Oct 15, 2026 · 1 hr · 11 segments
Could stablecoins make Visa and Mastercard obsolete? And could blockchain become the essential infrastructure behind AI agents and the next generation of global finance? Antony Welfare, former Ripple…
Rupert PickeringHost
A- a- and this is why I was so excited to, to, to, to, to have you on because I feel like you understand the kind of linchpin of the argument in regards to why this technology is gonna be so impactful in the world way beyond the hype and actually way beyond where most people are just looking at it.
You know, th- th- this, this technology truly has the potential to underpin our reality.
Why I always say, you know, I said in the book and I always say at, you know, conferences, it's transformational and, and I mean that word as in the actual meaning of it.
If somebody says, "Explain blockchain in two words," I say trusted transactions.
Okay? So trusted transactions because trusted 'cause you can verify it, not the identity.
If we've done it on an open ledger, we'll see wallet A to wallet B, one euro, cent, pound, dollar, whatever, and that's a trusted transaction.
And two, the transaction I send you there only took, you know, three seconds to go from my account to your account, and that's it.
A- a- and this is why I was so excited to, to, to, to, to have you on because I feel like you understand the kind of linchpin of the argument in regards to why this technology is gonna be so impactful in the world way beyond the hype and actually way beyond where most people are just looking at it.
You know, th- th- this, this technology truly has the potential to underpin our reality.
Why I always say, you know, I said in the book and I always say at, you know, conferences, it's transformational and, and I mean that word as in the actual meaning of it.
If somebody says, "Explain blockchain in two words," I say trusted transactions.
Okay? So trusted transactions because trusted 'cause you can verify it, not the identity.
If we've done it on an open ledger, we'll see wallet A to wallet B, one euro, cent, pound, dollar, whatever, and that's a trusted transaction.
And two, the transaction I send you there only took, you know, three seconds to go from my account to your account, and that's it.
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