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JPEG Trading's Kevin March on Tokenized Stocks, DeFi Lending, and the Future of Prediction Markets
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JPEG Trading Co-Founder Kevin March joins CoinDesk's Sam Ewen to break down how his firm is building end-to-end liquidity for new crypto assets and why DeFi lending is the innovation most likely to make the space useful long-term. He explains how tokenized stocks are seeing organic, consistent growth in 2026, why prediction markets are one of crypto's best UX wins yet, and what agentic AI trading actually looks like in practice.
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Timecodes:
00:00 - JPEG Trading Founder Kevin March Joins CoinDesk
00:37 - What JPEG Trading Does and How It Started
04:39 - Why DeFi Lending Is Crypto's Most Important Innovation
09:44 - Borrowing Against Real-World Assets Without a Bank
12:19 - Tokenized Stocks Are Seeing Organic, Consistent Growth
15:30 - JPEG's Role in Prediction Market Liquidity
19:39 - The Reality of AI and Agentic Trading
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JPEG Trading is a global proprietary trading firm specializing in cryptocurrency and decentralized finance markets. From market structure and liquidity provision to quantitative trading strategies, JPEG Trading operates across the full spectrum of blockchain-based assets. Follow @jpegtrading on X to stay ahead of the latest developments in digital asset markets: https://x.com/jpegtrading