115. Bakkt to reality
Episode 122 · September 26th, 2019 · 49 mins 25 secs
About this Episode
Simon Taylor is joined by some awesome guests, coming to you straight from Sibos in London! Our brilliant panel of guests include:
- Todd McDonald, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of R3
- Lex Sokolin, Global Fintech Lead @ Consensys
- Thomas Zeeb, Head Securities & Exchanges @ SIX Group A
Together they talk about the latest and greatest news in blockchain, bitcoin and crypto including:
- Bakkt Exchange’s Bitcoin Futures See Slow Start on First Day of Trading (01:26)
- No Chinese yuan in basket underpinning Facebook's Libra (11:59)
- Swiss Stock Exchange SIX Launches Digital Asset Prototype (25:35)
- Wells Fargo’s Stablecoin ‘Faster, Cheaper’ Than SWIFT (37:08)
The Tweet of the Week comes from @squarecrypto about the bitcoin dream team! Why not send us your best tweets? See if you can get a shout out on the show! (44:03)
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Episode Links
- Bakkt Exchange's Bitcoin Futures See Slow Start on First Day of Trading - CoinDesk
- No Chinese yuan in basket underpinning Facebook's Libra - Spiegel - Reuters
- Swiss Stock Exchange SIX Launches Digital Assets Exchange Prototype - CoinDesk
- Wells Fargo's Stablecoin 'Faster, Cheaper' Than SWIFT, Says Exec - CoinDesk
- Tweet of the week