Paul Brody is the head of EY’s blockchain business. EY is Ernst & Young, one of the “big 4” global professional services and accounting firms. He’s been at EY for nearly 8 years now and before that he was a VP at IBM where he started IBM’s first blockchain project. Paul is deeply intertwined with the Ethereum community as well as enterprise use cases. If anyone is going to crack the nut of Enterprise use cases for public blockchains, it's going to be him. ------ Crypto Tax Calculator | Free Crypto Tax Calculator https://bankless.cc/CTCpodcast  ------ JOIN BANKLESS PREMIUM: https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/subscribe  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://bankless.cc/kraken  UNISWAP | ON-CHAIN MARKETPLACE https://bankless.cc/uniswap  ️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum  EARNIFI | CLAIM YOUR UNCLAIMED AIRDROPS https://bankless.cc/earnifi  ----- Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 7:00 Enterprise Blockchains 11:20 Public vs. Private Blockchains 15:00 Use Cases 18:36 Supply Chains vs. Digital Money 22:00 Disruption 23:55 Network Effects 26:40 EY's Nightfall 30:50 Low-Cost Transactions 37:30 Tokenizing the World 41:50 Real-World Assets 47:10 Transactions 50:44 Stablecoin Adoption 54:15 DeFi Integration 56:35 Operating Nightfall 59:40 Nightfall Roadmap 1:01:35 Why EY 1:05:15 Enterprise Blockchain Burn Leaderboard 1:08:40 Action Items & Disclaimers ----- Resources: Paul Brody https://twitter.com/pbrody  ----- Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research. Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures 

In this engaging discussion, Paul Brody, EY Global Blockchain Leader and Chairman of the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance, shares his optimistic outlook for crypto in 2025. He highlights the expected regulatory clarity that could boost market confidence. They dive into transformative trends like the rise of stablecoins and decentralized finance, plus the user-friendly innovations of the walletless XION blockchain project. Brody also addresses the ongoing challenges of fraud and the impact of AI-generated meme coins on the market's future.

Bill Lee, Chief Economist at the Milken Institute, David Finnerty, a Bloomberg FX/Rates Strategist, and Paul Brody, EY's Global Blockchain Leader, delve into the complexities of the Federal Reserve's interest rate decisions. They discuss the impact of these policies on Asian markets amid rising geopolitical tensions. The conversation shifts to China's economic struggles with deflation, cryptocurrency regulation, and the promising future of blockchain technology alongside AI. Strategic partnerships for business success also take center stage.