Stablecoins: Why All The Fuss Around The “Killer App” Of Tokenization? - Team Blockchain by Digital Bytes with Jonny Fry featuring Breige Tinnelly, Archax
Description
Dive into a fascinating discussion with Breige Tinnelly from Archax, the UK's first FCA-regulated digital asset broker, exchange, and custodian. Discover how they're revolutionizing financial markets by creating the world's first global digital central securities depository.
## Key Highlights:
- Archax's groundbreaking role in bridging traditional finance and crypto
- Development of a digital market infrastructure for asset issuance and settlement
- Global expansion initiatives including recent moves in Spain and US
- Challenges in digitizing securities and enabling digital payments
- Progress in tokenized treasuries and digital assets as collateral
The conversation explores how regulated custodians are enabling multi-asset, multi-chain capabilities, while highlighting the evolving regulatory landscape for stablecoins and digital assets. Learn about the UK's potential digital gilt issuance and its implications for financial innovation.
🎧 Ready to understand the future of digital finance? Listen to this episode for an insider's perspective on how traditional finance is being transformed through blockchain technology.
Chapters:
00:00:00 - Stablecoins and the Future of R-Tracks
00:00:42 - Bridging Traditional and Digital Finance
00:03:35 - The Importance of a Digital Central Securities Depository
00:05:45 - Tokenization Ahead of Digital Payments
00:08:15 - The Evolving Landscape of Digital Payments
00:10:17 - Regulatory Uncertainty Hinders UK Digital Currency Adoption
00:12:56 - Exploring Digital Finance Infrastructure in the UK
00:14:42 - Tokenized Money Market Funds: A New Frontier
00:17:38 - Adoption of Treasury and Digital Gilt in the UK
Stablecoins are emerging as a bridge between traditional finance and decentralised finance (with a market cap exceeding $220 billion) and are expected to double in 2025. They are increasingly used for payments, remittances and liquidity management, but regulatory uncertainty remains a key hurdle. As major financial institutions adopt tokenised assets, the battle between stablecoins, CBDCs and deposit tokens will shape the future of digital money. So, will stablecoins become a dominant force in global finance, or will central banks and regulators rein them in?
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