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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

KAST Raises $80M to Build the Global Neobank on Stablecoin Rails

Mar 11, 2026

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22 min read

KAST Raises $80M to Build the Global Neobank on Stablecoin Rails

AND Nasdaq and Kraken Partner to Rebuild Capital Markets Distribution on DLT

Simon Taylor

🎙️ Ep. 73. Will AI Agents Use Stablecoins or Virtual Cards?

Mar 10, 2026

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10 min read

🎙️ Ep. 73. Will AI Agents Use Stablecoins or Virtual Cards?

On Ep. 73 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, GTM @ Tempo and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by Tanner Taddeo, CEO & Co-Founder @ Stable Sea and Alfonso Gómez-Jordana, Founder @ Crossmint to discuss stablecoin-linked cards, AI agent exclusive virtual cards, Morgan Stanley applying for national trust charter and more!

Simon Taylor

Visa and Bridge Launch Stablecoin Cards in 100 Markets

Mar 4, 2026

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23 min read

Visa and Bridge Launch Stablecoin Cards in 100 Markets

AND Circle Builds the Settlement Layer for the Agentic Economy

Simon Taylor

🎙️ Ep. 72. Meta Is Coming for Stablecoins

Mar 3, 2026

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10 min read

🎙️ Ep. 72. Meta Is Coming for Stablecoins

On Ep. 72 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, GTM @ Tempo is joined by Nicole Sandler, Chief Ecosystem Officer @ Ubyx and Fredrik Haga, Co-Founder @ Dune to discuss onchain data showing stablecoin supply and exchange holding trends, Blueprint raising $4.25M and more!

Simon Taylor

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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

KAST Raises $80M to Build the Global Neobank on Stablecoin Rails

🎙️ Ep. 73. Will AI Agents Use Stablecoins or Virtual Cards?

Visa and Bridge Launch Stablecoin Cards in 100 Markets

🎙️ Ep. 72. Meta Is Coming for Stablecoins

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