Tokenized Fiserv Stablecoin & Digital Asset Raise $135M Ft. Alonso de Gortari & Eric Saraniecki
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Jun 30, 2025 Alonso de Gortari is the Chief Economist at Mysten Labs, focusing on revolutionary internet solutions, while Eric Saraniecki co-founded Digital Asset, emphasizing privacy in finance and crypto convergence. They discuss Digital Asset's recent $135M raise for a privacy-focused blockchain, the rising institutional demand for stablecoins, and Fiserv's launch of the new FIUSD stablecoin. The duo also tackles the implications of integrating traditional finance with crypto, as well as the challenges and future potential of stablecoin adoption across emerging markets.
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Privacy Crucial for Institutional Use
- Privacy is fundamental for institutional finance use cases like payroll and B2B payments.
- Stablecoins' next wave of adoption demands robust privacy due to sensitive transactional data.
Institutional Demand Drives Stablecoins
- Institutional stablecoin adoption ties deeply with capital markets dynamics.
- Stablecoins blend crypto and traditional finance, driven by major institutional demand and capital.
Bitcoin as Capital Market Asset
- Bitcoin increasingly serves as a high quality, liquid asset collateral in capital markets.
- This expands institutional crypto use beyond cash replacement to complex financial functions.
