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Crypto's Role in Payments w/ Arnold (Sphere Labs)

Nov 10, 2023
01:02:46

Arnold, Founder and CEO of Sphere Labs, joins Sal on Unlayered to talk about payments. Throughout the conversation, we try to separate hype from reality when it comes to crypto’s role in transforming global payments infrastructure. We also discuss how payments networks differ in various jurisdictions and recent advancements TradFi has made with respect to real-time payments

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Time Stamps

0:00 - How crypto and payments can work together

4:47 - How to abstract away the crypto token

11:49 - Signs of initial adoption 

19:00 - Sphere’s unique insights

26:42 - Solana’s adoption of tether

29:12 - Sphere’s target userbase 

37:04 - Legal framework behind deposit limits

42:31 - Tradfi advancements in payments

47:58 - Crypto offering 100x improvements

50:42 - Synergies between Solana-based payment projects

54:45 - What needs to happen near time to transform payments

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Episode Resources

Follow Arnold : https://twitter.com/0xdirichlet

Follow Sphere : https://twitter.com/Sphere_Labs

Sphere website : https://spherepay.co


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