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Update frequency:
every 43 days
Average audio length:
36 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
26 episodes
since May 2, 2022
episodic

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In this episode, Denelle sits down with Sandy Kaul, EVP and Head of Innovation at Franklin Templeton, to break down Benji - the first U.S. registered money market fund to use a public blockchain, Stellar, for transaction processing and transfer agency. It didn't start as a tokenization play. It st…

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The biggest challenge for institutions moving to blockchain isn't efficiency - it's privacy. How do you leverage a public ledger without exposing client data or competitive strategies to the world? In this episode of block block, Denelle Dixon sits down with the Stellar Development Foundation’s Ch…
In this episode of block by block, Lisa Nestor, Director of Stanford’s Future of Digital Currency Initiative, reveals groundbreaking research into the real-world utility of stablecoins. After analyzing over 41 million USDC transactions spanning five years and 100 countries, the data shows that stab…
Anthony Soohoo is 18 months into transforming MoneyGram - 500,000 locations, 200+ countries - into a developer-led payments network running on blockchain and stablecoins. The catch: customers never see the tech. They just hold a dollar-backed balance in the app while AI orchestrates treasury, FX, a…
Issuing a stablecoin used to require a nine-figure investment, years of regulatory work, and deep banking relationships. For most companies, that barrier made participation impossible. In this episode of block by block, Denelle Dixon speaks with Ben Milne, founder and CEO of Brale, about why stabl…
This Block by Block episode features AirTM CEO Ruben Galindo on the economics of global payroll. AirTM has processed more than $1B in stablecoin payments, paid 250,000 workers in 150+ countries, and reports 20–25% cost savings on cross-border payouts. Galindo explains how stablecoin payments are co…
In this episode of block by block with Denelle Dixon, Austin Campbell (Founder of Zero Knowledge Consulting, NYU Stern professor, former Paxos, JP Morgan, Citi) talks through the parts of the financial system most people never see — settlement, velocity, trapped capital, and the tradeoffs between o…
In this episode of Block by Block, Denelle Dixon sits down with Brian Pellegrino, CEO and Co-Founder of LayerZero Labs, to explore how blockchain interoperability is evolving beyond traditional bridges and wrapped assets toward true omnichain infrastructure. What You'll Learn: -How omnichain token…
This episode explores how Etherfuse is using Stellar to build open, interoperable financial rails that keep money, and access, truly open. Dave Taylor, Co-Founder and CEO of Etherfuse, joins Denelle to share how bringing local-currency sovereign bonds onchain through stablebonds can create transpar…
In our third and final episode in our mini-series on how to make a real-world impact, Denelle talks with Elisabeth Carpenter, COO of Circle. Denelle and Elisabeth talked about the value stablecoins have for global users, why enterprise innovation is not just compatible but complementary to social i…
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