192 - Cryptodollars Are the New Eurodollars with Nic Carter
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Cryptodollars are the new Eurodollars. What are Eurodollars, though? Well, we get into that in today’s episode with 8-time repeat Bankless guest, Nic Carter. Nic is a partner at Castle Island Ventures, Fidelity alumni, co-founder and board member of Coin Metrics, and a prolific writer of editorials and academic articles alike, Nic is also a believer that the halvening is always priced in, he’s a stablecoin connoisseur, an onchain wizard, and an unlicensed vespa driver. ------ ✨ DEBRIEF | Ryan & David unpacking the episode: https://www.bankless.com/debrief-nic-carter-stablecoins There’s over $10 trillion dollars worth of Cryptodollars out there and Nic believes that number could grow even bigger. Stablecoins are often called crypto’s killer app, however, Nic thinks we aint seen nothing yet! ----- 🏹 Airdrop Hunter is HERE, join your first HUNT today https://bankless.cc/JoinYourFirstHUNT ------ 📣 a16z Startup School | Apply Before Oct. 20th https://bankless.cc/a16z-startup-school ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q4 🦊METAMASK PORTFOLIO | MANAGE YOUR WEB3 EVERYTHING https://bankless.cc/MetaMask ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum 🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT SOLUTION https://bankless.cc/Toku 🦄UNISWAP | ON-CHAIN MARKETPLACE https://bankless.cc/uniswap 🔗 CELO | CEL2 COMING SOON https://bankless.cc/Celo ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 8:25 Stablecoin Tribe 10:20 The State of Stablecoins in 2023 13:40 Stablecoin’s Product Market Fit 17:16 Stabelcoin Haters 19:00 Growth of the Euro-Dollar Market 21:04 Euro vs. Crypto Dollars 24:30 Federal Reserve History 34:45 Stablecoin Incentives 37:00 Euro-Dollar vs. U.S.-Dollar Backing 43:00 Circle 45:40 PYUSD 46:56 Crypto-Dollars vs. Euro-Dollars 51:15 Why the Rise of Stablecoins? 55:57 Democratic Inclusion of Crypto-Dollarization 59:19 Chart 1:03:05 Tokenized Treasury 1:07:16 Regulatory Idea Maze 1:15:00 Big Banks 1:19:30 Stablecoin Roadmap 1:24:57 Crypto Bullishness 1:28:52 Stablecoin Predictions 1:32:12 Closing & Disclaimers ----- RESOURCES Nic Carter https://twitter.com/nic__carter ----- Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures
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