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Salim Ismail
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Solana Founder: Crypto Is About to Change Finance Like the Internet Changed Everything Else | EP#204
Peter DiamandisAnatoly YakovenkoDave BlundinSalim IsmailAlexander Wissner-Gross
Solana’s differentiated role is execution: valuable order flow makes traders pay for priority, while stablecoins could move $1 trillion to $10 trillion on-chain over five years and make settlement programmable.The catalyst is cheaper global capital formation, but adoption still depends on better interfaces and legal recognition of limited liability for smart-contract participants.
Money After AI: Meet the New Digital Dollar Built for the Internet "Stablecoins" | EP #200
Peter DiamandisJeremy AllaireEmad MostaqueSalim Ismail
USDC is positioned as fully reserved, redeemable internet money, with a $76 billion market cap, over 90% year-on-year growth, and Circle’s recent IPO raising $1 billion.Its safety case rests on transparent, short-duration Treasury backing rather than fractional-reserve lending, while open, programmable rails could strengthen dollar demand and Treasury markets.AI-mediated transactions, corporate treasury, and cross-border settlement are nearer-term catalysts, but retail adoption remains a couple of years away and inflation, controls, and enforcement risks remain unresolved.