Episode #130: Crypto and Financial Empowerment with Wei Zhou
Wei Zhou is the CEO of Coins and the former CFO of Binance. He joins host Aaron Stanley to discuss his recent acquisition of Coins.ph - the Philippines' oldest and most successful crypto exchange and how he is expanding its operations to the rest of the developing world
You can connect with Wei on X/Twitter and Linkedin
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#129: Is Brazil Slamming the Door on Stablecoins? with Rodrigo Borges
Rodrigo Borges is a partner at Carvalho Borges Araujo Advogados in Sao Paulo. He joins host Aaron Stanley to discuss a newly proposed rule by the Brazilian Central Bank to prohibit crypto exchanges from transferring stablecoins to self-custodied wallets
This is an extremely important development with lots of implications for crypto markets, operators and users in the Brazil market. The comment period on the proposed rule is open until February 28
You can connect with Rodrigo on Linkedin
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#128: Bitcoin is Macro Now with Noelle Acheson
Noelle Acheson is an expert analyst focusing on the intersection of crypto and macroeconomy. She was previously head of research at CoinDesk and led institutional research efforts at Genesis Trading, and now she's the author of the Crypto is Macro Now newsletter
She joins host Aaron Stanley to discuss recent developments in the crypto markets, including the US presidential election, a potential strategic bitcoin reserve in the US, MicroStrategy's continued bitcoin accumulation and global monetary expansion
You can connect with Noelle on Linkedin
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#127: Avalanche's Third Way with Emin Gün Sirer
Today Aaron talks to Emin Gün Sirer — CEO of Ava Labs, a former computer science professor at Cornell University and the mastermind behind the Avalanche blockchain.
We discuss how Avalanche's deployment of subnets offers an alternative to the ongoing modular versus monolithic debate, recent successes on the gaming and tokenization fronts, and the Avalanche community’s strategic focus on emerging markets — evidenced by its recent summit in Buenos Aires.
We also talk about Gün’s front-row seat involvement in crypto dating back to the early days of bitcoin, the 2016 DAO hack and now deploying his own alternative Layer 1 chain.
You can follow Gün on X/Twitter and Linkedin
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#126: Brazil's Licensing Regime Takes Shape with Tatiana Guazzelli
Tatiana Guazzelli is a partner at Pinheiro Neto Advogados, which is one of Brazil’s largest and most prominent law firms and represents some of the top crypto companies operating in the country.
Tatiana provides important perspective on the many simultaneous movements happening with regard to crypto regulation in Brazil
These developments include:
The Central Bank's proposed licensing structure, which includes a three-tiered licensing system for crypto service providers: intermediaries, custodians, and brokers
Asset segregation legislation advancing through Congress that would enable the Central Bank to require exchanges to separate customer assets as part of its licensing regime.
The Receita Federal is overhauling its tax reporting requirements for crypto assets
The CVM is expected to issue a public consultation regarding rules for tokenized securities offerings
The Central Bank will a separate public consultation in 2025 focused on stablecoin regulation
You can connect with Tatiana on Linkedin
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