The End of Bank Accounts: How Money Is Moving On-Chain

04/11/2025 55 min Temporada 4 Episodio 24
The End of Bank Accounts: How Money Is Moving On-Chain

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What if the future of money isn’t about creating new currencies, but redefining what money really is?In this episode, Arjun sits down with Tony McLaughlin, CEO and Founder of Ubyx Inc, to talk about why he believes the bank account is dead and how the next version of money could live on public blockchains.They break down what stablecoins, tokenized deposits, and CBDCs really mean, and how they could quietly replace the systems we’ve used for decades.🎙️ In this episode: → Why blockchain is simply a “who owns what” machine → How stablecoins could become the new form of fiat → Why tokenization could replace ACH, SWIFT, and cards → How Ubyx is building a clearing system for the age of digital money → How stablecoins could transform global trade and cross-border payments → The balance between privacy, regulation, and innovation👉 Watch now to understand how the next phase of finance will be built on tokens, trust, and interoperability.Couchonomics with Arjun Season 04 is brought to you by our partners:Adyen → https://www.adyen.com/Thunes → https://thunes.com/Mastercard → https://mastercard.com/E& → https://www.eand.com/Digit9 → https://www.digitnine.com/SC Ventures → https://scventures.io/Hala → https://hala.com/Chapters 00:00 Episode Teaser 02:45 What Fintech Really Built: Layers on Legacy Rails 05:30 Blockchain as the “Who Owns What” Machine 09:15 Regulation, Policy, and the Shift to Public Blockchains 11:20 Stablecoins and the Irony of Perfecting Fiat Currency 15:00 The Death of the Bank Account and Rise of Tokens 17:10 CBDCs, Tokenized Deposits, and the Ancient IOU 23:00 How Ubyx Fits into the Global Clearing Puzzle 26:20 Why Banks Will Love Stablecoins for FX Revenue 32:00 The $300B E-commerce Stablecoin Opportunity 37:00 CBDCs vs. Stablecoins: Parallel Systems, Not Rivals 39:10 How Europe Should Respond to USD Stablecoins 41:00 Turning Regulation Fear into Opportunity 45:00 Privacy, Surveillance, and Life on the Ledger 47:40 Ubyx’s Journey from White Paper to Product 50:00 Building the Mastercard of Stablecoins 53:00 Lessons from an Older Founder and What Comes NextOur website 👉 https://bit.ly/3jk7UH0Find us on our social media platforms: Arjun's LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/arjunvirsingh/ CCN LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/couchonomics-with-arjun-singh/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/couchonomics/ Twitter https://twitter.com/Arjun_Vir_Singh?s=20 TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@couchonomics Subscribe to Arjun's LinkedIn newsletter, Couchonomics Crunch: https://bit.ly/3WI4A6E