Chris Giancarlo & Kevin Mole Interview – Western Union’s Retail CBDC Pilot With The Digital Dollar Project

Chris Giancarlo of the cofounder of the Digital Dollar Project and Kevin Mole is the Head of Digital Assets at Western Union. In this interview we discuss: Digital Dollar Project's mission Western Union and the Digital Dollar project working together Western Union's Retail CBDC pilot on R3 Corda and the results Western Union's Crypto and Blockchain strategy Western Union and Ripple pilot CBDCs vs Stablecoins What's next for the Digital Dollar Project Crypto Regulations White paper https://digitaldollarproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Digital-Dollar-Project-Cross-Border-Remittance-Pilot-Paper.pdf https://youtu.be/nGHiKSSo3P8?si=3NRgVVb58xhiSVO4 Transcript: Welcome back to The Thinking Crypto Podcast, your home for cryptocurrency news and interviews. With…

Joshua Stone Interview – Bringing Books To Web3 with Book.io

Joshua Stone is the CEO and Co-Founder of Book.io. In this interview we discuss: Book.io overview BOOK Token and incentivizing book reading Launching on Cardano and expanding to Ethereum, Algorand, Polygon MATIC Mark Cuban investment and releasing NFT e-book on Polygon Blockchain Would he sell Book.io to Amazon? Crypto regulations https://youtu.be/-hP9Km_EdWs

Nick Burrafato Interview – Linqto’s Continued Growth, Ripple XRP Victory Over the SEC, & Ripple Proper Party

Nick Burrafato is the Director of Member Investments at Linqto. In this interview we discuss: Linqto's continued growth and new companies added to the platform Ripple XRP victory over the SEC Ripples proper party Tokenization Crypto regulations https://youtu.be/qwlkvxVaT9A

Diogo Monica Interview – Providing Crypto Custody For EDX Markets

Diogo Monica is the cofounder and president of Anchorage Digital. In this interview we discuss: Anchorage Digital's Crypto services Anchorage becoming a federally chartered digital asset bank Rise of institutional adoption of Crypto Providing custody services for EDX Markets, a crypto exchange founded by Fidelity, Charles Schwab, and Citadel Growth of institutional Ethereum staking SEC custody rules Outlook on the crypto market in the coming years https://youtu.be/zTBSVSCCorQ

Dr. Leemon Baird Interview – Hyundai and Kia Utilizing The Hedera Network

Dr. Leemon Baird is the cofounder of Hedera. In this interview we discuss: How Hedera Hashgraph works HBAR tokenomics Hedera governing council Hyundai and Kia building on Hedera Hedera being used for payments by Banks Dropp micropayments platform Fed Now endorsement CBDCs and right to privacy Future of Crypto, NFTs, Tokenization, Metaverse https://youtu.be/vl4Dd8umcgs?si=EshWnnhq51NuDMdv

Dante Disparte Interview – Coinbase’s Stake in Circle & USDC Treasuries BlackRock Fund

Dante Disparte is the Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Global Policy at Circle. In this interview we discuss: Dante's Background and working at Facebook Stablecoin Libra Diem Circle USDC overview USDC Reserves and BlackRock Fund Coinbase stake in Circle Could USDC be used as the Fed Digital Dollar USDC Mercado Pago LATAM adoption New Programmable Web3 Wallet Stablecoin Regulations USDC on XRP Ledger https://youtu.be/umlf6ZOo5LU