Talking Tokens Podcast @_TalkingTokens
Award-nominated host @JacqMelinek interviews the most consequential leaders in onchain finance. Twice a week. Brought to you by @StrataMedia_ linktr.ee/talkingtokens Every Tuesday and Thursday Joined February 2022-
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How do you on-ramp? How do you off-ramp? "Instead of being dependent on other partners, we want to go down the path of being masters of our own destiny.” - @movement_xyz CEO @torabyou
“We didn’t have a way of actually transmitting the value natively within the internet.” @programmer, head of engineering at @CoinbaseDev explains the missing primitive that blockchain unlocks.
“Compliance used to be viewed as a cost center or a final sign-off, or an afterthought.” Not anymore, according to @avat_co COO @Laine_Litman
TODAY: @Securitize moved one step closer to becoming a public company after the SEC declared effective its S-4 registration statement tied to its merger with Cantor Equity Partners II When we first interviewed Securitize CEO @carlosdomingo on Talking Tokens after the firm announced plans to go public via a SPAC merger, he outlined the full process behind the deal Following the SEC's declaration of effectiveness, the next step is for the SPAC to conduct a shareholder vote to approve the merger.
TODAY: @Securitize moved one step closer to becoming a public company after the SEC declared effective its S-4 registration statement tied to its merger with Cantor Equity Partners II When we first interviewed Securitize CEO @carlosdomingo on @_TalkingTokens after the firm announced plans to go public via a SPAC merger, he outlined the full process behind the deal Following the SEC's declaration of effectiveness, the next step is for the SPAC to conduct a shareholder vote to approve the merger
@Philfog 💯 such a good answer
.@_TalkingTokens asked me: "If you could tokenize anything, what would it be?" Entire balance sheets is the answer. Banks and companies use their balance sheets for most of their actions. If you're able to tokenize an entire balance sheet, you could do everything else onchain.
Moving $500K–$1M just after launch was the first sign our thesis was right. Now it's $100M–$300M. Every day. @zerolore on @_TalkingTokens on what PMF looks like when you solve inefficiencies inside a system with widespread adoption.
What happens when the central banks won’t play ball? @movement_xyz CEO @torabyou breaks it down.
“AI isn’t something to defend against is something that you can actually monetize as a publisher.” @programmer, head of engineering at @CoinbaseDev explains why AI traffic can become a revenue stream.
“If you want to see what the next vertical is… look in the third and fourth quarter and be like, what are some other, financial firms not in the payment space or non-financial firms that are doing things tangible with actual economic value on blockchains?” @avat_co CEO @gbartsmith on the next big vertical.
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3yDZ80… Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/why… YouTube: youtu.be/WrytGjHR4Xc
Today's pod is with @torabyou, CEO of Move Industries. Torab shares @movement_xyz’s new strategy and focus on emerging markets, what he learned from sitting down with the Ethiopian president and Ministry of Finance, the foundation’s token buyback and its evolved vision going forward. TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Introduction to Move Industries and Torab Torabi 02:07 - Evolution of Move Industries and Market Dynamics 05:07 - Why the Foundation Bought Tokens Back 08:12 - Focus on Emerging Markets and Government Engagement 12:12 - Security Concerns in DeFi and User Fund Protection 15:19 - Differentiating Markets: Developed vs. Emerging 19:04 - Stablecoins and Gold in Emerging Markets 23:09 - Sharia Compliance and Financial Products for Emerging Markets 24:30 - Tokenization and Emerging Markets 26:24 - Understanding Compliance in Financial Products 28:34 - The Role of Government in Financial Scalability 31:48 - Challenges in Currency Exchange and Adoption 34:09 - Key Metrics for Success in Emerging Markets 36:10 - Institutional Adoption vs. Emerging Market Focus 40:58 - Strategic Reorientation and Future Plans Watch below or on X:
“Treat money as something that you can share as easily as you could content.” @programmer, head of engineering at @CoinbaseDev and creator of x402 explains how programmable payments mirror file sharing.
Also listen on: Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/7mvx9L… Apple: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/wha… YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=ha0pON…
Today's pod is with @avat_co CEO @gbartsmith and COO @Laine_Litman. They spent years watching institutions talk about crypto before finally deciding to go all in themselves. The conversation dives into why institutional conversations almost always start as investment discussions before quickly turning into implementation discussions… and why the Clarity Act might be the unlock most people aren't paying close enough attention to. TIMESTAMPS: 02:49 - From ETFs to Crypto 05:48 - Laine's Path from Voice Trading to Blockchain 09:00 - Why AVAT Is Not Another MicroStrategy 13:40 - The Private Market Problem 14:57 - What Institutional Conversations Look Like Right Now 28:43 - The Role of Debt Structure in a Bear Market 35:39 - AI, Agentic Payments, and What to Watch in 2026 Watch below or on X:
Also listen on: Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5nkoLL… Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the… Newsletter: token-relations.com/p/agentic-paym… YouTube: youtu.be/AbaBYKWteoI
On our first episode of @StrataMedia_ Research presented by Talking Tokens & @TokenRelations, our host @jacqmelinek sits down with Institutional Research Analyst @Ahbeaudry to breakdown agentic payments. Alex walks through why it isn't one market but three distinct payment flows, each with completely different infrastructure requirements, and why the machine-to-machine category is where stablecoins have a real structural edge over traditional rails. They also get into the four things that actually need to happen before this market scales, and why the narrative is still running well ahead of the transaction volumes to back it up. TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Introduction Strata Research 01:24 - Understanding Agentic Payments 04:54 - The Flows of Agentic Payments 07:24 - Challenges and Frameworks for Scaling 11:39 - Recent Developments and Future Outlook
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