Episodes

  • A journey through the era of digital money with Rod Garratt

    A journey through the era of digital money with Rod Garratt
    Oct 6 2025
    Manuel and Rod Garratt explore CBDCs, stablecoins, and tokenized deposits—covering privacy, politics, and the future of payments from Rod’s journey at the NY Fed to global digital money innovation.
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    55 mins
  • Stablecoin focused payment infrastructure developments | News

    Stablecoin focused payment infrastructure developments | News
    Sep 28 2025
    September was full of news around stablecoins and blockchain and payments infrastructure – new collaborations and ecosystems emerge around Tether, Circle, Stripe and Coinbase with a focus on payments use cases.
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Stablecoins and the singleness of money with Rhys Bidder

    Stablecoins and the singleness of money with Rhys Bidder
    Sep 21 2025
    Rhys Bidder is a prominent academic voice on stablecoins. We discuss what sets stablecoins apart from other forms of money and why he thinks they could play a key role in the future of money and payments.
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    1 hr and 18 mins
  • Building the Bridge: AMINA Bank’s Architecture for Crypto-TradFi Integration

    Building the Bridge: AMINA Bank’s Architecture for Crypto-TradFi Integration
    Sep 14 2025
    Myles Harrison, CPO at AMINA Bank, reveals the three-layer architecture powering Switzerland's fastest-growing crypto bank and their proven approach to bridging traditional finance with 24/7 crypto operations.
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • From Ordinary to Crypto Millionaire: The Sociology of Digital Wealth

    From Ordinary to Crypto Millionaire: The Sociology of Digital Wealth
    Sep 7 2025
    We dive into Juan Guse’s fascinating book profiling four ordinary men who became crypto millionaires. A sociological look at sudden wealth, class mobility, and the human side of digital money.
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    52 mins
  • Bullish sentiment: Yet another stablecoin? | News

    Bullish sentiment: Yet another stablecoin? | News
    Aug 31 2025
    New players entering the stablecoin space, but does it really need further stablecoins? And: US (again) with massive news on crypto adoption – and privacy
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    53 mins
  • From BitMEX to AllUnity: Why Alex Höptner is Building Europe’s Stablecoin

    From BitMEX to AllUnity: Why Alex Höptner is Building Europe’s Stablecoin
    Aug 24 2025
    Alex Höptner, CEO at AllUnity, about his past as CEO at traditional- and crypto exchanges and the plans of AllUnity, the first German BaFin regulated Euro Stablecoin
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    1 hr
  • Fighting Bitcoin Fraud: Insights from 21bitcoin’s CEO

    Fighting Bitcoin Fraud: Insights from 21bitcoin’s CEO
    Aug 17 2025
    21bitcoin CEO Daniel Winkelhammer reveals shocking fraud cases, protective measures, and why Bitcoin-only businesses have security advantages in today’s evolving threat landscape.
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    41 mins