Kenneth Rogoff is Maurits C. Boas Professor at Harvard University and former chief economist at the IMF. His influential 2009 book co-authored with Carmen Reinhart, “This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly,” shows the quantitative similarities across time and countries in the roots and aftermath of debt and financial crises. His 2016 book “The Curse of Cash” explores the past, present, and future of currency. He has long ranked among the top dozen most cited economists, and is an international grandmaster of chess.

Sigal Mandelker’s career reflects a deep commitment to financial services, technology and national security.

Alex Tapscott is an entrepreneur, author and seasoned capital markets professional focused on the impact of blockchain technologies on business and financial markets.

Some observers think months or even years ahead. Balaji Srinivasan thinks decades ahead.  But Balaji is no mere theoretical futurist. Across a storied career that includes stints at a16z and Coinbase, the acclaimed investor and bestselling author of “The Network State” has helped build and launch some of the crypto industry’s most successful companies and assets, including a key role in developing Circle’s own USDC.  In a conversation they recorded during the Singapore Fintech Festival in early November, Jeremy and Balaji discussed a wide range of topics, including solving for scale adoption, unlocking super high utility value, and new competition for fiat currencies.

The 20th century saw economic booms and shocks that caused governments worldwide to develop new systems for managing systemic risk while encouraging growth of the private sector. Those efforts have evolved into the financial system we know today, predating the internet by decades and only slowly realizing the benefits of digital technology. Following the Great Recession of 2008, decentralized networks emerged to apply the benefits of internet technology to money and finance, laying the foundation for the burgeoning digital asset ecosystem we see today. What does the future hold for governments, the unbanked, and the foundation of how value is exchanged around the world in light of these remarkable advancements? In this episode of The Money Movement, Jeremy is joined by Dante Disparte, Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Global Policy at Circle, to discuss the road to digital money.. They cover: 👉 00:01:00 - The new digital currency based financial system  👉 00:04:00 - Building this new financial system 👉 00:05:00 - Sound money philosophy 👉 00:07:00 - Fractional reserve banking 👉 00:13:09 - How digital money is used in the real economy  👉 00:19:04 - Are banks really a public good? 👉 00:20:40 - Are these innovations really competing with the traditional banking system? 👉 00:23:00 - The implication of digital transformation on the utility of money 👉 00:28:03 - Digital money’s inherent boundlessness 👉 00:31:00 - Making transactions more efficient, push the tech into the background 👉 00:37:15 - Getting the user interface right If you’re interested in the innovation of digital money and the evolution to a more efficient financial system, tune in to this episode of The Money Movement.   Subscribe here: 👉 YouTube: https://bit.ly/3lUcJFN  👉 Apple: https://apple.co/3G3CrPZ  👉 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3lUd6jF  👉 Email: https://bit.ly/3aXWYY5  And connect with Dante here: 👉 Twitter: https://twitter.com/ddisparte 👉 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dantedisparte 👉 Website: https://dantedisparte.com About the show The global economy is experiencing unprecedented challenges and change. Business leaders everywhere are grappling with how to transform their companies to become more digital, resilient, and efficient. As we face this change, a new global movement is building around the promise of digital currencies and blockchains — forming a new architecture for the global economy and creating new opportunities for companies everywhere. The Money Movement explores and chronicles the issues and ideas driving this brave new world of digital money. The Money Movement is brought to you by Circle. Our mission is to raise global economic prosperity through the frictionless exchange of financial value. Learn more about Circle Business Accounts and Platform APIs at circle.com.

2017 was ICO’s.   2018 was depressing 😖   2019 was security tokens.   2020 was DeFi.   2021 is NFTs and…   👉 DAOs & DOs.   However, most people don’t understand how DAOs (or DOs) work. There is also uncertainty about the legal interface between DAOs and government regulation, how DAOs will evolve, and their potential use cases.   “Blockchain corporations” have come a long way from the term DAGs coined by Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin to their modern and more practical versions: DAOs and DOs. Their chief concerns still remain.   In this episode of The Money Movement, Jeremy is joined by Aaron Wright, Co-Founder, and CEO of Tribute Labs (formerly known as OpenLaw) and a Professor at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.

Kicking off 2021, we’re going to widen out the lens and explore the big picture social and economic impact of crypto.  Rapidly accelerating adoption of blockchains and crypto currency are merely early indicators for and enablers of a much larger global social and economic transformation.  Crypto infrastructure offers a radically new infrastructure on which to construct social and economic institutions, creating a new fabric for how individuals collectively work to create and share value. New ‘corporate forms’ made possible by crypto offer the potential for human economic freedom that transcends the legacy nation state system and forges a new path for how people will organize themselves and society. Joining Money Movement host Jeremy Allaire for the 2021 opening episode, The Crypto Transformation, are two innovative leaders and thinkers from the crypto world who are envisioning what the world could become as we keep building. Jeremy will be joined by Balaji Srinivasan (https://twitter.com/balajis), the storied technology entrepreneur, innovator, disruptor and futurist, and Ian Lee (https://twitter.com/ianjohnlee), crypto investor, builder, writer and thinker.  Join us for what will hopefully bring us up to the 100,000 foot view on what’s emerging to be a millennial scale change in how the world is organized.

This week on the Money Movement, Circle CEO and Centre board member, Jeremy Allaire, will welcome to the show Centre's new CEO, David Puth, along with Coinbase CFO and Centre board member, Alesia Haas to discuss the future of the consortium and USDC.  As USDC near 3 billion in circulation and businesses around the world adopt digital dollars, Jeremy, David and Alesia will share thoughts on the significance of this milestone and road map for the fastest-growing US dollar stablecoin.