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The New Money PodcastEpisode #23 OKX ft. Hong FangThis episode of The New Money Podcast features Hong Fang, President of OKX, one of the world’s largest crypto exchanges serving over 60 million users. Hong traces her path from Goldman Sachs into crypto and explains how Bitcoin and open, auditable infrastructure address TradFi’s opacity, credit dependence, and widening inequality. She details OKX’s rebrand and unified CeFi–DeFi strategy, including its expanding self-custody wallet, OKX Pay, and the Brazil-focused OKX Card, alongside licensing progress across key jurisdictions. The conversation explores how OKX builds trust through on-chain proof of reserves, multi-layered controls, and a local–global “team of teams” model...
2025-12-1836 min
The New Money PodcastEpisode #22 Coinbase ft. Daniel SeifertThis episode of The New Money Podcast features Daniel Seifert, Vice President and Regional Managing Director, EMEA, of Coinbase. Daniel shares his journey from traditional finance at McKinsey and UBS to leading one of the world’s largest crypto exchanges through turbulent times, joining just weeks before the FTX collapse. He reflects on stabilizing the organization, motivating teams amid market downturns, and driving Coinbase’s global expansion outside the U.S. The conversation explores Europe’s regulatory landscape, highlighting MiCAR as a global benchmark for crypto clarity while cautioning against stifling innovation. Daniel discusses stablecoins, the future of Euro-denominated assets...
2025-12-0426 min
The New Money PodcastEpisode #21 Circle ft. Sanja KonThis episode of The New Money Podcast features Sanja Kon, Vice President for EMEA at Circle, the company behind USDC and EURC stablecoins. Sanja shares how witnessing the collapse of financial systems during her early years sparked her curiosity about money and technology, leading her to work at PayPal, co-found a crypto-to-fiat payments startup, and ultimately scale stablecoin infrastructure at Circle. The discussion dives into Circle Payments Network, how its OFI/BFI model unlocks near-instant, transparent cross-border settlement, and why the network doesn’t require bilateral partner builds. Sanja also introduces Arc, Circle’s Layer 1 for stablecoin-native finance with pred...
2025-11-2025 min
The New Money PodcastEpisode #20 Coinbase ft. Hoolie TejwaniThis episode of The New Money Podcast features Hoolie Tejwani, Head of Coinbase Ventures, the venture arm of Coinbase, investing in crypto and blockchain startups. Hoolie traces Coinbase Ventures’ origins from a nights-and-weekends experiment to a 500-plus company portfolio, outlining a financial-ROI-first mandate, flexible check sizes, and the strategic flywheel it creates for Coinbase. He maps the team’s current theses across stablecoins, DeFi, on-chain consumer apps, and the frontier of crypto x AI agents. The conversation provides insights on stablecoin issuance models, cross-border payments, and the complex economics of on-chain FX and liquidity, including when local-currency stables and USD...
2025-10-3026 min
The New Money PodcastEpisode #19 Agora ft. Nick van EckThis episode of The New Money Podcast features Nick van Eck, Co-Founder and CEO of Agora, a stablecoin infrastructure platform and the issuer of AUSD. Nick traces his path from a family of gold investors and a love for classical history to Bitcoin, and explains why non-sovereign money and self-custody matter. He outlines why stablecoins are far more valuable outside the US, what’s broken in today’s stablecoin market, and how Agora aligns economics for builders. The conversation covers white-label stablecoins that share AUSD liquidity, predictions for a dozen large issuers and market‑maker clearing, and why “yield coins” l...
2025-10-2035 min
The New Money PodcastEpisode #19 Agora ft. Nick van EckThis episode of The New Money Podcast features Nick van Eck, Co-Founder and CEO of Agora, a stablecoin infrastructure platform and the issuer of AUSD. Nick traces his path from a family of gold investors and a love for classical history to Bitcoin, and explains why non-sovereign money and self-custody matter. He outlines why stablecoins are far more valuable outside the US, what’s broken in today’s stablecoin market, and how Agora aligns economics for builders. The conversation covers white-label stablecoins that share AUSD liquidity, predictions for a dozen large issuers and market‑maker clearing, and why “yield coins” l...
2025-10-1635 min
The New Money PodcastEpisode #18 Coinhouse ft. Nicolas LouvetThis episode of The New Money Podcast features Nicolas, CEO of Coinhouse, a French crypto broker offering regulated digital asset services for individuals and businesses. Nicolas retraces Coinhouse’s roots alongside Ledger and its evolution from a Paris storefront to a regulated brokerage that helped shape France’s PSAN regime, later informing MiCA. He lays out why the real value sits with client-facing brokers, not exchanges, and how Coinhouse is building toward a crypto-native bank serving premium clients. The conversation dives into Europe’s regulatory fragmentation under MiCA, why France’s early lead has faded, and why Nicolas believes the trav...
2025-09-2534 min
The New Money PodcastEpisode #17 Backpack ft. Armani FerranteThis episode of The New Money Podcast features Armani Ferrante, founder and CEO of Backpack, the regulated crypto exchange and wallet platform unifying access to digital assets across chains and fiat. Armani unpacks Backpack’s brand philosophy, why the company prioritizes custody, security, and global liquidity, and his journey from Apple to Alameda to the early Solana ecosystem. He shares candid lessons from the FTX collapse—after losing 88% of company capital—and how that shaped Backpack’s transparency-first, compliance-led culture. The conversation dives into Backpack’s launch in Europe via the FTX EU acquisition, the emerging regulated perps landscape, and how Ce...
2025-09-1835 min
The New Money PodcastEpisode #16 Privy ft. Henri SternThis episode of The New Money Podcast features Henri Stern, co-founder and CEO of Privy, the wallet infrastructure enabling embedded wallets and secure key management for modern crypto apps, recently acquired by Stripe. Henri unpacks the hard-won lessons from his first startup, the co-founder dynamics that powered Privy, and why truth-seeking beats ego when navigating pivots. He traces Privy’s shift from data tokenization to embedded wallets, the evolution of wallet UX, and the rise of stablecoins drawing fintechs into crypto. Henri also explains how Privy remains fast inside Stripe, why serving both crypto-native and fintech customers compounds product qu...
2025-09-1136 min
The New Money PodcastEpisode #15 MEXC ft. Tracy JinThis episode of The New Money Podcast features Tracy Jin, COO at MEXC, a leading global crypto exchange known for altcoin breadth, deep liquidity, and ultra-low fees. Tracy unpacks MEXC’s M-E-X-C philosophy, why liquidity depth and zero-fee trading matter, and how the business model works at scale. The conversation dives into listing at speed with rigorous diligence and delisting safeguards, the emerging stablecoin war, and MEXC’s partnership with Ethen’s USDE that accelerated volumes. Tracy outlines the $300M ecosystem fund and IgniteX to back top talent and projects, and explains why multiple stablecoin winners make the market health...
2025-09-0426 min
The New Money PodcastEpisode #14 Bybit ft. Georg HarerThis episode of The New Money Podcast features Georg Harer, Managing Director and Head of Legal & Compliance at Bybit EU. Georg traces his path from big-law M&A to building Bybit’s Vienna headquarters and securing a MiCA license in under a year. He shares how Bybit’s culture of transparency and fast execution shaped its response to a major security incident and informs its approach to client asset protection and proof of reserves. The conversation dives into localization for European users, navigating Asian–European team dynamics, and the realities of banking access for regulated crypto firms. It also explor...
2025-08-2833 min
The New Money PodcastEpisode #13 Turnkey ft. Bryce FergusonThis episode of The New Money Podcast features Bryce Ferguson, co-founder and CEO of Turnkey, the infrastructure powering embedded wallets and on-chain automation for teams like Bridge, Moonshot, and Polymarket. Bryce walks us through his journey from art school to Bain to building Coinbase Custody, and now leading Turnkey to scale programmable wallets for the next generation of crypto. They unpack the evolving landscape of crypto wallets and why custody remains a foundational design decision for any crypto product. Bryce also reflects on Coinbase’s culture, the current U.S. regulatory pivot, and how to prepare for an AI-native fu...
2025-07-3130 min
The New Money PodcastEpisode #12 Blockpit ft. Florian WimmerThis episode of The New Money Podcast features Florian Wimmer, Co-founder and CEO of Blockpit - the Austrian crypto tax startup now leading Europe’s compliance infrastructure. Florian shares how Blockpit went from a side project built in Excel to a multi-jurisdiction platform used by individuals, institutions, and tax authorities across the EU. We dive into the 2026 rollout of the Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF), why just 3% of traders currently file taxes, and how Blockpit is positioning itself for a 10–30x market expansion. Florian also speaks candidly about crypto’s libertarian roots, the ethics of taxation, and the challenges of consol...
2025-07-1725 min
The New Money PodcastEpisode #11 FalconX ft. Austin ReidThis episode of The New Money Podcast features Austin Reid, Global Head of Revenue and Business at FalconX, the institutional crypto prime broker powering over $1.5 trillion in annual trading volume. Austin shares the story of FalconX’s hypergrowth, from five people and a trading desk to a full-stack platform serving the world’s most sophisticated investors. They unpack the rise of U.S.-regulated crypto derivatives, the institutional boom following Bitcoin ETF approval, and the Trump admin, and why stablecoins are quietly becoming crypto’s killer app for emerging markets. Austin also dives into FalconX’s M&A strategy, the firm...
2025-07-1036 min
The New Money PodcastEpisode #10 Blockdaemon ft. Konstantin RichterThis episode of The New Money Podcast features Konstantin Richter, Founder & CEO of Blockdaemon. Konstantin shares what it takes to run crypto infrastructure at scale, powering institutions from Goldman Sachs to Coinbase. He unpacks why the Genius Act signals a regulatory shift and how Blockdaemon’s business is evolving from static nodes to dynamic DeFi APIs. Konstantin also reflects on the fallout of being debanked overnight, what it revealed about the fragility of traditional finance, and why self-custody is no longer optional. A sharp conversation on infrastructure shifts, regulatory momentum, and why stable tokens are fast becoming the new ra...
2025-07-0437 min
The New Money PodcastEpisode #09 KuCoin ft. Christian NiedermüllerThis episode of The New Money Podcast features Christian Niedermüller, COO of KuCoin EU. Christian shares what it’s like to build KuCoin’s European arm from the ground up - inside one of Asia’s fastest-growing crypto exchanges. He explains why Vienna is becoming a serious regulatory hub, how MiCA will reshape the European landscape, and what it actually costs to launch a compliant exchange in the EU. Christian breaks down why MiCA means consolidation, how KuCoin is shifting away from its “aping casino” image, and why trust, security, and UX now sit at the core of its Europea...
2025-06-2531 min
The New Money PodcastEpisode #08 Zodia Markets ft. Nick PhilpottThis episode of The New Money Podcast features Nick Philpott, Co-Founder and Head of Partnerships of Zodia Markets, who shares his unlikely path from historian to banker to crypto entrepreneur. He shares insights into building a crypto and FX platform designed specifically for institutions—one that delivers real-time settlement, operates within deep regulatory frameworks, and aims to make "the unfamiliar familiar." Nick explains how stablecoins solve the 20% of use cases that cause 80% of the operational pain and unpacks the anatomy of Zodia’s “regulatory-first” approach. Nick breaks down the realities of being bank-backed, and why real-time stablecoin FX at scale is...
2025-06-1943 min
The New Money PodcastEpisode #07 BitMEX ft. Stephan LutzThis episode of The New Money Podcast features Stephan Lutz, CEO of BitMEX. Stephan shares how he transitioned from traditional finance at PwC and Deutsche Börse to leading BitMEX through one of the most turbulent chapters in crypto history. He recounts why joining BitMEX felt like "winning the lottery," how he moved his family from Germany to Singapore, and what it took to restore the exchange’s reputation post-regulatory action. He explains how BitMEX became the first crypto exchange to fully KYC its user base, what it’s like to work with elite legal teams, and why true regul...
2025-06-0548 min
The New Money PodcastEpisode #06 Bitget ft. Vugar Usi ZadeThis episode of The New Money Podcast features Vugar Usi Zade, COO of Bitget. Vugar recounts his unconventional path from marketing director at Sony to scaling crypto giant Bitget from 12 million to 100 million users in under two years. Vugar explains the key drivers behind Bitget’s growth, including its strategic $30M partnership with Lionel Messi, the launch of the Bitget Wallet (now one of the most downloaded crypto wallets globally), and investments into Telegram’s TON ecosystem. He shares how Bitget scaled its operations to 1,800 employees across 60 countries, why the company prioritizes local autonomy over centralized control, and how they...
2025-05-2956 min
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2025-05-273h 39
The New Money PodcastEpisode #05 Coinbase ft. Peter StilwellThis episode of The New Money Podcast features Peter Stilwell, the former COO of Coinbase UK. Peter unpacks Coinbase’s journey from building a startup within a startup in Europe to navigating the chaos of the FTX collapse. He recounts the early challenges of bringing compliance-first crypto infrastructure to a market lagging years behind the U.S., the behind-the-scenes tension of operating under the FCA’s scrutiny, and how Coinbase balanced rapid growth with regulatory rigor. The conversation dives into the birth of USDC, how a hobby became a billion-dollar revenue stream, and the "Amazon for stablecoins" thesis. He shar...
2025-05-2241 min
The New Money PodcastEpisode #04 Yellow Card ft. Chris MauriceThis episode of The New Money Podcast features Chris Maurice, Co-Founder and CEO of Yellow Card, Africa’s leading stablecoin payments infrastructure provider. Chris shares his journey from selling Bitcoin out of Taco Bells in the U.S. to building a pan-African fintech powerhouse that operates in over 20 countries. He unpacks how Yellow Card solved the hardest problem in emerging markets - moving money across borders - by building their own market-making and liquidity infrastructure from scratch. The conversation dives into the rise of stablecoins in the Global South, why traditional finance failed to serve African businesses, and how Ye...
2025-05-1545 min
The New Money PodcastEpisode #03 One Trading ft. Joshua BarracloughThis episode of The New Money Podcast features Joshua Barraclough, Founder and CEO of One Trading. Josh shares his journey from leading fintech strategy at JP Morgan, to joining Bitpanda as CEO of its exchange business, and ultimately spinning it out to launch One Trading as a fully independent, institutional-grade platform. They dive deep into the complexities of the trading stack, the rise of perpetual futures as crypto’s most powerful financial innovation, and how One Trading rebuilt the infrastructure for regulated perps from scratch, eliminating the need for brokers and clearinghouses. Josh breaks down the 3.5-year regulatory journey wi...
2025-05-0939 min
The New Money PodcastEpisode #02 Bison ft. Ulli SpankowskiThis episode of The New Money Podcast features Ulli Spankowski, Founder of Bison and Chief Digital Officer at Börse Stuttgart. Ulli shares the compelling journey of Bison from startup to its acquisition by Börse Stuttgart, offering insights on entrepreneurial risk-taking and building trust in the volatile crypto space. The conversation explores how Bison's business model evolved and the strategic decision behind partnering with Börse Stuttgart. Ulli reveals valuable lessons from the acquisition process and discusses his vision for digital assets within the traditional financial organization. The discussion also covers the critical role of human resources in cul...
2025-05-0244 min
The New Money PodcastEpisode #01 Bitstamp ft. Bobby ZagottaThis episode of The New Money Podcast features Bobby Zagotta, CEO of Bitstamp USA and Global Chief Commercial Officer. Bobby shares Bitstamp’s origin story, his transition from CME to crypto, and what it takes to scale one of the most enduring exchanges in the industry. He discusses the crucial role of regulation in crypto, how Bitstamp is navigating innovation while maintaining compliance, and the unique challenges of building trust in a volatile market. The conversation explores the future of euro stablecoins, the current U.S. administration’s approach to crypto policy, and the urgent need for a clear regu...
2025-04-2443 min
Finance Forward – der Podcast für die neue FinanzweltFinanceFWD #201 mit Ivy-Gründer Ferdinand Dabitz
Mit Anfang 20 hat Ferdinand Dabitz das Fintech Ivy gegründet. Die Bezahlmethode ermöglicht Zahlungen innerhalb weniger Sekunden – eine moderne Version von Sofortüberweisung. Dadurch will das junge Team mehrere Zwischenschritte aus dem Paymentprozess entfernen und die Kosten reduzieren. Vor wenigen Wochen beteiligte sich der bekannte Startup-Investor Creandum und Business Angels wie der N26-Gründer Maximilian Tayenthal an dem Unternehmen. Was der Gründer mit Ivy vorhat – und wer zu seinen Vorbildern zählt, darüber haben wir im Podcast gesprochen.
2023-08-2336 min