🚨 Ep. 39 of @TokenizedPod: Why Banks Are Launching Crypto Products @cuysheffield is joined by: ➡️ @olijharris, Founder & CEO @Arda_Global – former MD of Digital Assets @GoldmanSachs ➡️ @haonan, Co-Founder & CEO @codex_pbc ➡️ @rajparekh_, Head of Stablecoins/Payments @monad_xyz, Co-Founder @portal_hq To discuss: 💳 Monad Foundation acquires Portal for stablecoin payments 🥊 Competition among blockchains in stablecoin adoption 🛠️ Vertical integration in blockchain foundations 🪙 Concentration of stablecoin supply on Ethereum, Tron, Solana 👛 Embedded wallets and orchestration in crypto 💸 BBVA launches Bitcoin and Ether trading for retail 🏦 Bank of England considers stablecoins for wholesale payments *** Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 02:12 Monad Foundation acquires Portal for stablecoin payments 04:25 Competition among blockchains in stablecoin adoption 06:35 Vertical integration in blockchain foundations 11:26 Concentration of stablecoin supply on Ethereum, Tron, Solana 14:47 Embedded wallets and orchestration in crypto 17:40 BBVA launches Bitcoin and Ether trading for retail 22:02 Crypto-backed lending market and bank involvement 28:23 Bank of England considers stablecoins for wholesale payments 31:26 Future of non-dollar backed stablecoins and on-chain FX *** 👉𝘚𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 '𝘛𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘗𝘰𝘥𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘵' 𝘖𝘯 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘛𝘶𝘣𝘦. 𝘈𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘦, 𝘚𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘺 𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘗𝘰𝘥𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳! 👈