I spoke with a bank executive this week about where the attention is going. “AI is the only focus.” That captures the mood. Crypto is in a bear market. The excitement has moved elsewhere. But here’s one number that stopped me this week: 80 seconds. That’s... See more
Hi, it’s Marc. ✌️ “And they fail to see that sometimes the madness is actually the method.” Germany is losing about 10,000 factory jobs a month. Most people call that an energy problem. My guest this week says that’s the wrong way to look at it. He thinks... See more
$250,000. Per violation. Per day. That’s the fine in the new Clarity Act draft for any exchange that keeps trading a token issued by a sitting federal official, the President included. The official himself has to hand the profits back. Trump agreed to it.... See more
Hi, it’s Marc. ✌️ “We are done with POCs, we’re done with experiments. This is about real world assets moving on real rails to make a real difference.” - Nadine Chakar Last week, July 15, DTCC processed the first live tokenized stock, ETF, and Treasury tr... See more
Private credit grew from $1.1 trillion in 2010 to $2 trillion at the start of 2025. Tokenized private credit hit $20.48B in active loan value by late 2025, up from under $8.9B a year earlier. That’s 56% growth in twelve months. Strip out stablecoins and r... See more