MasterCard’s $1.8B Bitcoin Play, OpenAI Promises 17.5% Yield, & Bezos Bets $100B
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Final Settlement is a weekly podcast covering capital markets, dealmaking, early-stage venture, bitcoin applications and protocol development.
00:00 - Geopolitics, oil, and market volatility
11:09 - Crypto market structure: CFTC/SEC clarity and the Clarity Act
22:19 - Stablecoin surge: Stripe MPP, and MasterCard/BVNK
37:12 - Kraken's frozen IPO and the crypto exchange landscape
43:41 - Institutional digital asset adoption: EY/Coinbase survey
49:44 - Building Bitcoin-native financial companies
53:44 - AI meets capital: OpenAI/Anthropic PE deals and robotics investment
1:00:58 - AI agents, Walmart dynamic pricing, and surveillance risk
1:05:57 - Building in the new economy and The Stables
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