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Bitcoin, Fiat & Rock'n'Roll

by Alexander Bechtel, Michael Blaschke, Jonas Gross, Manuel Klein

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September 27, 2026 · 1 hr 12 min

September’s digital money briefing: Pontes launches, banks build tokenized deposit networks, stablecoins expand into banking, and tokenized equities bring crypto, exchanges and Wall Street closer together.

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Money Is Power, and Power Is Shifting: Marieke Flament on the Great Monetary Reset

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Commercial Bank Money Tokens: The Missing Piece of the Tokenized Economy?

September 6, 2026 · 59 min

What are commercial bank money tokens, and why do corporates need them? Manfred Richels and Tim Bailey explain how CBMTs work and where they fit alongside stablecoins and CBDCs.
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Stablecoins & Agentic Payments: Peter Grosskopf of AllUnity

August 23, 2026 · 1 hr 4 min

AllUnity’s Peter Grosskopf joins us on agentic payments. From launching a euro stablecoin (plus Swiss franc and Swedish krona) to real-world use cases, hear where machine-driven payments are heading.
Agents Propose, Humans Approve: Ledger's Kasper Luyckx on Custody After Coldcard

August 16, 2026 · 47 min

Every crypto holder relies on one thing and rarely thinks about it until it fails: how the keys are kept safe. Just days after the Coldcard hack drained over $100 million from users who appeared to do everything right, Ledger's Head of…
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About the show

Digital currencies are here to stay. In this podcast, we dive into the world of the new money. We explore Bitcoin, stablecoins, central bank digital currencies, and many other innovations in the realm of digital currencies. For more information, visit: [http://alexanderbechtel.com/podcast](http://alexanderbechtel.com/podcast)