Tokenized

On Ep. 79 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo is joined by Alex Johnson, Author @ Fintech Takes and Nikil Viswanathan, CEO & Co-Founder @ Alchemy to discuss token economics and efficiency in AI systems, the consolidation of protocols in agentic commerce and more!

Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction

5:03 Payments foundation models using transformer architecture

10:44 Open source models for financial services adoption

17:53 Cost and latency tradeoffs for AI inference

20:24 Token economics and efficiency in AI systems

23:21 Agentic workflows as intellectual property in commerce

25:45 Consolidation of protocols in agentic commerce

30:17 Open source runtime OpenSHIELD for agent security

33:33 Stablecoin advantages for agent to agent microtransactions

35:36 Real traction in search over payments for agents

Tokenized is sponsored by Visa

A world leader in digital payments, Visa is bridging the gap between traditional financial institutions and innovative blockchain networks, helping players in the payments ecosystem navigate the ever-evolving world of tokenized fiat currencies with confidence and ease. Learn more at visa.com/crypto.

Tokenized is presented by Bridge, a Stripe company.

Just like the internet made information global, stablecoins are making money global. And Bridge, a Stripe company, is the infrastructure powering that shift. Built for speed, scale, and simplicity, Bridge helps businesses send, store, convert, and spend stablecoins instantly, all without borders or having to navigate the complexities of crypto. Learn more at bridge.xyz

Tokenized is also presented by Fireblocks

With over $100 billion in monthly stablecoin volume, Fireblocks powers stablecoin strategies at scale with infrastructure that enables PSPs, fintechs, remitters and banks to issue, move, hold, and manage stablecoins. And it’s all done securely, at scale, and with built-in compliance. Learn more at fireblocks.com

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Music by Henry McLean

On Ep. 5 of Agentic Commerce, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo, and Bam Azizi, CEO & Founder @ Mesh are joined Pahal Patangia, Head of Global Industry Business Development and Payments @ NVIDIA to discuss open source models for financial services adoption, agentic workflows as intellectual property in commerce and more!

Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction

5:03 Payments foundation models using transformer architecture

10:44 Open source models for financial services adoption

17:53 Cost and latency tradeoffs for AI inference

20:24 Token economics and efficiency in AI systems

23:21 Agentic workflows as intellectual property in commerce

25:45 Consolidation of protocols in agentic commerce

30:17 Open source runtime OpenShell for agent security

33:33 Stablecoin advantages for agent to agent microtransactions

35:36 Real traction in search over payments for agents

Tokenized is sponsored by Visa
A world leader in digital payments, Visa is bridging the gap between traditional financial institutions and innovative blockchain networks, helping players in the payments ecosystem navigate the ever-evolving world of tokenized fiat currencies with confidence and ease. Learn more at visa.com/crypto.

Tokenized is also presented by Mesh

As the first global crypto payments network, Mesh connects over 300 wallets, exchanges and payments platforms, and enables anyone to pay and get paid instantly, anywhere, in any asset. Mesh makes digital transactions seamless, secure and universal, fuelling the next era of agentic commerce. Learn more at meshpay.com

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We’d also like to remind you that the views or opinions of our contributors today are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the companies they are representing. Nothing we say should be taken as tax, financial, investment or legal advice, do your own research!

 

Music by Henry McLean

On Ep. 78 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by Prabhakar Reddy, CEO & Founder @ OpenFX and Thomas Cowan, Head of Tokenization @ Galaxy to discuss inspiration for Open FX, the three distinct eras of stablecoin FX liquidity evolution and more!

Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction

1:48 Inspiration for Open FX from Western Union remittance queues

4:45 The three distinct eras of stablecoin FX liquidity evolution

6:45 Banks are designed to hold deposits not move money

10:47 FX settlement speed bottlenecks in developed G10 currencies

18:35 Jamie Dimon's annual letter acknowledges blockchain and stablecoin threats

24:32 International banking pressure to adopt stablecoin payment rails

29:20 Tokenization growth and use cases decoupled from Bitcoin volatility

32:09 Onchain shareholder voting for tokenized equity using Broadridge

40:53 Tokenized equities will expand global access to US markets

Tokenized is sponsored by Visa

A world leader in digital payments, Visa is bridging the gap between traditional financial institutions and innovative blockchain networks, helping players in the payments ecosystem navigate the ever-evolving world of tokenized fiat currencies with confidence and ease. Learn more at visa.com/crypto.

Tokenized is presented by Bridge, a Stripe company.

Just like the internet made information global, stablecoins are making money global. And Bridge, a Stripe company, is the infrastructure powering that shift. Built for speed, scale, and simplicity, Bridge helps businesses send, store, convert, and spend stablecoins instantly, all without borders or having to navigate the complexities of crypto. Learn more at bridge.xyz

Tokenized is presented by M0

Stablecoins are becoming global financial infrastructure. It's time for that infrastructure to mature. If you're a brand, you should have your own stablecoin set to the behavior of financial flows moving through your product. If you're an issuer, you want to be the stablecoin partner for the most valuable brands. M0 is the only platform where issuers and brands get together to build digital money products for the world. Learn more at m0.org

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We’d also like to remind you that the views or opinions of our contributors today are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the companies they are representing. Nothing we say should be taken as tax, financial, investment or legal advice, do your own research!

 

Music by Henry McLean

On Ep. 10 of Stablecoin Stats, Andrew Van Aken, Data Scientist @ Artemis is joined by Lucas Shin, Data & Research @ Artemis to discuss defining agentic payments and web resource transactions, x402 vs Machine Payments Protocol and more!

Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction

1:46 Defining agentic payments and web resource transactions

4:35 Artemis agentic payments dashboard and transaction trends

5:40 Meme coin influence on agentic payment activity

8:41 Filtering wash trading in agentic payment data

12:05 Real use cases: lead enrichment and CLI tools

14:47 Differences between x402 and Machine Payments Protocol

16:43 Session-based payments and batching low-value transactions

18:57 Supply side growth and discovery for agentic commerce

20:50 Tracking qualified sellers in the agentic ecosystem

This episode is brought to you by Visa

A world leader in digital payments, Visa is bridging the gap between traditional financial institutions and innovative blockchain networks, helping players in the payments ecosystem navigate the ever-evolving world of tokenized fiat currencies with confidence and ease. Learn more at visa.com/crypto.

This podcast is powered by Artemis

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We’d also like to remind you that the views or opinions of our contributors today are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the companies they are representing. Nothing we say should be taken as tax, financial, investment or legal advice, do your own research!

 

Music by Henry McLean

In this bonus episode of Tokenized, Rob Hadick, General Partner @ Dragonfly is joined by Amy Oldenburg, Head of Digital Asset Strategy @ Morgan Stanley to discuss Morgan Stanley's digital asset strategy, ETF trading and wealth management integration, OCC charter for digital asset custody and more!

Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction

1:06 Morgan Stanley digital asset strategy defined

2:54 Emerging markets analogy for crypto adoption

5:26 Breaking front office vs back office bias

7:46 ETF trading and wealth management integration

13:24 Price pullbacks help product development

16:52 OCC charter for digital asset custody

19:51 Tokenized equities and dark pool plans

23:22 Prediction markets and institutional interest

25:42 Build vs partner for crypto infrastructure

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This episode is brought to you by Visa

A world leader in digital payments, Visa is bridging the gap between traditional financial institutions and innovative blockchain networks, helping players in the payments ecosystem navigate the ever-evolving world of tokenized fiat currencies with confidence and ease. Learn more at visa.com/crypto.

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We’d also like to remind you that the views or opinions of our contributors today are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the companies they are representing. Nothing we say should be taken as tax, financial, investment or legal advice, do your own research!

Music by Henry McLean