115. Bakkt to reality

Simon Taylor is joined by some awesome guests, coming to you straight from Sibos in London! Our brilliant panel of guests include:

• Todd McDonald, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of R3
• Lex Sokolin, Global Fintech Lead @ Consensys
• Thomas Zeeb, Head Securities & Exchanges @ SIX Group A

Together they talk about the latest and greatest news in blockchain, bitcoin and crypto including:

• Bakkt Exchange’s Bitcoin Futures See Slow Start on First Day of Trading (01:26)
• No Chinese yuan in basket underpinning Facebook's Libra (11:59)
• Swiss Stock Exchange SIX Launches Digital Asset Prototype (25:35)
• Wells Fargo’s Stablecoin ‘Faster, Cheaper’ Than SWIFT (37:08)

The Tweet of the Week comes from @squarecrypto about the bitcoin dream team! Why not send us your best tweets? See if you can get a shout out on the show! (44:03)

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Special Guests: Lex Sokolin, Thomas Zeeb, and Todd McDonald.

Links:

• Bakkt Exchange's Bitcoin Futures See Slow Start on First Day of Trading - CoinDesk
• No Chinese yuan in basket underpinning Facebook's Libra - Spiegel - Reuters
• Swiss Stock Exchange SIX Launches Digital Assets Exchange Prototype - CoinDesk
• Wells Fargo's Stablecoin 'Faster, Cheaper' Than SWIFT, Says Exec - CoinDesk
• Tweet of the week