Crypto Hedge Fund Pantera Capital’s 2025 Investment Strategy with Franklin Bi

Franklin Bi is a General partner at Pantera Capital. He previously worked at JPMorgan leading their Blockchain and Digital Assets strategy. Get to know Franklin: Metaverse theme – Fantasy Dungeons and Dragons Favorite food – Pizza Favorite musician/artist – Sleep Token Favorite movie – Gladiator Favorite Book – The Phantom Tollbooth Hobby – Spending time with Family Topics: Pantera Capital's approach to crypto investing Franklin's time at JPMorgan leading Blockchain and Digital Asset Strategy - developing JPM Coin and Quorum Growing institutional demand for crypto Gaming and Crypto - will GameFi takeoff in 2025?…

Fixing Ethereum’s Layer 2 Fragmentation with Former Ripple Employee Austin King

Austin King is the Co-Founder and CEO of Omni Network, the abstraction layer for the Ethereum ecosystem. With a background in computer science from Harvard, Austin began his entrepreneurial journey by creating a payment network that scaled to over 10 billion transactions before being acquired by Ripple. Today, Austin, alongside Co-Founder Tyler Tarsi, is leading Omni's mission to empower application developers to access users and liquidity across the entire Ethereum ecosystem without smart contract upgrades. Get to know Austin: Metaverse theme – Solar Punk, Sci Fi Favorite food – Thai Favorite musician/artist – Boris…

Crypto is Changing TradFi! Franklin Templeton ETFs & Tokenization with Sandy Kaul

Sandy Kaul is the Head of Innovation Strategies at Franklin Templeton. She joined me to discuss Franklin Templeton's crypto and tokenization initiatives. Topics: Sandy's The Future of Investing: 2024/25 Edition Report Benji tokenization platform launching on Ethereum Franklin Templeton's OnChain U.S. Government Money Market Fund (FOBXX) Tokenization Outlook Impact of Crypto on TradFi Franklin's Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs and plans for future Crypto ETFs Crypto 2025 Outlook Links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandy-kaul-8571877/ https://www.franklintempleton.com/articles/2024/disruption/the-future-of-investing-money Watch the interview https://youtu.be/CQuikPjyUCY Listen to the interview Timestamps 02:04 The Future of Investing Report 05:50 Crypto's Rise 07:59 Benji Tokenization platform 12:08 Tokenized…

Enabling DeFi for BlackRock’s BUIDL & RWA Tokenization with Reid Simon

Reid Simon, Head of DeFi and Credit Solutions at Securitize, joined me to discuss the company's DeFi solutions for tokenized assets. He shared insights into how Securitize is enabling greater access, liquidity, and efficiency in the tokenized asset market through decentralized finance innovations.. Get to know Reid: Metaverse theme – Skiing in difficult to access ski ranges Favorite food – Eggs Favorite musician/artist – Rufus Favorite movie – My cousin Vinny Favorite Book – The ascent of Money by Niall Ferguson Hobby – Beach in Miami and Skiing Topics: Securitize's sToken solution sToken Yield…

The Best Enterprise Stablecoin! Agora AUSD Backed by VanEck with Nick van Eck

Nick van Eck, CEO and Co-Founder of Agora, joined me to discuss the new AUSD stablecoin and what makes it different from other stablecoins in the market. Get to know Nick: Metaverse theme – Classical Greece Favorite food – Sushi Favorite musician/artist – Tiesto Favorite movie – Gladiator Favorite Book – Eragon book series Hobby – Spending time with family and friends Topics: Agora's AUSD Stablecoin Impact of upcoming Stablecoin Regulation in the US Enterprises using Stablecoins The future of payments VanEck's embrace of Crypto Bitcoin adoption and growth Tokenization Links: https://x.com/Nick_van_Eck https://www.agora.finance/ Watch…

PayPal’s Crypto & Stablecoin Strategy Revealed with Edwin Aoki

Edwin Aoki is the CTO of PayPal’s Blockchain, Crypto, and Digital Currencies Unit. He joined me to discuss PayPal's different crypto initiatives including its stablecoin PYUSD. Get to know Edwin: Metaverse theme – Wildlife conservation Favorite food – Steak Favorite musician/artist – Elton John Favorite movie – Toy Story Favorite Book – Recoding America: Why Government Is Failing in the Digital Age and How We Can Do Better by Jennifer Pahlka Hobby – Big Cat Wildlife conservation Topics: PayPal's Crypto Offerings How PayPal's PYUSD Stablecoin works Enterprise adoption of PYUSD The future of payments with…