TLS78: Marco Argentieri on Building Fuji Money Using the Lightning Network & Liquid Sidechain

Marco Argentieri is the co-founder of Fuji Money, a non-custodial platform for issuing Bitcoin-backed stablecoins and synthetic assets using the Lightning Network and Bitcoin’s Liquid sidechain.

In our conversation we discussed how Fuji works, the concept of over-collateralized lending, and why Fuji is building on Lightning and Liquid.

→ Fuji Money: https://fuji.money/

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Timestamps

00:00 - Intro

02:07 - Marco Argentieri Intro

06:36 - Why Fuji Is Building on Lightning & Liquid

13:56 - How Does Fuji Money Work?

19:06 - Why Do We Need Over-Collateralized Lending?

34:13 - Fuji Money’s Business Model

37:20 - How Fuji Interacts with the Lightning Network

41:28 - Fuji Roadmap

44:07 - Regulatory Issues with Issuing Stablecoins

49:17 - Ideas for Bitcoin Builders

52:32 - The Lightning Round