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Ep. 78. Blockchain's Threat to Banking

Prabhakar Reddy (OpenFX) and Thomas Cowan (Galaxy) break down the FX liquidity gap stablecoins haven't solved, why Dimon now wants JP Morgan's own blockchain, and what Galaxy's onchain shareholder vote means for tokenized equities.

Simon Taylor

The White House Just Dismantled the Bank Lobby's Best Argument Against Stablecoin Yield

Apr 8, 2026

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22 min read

The White House Just Dismantled the Bank Lobby's Best Argument Against Stablecoin Yield

AND JPMorgan's CEO Just Gave Every Bank Board the Cover to Take Blockchain Seriously

Simon Taylor, +1

🎙️ Ep. 77. Stablecoins Will Stop Retail From Subsidizing Wall St Ft. BitGo CEO Mike Belshe

Apr 7, 2026

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10 min read

🎙️ Ep. 77. Stablecoins Will Stop Retail From Subsidizing Wall St Ft. BitGo CEO Mike Belshe

Mike Belshe (BitGo) and Sam Broner (Better Money Company) on why banks suppress retail yields, how stablecoin clearing is going live, and where tokenized securities liquidity actually stands.

Simon Taylor

OpenFX Raises $94M to Fix the Corridors That Correspondent Banking Forgot

Apr 1, 2026

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28 min read

OpenFX Raises $94M to Fix the Corridors That Correspondent Banking Forgot

AND Aave V4 Goes Live as DeFi's First Institutional Credit Layer

Shwetabh Sameer, +1

🎙️ Ep. 76. How Do Tokenized Equities Work? Ft. BlackRock’s Head of Digital Assets

Mar 31, 2026

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9 min read

🎙️ Ep. 76. How Do Tokenized Equities Work? Ft. BlackRock’s Head of Digital Assets

BlackRock's Robert Mitchnick, Dragonfly's Rob Hadick, and a16z's Noah Levine on the mechanics, market structure, and reality of tokenized equities

Simon Taylor

Nasdaq Gets SEC Approval as NYSE Names Its Tokenization Partner

Mar 25, 2026

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25 min read

Nasdaq Gets SEC Approval as NYSE Names Its Tokenization Partner

AND Tether Engages a Big Four Firm for Its First Full Audit

Simon Taylor

🎙️ Ep. 75. Tempo Head of Product: From First Line of Code to Mainnet in 7 Months

Mar 24, 2026

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8 min read

🎙️ Ep. 75. Tempo Head of Product: From First Line of Code to Mainnet in 7 Months

Liam Horne (Tempo) and Raj Parekh (Monad Foundation) on MPP, Tempo's mainnet, and why the smartest people they know are all locked in

Simon Taylor

Mastercard Pays $1.8B for BVNK - The Card Network's Stablecoin Playbook Comes Into Focus

Mar 18, 2026

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22 min read

Mastercard Pays $1.8B for BVNK - The Card Network's Stablecoin Playbook Comes Into Focus

AND Stripe's Tempo Hits Mainnet in Seven Months Flat

Simon Taylor

🎙️ Ep. 74. KAST Raise $80M for Stablecoin Neobank

Mar 17, 2026

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8 min read

🎙️ Ep. 74. KAST Raise $80M for Stablecoin Neobank

On Ep. 74 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, GTM @ Tempo and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by Raagulan Pathy, CEO & Co-Founder @ KAST and Homam Maalouf, Co-Founder & Chief Products Officer @ Lead Bank to discuss KAST raise $80m for stablecoin neobank, Lead Bank's role in enabling stablecoin card programs and more!

Simon Taylor

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Archive

Ep. 78. Blockchain's Threat to Banking

The White House Just Dismantled the Bank Lobby's Best Argument Against Stablecoin Yield

🎙️ Ep. 77. Stablecoins Will Stop Retail From Subsidizing Wall St Ft. BitGo CEO Mike Belshe

OpenFX Raises $94M to Fix the Corridors That Correspondent Banking Forgot

🎙️ Ep. 76. How Do Tokenized Equities Work? Ft. BlackRock’s Head of Digital Assets

Nasdaq Gets SEC Approval as NYSE Names Its Tokenization Partner

🎙️ Ep. 75. Tempo Head of Product: From First Line of Code to Mainnet in 7 Months

Mastercard Pays $1.8B for BVNK - The Card Network's Stablecoin Playbook Comes Into Focus

🎙️ Ep. 74. KAST Raise $80M for Stablecoin Neobank

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