The Smart Economy Podcast: Real-World Blockchain Applications with Crypto, DeFi, NFTs, and DAOs Are Stablecoins the Future of Money? Telcoin’s eUSD and becoming a Digital Bank with Paul Neuner
May 8, 2025
50:37
In this episode of The Smart Economy Podcast, host Dylan Grabowski is joined by Paul Neuner, the Founder and CEO of Telcoin, acompany leveraging blockchain technology to provide low-cost DeFi products for mobile phone users globally.
What You’ll Learn:
- Why state-chartered digital asset banks may offer a more efficient path to crypto adoption than federal charters
- How Telcoin's eUSD differs from traditional stablecoins
- The emerging framework for merchant adoption of digital cash payments that could reduce fees from 3% to under 1%
- Why upcoming stablecoin legislation in May 2024 could accelerate mainstream crypto adoption
- How telecom companies could play a crucial role in the future of digital identity and financial services
- The roadmap for connecting 3 billion people to digital cash through local currency integration
- Why institutional adoption and regulatory clarity are positive signals despite retail crypto market sentiment
And much more!
Paul is the Founder and CEO of Telcoin, acompany leveraging blockchain technology to provide low-cost DeFi products for mobile phone users globally. With a vast background in telecommunications fraud and security, Paul founded Mobius Wireless and Sedona before entering the blockchain space. As an innovator in digital banking solutions, Paul has worked closely with Nebraska legislators to establish groundbreaking digital asset banking regulations and is actively involved in shaping federal stablecoin legislation.
Episode Highlights:
- [12:31] Nebraska's Digital Asset Banking Innovation
- [21:06] Digital Cash vs Stablecoins Evolution
- [38:01] Two-Phase Payment Strategy
- [48:10] Regulatory Outlook for 2025
Previous guests include: Rusty Matveev, Chief Strategy Officer at Calaxy; Andrew Lawrence, CEO and Co-Founder of Censo; Zac Townsend, CEO and Co-Founder of Meanwhile; Jesper Johansen, CEO and Co-Founder of Northstake; Tama Churchouse, COO of Cumberland Labs; Holly Wood of Boson Protocol; Sid Powell of Maple Finance; Chad Barraford of THORChain; and many others.
Check out our three most downloaded episodes:
- Laying the Groundwork for a Billion-User Blockchain with Rich Rines, Contributor at Core DAO
- Staking the Future: From Blockchain Beginnings to Institutional Innovations with Chen Zhuling of RockX
- The Unstoppable Nature of Blockchain: A Conversation with Bonart Mati of Obligate
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