Beyond The Block

Streamed live on August 2, 2024

Welcome back to Beyond the Block! In this episode, Annelise Osborne, Kadena's Chief Business Officer and author of “From Hoodies to Suits: Innovating Digital Assets for Traditional Finance,” sits down with Nitin Gaur, Kadena's newest advisor, to discuss the world of blockchain and Wall Street. Nitin shares his journey from founding IBM’s Digital Asset Lab to his pivotal role at State Street, bridging a storied career in blockchain and tech into his extensive work with institutions and enterprises. Additionally, Osborne brings decades of experience from Wall Street and her tenure working with digital assets for a powerful addition, going back and forth with Nitin to explore some of the industry’s biggest questions. The pair discusses the disruption of legacy payment models amid emerging blockchain payment rails. Additionally, they dive into the U.S. Treasury, central banks, and other macroeconomic factors and how they impact digital assets. The conversation covers essential topics at the intersection of traditional finance and Web3, such as stablecoins, the blockchain trilemma, institutional DeFi, impediments to adoption, and AI’s use in settlement processing. Tune in for an insightful, deep discussion about these two merging worlds and how the world of finance, as we know it, is changing. Follow Kadena: Website: https://www.kadena.io/ X: https://x.com/kadena_io Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/kadena/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kadena-llc Discord: https://discord.com/invite/kadena