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October 21, 2024 47 mins

In a seismic shift that's reshaping the digital finance landscape, could Europe's bold regulatory stance threaten America's crypto dominance? As U.S. regulators grapple with enforcement-first approaches, the EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) framework is rolling out the red carpet for innovation, attracting major players like Coinbase to expand their European operations.

This exclusive insight into Coinbase's strategic pivot toward Europe reveals how the continent's regulatory clarity is catalyzing a new era of crypto adoption. From strict new stablecoin standards to the explosive potential of a $16 trillion tokenization market by 2030, discover why industry leaders are betting big on Europe's crypto-friendly future.

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-- TIMESTAMPS (00:00) Disruptors & Curious Minds (01:17) Layer 0 Interoperable Podcast (05:02) Coinbase On The Past 2 Years Of Crypto (06:38) Bringing Fiat To Crypto Rails (07:17) The Financial System (07:53) Social dApps (08:33) Coinbase Development Stack (10:52) The Base Community (13:54) A Million Web3 Developers (15:58) The European Perspective (18:04) Stablecoins & Mica (22:43) Argentina USDC demand (25:02) Institutional Coinbase Clients (27:40) Do You Accept Memecoins? (30:34) RWA (Real World Asset Tokenization) (34:20) NFTS And Art (37:22) Onboarding Web3 (39:30) The Blockchain Philosophical Trade-off (42:20) Is Coinbase Ready For Quantum Computing?

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Past guests on The Thinking On Paper Show include: ⁠⁠⁠Ciaran Murray⁠⁠⁠ (web3 for journalists), ⁠⁠⁠Torrey Smith⁠⁠⁠ (Robotics For Medicine), ⁠⁠⁠Jason Lynch⁠⁠⁠ (Quantum Computing), ⁠⁠⁠Joe Fitzsimons⁠⁠⁠ (Quantum Computing), ⁠⁠⁠Dana Sydorenko⁠⁠⁠ (Gaming), ⁠⁠⁠Don Norman⁠⁠⁠ (Humanity Centered Design), ⁠⁠⁠Mercina Tillerman Perez⁠⁠⁠ (Circle & Crypto), ⁠⁠⁠Tyler Adams⁠⁠⁠ (Blockchain), ⁠⁠⁠Todd Haselhorst ⁠⁠⁠(Blockchain for Logistics), ⁠⁠⁠Vince Yang⁠⁠⁠ (ZK Proofs), ⁠⁠⁠Shiti Manghani⁠⁠⁠ (StepN CEO), .css-j9qmi7{display:-webkit-box;display:-webkit-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-webkit-flex-direction:row;-ms-flex-direction:row;flex-direction:row;font-weight:700;margin-bottom:1rem;margin-top:2.8rem;width:100%;-webkit-box-pack:start;-ms-flex-pack:start;-webkit-justify-content:start;justify-content:start;padding-left:5rem;}@media only screen and (max-width: 599px){.css-j9qmi7{padding-left:0;-webkit-box-pack:center;-ms-flex-pack:center;-webkit-justify-content:center;justify-content:center;}}.css-j9qmi7 svg{fill:#27292D;}.css-j9qmi7 .eagfbvw0{-webkit-align-items:center;-webkit-box-align:center;-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center;color:#27292D;}


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