Bitcoin, Fiat & Rock'n'Roll Archiv
415 Episoden
1 Stunde 20 Minuten
BFRR hits 400 episodes. The team reflects on seven years covering institutional DLT, then shares hot takes from 15 guests at PZF 2026 on governance, stablecoins, and monetary sovereignty.
1 Stunde 8 Minuten
June was brutal for crypto, yet the real story sits underneath: Saylor selling, Vitalik's privacy pivot, Stablecoin projects continue, and a sharpening transatlantic split over who anchors tokenized money.
47 Minuten
Libra architect Christian Catalini discusses stablecoins, AI agents, the role of Bitcoin and why the future of money may be built on open networks, leveraging programmability and open standards.
1 Stunde
GFTN’s Pat Patel on building Point Zero Forum, the future of stablecoins and agentic AI, and why coexistence beats winner-takes-all in the next wave of digital money.
46 Minuten
Why would PayPal's former Head of Crypto join Stellar? José Fernández da Ponte explains why stablecoins, tokenization and open blockchain infrastructure are reaching a tipping point.
1 Stunde 1 Minute
Stablecoins took over May. We unpack Kivalis’ 25-bank expansion, AllUnity’s agentic payments, Lagarde’s bearish take, the MiCA review, and the Clarity Act’s path through the Senate.
60 Minuten
Clearstream’s Thilo Derenbach explains how Deutsche Börse is building hybrid market infrastructure for tokenised securities, digital assets and collateral mobility.
51 Minuten
Circle’s Dante Disparte on regulatory wins, its own Arc blockchain, agentic payments and tokenized money's place in the global financial system.
40 Minuten
Anika Patz, Partner at lawfirm YPOG, provides an overview of Europe’s Market Integration and Supervision Package (MISP) that will significantly change European financial market regulation and embed DLT.
1 Stunde 1 Minute
Who is Satoshi Nakamoto? The New York Times suggests a new candidate—but does it matter? Plus: stablecoins gain traction in Europe, and Bhutan sells most of its Bitcoin.
49 Minuten
Thomas Langbein, Chief Commercial Officer at Trever, explains why digital asset adoption in banking is shifting from experimentation to operationalisation—and why infrastructure is becoming the real bottleneck. He shares how Trever’s “digital asset operating system” helps banks integrate trading, custody, settlement, and compliance into one coherent setup across crypto, stablecoins, and tokenised assets. The conversation explores how institutional strategies are evolving beyond crypto into payments and capital markets, and what it takes to build a future-ready banking infrastructure.
42 Minuten
Michael unpacks his new FERI study on stablecoins: the two-pillar model, dollar dominance by design, MiCAR vs. GENIUS Act, reserve risks, and why agentic AI changes everything for institutions.
47 Minuten
Maha El Dimachki provides an overview of the BIS innovation hub projects she has worked on as the leader of the Singapore Hub: Nexus, Mandala, Rialto. The Episode continues to explore GFTN Solution’s mission.
58 Minuten
SAP’s Stefan Arnold and Michael Blaschke on why IT architecture is stablecoin adoption’s missing link. ERP integration, custody, and compliance — how enterprises cross the chasm of digital payments.
1 Stunde
Listen to a recap and an interpretation of the most relevant news of March 2026 in worldwide stablecoin and DLT adoption in capital markets and the recent partnerships and acquisition of Börse Stuttgart.
