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Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing
Talking Tokens is StrataMedia’s flagship podcast and newsletter, delivering two episodes a week to a growing global audience of crypto-native and traditional finance professionals. The award-nominated show features conversations with the founders, investors, market makers, and leaders shaping the onchain economy. Hosted by Jacquelyn Melinek, founder & CEO of StrataMedia and former senior crypto reporter at TechCrunch. Subscribe: https://talkingtokens.beehiiv.com/ Follow on X: @_TalkingTokens
Episodes
Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, InvestingThe Future of Digital Assets & Blockchain at Morgan Stanley | Amy Oldenburg
In today's episode of Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn sits down with Amy Oldenburg, Head of Digital Asset Strategy at Morgan Stanley, to explore how one of Wall…
Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, InvestingCEO of KAST Plans to Build a Global Bank for 100 Million People
In today's episode of Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn sits down with the founder and CEO of KAST to discuss how stablecoins are powering a new generation of global…
Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, InvestingAlex Cutler | How Five Guys in Discord Built a Top Exchange
In today's episode of Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn sits down with Alex Cutler, CEO of Dromos Labs and a core contributor to Aerodrome, now Aero, to discuss why…
Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, InvestingHow Chainlink Is Preparing for Trillions in Onchain Finance
In today's episode of Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn sits down with Liam Karwan, Head of RWAs at Chainlink Labs, to discuss how tokenization is changing global…
Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, InvestingWhy R3 Chose Solana for the Next Chapter of Corda
In today's Solana Sessions episode of Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn sits down with Todd McDonald, co-founder of R3, to discuss how institutional blockchain has…
Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, InvestingHow Mantle Plans to Compete in the Tokenized Asset Market
In today's episode of Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn sits down with Josh Cheong, Head of Product and Growth at Mantle, to discuss the next phase of real-world asset…
Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, InvestingWhy Canton Is Focused on Bringing 1% of Capital Markets Onchain
In today's episode of Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn sits down with Yuval Rooz, co-founder and CEO of Digital Asset, the team building the Canton blockchain, to…
Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, InvestingWhy Fomo Thinks Social Trading Is the Next Big Investing Shift
In today's episode of Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn sits down with Se Yong Park , co-founder of Fomo, a social-first trading app with about 3 million users, to…
Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, InvestingWhat Could Take For Ethereum to Hit $10,000
In today's episode of Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn sits down with Kevin Lepsoe, founder of ETHGas, to discuss how Ethereum could evolve into faster, more…
Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, InvestingHow Injective Is Building Financial Markets Onchain
In today's episode of Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn sits down with Eric Chen, co-founder and CEO of Injective Labs, the team behind the Injectivea blockchain built…
Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, InvestingWhy Banks Risk More by Ignoring Stablecoins
In today's episode of Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn sits down with Sergio Mello, Global Head of Digital Asset Infrastructure, and Kevin Wysocki, Head of Policy at…
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Talking Tokens | Inside the Future of Onchain Finance
Talking Tokens goes beyond the headlines to explore the people, ideas, and infrastructure shaping the onchain economy. Hosted by Jacquelyn Melinek, founder and…
Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, InvestingWhat Actually Makes a Crypto Token Investable?
In today's episode of Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn sits down with Shane Molidor, founder and CEO of Forgd, and Ryan Celaj, head of research at DeFiLlama, to…
Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, InvestingWhy Grove Is Betting Billions on Onchain Credit | Kevin Chan
In today's episode of Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn sits down with Kevin Chan, co-founder and CTO of Grove Labs, the team behind Grove Protocol, to discuss how…
Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, InvestingWhat Happens When the World’s Assets Move Onchain?
In today's episode of Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn sits down with Gregg Bell, Chief Investment Officer at Hashgraph, to discuss what institutional blockchain…
Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, InvestingWhy Stellar Thinks Its $4B Tokenization Milestone Is Just the Beginning
In today's episode of Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn sits down with Raja Chakravorti, Chief Business Officer at the Stellar Development Foundation, to discuss why…
Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, InvestingWhat Hyperliquid Could Change About Traditional Markets | Jake Chervinsky
In today's episode of Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn sits down with Jake Chervinsky, founder and CEO of Hyperliquid Policy Center, to discuss how perpetual futures…
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Convergence Episode 1: How WisdomTree Went From $30M to $1 Billion in Onchain AUM
Today we are announcing Convergence, our new institutional product for sophisticated investors, in a joint venture between StrataMedia's Token Relations…
Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, InvestingFrom Pokémon Cards to Birkins: Inside Beezie’s $200M+ Volume | Andrea Miele
In today's episode of Solana Sessions, Jacquelyn sits down with Andrea Miele, CEO and founder of Beezie, to explore how gamification, tokenization and onchain…
Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, InvestingHow Stock Tokens Fueled Robinhood Chain's Explosive Growth
Robinhood Chain has quickly emerged as one of the fastest-growing blockchains, with roughly 620,000 average daily active users, $1.3 million in daily fees, and…
Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, InvestingWhy Robinhood Is Betting on Tokenized Assets | Nicola White
In today's episode of Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn sits down with Nicola White, VP of Institutional at Robinhood, to discuss how Robinhood is expanding its…
Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, InvestingHow Stablecoins Could Double Margins for Businesses
In today's episode of Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn sits down with Sam Broner, CEO of The Better Money Company, to unpack what stablecoins need to become everyday…
Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, InvestingCrypto Grew Despite Bad UX | What Happens When We Fix It?
In today's episode of Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn sits down with Edward Woodford, founder and CEO of zerohash, to explore how crypto infrastructure is becoming…
Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, InvestingHow Banks Went From Avoiding Crypto to Building Onchain
On today's Talking Tokenization, Jacquelyn sits down with Andrew McCormick, Head of Institutional and Market Development at Chainlink Labs, to explore how…
Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, InvestingDeFi Vaults Just Hit $15B | What’s Driving the Boom?
DeFi vaults are having a breakout year, with roughly $15 billion in value now sitting across the sector. But as Alexander Beaudry from our institutional…
Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, InvestingWhat Happens When 2% of the $100 Trillion Stock Market Moves Onchain?
On today's episode of Talking Tokenization, Jacquelyn sits down with Carlos Domingo, co-founder and CEO of Securitize, to explore what's next for tokenized…
Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, InvestingBitcoin Is Back, Scaramucci Says the Real $500K Rally Is Still Ahead
Anthony Scaramucci still believes Bitcoin can reach $500,000. In this episode of Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn Melinek sits down with the SkyBridge Capital founder…
Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, InvestingWhy Morpho’s CEO Thinks $200 Trillion of Credit Will Move Onchain
Is it possible for $200 trillion in global credit to move onchain, or is DeFi still trapped in speculation? Today’s guest is Paul Frambot, Co-Founder and CEO…
Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, InvestingYour Next Portfolio Manager Could Be an AI Agent
In today's episode of Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn sits down with Rishin Sharma, Head of AI Growth at the Solana Foundation, to explore how AI agents could…
Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, InvestingEquity Perps Explained | Can DeFi Really Handle Traditional Stocks?
Trading Wall Street stocks 24/7 in DeFi sounds like the ultimate financial unlock, but as Alexander Beaudry from our institutional research team points out…
Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, InvestingWhy DeFi Works Best When it Does the Least
In today's episode of Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn sits down with Adrian, who breaks down his journey from Goldman Sachs to building in DeFi. He reveals why…
Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, InvestingWhat Wall Street Really Thinks About Tokenization
On today's episode of Talking Tokenization, Jacquelyn sits down with John D’Agostino (Head of Strategy at Coinbase Institutional) and Rebecca Rettig (COO & CLO…
Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, InvestingStablecoins, RWAs & DeFi: What Institutions Actually Want
On today's Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn sits down with Jillian Friedman, Chief Operating Officer at Symbiotic, to talk about what it actually takes to make…
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Why Binance Wants to Replace Banks for Everyday Payments | Thomas Gregory, Binance
On today's Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn sits down with Thomas Gregory, VP of Payments at Binance, to talk about what it actually looks like to build a global…
- Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing
Strata Research Survey: What Five Industry Leaders Have to Say About Agentic Payments
On this edition of Strata Research's Analyst Insights, Jacquelyn sits down with Institutional Research Analyst Alex Beaudry to break down the results of…
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Why Crypto Has a Brain Drain Problem | Dom & Phil Kwok
On today's Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn sits down with Dom & Phil Kwok, co-founders of EasyA, a platform that teaches developers and consumers how to actually…
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Why Tokenized Equities Need Another BlackRock Moment and Who Could Trigger It | Suzy Singh, Securitize
On today's Talking Tokenization, Jacquelyn sits down with Suzy Singh, Deputy Chief Operating Officer at Securitize, to pull back the curtain on what…
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How Anchorage Is Becoming the Infrastructure Layer for All of TradFi | Nathan McCauley & Kevin Wysocki
On today's Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn sits down with Anchorage Digital’s CEO and Co-founder Nathan McCauley and Head of Policy Kevin Wysocki to talk about what…
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Why Ethereum’s Institutional Supercycle Is Already Here | Joseph Chalom, Sharplink
On today's Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn sits down with Joseph Chalom, CEO of Sharplink to talk about why he and a group of Ethereum stewards including Joe Lubin…
- Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing
Is OUSD Really Just Stripe's Stablecoin? | Alex Beaudry, Strata Research
On this edition of Strata Research, Jacquelyn sits down with our Institutional Research Analyst Alex Beaudry to dig into the OUSD announcement that resulted in…
- Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing
Binance Founder CZ on what it took to build the world's largest crypto exchange and stay #1
On today's Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn sits down with CZ, founder and former CEO of Binance, on the exchange's ninth anniversary to talk about what he got right…
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Why Franklin Templeton Has Been Eyeing Tokenization for a Decade and What Comes After Money Funds | Roger Bayston
On today's Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn sits down with Roger Bayston, Head of Digital Assets at Franklin Templeton, to discuss his 35-year journey at the firm and…
- Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing
A 117-Year-Old Asset Manager Goes “Fully Native,” Seeing Tokenization as OS upgrade | Theo Golden
On today's Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn sits down with Theo Golden, Head of Digital Assets at Baillie Gifford, to talk about BAGEY — the firm's newly launched…
- Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing
Why Plasma Bet Everything on USDT When Nobody Believed in Stablecoin Chains | Zaheer Evtakar, Plasma
On today's Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn sits down with Zaheer Ebtikar, Chief Strategy Officer at Plasma, to talk about why the recent wave of DeFi exploits is…
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Tapping a Credit Card to Buy Coffee With Bitcoin Is…Kinda Wrong | Strata Research
On this edition of Strata Research, Jacquelyn sits down with institutional research analyst Alex Beaudry to dig into crypto cards, which many assumed were…
- Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing
Evernorth Has 473 Million XRP And An Argument to Why Idle Capital Should Not Exist | Asheesh Birla
On today's Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn sits down with Asheesh Birla, CEO of Evernorth, the Ripple-backed digital asset treasury firm holding roughly 473 million…
- Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing
Why Aave V4 Is Built Like a Central Bank for DeFi | Stani Kulechov
On today's Talking Tokens, we're sharing Jacquelyn’s Proof of Talk chat with Stani Kulechov, founder and CEO of Aave Labs, to break down why Aave V4 moved away…
- Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing
Why MoneyGram Built Its Own Stablecoin Instead of Using Someone Else's | Anthony Soohoo, MoneyGram
On today's Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn sits down with MoneyGram CEO Anthony Soohoo to talk about MGUSD, the company's new dollar-backed stablecoin built on…
- Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing
Why Every Institution Should Be Staking ETH | Kean Gilbert, Lido
On today's Talking Tokenization, Jacquelyn sits down with Kean Gilbert, Head of Institutional Relations at the Lido Ecosystem Foundation, to talk about how…
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From the Federal Reserve to Circle: What Most People Are Getting Wrong About Onchain Finance | Gordon Liao
On today's Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn sits down with Gordon Liao, Chief Economist and Head of Research at Circle, to talk about why traditional financial…
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Taking Crypto Mainstream with Nostalgia & Creative Marketing | Dakota Campbell, Collector Crypt
On today's Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn sits down with Dakota Campbell, Head of Marketing at Collector Crypt, the platform that generated $165 million in volume…
- Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing
What the Last Decade of Fintech Got Wrong | A Look Into Crypto Neobanks
On this episode of Strata Research, presented by Talking Tokens & Token Relations, Jacquelyn sits down with Institutional Research Analyst Alex Beaudry to dig…
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Why Institutional FOMO Is Now the Biggest Force in Crypto | Morgan Krupetsky, Ava Labs
On today's Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn sits down with Morgan Krupetsky, VP of Onchain Finance at Ava Labs, to break down where institutional adoption of…
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Are Tokenized Stocks the Next Big Catalyst? | Brett Redfearn
On today's Talking Tokenization, Jacquelyn sits down with Brett Redfearn, President of Securitize and former SEC Director of Trading and Markets, to trace how…
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Why Focusing on Tailored Approaches in Emerging Markets is the Move | Torab Torabi
On today's Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn sits down with Torab Torabi, CEO of Move Industries, to discuss Movement’s strategic reorientation toward becoming a…
- Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing
What Wall Street Actually Wants from Crypto | Bart Smith & Laine Litman
On today's Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn sits down with Bart Smith and Laine Litman, CEO and COO of AVAT, the Avalanche Treasury Company, two traditional finance…
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The 4 Things That Need to Happen Before AI Agents Can Actually Spend Money | An Agentic Payments Explainer
On our first episode of Strata Research presented by Talking Tokens & Token Relations, Jacquelyn sits down with Institutional Research Analyst Alex Beaudry to…
- Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing
USDT0's Co-Founder on Moving $90B Cross-Chain, the Agent Economy, and Tether's Untouchable Moat
On today's Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn sits down with Lorenzo Romagnoli, co-founder of USDT0, a stablecoin protocol that has moved over $90 billion in USDT…
- Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing
What You Need To Know About x402 And How It Impacts Payments | Erik Reppel
In this episode of Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn Melinek speaks with Erik Reppel, head of engineering at Coinbase Developer Platform and creator of x402., They…
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What goes on behind $30B in tokenized assets | Jason Barraza
In this episode of Talking Tokenization, Jacquelyn Melinek speaks with Jason Barraza, head of institutional business development at RedStone, about why…