From PayPal to Stellar: The Journey of Jose Fernandez da Ponte
07/06/2026 | 45 mins.
Why would PayPal's former Head of Crypto join Stellar? José Fernández da Ponte explains why stablecoins, tokenization and open blockchain infrastructure are reaching a tipping point.
Stablecoins in Europe: Consortia Bulls vs. Central Bank Bears | Monthly Briefing
31/05/2026 | 1h 1 mins.
Stablecoins took over May. We unpack Kivalis’ 25-bank expansion, AllUnity’s agentic payments, Lagarde’s bearish take, the MiCA review, and the Clarity Act’s path through the Senate.
The Convergence of Capital Markets and Blockchain
24/05/2026 | 59 mins.
Clearstream’s Thilo Derenbach explains how Deutsche Börse is building hybrid market infrastructure for tokenised securities, digital assets and collateral mobility.
From Libra to Legitimacy: Circle's Stablecoin R(e)volution
17/05/2026 | 50 mins.
Circle’s Dante Disparte on regulatory wins, its own Arc blockchain, agentic payments and tokenized money's place in the global financial system.
How Europe Is Rewriting Financial Rules for DLT: MISP overview
10/05/2026 | 39 mins.
Anika Patz, Partner at lawfirm YPOG, provides an overview of Europe’s Market Integration and Supervision Package (MISP) that will significantly change European financial market regulation and embed DLT.
Digital currencies are here to stay. In this podcast, we dive into the world of the new money. We explore Bitcoin, stablecoins, central bank digital currencies, and many other innovations in the realm of digital currencies.
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