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Final Settlement is a weekly podcast covering capital markets, dealmaking, early-stage venture, bitcoin applications and protocol development.
This week Brian, Michael, and Liam cover the SpaceX IPO and the capital-rotation narrative around Bitcoin, the Bernie Sanders / David Sachs debate over government equity stakes in AI companies, the Zcash inflation bug that allowed unlimited mint for four years before Claude caught it, JPMorgan's tokenized-deposit consortium with Citi, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and Chase, the Stripe / Visa / MasterCard stablecoin consortium, Morgan Stanley's Galaxy partnership letting high-net-worth clients lend Bitcoin for in-kind ETF conversions, Tether's first gold-backed Visa card, the US sanctioning Iran's largest crypto exchange Nobitex, and the Polymarket MicroStrategy resolution controversy.
Chapters
00:00 - The State of Digital Assets
01:13 - Upcoming IPOs and Market Dynamics
05:54 - Contrasting Views on Investment Strategies
08:19 - Long-Term Perspectives on Bitcoin
14:11 - Speculation vs. Saving in Investments
18:32 - Government Involvement and Market Bubbles
25:22 - Zcash Inflation Bug and Crypto Vulnerabilities
31:12 - Tokenization of Deposits and Future of Banking
34:12 - Understanding the Future of Investment and Money
35:56 - The Role of Traditional Finance in Digital Assets
37:11 - Morgan Stanley's Bitcoin Lending and ETF Strategy
40:54 - Market Timing and ETF Launches
42:48 - The Evolution of Wealth Management and Asset Preservation
44:40 - Stablecoins and 24/7 Trading in Crypto Markets
49:05 - US Sanctions and the Impact on Crypto Markets
52:59 - Tether's Gold-Backed Innovations
55:19 - The Future of Agentic Payments and Prediction Markets
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Keep up with Liam:
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-cubellis-00b1a660/
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