John D’Agostino, Head of Strategy at Coinbase Institutional, joined me to discuss TradFi entering Crypto and how Coinbase is servicing institutions such as BlackRock. John has an incredible story in TradFi that was told in the book Rigged, the True Story of an Ivy League Kid who Changed the World of Oil, written by Ben Mezrich.
Get to know John:
- Metaverse theme – St Judes & helping kids
- Favorite food – Sushi
- Favorite musician/artist – Taylor Swift
- Favorite movie – Dead Poets Society
- Favorite Book – The Sorrows of Young Werther Novel by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Hobby – Spending time with Kids and Family
Topics:
- TradFi going all in on Crypto
- Coinbase BlackRock Partnership
- Tokenization
- Stablecoins
- Banks entering the Crypto market
- Coinbase Institutional roadmap
- Crypto boom in the US
Links:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnjdagostino1/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_D%27Agostino_(financial_services)
- https://www.amazon.com/Rigged-Story-League-Changed-Street/dp/B003A02X98
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Timestamps
01:48 John’s background
04:28 Journey to Finance
11:52 Trading crypto vs traditional assets
15:07 Book by Ben Mezrich
20:34 TradFi to Crypto
22:54 Digital Asset Working Group
29:24 Institutional demand for crypto
33:17 Coinbase BlackRock
39:05 Banks competing in Crypto
44:56 Tokenized assets and global markets
50:49 Where Blockchain is needed
54:39 Crypto in the US
01:13:30 Wrap up questions
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