Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire joins the Future of Money podcast live at Token2049 to share his thoughts on the current state and future trajectory of a range of digital assets, including stablecoins and CBDCs, and their impact on the global financial services sector. He also discusses Circle’s vision and the rollout of new regulatory and compliance frameworks in key jurisdictions.

Show Highlights

→ Insights into the global landscape of stablecoins and CBDCs

→ The impact of digital assets on financial services

→ Thoughts on various regulatory frameworks in key jurisdictions

→ Circle's global banking infrastructure for USDC services

→ Protocol expansion increasing across 16 blockchain ecosystems

→ Circle’s cross-chain transfer protocol for developers

Flare Networks co-founder Hugo Philion joins the show to discuss the potential of decentralized data in various industries, from finance and gaming to leveraging the latest innovations, from machine learning to oracles.

A must-listen episode if you're interested in bridging the gap between Web2 and Web3 and the development of native stablecoins and real-world asset protocols on decentralized networks.

Show Highlights

→ Overview of Flare Networks and its layer one blockchain running the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)

→ Discussion on Flare's decentralized data acquisition protocols for time series and deterministic data

→ Upgrades to the Flare Time Series Oracle (FTSO) and their impact on scalability

→ Ensuring data accuracy and validator consensus on Flare Network

→ Future opportunities in DeFi, including AI integration and real-world asset tokenization

→ Comparison of Flare with other oracle protocols like Chainlink

→ The role of decentralized data in the future and potential challenges

→ Introduction of USDX, the first native stablecoin on Flare Network, and its integration with real-world assets

Everything you need to know about the Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act (FIT21) that the U.S. House of Representatives recently passed and its potential impact on the digital assets ecosystem, from the legislative process behind FIT21 and the challenges of defining digital assets to the power dynamics between the SEC and CFTC, the role of LabCFTC, and the timeline for regulatory clarity.

Show Highlights

→ Key drivers behind the push for FIT21

→ How FIT21 creates clear lines of regulatory authority between the SEC and CFTC

→ Next steps for the bill after passing the House and what compromises or modifications will

need to be made to clear the Senate

→ The timeline for regulatory clarity for the digital assets ecosystem

→ The role of LabCFTC

QCP Founder and CEO Darius Sit joins the Future of Money podcast to break down the dynamic crypto derivatives ecosystem.

From options and futures to other exotic products, Darius provides a crash course on the state of the global crypto derivatives landscape, contrasting these innovative digital asset instruments with their counterparts in spot crypto markets and traditional finance.

Show Highlights:

→ Understand the intricacies of options, futures, and other exotic products.

→ How do crypto derivatives markets compare with spot crypto markets and TradFi?

→ Discover which global entities Darius thinks are poised to transform the crypto derivatives space

→ Darius's predictions on the trajectory of digital asset derivatives

Is Dubai's crypto framework setting a global standard?

Dive into an in-depth conversation on how the city is navigating the complex terrain of digital asset regulation with the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA)’s Head of Innovation & Technology Risk Supervision, Ken Coghill, on the Future of Money podcast recorded March 7, 2024.

Show Highlights:

→ Ken's unexpected journey from extreme sports and trading floors to leading technology risk supervision at DFSA

→ An in-depth exploration of DFSA's regulatory sandbox and its pivotal role in fostering fintech innovation

→ The evolution of DFSA's crypto regulations, including the nuanced approach to crypto tokens and security tokens

→ The importance of international collaboration among regulators in the rapidly evolving digital asset space

→ Ken's vision for the future of regulation, with an emphasis on adaptability and the need for continuous learning within the regulatory and compliance sectors

M2 CEO Stefan Kimmel joins the Future of Money to unravel the fast-evolving world of digital asset exchanges and highlight the MENA region's growing dominance.

Show Highlights:

→ The intricacies of launching a crypto exchange in today's regulatory and security-conscious environment and the opportunities in the Middle-East

→ Strategies for seamless banking integration and efficient fiat-crypto conversions.

→ Why strategic initiatives like VARA that have catapulted the UAE and the broader MENA region into a global crypto leadership position.

→ The essence of M2's team and what Stefan seeks in his crew to drive innovation.

In this episode, we explore:

• Why spot Bitcoin ETFs are so significant

• The impact of high demand against limited supply

• How ETFs will affect the trajectory of Bitcoin

• Why US and European Bitcoin ETFs are different

• The impact they'll have on crypto exchanges

• Why some investment companies are avoiding them

• Whether fees will change in the coming years

• Which fund will emerge as the dominant player

• How these ETFs could drive BTC adoption

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Chainalysis has released its 2024 Crypto Crime Report.

On the Future of Money podcast - released today - I'm joined by the firm's cybercrimes lead Eric Jardine.

He explains...

• What counts as illicit activity

• How last year's figures compare with 2022

• Whether CeFi or DeFi is hardest hit

• Which coins are most popular among criminals

• The threat of state-sponsored hackers

• The most common scams in the market today

Get your copy of the Chainalysis Crypto Crime Report 2024 here: https://bit.ly/49G2JpZ

And catch this new episode (cigar optional) on your preferred platform:

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