Episode Details

Ledn Co-Founder Mauricio Di Bartolomeo joins Natalie Brunell for a first-time announcement: Tether's tokenized gold (XAUt) is coming to Ledn — the first step toward gold-backed loans later this year.

He answers the Bitcoin purists on adding gold, breaks down Ledn's first S&P investment-grade bond backed by Bitcoin loans, and gives a firsthand account of Venezuela after Maduro's capture.

Topics we cover:

• XAUt tokenized gold (real bars in Tether's Swiss vaults) coming to Ledn, with gold-backed loans later this year
• Inside Ledn's first S&P investment-grade bond backed by Bitcoin loans — and how the ABS market could scale Bitcoin credit toward $1 trillion
• Mauricio's answer to Bitcoiners who don't like credit products or investing in other assets
• Natalie's experience taking her first Ledn loan: https://youtu.be/xD3ZoZ2woPk?si=ix0HKnD85hqMTokU
• Why Ledn caps loans at 50% LTV, and how auto top-off protects borrowers from liquidation
• His read on "seller exhaustion" and why he expects a summer price come-back
• Venezuela after Maduro's capture — and the crackdown on its illegal gold mines

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