Tokenized

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How Payments Foundations Models are Fuelling Agentic Commerce Ft. Nvidia Apr 16, 2026

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On Ep. 5 of Agentic Commerce, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo, and Bam Azizi, CEO & Founder @ Mesh are joined by Pahal Patangia, Head of Global Industry Business Development and Payments @ NVIDIA to discuss open source models for financial services adoption, agentic workflows as intellectual property in commerce and more!

Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction
5:03 Payments foundation models using transformer architecture
10:44 Open source models for financial services adoption
17:53 Cost and latency tradeoffs for AI inference
20:24 Token economics and efficiency in AI systems
23:21 Agentic workflows as intellectual property in commerce
25:45 Consolidation of protocols in agentic commerce
30:17 Open source runtime OpenShell for agent security
33:33 Stablecoin advantages for agent to agent microtransactions
35:36 Real traction in search over payments for agents

Tokenized is sponsored by Visa
A world leader in digital payments, Visa is bridging the gap between traditional financial institutions and innovative blockchain networks, helping players in the payments ecosystem navigate the ever-evolving world of tokenized fiat currencies with confidence and ease. Learn more at visa.com/crypto.

Tokenized is also presented by Mesh
As the first global crypto payments network, Mesh connects over 300 wallets, exchanges and payments platforms, and enables anyone to pay and get paid instantly, anywhere, in any asset. Mesh makes digital transactions seamless, secure and universal, fuelling the next era of agentic commerce. Learn more at meshpay.com

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We’d also like to remind you that the views or opinions of our contributors today are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the companies they are representing. Nothing we say should be taken as tax, financial, investment or legal advice, do your own research!

Music by Henry McLean

Blockchain's Threat to Banking Apr 13, 2026

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On Ep. 78 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by Prabhakar Reddy, CEO & Founder @ OpenFX and Thomas Cowan, Head of Tokenization @ Galaxy to discuss inspiration for Open FX, the three distinct eras of stablecoin FX liquidity evolution and more!

Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction
1:48 Inspiration for Open FX from Western Union remittance queues
4:45 The three distinct eras of stablecoin FX liquidity evolution
6:45 Banks are designed to hold deposits not move money
10:47 FX settlement speed bottlenecks in developed G10 currencies
18:35 Jamie Dimon's annual letter acknowledges blockchain and stablecoin threats
24:32 International banking pressure to adopt stablecoin payment rails
29:20 Tokenization growth and use cases decoupled from Bitcoin volatility
32:09 Onchain shareholder voting for tokenized equity using Broadridge
40:53 Tokenized equities will expand global access to US markets

Tokenized is sponsored by Visa

A world leader in digital payments, Visa is bridging the gap between traditional financial institutions and innovative blockchain networks, helping players in the payments ecosystem navigate the ever-evolving world of tokenized fiat currencies with confidence and ease. Learn more at visa.com/crypto.

Tokenized is presented by Bridge, a Stripe company.

Just like the internet made information global, stablecoins are making money global. And Bridge, a Stripe company, is the infrastructure powering that shift. Built for speed, scale, and simplicity, Bridge helps businesses send, store, convert, and spend stablecoins instantly, all without borders or having to navigate the complexities of crypto. Learn more at bridge.xyz

Tokenized is presented by M0

Stablecoins are becoming global financial infrastructure. It's time for that infrastructure to mature. If you're a brand, you should have your own stablecoin set to the behavior of financial flows moving through your product. If you're an issuer, you want to be the stablecoin partner for the most valuable brands. M0 is the only platform where issuers and brands get together to build digital money products for the world. Learn more at m0.org

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We’d also like to remind you that the views or opinions of our contributors today are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the companies they are representing. Nothing we say should be taken as tax, financial, investment or legal advice, do your own research!

Music by Henry McLean

How AI Bots Buy Internet Services Apr 10, 2026

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On Ep. 10 of Stablecoin Stats, Andrew Van Aken, Data Scientist @ Artemis is joined by Lucas Shin, Data & Research @ Artemis to discuss defining agentic payments and web resource transactions, x402 vs Machine Payments Protocol and more!

Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction
1:46 Defining agentic payments and web resource transactions
4:35 Artemis agentic payments dashboard and transaction trends
5:40 Meme coin influence on agentic payment activity
8:41 Filtering wash trading in agentic payment data
12:05 Real use cases: lead enrichment and CLI tools
14:47 Differences between x402 and Machine Payments Protocol
16:43 Session-based payments and batching low-value transactions
18:57 Supply side growth and discovery for agentic commerce
20:50 Tracking qualified sellers in the agentic ecosystem

This episode is brought to you by Visa

This podcast is powered by Artemis

Music by Henry McLean

Amy Oldenburg, Head of Digital Asset Strategy @ Morgan Stanley Apr 09, 2026

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In this bonus episode of Tokenized, Rob Hadick, General Partner @ Dragonfly is joined by Amy Oldenburg, Head of Digital Asset Strategy @ Morgan Stanley to discuss Morgan Stanley's digital asset strategy, ETF trading and wealth management integration, OCC charter for digital asset custody and more!

Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction
1:06 Morgan Stanley digital asset strategy defined
2:54 Emerging markets analogy for crypto adoption
5:26 Breaking front office vs back office bias
7:46 ETF trading and wealth management integration
13:24 Price pullbacks help product development
16:52 OCC charter for digital asset custody
19:51 Tokenized equities and dark pool plans
23:22 Prediction markets and institutional interest
25:42 Build vs partner for crypto infrastructure

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This episode is brought to you by Visa

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Music by Henry McLean

Stablecoins Will Stop Retail From Subsidizing Wall St Ft. BitGo CEO Mike Belshe Apr 06, 2026

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On Ep. 77 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by Sam Broner, Founder @ The Better Money Company and Mike Belshe, CEO @ BitGo to discuss frictions in stablecoin payments for retail, the interest and yield debate on stablecoins, quantum computing threat to blockchain cryptography and more!

Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction
1:54 Stablecoin clearing house problem explained
3:10 Frictions in stablecoin payments for retail
6:55 Diversity of stablecoins and enterprise issuance
8:19 Clearing house solving many to many problem
10:04 Interest and yield debate on stablecoins
16:25 OpenFX raises $94 million for FX
21:01 Stablecoin cross border payments and FX
30:59 Midas raises $50 million for tokenized liquidity
48:00 Quantum computing threat to blockchain cryptography

Tokenized is sponsored by Visa

Tokenized is presented by Bridge, a Stripe company.

Tokenized is also presented by Fireblocks

With over $100 billion in monthly stablecoin volume, Fireblocks powers stablecoin strategies at scale with infrastructure that enables PSPs, fintechs, remitters and banks to issue, move, hold, and manage stablecoins. And it’s all done securely, at scale, and with built-in compliance. Learn more at fireblocks.com

Music by Henry McLean

Bank of England: Stablecoins, Settlement and the Digital Pound Lab Apr 02, 2026

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In this bonus episode of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo is joined by Danny Russell, Head of Payments Innovation Technology @ Bank of England to discuss stablecoins, settlement, the Digital Pound Lab and more!

Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction
1:44 Four major Bank of England payments innovation programs
2:22 Digital Security Sandbox for live digital securities issuance
2:56 Synchronization Lab enabling atomic settlement across ledgers
3:55 DLT Innovation Challenge testing wholesale central bank money on external ledgers
5:28 Digital Pound Lab as platform for industry co-creation
8:27 Digital check use case using verifiable credentials
14:18 Settlement finality approaches in DLT innovation challenge
19:10 Systemic stablecoin regulation and consultation update
22:56 Liquidity savings mechanism saving 75 billion pounds daily

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This episode is brought to you by Visa

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Music by Henry McLean

How Do Tokenized Equities Work? Ft. BlackRock’s Head of Digital Assets Mar 30, 2026

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On Ep. 76 of Tokenized, Pet Berisha, Co-Creator @ Tokenized is joined by Rob Hadick, GP @ Dragonfly, Robert Mitchnick, Head of Digital Assets @ BlackRock and Noah Levine, Partner @ Andreessen Horowitz to discuss stablecoins evolving into new financial infrastructure, US regional banks building a tokenized deposit network and more!

Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction
02:17 Tokenization as an access story for investors
05:51 Three categories of tokenized equity structures
08:41 Transferability limits of whitelisted tokenized assets
11:21 NYSE and Securitize partner for 24/7 trading
15:00 Stablecoins evolving into new financial infrastructure
18:58 US regional banks build tokenized deposit network
24:21 Stablecoins vs tokenized deposits serve different users
25:42 Privacy demand grows for capital markets onchain
31:06 Future market structure with fewer intermediaries

Tokenized is sponsored by Visa

Tokenized is presented by Bridge, a Stripe company.

Tokenized is presented by M0

Music by Henry McLean

3X Bank Founder Building the Bank for Tokenized Finance Mar 26, 2026

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On Ep. 4 of Stablecoin Stories, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo and Ran Goldi, SVP Payments, Fireblocks are joined by Scott Shay, Founder @ N3XT to discuss the creation and impact of Signature Bank’s Signet, the role in the stablecoin ecosystem as a bank and more!

Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction
05:46 The creation and impact of Signature Bank’s Signet
09:41 Lessons learned from the March 2023 bank closures
12:30 Design choices behind the first US narrow bank
16:37 Role in the stablecoin ecosystem as a bank
20:01 Solving interoperability between multiple proprietary stablecoins
25:32 The difference between instant debit and instant settlement
34:51 N3XT's safety features and technological advantages

Tokenized is sponsored by Visa

Tokenized is also presented by Fireblocks

Music by Henry McLean

Tempo Head of Product: From First Line of Code to Mainnet in 7 Months Mar 23, 2026

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On Ep. 75 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by Raj Parekh, Head of Stablecoins and Payments @ Monad and Liam Horne, Product @ Tempo to discuss the Machine Payments Protocol MPP, Tempo mainnet launch, Mastercard acquiring BVNK for $1.8 billion and more!

Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction
2:36 Machine Payments Protocol MPP overview and purpose
4:31 Visa partnership on MPP and command line commerce
9:25 MPP enabling frictionless agentic workflows
14:52 Sessions enable micro payments per token
19:31 Tempo mainnet launch and key features
22:41 Evolution of third generation layer one blockchains
31:16 Creative agentic applications being built on Tempo
36:22 Mastercard acquires BVNK for $1.8 billion
37:28 Financial institutions need a stablecoin strategy

Tokenized is sponsored by Visa

Tokenized is presented by Bridge, a Stripe company.

Tokenized is also presented by Fireblocks

Music by Henry McLean

AI Transformer Model Author Illia Polosukhin: Building the Intention Economy Mar 19, 2026

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On Ep. 4 of Agentic Commerce, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo, and Bam Azizi, CEO & Founder @ Mesh are joined by Illia Polosukhin, Co-Founder @ NEAR Protocol to discuss NEAR Protocol, solving AI coordination, payment challenges and more!

Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction
7:05 NEAR Protocol & solving AI coordination and payment challenges
15:37 Redefining commerce as an intent-based flow beyond payments
22:41 The landscape of agentic commerce protocols and aggregation
25:01 Security challenges with AI agents and the creation of IronClaw
30:13 The evolution toward secure operating systems for AI
31:25 Balancing crypto integration with the open source community
34:04 Future vision for IronClaw and Near Protocol

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Music by Henry McLean

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