #ethereum ~Two Massive Stellar Partnerships!

In this episode, the team breaks down the massive $1.3 Billion IBIT block trade and what it really means (dark pool mechanics, redemptions vs actual sales). They discuss Bitcoin market sentiment, liquidity expectations, and why this feels closer to a bottom than a top. The conversation also covers Ethereum's challenges and BitMine's big buys, ETH & SOL firms joining Russell indexes, DTCC's Stellar tokenization partnership, and a deep debate on blockchain utility, RWA value, and substitution effects across networks like Stellar vs Ethereum. Plus, thoughts on Hyperliquid and broader market moves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rebecca from Jito Labs joins Haseeb, Tom, and Tarun for a regulation deep-dive covering the CLARITY Act's stablecoin yield compromise and presidential ethics sticking points, CME and ICE's lobbying war against Hyperliquid's RWA perps, the prediction market legal battle heading to the Supreme Court, and whether the SEC's tokenized securities innovation exemption will actually matter. Welcome to The Chopping Block – where crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, Tarun Chitra, and Robert Leshner chop it up about the latest in crypto. This week, joining us is Rebecca Rettig, Chief Legal Officer at Jito Labs, who's here to help the crew make sense of the absolute regulatory tornado tearing through the industry. First up: the CLARITY Act. It just got out of Senate Banking Committee, but the road to passage is anything but smooth. The stablecoin yield fight with banks ended in a "do stuff yield" compromise, but presidential ethics provisions remain the last polarizing hurdle. Rebecca breaks down what actually changes for token founders if it passes — spoiler: not much immediately, since rulemaking alone could take years. Then: CME and ICE have declared war on Hyperliquid, lobbying the Hill to force CFTC registration on the decentralized perps giant. The crew debates who actually wins US regulated perps, whether Hyperliquid's pre-IPO markets represent a genuine threat to investment banking, and Rebecca introduces "on-chain finance" — a distinction the panel immediately roasts her for. Finally: prediction markets are in a legal bloodbath across state courts with a Supreme Court showdown likely by 2027, and the SEC's tokenized securities innovation exemption has Twitter buzzing but Rebecca skeptical. Let's get into it. Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pods, Fountain, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Amazon Music, or on your favorite podcast platform. Show highlights

This week on Wrestling Mayhem Show 1005, Sorg, Rizz, and Mad Mike are joined in studio by pro wrestler Some Guy Named John for a chaotic, hilarious episode covering the Wrestling Mayhem Show presents April Fools spirit, May 19 wrestling lore, indie wrestling madness, WWE Films deep cuts, AEW and WWE weekend previews, and the ongoing saga of Leaders By Example. The crew celebrates May 19, the 20th anniversary of WWE's See No Evil, with Some Guy Named John delivering an increasingly detailed breakdown of Kane's horror movie legacy. Rizz celebrates becoming an elected official, Mad Mike shows off wrestling collectibles, and the conversation spirals through WWE Films, NXT on YouTube, Saturday Night's Main Event, AEW Double or Nothing, 880 Wrestling, RWA, VCW, and more. Breakdown: Rizz wins election day Rizz talks about seeing his real name on the ballot. The crew jokes about wrestling, politics, campaign speeches, and Kane also being a politician. May 19 and WWE's See No Evil Some Guy Named John celebrates the 20th anniversary of See No Evil. The crew discusses Kane as Jacob Goodnight, the film's strange WWE marketing tie-ins, the May 19 angle, and the movie's budget and box office. Later, they dive into See No Evil 2, the Soska Sisters, horror movie logic, and WWE Films history. WWE movie universe chaos Discussion includes The Marine, Countdown, Legendary, That's What I Am, WWE's direct-to-video era, and the wild concept of WWE wrestlers as secret agents. The crew jokes about turning WWE's old novel Big Apple Takedown into a TV series. UpUpDownDown Uno nostalgia Mad Mike shows off a sealed UpUpDownDown Uno deck. The group remembers Xavier Woods / Austin Creed, pandemic-era Uno content, and WWE YouTube culture. WWE and NXT discussion Eosky and EVIL's wedding comes up. The crew discusses EVIL's NXT name change and how WWE handles renamed international stars. Sorg shares that full NXT episodes are available through CW Sports on YouTube. Saturday Night's Main Event preview The crew runs through the card, including Penta, Ethan Page, Becky Lynch, Sol Ruca, women's tag title action, and more. They joke about Penta being the poster boy and world champions skipping Fort Wayne, Indiana. AEW Double or Nothing / Owen Hart Tournament The hosts preview AEW's tournament brackets. They discuss Will Ospreay, Samoa Joe, Swerve Strickland, Bandido, Claudio, Brody King, Willow, Athena, Mina Shirakawa, and more. Athena's long championship reign is highlighted. Some Guy Named John and Leaders By Example John explains how Gianni Michael Emricko was “absorbed” into Leaders By Example. He breaks down the group's contract logic, ownership of Gianni's music and robes, and Gianni's suspension. The new unpaid intern Mitch is praised as a better fit for the group. 880 Wrestling storylines The episode previews the ongoing Leaders By Example drama at 880 Wrestling. John discusses CPA, taxes, unsafe spaces, and why his friends do not pay taxes. The crew plugs a big indie wrestling weekend across 880, RWA, and VCW. RWA Regional Championship controversy John claims that he and Clayton King are collectively the RWA Regional Champion. He insists he did not interfere physically and says Leaders By Example are the true heroes of RWA. Gorgeous Gregory's upcoming title opportunity is discussed. VCW tag title opportunity John talks about Clayton King being robbed of the VCW Championship. Leaders By Example now aim for the VCW Tag Team Titles against White Trash Wilderness. Point Park wrestling chaos John discusses invading Austin Karnes' live podcast event at Point Park. Casey and a mascot get involved, and John threatens to investigate future wrestling events on campus. What We Learned Some Guy Named John wants to have a sing-off match. The chat learns that Mason Rook's NXT theme is the same music Mason Ryan had in WWE '12. Mad Mike learned that See No Evil has a surprisingly deep production history. The group reflects on the value of weekly independent wrestling and how 880 Wrestling continues to happen through sheer love of the game.

This week on Wrestling Mayhem Show 1005, Sorg, Rizz, and Mad Mike are joined in studio by pro wrestler Some Guy Named John for a chaotic, hilarious episode covering the Wrestling Mayhem Show presents April Fools spirit, May 19 wrestling lore, indie wrestling madness, WWE Films deep cuts, AEW and WWE weekend previews, and the ongoing saga of Leaders By Example. The crew celebrates May 19, the 20th anniversary of WWE's See No Evil, with Some Guy Named John delivering an increasingly detailed breakdown of Kane's horror movie legacy. Rizz celebrates becoming an elected official, Mad Mike shows off wrestling collectibles, and the conversation spirals through WWE Films, NXT on YouTube, Saturday Night's Main Event, AEW Double or Nothing, 880 Wrestling, RWA, VCW, and more. Breakdown: Rizz wins election day Rizz talks about seeing his real name on the ballot. The crew jokes about wrestling, politics, campaign speeches, and Kane also being a politician. May 19 and WWE's See No Evil Some Guy Named John celebrates the 20th anniversary of See No Evil. The crew discusses Kane as Jacob Goodnight, the film's strange WWE marketing tie-ins, the May 19 angle, and the movie's budget and box office. Later, they dive into See No Evil 2, the Soska Sisters, horror movie logic, and WWE Films history. WWE movie universe chaos Discussion includes The Marine, Countdown, Legendary, That's What I Am, WWE's direct-to-video era, and the wild concept of WWE wrestlers as secret agents. The crew jokes about turning WWE's old novel Big Apple Takedown into a TV series. UpUpDownDown Uno nostalgia Mad Mike shows off a sealed UpUpDownDown Uno deck. The group remembers Xavier Woods / Austin Creed, pandemic-era Uno content, and WWE YouTube culture. WWE and NXT discussion Eosky and EVIL's wedding comes up. The crew discusses EVIL's NXT name change and how WWE handles renamed international stars. Sorg shares that full NXT episodes are available through CW Sports on YouTube. Saturday Night's Main Event preview The crew runs through the card, including Penta, Ethan Page, Becky Lynch, Sol Ruca, women's tag title action, and more. They joke about Penta being the poster boy and world champions skipping Fort Wayne, Indiana. AEW Double or Nothing / Owen Hart Tournament The hosts preview AEW's tournament brackets. They discuss Will Ospreay, Samoa Joe, Swerve Strickland, Bandido, Claudio, Brody King, Willow, Athena, Mina Shirakawa, and more. Athena's long championship reign is highlighted. Some Guy Named John and Leaders By Example John explains how Gianni Michael Emricko was “absorbed” into Leaders By Example. He breaks down the group's contract logic, ownership of Gianni's music and robes, and Gianni's suspension. The new unpaid intern Mitch is praised as a better fit for the group. 880 Wrestling storylines The episode previews the ongoing Leaders By Example drama at 880 Wrestling. John discusses CPA, taxes, unsafe spaces, and why his friends do not pay taxes. The crew plugs a big indie wrestling weekend across 880, RWA, and VCW. RWA Regional Championship controversy John claims that he and Clayton King are collectively the RWA Regional Champion. He insists he did not interfere physically and says Leaders By Example are the true heroes of RWA. Gorgeous Gregory's upcoming title opportunity is discussed. VCW tag title opportunity John talks about Clayton King being robbed of the VCW Championship. Leaders By Example now aim for the VCW Tag Team Titles against White Trash Wilderness. Point Park wrestling chaos John discusses invading Austin Karnes' live podcast event at Point Park. Casey and a mascot get involved, and John threatens to investigate future wrestling events on campus. What We Learned Some Guy Named John wants to have a sing-off match. The chat learns that Mason Rook's NXT theme is the same music Mason Ryan had in WWE '12. Mad Mike learned that See No Evil has a surprisingly deep production history. The group reflects on the value of weekly independent wrestling and how 880 Wrestling continues to happen through sheer love of the game.

This week on Wrestling Mayhem Show 1005, Sorg, Rizz, and Mad Mike are joined in studio by pro wrestler Some Guy Named John for a chaotic, hilarious episode covering the Wrestling Mayhem Show presents April Fools spirit, May 19 wrestling lore, indie wrestling madness, WWE Films deep cuts, AEW and WWE weekend previews, and the ongoing saga of Leaders By Example. The crew celebrates May 19, the 20th anniversary of WWE's See No Evil, with Some Guy Named John delivering an increasingly detailed breakdown of Kane's horror movie legacy. Rizz celebrates becoming an elected official, Mad Mike shows off wrestling collectibles, and the conversation spirals through WWE Films, NXT on YouTube, Saturday Night's Main Event, AEW Double or Nothing, 880 Wrestling, RWA, VCW, and more. Breakdown: Rizz wins election day Rizz talks about seeing his real name on the ballot. The crew jokes about wrestling, politics, campaign speeches, and Kane also being a politician. May 19 and WWE's See No Evil Some Guy Named John celebrates the 20th anniversary of See No Evil. The crew discusses Kane as Jacob Goodnight, the film's strange WWE marketing tie-ins, the May 19 angle, and the movie's budget and box office. Later, they dive into See No Evil 2, the Soska Sisters, horror movie logic, and WWE Films history. WWE movie universe chaos Discussion includes The Marine, Countdown, Legendary, That's What I Am, WWE's direct-to-video era, and the wild concept of WWE wrestlers as secret agents. The crew jokes about turning WWE's old novel Big Apple Takedown into a TV series. UpUpDownDown Uno nostalgia Mad Mike shows off a sealed UpUpDownDown Uno deck. The group remembers Xavier Woods / Austin Creed, pandemic-era Uno content, and WWE YouTube culture. WWE and NXT discussion Eosky and EVIL's wedding comes up. The crew discusses EVIL's NXT name change and how WWE handles renamed international stars. Sorg shares that full NXT episodes are available through CW Sports on YouTube. Saturday Night's Main Event preview The crew runs through the card, including Penta, Ethan Page, Becky Lynch, Sol Ruca, women's tag title action, and more. They joke about Penta being the poster boy and world champions skipping Fort Wayne, Indiana. AEW Double or Nothing / Owen Hart Tournament The hosts preview AEW's tournament brackets. They discuss Will Ospreay, Samoa Joe, Swerve Strickland, Bandido, Claudio, Brody King, Willow, Athena, Mina Shirakawa, and more. Athena's long championship reign is highlighted. Some Guy Named John and Leaders By Example John explains how Gianni Michael Emricko was “absorbed” into Leaders By Example. He breaks down the group's contract logic, ownership of Gianni's music and robes, and Gianni's suspension. The new unpaid intern Mitch is praised as a better fit for the group. 880 Wrestling storylines The episode previews the ongoing Leaders By Example drama at 880 Wrestling. John discusses CPA, taxes, unsafe spaces, and why his friends do not pay taxes. The crew plugs a big indie wrestling weekend across 880, RWA, and VCW. RWA Regional Championship controversy John claims that he and Clayton King are collectively the RWA Regional Champion. He insists he did not interfere physically and says Leaders By Example are the true heroes of RWA. Gorgeous Gregory's upcoming title opportunity is discussed. VCW tag title opportunity John talks about Clayton King being robbed of the VCW Championship. Leaders By Example now aim for the VCW Tag Team Titles against White Trash Wilderness. Point Park wrestling chaos John discusses invading Austin Karnes' live podcast event at Point Park. Casey and a mascot get involved, and John threatens to investigate future wrestling events on campus. What We Learned Some Guy Named John wants to have a sing-off match. The chat learns that Mason Rook's NXT theme is the same music Mason Ryan had in WWE '12. Mad Mike learned that See No Evil has a surprisingly deep production history. The group reflects on the value of weekly independent wrestling and how 880 Wrestling continues to happen through sheer love of the game.

ChangeNow Chief Strategy Officer Pauline Shangett sits down for her second Bitcoin.com News interview — this time from Consensus Miami, after six years away from the U.S. market. Her sharpest call of the day: "99% of crypto plus AI projects are going to go obsolete... launching a new chain is going to be, I think, like a desperate measure rather than a necessity."We also dig into ChangeNow's evolution from a 2017 instant swap into a full B2C/B2B ecosystem — Pro accounts, private transactions for whales, limit orders, perps, prediction markets, an in-house AI assistant, and an RWA push with X-Stoxx and Ondo Finance.We cover:- Why Pauline says 99% of crypto+AI projects are going obsolete- Her "80% certainty" call that chains stop mattering by 2028 — and the exceptions (Monero, Ton)- The coming meme coin renaissance and why Base wants revenge on Solana for the pump.fun era- ChangeNow Pro hitting almost 800,000 registered users and doubling in a year- Private transactions / private send — how it works, why whales want it, and why it's not a mixer- Limit orders, perps and prediction markets across custodial + non-custodial rails- The in-house AI assistant built by a self-described "certified AI skeptic"- RWA strategy: X-Stoxx live since January, Ondo Finance partnership almost shipped- The soft-launched ChangeNow super app teased for Token2049Learn more about ChangeNOW:

The repo market is $16 trillion globally and most people have never heard of it — until the plumbing breaks. Craig Burchell of FalconX and Matteo Pandolfi of Pareto explain how it works and why bringing it on-chain is the next big unlock for DeFi. --- Heads up! If you haven't yet, be sure to subscribe to Bits + Bips, since the show will migrate there in a few weeks. Follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠X⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Unchained⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and wherever you get your podcasts. ---- The repo market is $16 trillion globally and it is, as Craig Burchell puts it, the oil that makes everything go. It is also almost entirely absent from on-chain finance — and that gap is creating real problems for RWA liquidity, stablecoin swap desks, and DeFi protocols trying to manage redemption queues. Steve Ehrlich sits down with Craig Burchell, head of lending at FalconX, and Matteo Pandolfi, CEO of on-chain credit infrastructure provider Pareto, to map exactly how repo works, what broke in 2019, why it translates extremely well into onchain finance. Matteo puts a $1 trillion figure on where on-chain repo gets in five years. Craig gives you one reason it gets there and one very honest reason it might not. Host: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Steve Ehrlich, Head of Research at SharpLink and Host of Bits + Bips: The Interview - https://x.com/Steven_Ehrlich Guest: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Craig Burchell — Head of Lending, FalconX; previously Head of Lending at Membrane Finance. @_CraigBirchall ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Matteo Pandolfi — CEO & Co-Founder, Pareto (on-chain credit infrastructure). @pan_teo_ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

ABRA SUA CONTA NO MERCADO BITCOIN! INVISTA R$100 E GANHE R$50 COM O CUPOM ECONOMISTAS - https://finc.ly/6ca642af66O Bitcoin saiu dos US$ 120 mil e voltou pros US$ 60 mil em poucos meses. E agora? O ciclo de 4 anos morreu? A grande onda institucional já chegou ou ainda estamos no começo de tudo?Neste episódio, Ricardo Figueiredo e Thales recebem Fabrício Tota, vice-presidente de negócios cripto do Mercado Bitcoin, maior plataforma de criptoativos da América Latina, com mais de 25 anos de mercado financeiro e atuação em cripto desde 2018. Ele lidera o time de research do MB, é membro do conselho da BRL1 (primeira stablecoin lastreada em reais)Conversamos sobre o que realmente move o preço do Bitcoin em 2026, o impacto do governo Trump no mercado cripto, a nova regulação brasileira que entra em vigor em outubro e vai redesenhar o setor, e por que tem mais brasileiro investindo em cripto do que em ações hoje.Tota explica como funciona o crédito com Bitcoin de garantia a partir de 1,69% ao mês, a renda fixa digital com taxas de até 18% ao ano, a tokenização de ativos reais (de precatórios a direitos econômicos de jogadores como Neymar e Yuri Alberto), e o futuro da tokenização de ações com a NASDAQ entrando no jogo.Se você quer entender o mercado cripto de verdade, longe do hype e do achismo, esse episódio é obrigatório.O que você vai aprender neste episódio:O paradoxo do Bitcoin: nasceu contra o sistema financeiro, hoje depende delePor que o ciclo de 4 anos pode ter acabado de vezComo o Trump virou o principal driver de preço do Bitcoin (pro bem e pro mal)Por que a grande onda institucional ainda não chegouO que muda com a nova regulação cripto no Brasil em outubro de 2026Como o Banco Central subiu a régua e vai reduzir o número de exchanges no paísCrédito com Bitcoin de garantia: como funciona, taxa e prazosRenda fixa digital: o que é, como funciona e quais os riscos reaisTokenização de ativos reais (RWA) e o futuro das ações tokenizadasPor que stablecoins viraram o maior case de uso cripto fora o BitcoinAbra sua conta no Mercado Bitcoin com cupom ECONOMISTAS:Taxa zero nas primeiras 48 horas + cashback de até R$ 50 no primeiro investimento.ABRA SUA CONTA NO MERCADO BITCOIN! INVISTA R$100 E GANHE R$50 COM O CUPOM ECONOMISTAS - https://finc.ly/6ca642af66Capítulos:00:00 Abertura e oferecimento Mercado Bitcoin02:30 Quem é Fabrício Tota04:15 O paradoxo do Bitcoin: cripto e sistema financeiro tradicional08:40 Por que o MB sempre apostou na institucionalização12:20 Tem mais brasileiro em cripto do que em ações15:00 A grande onda institucional ainda não chegou19:30 Como o macro voltou a dominar o preço do Bitcoin23:45 Trump: o verdadeiro responsável pelo bull market de 202428:10 Por que o Bitcoin caiu dos US$ 120 mil pros US$ 60 mil32:00 O que Trump entregou (e o que ainda falta entregar)35:20 Regulação cripto no Brasil: o que muda em outubro de 202640:15 Por que poucos players vão sobreviver à nova regulação44:30 Os 4 produtos do Mercado Bitcoin46:50 Crédito com Bitcoin de garantia: taxa, prazo e como funciona52:40 Liquidação, chamada de margem e Joesley Day no mercado cripto56:20 Renda fixa digital: a origem nos precatórios em 2019#bitcoin #btc #mercadobitcoin

In this episode, Lex chats with Evan Malanga — Chief Revenue Officer of Yuma, a subsidiary of Digital Currency Group focused on growing the Bittensor ecosystem. They discuss how Bittensor's $6 billion protocol incentivises AI builders worldwide through token emissions across 128 competing subnets, and why the network has produced real commercial outputs — including a 72 billion parameter model trained on-chain and a coding agent rivalling Claude at a fraction of the cost. Evan explains Yuma's role as the institutional gateway to Bittensor through its validator, accelerator, and asset management products, and they explore why the concentration of AI in OpenAI and Anthropic is a systemic risk, and whether Bittensor's future extends beyond AI into a broader coordination engine for decentralised work. NOTABLE DISCUSSION POINTS: Bittensor has crossed from experimentation into shipping benchmark-competitive work at a fraction of centralized cost. Three recent proof points: Templar (subnet 3) completed the largest decentralized pre-training run of a 72B parameter model using only the network's token incentives. Ridges, an AI agent platform, is hitting 88–90% on software engineering benchmarks, on par with Claude-class agents at ~5x cheaper, built by a 3-to-5-person team under $10M of token emissions. Score (subnet 44) is doing computer vision 200x faster than centralized counterparts. Small distributed teams are producing outputs competitive with frontier labs without raising venture capital or hiring staff. Dynamic TAO restructured emissions from validator-curated to market-curated, making each subnet its own tradeable asset. Previously, dominant validators assigned weights that determined how the 7,200 daily TAO emission flowed across subnets. Under Dynamic TAO, each of the 128 subnets has its own token denominated in TAO, and any holder can buy or sell into specific subnets, pricing them like a market rather than a committee vote. Subnet owners, miners, and validators earn fees in the respective subnet token. Distribution has settled into a power law: the top ten subnets hold ~80% of market cap. This is the move that turned Bittensor from “decentralized AI protocol” into a financial hyperstructure with hundreds of tokenized work markets layered on top. The economics for subnet owners are genuinely unusual — hundreds of millions in annual incentives, fully subsidized labor, no fundraising. A subnet owner gets access to up to ~256 miners globally competing to satisfy their problem statement, with miner compensation paid by protocol emissions rather than the subnet owner. At current TAO prices, annual incentives across the network run into hundreds of millions; at higher prices, this approaches $1B/year up for grabs. No hiring, no benefits, no recruiting, the network runs as a continuous adversarial competition where validators rank miner outputs. This is the mechanical answer to “why would an AI researcher choose Bittensor over Silicon Valley”, and explains why researchers at Meta and Google reportedly mine Bittensor on nights and weekends, with top miners on subnets like Ridges earning ~$30,000/day. TOPICS Yuma, Bittensor, Digital Currency Group, DCG, OpenAI, Anthropic, Foundry, Templar, Ridges, Bitcoin, Meta, Google, BlackRock, JPMorgan, Decentralized AI, Crypto, Blockchain, AI, Tokenomics, Decentralized Science, DeSci, AI Agents, Computer Vision, Proof of Work, Tokenization, Real World Assets, RWA, Machine Economy   ABOUT THE FINTECH BLUEPRINT

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Pro wrestler Liberty L joins Sorg, Rizz, and Mad Mike for Wrestling Mayhem Show 1003! The crew breaks down WWE/TKO roster cuts, The New Day's reported departure, Xavier Woods' future beyond WWE, WWE Backlash, Danhausen's mystery partner, and the new American Gladiators. Liberty L also talks about her post-title run in 880 Wrestling, working with RWA and Enjoy Wrestling, betting on herself, and the rise of powerhouse women in wrestling.

Pro wrestler Liberty L joins Sorg, Rizz, and Mad Mike for Wrestling Mayhem Show 1003! The crew breaks down WWE/TKO roster cuts, The New Day's reported departure, Xavier Woods' future beyond WWE, WWE Backlash, Danhausen's mystery partner, and the new American Gladiators. Liberty L also talks about her post-title run in 880 Wrestling, working with RWA and Enjoy Wrestling, betting on herself, and the rise of powerhouse women in wrestling.

Pro wrestler Liberty L joins Sorg, Rizz, and Mad Mike for Wrestling Mayhem Show 1003! The crew breaks down WWE/TKO roster cuts, The New Day's reported departure, Xavier Woods' future beyond WWE, WWE Backlash, Danhausen's mystery partner, and the new American Gladiators. Liberty L also talks about her post-title run in 880 Wrestling, working with RWA and Enjoy Wrestling, betting on herself, and the rise of powerhouse women in wrestling.

Brent Peterson interviews Thomas Gaffney, COO of OFA Group, discussing the evolution of the company from traditional architecture to a tech-focused entity in the blockchain and Web3 space. They dig into the concept of Real World Assets (RWA), exploring how tokenization can democratize investments, making them accessible to a broader audience. The conversation also highlights the differences between RWAs and NFTs, the potential future of mortgages on blockchain, and the overall efficiency and transparency that blockchain technology can bring to various industries.TakeawaysOFA Group has pivoted from architecture to tech-focused solutions.Real World Assets (RWA) allow for tokenization of physical assets.Tokenization provides liquidity and capital raising opportunities.Investments are becoming more accessible to mainstream investors.Blockchain technology enhances transparency in asset ownership.RWA can democratize access to high-value investments.NFTs and RWAs share similar technology but differ in underlying assets.The future of mortgages may lie in blockchain for efficiency.Real-time data on mortgages can reduce systemic risk.OFA's Hearth Labs aims to bring tokenized real estate to the public.Chapters00:00 Introduction to OFA Group and Personal Insights03:47 Understanding Real World Assets (RWA)09:23 Democratization of Investments through RWA13:41 RWA vs. NFTs: Key Differences17:37 Future of Mortgages on Blockchain

A Google Research blog post warns that future Quantum Computers (CRQCs) could break Bitcoin's encryption, with updated estimates suggesting under 500,000 physical qubits could steal funds during transaction confirmations (roughly 9 minutes).Guest: Charles Hoskinson - CEO & Founder of Input OutputFollow Charles on X ➜ https://x.com/IOHK_Charles00:00 Intro00:10 Google scares everyone00:40 Justin Drake: 2032 roadmap needs to accelerate01:45 We took down Youtube video too02:00 How real is quantum threat?05:15 What blockchains are leading?07:00 Thoughts on eCash Hard Fork?09:40 Probability of Hard Fork?11:30 Midnight/Cardano saving Bitcoin?13:40 Enabling “Accredited Investor” rules?16:40 Canton vs Midnight19:40 Why not list Monument on RWA website?22:40 CLARITY Act odds: new red line?27:00 CLARITY Act endorse w/o reading it?30:00 Lazarus vs Quantum30:20 BTC Soft fork?30:45 Microstrategy Conspiracy31:00 KelpDAO vs Bridge sentiment31:40 Banks response to CLARITY32:15 XRP token utility22:45 Canton grift keeps giving?34:00 Proof-of-Stake vs Proof of Work35:00 Polymarket vs X35:30 USDCx Bridge Trustable?36:45 $SNEK on Solana & ETH?37:20 Tokenized stocks on cardano?38:00 Point-of-Sale failure?40:20 Canton Hack vs DeFi United?#Crypto #bitcoin #cardano~Bitcoin Quantum Threat Accelerates!

Tokenizing an asset doesn't automatically make it liquid. After 14 years at the London Stock Exchange, KuCoin EU's Managing Director Sabina Liu has a reality check for crypto's RWA hype cycle.Sabina joins Alexander Richardson at Paris Blockchain Week 2026 to talk through what she actually saw in digital assets that TradFi missed, where tokenization genuinely solves a problem (and where it doesn't), how MiCA has reshaped Europe's exchange landscape, and why KuCoin EU runs as a broker — not an order book — under the new regulation.We cover:- Why tokenization alone doesn't create liquidity or demand- What TradFi still does really well — and why not everything needs to be on-chain- How MiCA has reshaped the European exchange playbook- Why KuCoin EU operates as a broker, not an exchange- France's role in Europe's institutional crypto landscape- Where the real bridge between TradFi and digital assets gets builtFilmed at Paris Blockchain Week 2026.Host: Alexander Richardson

Bitcoin's spot-led rally looks healthy on the surface. But derivatives say conviction is thin. Josh Lim from FalconX on what the market structure is actually telling you right now. --- Thank you to our sponsors! MultiChain Advisors is an emerging technology growth firm that has helped create $50B+ in enterprise value for 80+ clients over the past 4 years. They're the partner to help navigate markets.  Build real traction today at multichainadv.com As Bitcoin's application layer, Citrea gives you access to the first trust-minimized BTC on a fully programmable platform and a native stablecoin for Bitcoin, ctUSD.  You can now participate in Bitcoin capital markets with lending, privacy, payments, Bitcoin yield, trading and predictions. You get expanded Bitcoin utility without sacrificing its security.  Citrea mainnet is live. Put your BTC to work at citrea.xyz/unchained.  --- Bitcoin is trading near $75,000, but the market structure around it tells a more complicated story. Implied volatility has collapsed to sub-50, funding rates are negative, and the options market is dominated by sellers, not buyers. Meanwhile, Bitcoin miners are liquidating holdings to fund the transition to high-performance compute, generating a persistent offer just as breakeven retail holders look for an exit.  FalconX Global Co-Head of Markets Josh Lim joins Steve Ehrlich to map exactly what is keeping Bitcoin range-bound, where the rotation into ETH and alts is actually coming from, and what signals in derivatives and on-chain data would indicate the market is ready to move.  They also get into whether the Clarity Act changes the long-term structure of the altcoin market, how Hyperliquid is being used for institutional RWA arbitrage, and what the quantum threat means not for cryptography, but for trading Bitcoin. Host: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Steven Ehrlich⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, Head of Research, SharpLink Guest: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Josh Lim — Global Co-Head of Markets, FalconX. Repeat guest; previously covered market structure and institutional crypto flows on Bits + Bips. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For episode 711 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Mamadou Kwidjim Toure, CEO of UTribe, a long‑term Web3 infrastructure and real‑world asset (RWA) project focused on bringing regulated, transparent financial access to a global audience — especially in regions historically excluded from traditional finance.

Hamze Fawzi, Founder and Chairman of Assets Advisors Capital (AAC), joins Bitcoin.com News to discuss the growing financial bridge between the Gulf region and Japan, and how institutional infrastructure is shaping the future of crypto.In this episode, Hamze explains why traditional financial systems failed to connect these two major economies—and how blockchain, tokenization, and “capital architecture” are now unlocking new cross-border opportunities. He shares insights into how institutional investors approach risk, governance, and geopolitical events differently from retail participants.The conversation also explores the rise of real-world asset (RWA) tokenization, the role of compliant and non-custodial platforms like Mirai X, and why Japan's leadership in CBDCs and stablecoins could play a key role in the next phase of global finance.From capital flows driven by presence and relationships to the importance of trust and governance structures, this episode provides a deep dive into how institutions are entering Web3.Topics include: institutional crypto adoption, Gulf–Japan finance, RWA tokenization, stablecoins, CBDCs, Web3 infrastructure, capital markets, blockchain regulation, and global crypto trends.Chapters:00:00 Introduction to AAC and Its Role01:07 Impact of Geopolitical Situations on Business03:27 The Bridge Between GCC and Japan05:00 Institutional vs Retail Investment in Crypto07:53 Tokenization of Real World Assets10:07 Decentralized Platforms and Compliance12:37 The Future of Stablecoins14:05 Cultural Insights: GCC and Japan16:23 Building Trust and Governance Structures19:41 The Human Element in Business22:05 Future Plans for AAC

 sat down with Chan, founder of Tessera Labs, to explore how they are tearing down the walls around private equity investing. Chan spent over a decade at Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, and Credit Suisse before doing a PhD in computational finance at Imperial College London. He saw first hand that the best returns in private markets were locked behind accreditation requirements, massive minimum tickets, and years of illiquidity. Tessera is his answer to that. We talk about how they tokenized SpaceX participation rights on Solana, why they chose Chainlink for proof of reserve, how $75 million in trading volume happened in just a few months, and what their next product T-Kalshi means for everyday investors who want exposure to one of the hottest prediction market companies in the US right now. We also get into the legal architecture behind the Cayman SPC structure, why no KYC is intentional and not an oversight, the challenges of building in a regulatory gray zone, and what Chan would tell any founder building in the RWA space today. Nothing mentioned in this podcast is investment advice and please do your own research. It would mean a lot if you can leave a review of this podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and share this podcast with a friend. Be a guest on the podcast or contact us - https://www.web3pod.xyz/--- CONNECT ---Tessera Website: https://tessera.peTwitter/X: https://twitter.com/tesseralabsWeb3 with Sam Kamani: https://www.web3pod.xyz/--- KEY POINTS WITH TIMESTAMPS ---• [00:00] Sam introduces Chan from Tessera Labs and the goal of disrupting the multi-trillion dollar private equity market• [01:03] Chan shares his background across Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, and Credit Suisse plus his PhD in computational finance at Imperial College• [02:28] The three interlocking problems Tessera solves: access, liquidity, and transparency in private equity• [04:25] A step-by-step walkthrough of how an investor gets exposure to Kalshi private shares through tessera.pe with no KYC and no minimum• [06:34] Why Kalshi's US regulatory access gave it a major revenue advantage over Polymarket• [08:13] Four advantages of tokenized private equity over traditional VC and PE funds including $75 million in T-SpaceX trading volume• [11:13] The two early user groups: crypto-native retail investors and trade professionals in Asia and MENA• [12:34] The hardest parts of bringing real world assets on chain: legal structure, Oracle design, and MPC custody• [14:31] How Tessera uses Chainlink proof of reserve, Cayman SPC legal isolation, and Fireblocks MPC to build trust• [16:29] Why Tessera chose Solana over Ethereum, BASE, and Arbitrum including Token 22 transfer hooks• [18:56] Advice for RWA founders: design for retail-native access first, get legal architecture right before product, and choose your Oracle carefully• [21:53] What Chan would do differently if starting Tessera Labs again today• [24:06] The biggest challenge ahead: navigating a regulatory landscape that recognises the space but has not yet legislated it• [26:25] Plans for staking and using T-tokens as collateral for borrowing and lending yield• [27:58] Why Tessera will stay focused on late-stage pre-IPO names for now and the opportunity around IPO lockup periods• [30:12] Chan's three asks: users to try tessera.pe, secondary liquidity partners to get in touch, and strategic investors who share the vision

Nick Forster is CoFounder and CEO of Derive.Every year since 2021, we've said onchain options would be huge, but it's never played out, until now. Derive has captured 90-95% of onchain options volume while competitors all died or pivoted to perps. The inflection point has arrived.In this episode, Nick explains why he stayed the course building the hardest product in DeFi, how Yieldmageddon is bullish for the growth of options, and why institutional funds are now turning to onchain options for yield generation. The thesis was right. The timing was just early. And the network effects now make Derive's moat nearly impossible to replicate.------

Felipe Montealegre is the Founder and CIO of Theia.A liquid crypto investment fund explains why they believe the four-year token bear market is coming to an end and how they're deploying capital. Felipe explains why his team concluded 99% of crypto tokens, excluding a few SoV tokens, should be valued on discounted cash flows and how that view kept them out of certain overvalued L1s and L2s. Plus, more on positioning for what Felipe calls "the best opportunities in four years!"In this episode, we cover:+ Why the bear market is ending: reasonable valuations, tokenholder rights, and revenue growth+ Understanding Edge vs. Brier scores: why being contrarian and right beats just being right+ The real bottleneck for RWAs: the need for financially sophisticated underwriters, not more engineers------

Tushar Jain and Mike Ippolito make the bull case for Solana as competition heats up. Thank you to our sponsors! Fuse: The Energy Network – Shift your energy use and earn rewards. MultiChain Advisors – The Growth & Capital Markets Partner You Need Crypto Tax Girl – Save $100 on your crypto taxes. With Ethereum refocusing on L1 and Hyperliquid adoption growing, Solana is arguably facing stronger competition than ever. Can it thrive still? Multicoin co-founder Tushar Jain and Blockworks co-founder Mike Ippolito share several reasons to be excited about Solana, including Alpenglow and anticipated market microstructure design flexibility. Find out why Tushar and Mike say Firedancer has not been a flop despite seemingly low adoption, why they don't see block building issues stopping Solana from challenging Hyperliquid, and why they say the network doesn't have to do anything to specifically attract AI agents. Plus, why they both believe that the RWA race is too early to call despite Ethereum's dominance. Meanwhile, with Alpenglow still months away, Mike says the wait doesn't matter — for the next 12 to 18 months BD and marketing matter more than tech for adoption. Guest: Tushar Jain, Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Multicoin Capital Previous appearances on Unchained: Solana Rejected Inflation Reduction-Here's Why CoinFund's Jake Brukhman and Multicoin's Tushar Jain on Generalized Mining  Binance Hack: Should the Threat of Reorgs Be Used to Deter Hackers? Multicoin on the 1 Thing Crypto Teams Miss in Their Quests for Success Mike Ippolito, Co-Founder at Blockworks Links: Unchained: Ethereum Lets Go of the Rollup Story. Here Are the 6 Tokens That Benefit Jump Crypto's Firedancer Goes Live on Solana Mainnet BlackRock Just Chose Uniswap. The Market Didn't Care. Here's Why. When AI Agents Take Over, What Does a Post-Human Economy Look Like? Uneasy Money: How the Increasingly Better AI Agents Are Being Used Onchain Pump.fun Cashed Out $436M Since Mid-October: Lookonchain Zora Shocks Base Community With Solana Pivot Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, host Sebastian Couture is joined by Chris Yin, CEO of Plume Network, to deconstruct the current state of Real World Assets (RWAs) and why the sector is at a pivotal inflection point. Chris argues that most RWA projects today are functionally "worse on-chain" because they lack liquidity, composability, and the "crypto-native" user experience that made stablecoins successful. He details how Plume is solving this through a custom L1 stack and the Nest vault protocol, which tokenizes high-yield assets like Brazilian credit card receivables and oil production for a global market.They explore the friction between traditional finance and DeFi, highlighting why private credit's long duration makes it unsuitable for the "looping" and leverage that drives crypto demand. Chris explains the significance of Plume's SEC Transfer Agent license and its role in bridging the gap between regulated funds and permissionless rails. Finally, the conversation tackles the "bleak" vs. "optimistic" future of crypto, asking whether the industry will maintain its core principles of self-custody and decentralization as it searches for a "new daddy" in institutional capital.Topics00:00 Intro & Context04:15 The Job of a Founder: Finding Change09:30 Crypto Natives vs. TradFi Suites15:00 Stablecoins: The Only RWA That Matters (Today)21:45 The Bottleneck: It's Not Tokenization, It's Demand27:10 Why Build an L1 for Assets?35:20 SEC Transfer Agent License Explained42:15 Nest Alpha: Blending Oil, Credit, and T-Bills49:00 Is Leverage Sustainable for Institutions?55:30 The Exodus: Will Crypto Values Survive?LinksChris Yin on X: https://x.com/chriseyinPlume Network: https://www.plumenetwork.com/Nest: https://nest.plumenetwork.com/NEAR: https://near.ai/Sponsors:NEAR AI Cloud now lets developers deploy OpenClaw—the rapidly growing open-source AI agent platform—inside Trusted Execution Environments, providing hardware-level encryption with cryptographic attestations. With OpenClaw on NEAR AI Cloud, you can run agents with cloud convenience, but without traditional cloud data exposure. No hardware to manage. No trust assumptions required. Learn more at near.ai.

Hex Trust CPO Giorgia Pellizzari explores Bitcoin's evolution into a yield-bearing asset, the strategic launch of wrapped XRP, and the path to scaling RWA tokenization. Giorgia Pellizzari, Chief Product Officer at Hex Trust joined CoinDesk Live at Consensus Hong Kong to provide a deep dive into the institutional shifts defining the digital asset landscape. Looking back at 2025 as the "Year of bitcoin," she explains how the launch of new primitives like the Babylon protocol transformed bitcoin from a "lazy asset" into a productive, yield-bearing instrument for institutions. The conversation highlights Hex Trust's issuance of wrapped XRP (wXRP). Pellizzari details how this regulated 1:1 backed asset is bridging the gap between the XRP Ledger and high-velocity DeFi ecosystems like Solana, Ethereum, and Optimism.  Pellizzari also offers a look at the future of Real-World Asset (RWA) tokenization, citing the DTCC's move to tokenize hundreds of billions of dollars as a massive structural catalyst. She argues that while infrastructure is ready, the missing piece remains secondary market liquidity and regulatory comfort. - This episode was hosted live by Jennifer Sanasie and Will Foxley at Consensus Hong Kong 2026, presented by Hex Trust.

Today's blockchain and crypto news Bitcoin is up slightly at 67,873 dollars  Ethereum is up slightly at 1,968 dollars And Binance Coin is up slightly at 619 dollars Saylor buys more BTC Ethereum's RWA surpasses $17B report says Stablecoin usage gaining ground ZeroLend shutters Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices