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How Agora aims to disrupt the stablecoin market by turning digital dollars into public goods

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Nick van Eck is the co-founder and CEO of Agora — a stablecoin issuer that raised a $12 million seed round led by Dragonfly in April.

In this episode, Van Eck explains how Agora's AUSD is attempting to innovate the centralized stablecoin using a neutral, customer-first perspective.

OUTLINE

00:00 Introduction

02:29 Bootstrapping a Stablecoin

06:09 Stablecoin Issuers

09:24 Agora's Strategy

10:43 Market Structure Changes

16:10 'Tokenization' Taxonomy

20:12 Stablecoins & Instant Settlement

21:49 Agora's Roadmap

This episode is brought to you by our sponsor Polkadot

Polkadot is the blockspace ecosystem for boundless innovation. To discover more head to polkadot.network

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Nick van Eck is the co-founder and CEO of Agora — a stablecoin issuer that raised a $12 million seed round led by Dragonfly in April.

In this episode, Van Eck explains how Agora's AUSD is attempting to innovate the centralized stablecoin using a neutral, customer-first perspective.

OUTLINE

00:00 Introduction

02:29 Bootstrapping a Stablecoin

06:09 Stablecoin Issuers

09:24 Agora's Strategy

10:43 Market Structure Changes

16:10 'Tokenization' Taxonomy

20:12 Stablecoins & Instant Settlement

21:49 Agora's Roadmap

This episode is brought to you by our sponsor Polkadot

Polkadot is the blockspace ecosystem for boundless innovation. To discover more head to polkadot.network

The Block Community

The Block is launching a new community experience for fans of The Scoop! Follow us on Lens to stay in the loop: hey.xyz/u/theblockcommunity

The Block Newsletters

The Block's newsletters bring you the latest news and analysis of the fast-moving crypto and DeFi markets. To subscribe, visit theblock.co/newsletters

  continue reading

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