Simon Taylor

With 20+ years in banking, finance, and Fintech, I've done a little bit of everything. Some of the things I saw made me get a little Ranty, hence this newsletter.

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

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🎙️ 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!

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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

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🎙️ 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!

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Meta Returns to Stablecoins - This Time as the Distribution Layer

Feb 25, 2026

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23 min read

Meta Returns to Stablecoins - This Time as the Distribution Layer

AND Stripe Eyes PayPal in a $3.6 Trillion Digital-Dollar Super-Stack

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🎙️ Ep. 71. Command Line Commerce & Payoneer Launches Stablecoin Payments

Feb 24, 2026

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10 min read

🎙️ Ep. 71. Command Line Commerce & Payoneer Launches Stablecoin Payments

On Ep. 71 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, GTM @ Tempo and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by Davis Hart, Founder & CEO @ Omnia and Robert Morgan, Head of Stablecoins @ Payoneer to discuss Payoneer's partnership with Bridge, why stablecoin companies are pursuing federal trust charters and more!

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Stripe's Bridge Is Becoming a Federally Chartered Bank

Feb 18, 2026

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25 min read

Stripe's Bridge Is Becoming a Federally Chartered Bank

AND The NY Fed Builds the Case for Tokenized Deposits

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🎙️ Ep. 70. Erebor: Palmer Luckey’s Bank for Stablecoins

Feb 17, 2026

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9 min read

🎙️ Ep. 70. Erebor: Palmer Luckey’s Bank for Stablecoins

On Ep. 70 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, GTM @ Tempo and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by Diogo Mónica, GP @ Haun Ventures and Chris Maurice, CEO @ Yellow Card to discuss BlackRock offering DeFi trading with Uniswap tokens, Erebor Bank receiving its full OCC charter and more!

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Feb 11, 2026

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19 min read

LayerZero's Zero: When Citadel and the DTCC Show Up to Build a Chain

AND Deel Makes Stablecoin Salary Payouts the New Normal

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🎙️ Ep. 69. What Is DeFi Yield and How Does It Work? A Beginner’s Guide

Feb 10, 2026

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13 min read

🎙️ Ep. 69. What Is DeFi Yield and How Does It Work? A Beginner’s Guide

Learnings from the Tokenized Podcast

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Feb 4, 2026

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20 min read

Slash Nears $250M Run Rate as Investors Race to Preempt

AND Is Tether Building a Central Bank for the Internet?

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🎙️ Ep. 68. Every Bank Will Launch a Stablecoin

Feb 3, 2026

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8 min read

🎙️ Ep. 68. Every Bank Will Launch a Stablecoin

On Ep. 68 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, GTM @ Tempo is joined by Bam Azizi, CEO & Founder @ Mesh, Kirill Gertman, CEO @ Conduit and Dogan Alpaslan, Researcher @ cyber•Fund to discuss Mesh raising $75M at $1B valuation, Fidelity launching its own stablecoin (FIDD) and more!

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Jan 28, 2026

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28 min read

Tether Comes Home: USAT and the New Onshore Stablecoin Era

AND Why Zerohash Says 'No' to Billions

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🎙️ Ep. 67. NYSE to Tokenize Stocks for 24/7 Trading

Jan 27, 2026

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8 min read

🎙️ Ep. 67. NYSE to Tokenize Stocks for 24/7 Trading

On Ep. 67 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, GTM @ Tempo and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by Jess Houlgrave, CEO @ WalletConnect to discuss institutional adoption of crypto infrastructure by traditional capital markets, differences in approaches to tokenized securities and more!

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Jan 21, 2026

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21 min read

NYSE Builds The Parallel Exchange for Tokenized Securities

AND Bermuda Becomes the First Onchain Nation

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🎙️ Ep. 66. Visa's $1.7 Trillion Network Adds Stablecoin Infrastructure

Jan 20, 2026

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10 min read

🎙️ Ep. 66. Visa's $1.7 Trillion Network Adds Stablecoin Infrastructure

On Ep. 66 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, GTM @ Tempo and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by Michael Tannenbaum, CEO @ Figure to discuss Visa Direct partnership with BVNK, Figure's On-Chain Public Equity Network (OPEN) for blockchain-registered equity and more!

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Jan 14, 2026

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29 min read

BVNK Powers Stablecoin Infrastructure for Visa's $1.7 Trillion Payout Network

AND Thursday's Senate Vote Could Decide Who Gets to Pay You Interest

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🎙️ Ep. 65. Banks Are Waking Up to the Stablecoin Threat

Jan 13, 2026

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7 min read

🎙️ Ep. 65. Banks Are Waking Up to the Stablecoin Threat

On Ep. 65 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, GTM @ Tempo and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by Sandy Kaul, EVP and Head of Innovation, Franklin Templeton to discuss OnePay's integration of crypto, Franklin Templeton's early tokenization platform and more!

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Jan 7, 2026

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18 min read

Barclays Invests in Stablecoin Clearing Infrastructure

AND Walmart's Super-App Ambitions and China Bans RWA Tokenization

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2026 Predictions: Stablecoins, Tokenization and RWAs

Jan 5, 2026

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13 min read

2026 Predictions: Stablecoins, Tokenization and RWAs

On Ep. 64 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, GTM @ Tempo and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by Rob Hadick, General Partner @ Dragonfly and Tyler Moebius, CEO and Co-Founder @ SmartMedia Technologies to discuss their predictions for 2026.

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🎙️ Ep. 63. 2025 Review: Stablecoins, Onchain Cards and B2B Payments

Dec 30, 2025

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7 min read

🎙️ Ep. 63. 2025 Review: Stablecoins, Onchain Cards and B2B Payments

On Ep. 63 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, GTM @ Tempo and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by Anthony Yim, Co-Founder @ Artemis and Andrew Van Aken, Data Scientist @ Artemis to discuss stablecoins, onchain cards and B2B payments in their 2025 review.

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Dec 24, 2025

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26 min read

JPMorgan Explores Crypto Trading

AND... Coinbase and SoFi Race to Power Everyone's Stablecoin

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🎙️ Ep. 62. DTCC Readies $100T of Stocks to Go Onchain

Dec 23, 2025

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8 min read

🎙️ Ep. 62. DTCC Readies $100T of Stocks to Go Onchain

On Ep. 62 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo is joined by Marieke Flament, 2x CEO, Angel Investor, Advisor, Co-Author of Euro Stable Watch, Chuk Okpalugo, Founder @ Stablecoin Blueprint and Nadine Chakar, Global Head of DTCC Digital Assets to discuss DTCC being authorized to tokenize top 1000 US stocks, the importance of tokenizing real legal rights vs. synthetic wrappers and more!

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Dec 17, 2025

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28 min read

Visa's Instant Settlement of Stablecoins with Cross River and Lead Bank

AND JPMorgan Launches MONY Tokenized Money Market Fund on Ethereum

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🎙️ Ep. 61. Tempo Tesnet, EVM, and the Race to Onchain Payments

Dec 16, 2025

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8 min read

🎙️ Ep. 61. Tempo Tesnet, EVM, and the Race to Onchain Payments

In Ep. 61 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, GTM @ Tempo and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by Joey Isaacson, CEO @ Nook and Alex Gluchowski, Co-Founder & CEO Matter Labs to discuss Tempo Testnet launch, EVM, the race to onchain payments and more!

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