Alejandro Gutierrez, CEO of npayme Labs and co-founder of ETH Dublin joins me again as guest co-host this week. In this episode, we recap our recent panel on ‘Finding Web3 Talent’ at Dogpatch Labs, touching on market sentiment, the cyclical nature of crypto investments, and strategies for early-stage startups. We delve into the concept of real-world asset tokenization, highlighting key initiatives by firms like Provenance, PayPal, Circle and Centrifuge. The conversation also covers the evolving landscape for content creators in Web3, emphasizing the use of tokenization for new revenue streams and the role of AI in content creation.

STORIES WE COVERED:

Recap of ‘Finding Talent in Web3’ last week at Dogpatch Labs (Owen Healy on LinkedIn, 15-Sep-24)

Friday Fund Tokenization Update (Eoin Motherway on Linkedin, 13-Sep-24)

Provenance Blockchain Labs launches Fund Issuance platform, to tokenize, list, & lend RWA funds on Figure Markets (Marketwatch, 20-Aug-24)

PayPal's stablecoin hits $1B market cap (Cointelegraph, 26-Aug-24)

MakerDAO, rebranded as SKY to roll out new stablecoin USDS (The Block, 27-Aug-24)

Circle's USDC in Brazil and Mexico Now Available to Businesses Via Banking System (CoinDesk, 17-Sep-24)

Stablecoins: The Emerging Market Story (Nic Carter @ Castle Island Ventures, 12-Sep-24)

Centrifuge launches a RWA lending market leveraging tokenized U.S. Treasury bills.(CoinDesk, 27-Aug-24)

AAVE (Avara) onboards BUIDL Shares as Collateral for GHO stablecoin (The Defiant, 29-Aug-24)

Natixis launch €100M Digital Bond, secured by mortgage loan pools & operated by SC Ventures, DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale & LBBW (Ledger Insights, 28-Aug-24).

Siemens issues €300M digital bond, as the largest bond issued under Germany’s eWpG. (Ledger Insights, 4-Sep-24)

Creators’ content is a real-world asset (Alejandro Guterrez on X, 17-Sep-24)

TIMESTAMPS

01:40 Insights from the Web3 Talent Panel

04:11 Market Sentiment and Investment Strategies

07:02 The Role of Tokenization in Web3

14:31 Real-World Asset Tokenization

28:24 Content Creation in the Web3 Era

34:01 Closing Thoughts and Farewell

LINKS:

Follow our guest co-host Alejandro Gutierrez:

-X(Twitter): https://twitter.com/A_gutierro

-LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alejandro-gutierrez-98979b43/

Learn more about:

-npayme Labs: https://npayme.com/

-ETH Dublin: https://ethdublin.io/

-Techstars Web3 Accelerator: https://www.techstars.com/accelerators/web3

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