Institutional Custody and Payments

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[00:02:11] - [First question] - His thoughts on NFT royalties dropping to 0% and the impacts of that change 

[00:04:20] - Whether or not secondary sale royalties could be implemented via smart contracts

[00:05:11] - Where the industry is headed given the changing landscape and its underlying technology

[00:11:03] - His background ranging from finance all the way to Crypto Punks

[00:13:27] - What moved him from writing an article against NFTs to dropping $10k on them

[00:15:04] - The dissolution of the Crypto Punks Discord channel and where it’s at now 

[00:16:41] - Overview of what Fireblocks is and what they do 

[00:18:14] - What MPC is and why it makes Fireblocks so special  

[00:19:22] - Fireblocks’ target audience and clientele  

[00:19:59] - Why they choose to stay B2B and not launch their own exchange 

[00:21:33] - Definitions of custodians, qualified custodians, self-custody, and technology layer

[00:23:00] - Overview of what crypto wallets actually are and the broad scope of them today 

[00:25:54] - The different use cases of wallets writ large

[00:28:40] - How to handle wallets as an identity on blockchains in tandem with privacy

[00:30:50] - Brands building on top of crypto layers and what’s impressed him the most

[00:32:18] - How much Fireblocks deals with TradFi compared to crypto native firms

[00:33:21] - The chances of Fireblocks becoming solely a technology layer  

[00:39:39] - Backstory of his Crypto Punk and the round trip it took 

[00:43:35] - DeFi collateralization, overcollateralization, and the use cases for it 

[00:45:33] - Overview of the global payments system and where crypto will have a place in it

[00:50:04] - Explaining sending crypto and NFTs to his family  

[00:57:07] - Concerns for capital controls as crypto becomes more globally adopted

[00:58:25] - Thoughts on the greatest use cases for stablecoins 

[01:00:10] - What he’s most excited to see built over the next six months and six years