How did you end up working with digital assets and stablecoins?

Yeah, so it's a great question.

I certainly didn't plan my career when I graduated from the University of Pennsylvania 25 years ago.

about that time, 24 years ago, to get into this field because, of course, it wasn't invented.

The internet was around, but the third generation of the internet that has blockchain technology, of course, hadn't been invented yet.

And I'm not even sure people were even discussing its possibility.

But I would say about a decade ago, I started hearing about Bitcoin.

Is that going to happen first? And then if yes, what will be the relationship with stablecoin? Is that going to be a competition or happy coexistence? Or how do you see it?

How did you end up working with digital assets and stablecoins?

Yeah, so it's a great question.

I certainly didn't plan my career when I graduated from the University of Pennsylvania 25 years ago.

about that time, 24 years ago, to get into this field because, of course, it wasn't invented.

The internet was around, but the third generation of the internet that has blockchain technology, of course, hadn't been invented yet.

And I'm not even sure people were even discussing its possibility.

But I would say about a decade ago, I started hearing about Bitcoin.

Is that going to happen first? And then if yes, what will be the relationship with stablecoin? Is that going to be a competition or happy coexistence? Or how do you see it?

STOLER-

Yeah, so I had the opportunity after leaving government to work for one of the great financial companies of all time, Citadel Securities.

Every day about 25 percent of the U.S. financial, the stock market goes through the pipes of Citadel Securities.

Really loved working for the founder there who is another great titan of business, Ken Griffin.

We moved out to Chicago.

My wife is from the Midwest.

And about a year or two into the job, they decided they were going to relocate 1,300 miles away.

For you, love to hear the story of what got you there.