The Agentic Stablecoin Bank Ft. Elise Soucie Watts and Stepan Simkin

On Ep. 32 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, Head of Content & Strategy @ Sardine is joined by Elise Soucie Watts, Executive Director @ Global Digital Finance and Stepan Simkin, CEO @ Squads to discuss Squads unveiling a stablecoin account for businesses, AI agents and compliance in financial services and more!

Timestamps:

• 00:00 Introduction
• 02:46 Squads unveiling a stablecoin account for businesses
• 05:08 Grid as the open API layer for stablecoin Fintech
• 06:22 Regulatory framework and compliance for stablecoin products
• 11:32 Self-custody vs. FBO accounts in stablecoin finance
• 14:43 AI agents and compliance in financial services
• 18:07 Jamie Dimon and JPMorgan enabling crypto purchases
• 28:39 Senate passing preliminary vote on the GENIUS Act
• 38:16 Catena Labs building AI-native financial institutions with stablecoins

This episode is brought to you by Visa

A world leader in digital payments, Visa is bridging the gap between traditional financial institutions and innovative blockchain networks, helping players in the payments ecosystem navigate the ever-evolving world of tokenized fiat currencies with confidence and ease. Learn more at visa.com/crypto.

Tokenized is also presented by Avalanche.

With Avalanche’s purpose-built Layer 1s, institutions can tailor digital asset strategies to their exact needs—while still tapping into the power of public blockchain innovation, developer communities, and seamless interoperability. Learn more at avax.network

***

We’d also like to remind you that the views or opinions of our contributors today are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the companies they are representing. Nothing we say should be taken as tax, financial, investment or legal advice, do your own research!

Music by Henry McLean