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Back to EpisodesStripe’s $1.1BN Stablecoin Acquisition Ft. BVNK Co-Founder & CSO of Circle
Description
Is this a coming of age for stablecoins?
On Ep. 10 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, Head of Content & Strategy @ Sardine, and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by Dante Disparte, Chief Strategy Officer & Head of Global Policy @ Circle and Chris Harmse, Co-Founder @ BVNK to discuss Stripe acquiring Bridge for $1.1 billion, if stablecoins and CBDCs have shifted the narrative about crypto and the future of the stablecoin space.
Timestamps:
- 02:03 Stripe acquires Bridge for $1.1 billion
- 07:21 How have stablecoins and CBDCs shifted the narrative about crypto?
- 10:22 Why should you use a stablecoin?
- 16:10 Increasing target addressable market through stablecoins
- 22:03 UK introducing stablecoin legislation
- 25:52 Lessons learned from MiCA & policy solutions
- 33:58 a16z Crypto 2024 report
- 45:31 The stablecoin space over the next 12 months
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