Episodes

The Host Jan Philipp Fritsche — Strategic Director at Oak Security, a Web3 cybersecurity firm pioneering research on economic and systemic risks in decentralized systems. Co-Founder of Bermuda. https://www.linkedin.com/in/janf/ The Guest Justin Gainsley — Lead of stablecoin payment products at Coinbase, where he has spent four years building the company's payments suite for consumers, SMBs, enterprises, and payment service providers. https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-gainsley/ If you offere...

This Episodes Host: Jan Philipp Fritsche — Strategic Director at Oak Security, a Web3 cybersecurity firm pioneering research on economic and systemic risks in decentralized systems. Co-Founder of Bermuda. https://www.linkedin.com/in/janf/ The guest: Jacob Robinson is a lawyer, writer, and host of the Law of Code podcast, where he explores the legal and regulatory questions shaping crypto, blockchain, and digital assets. His work focuses on making complex crypto law topics accessible through i...

European Ethereum Institute’s Marina Markezic on MiCA 2, DeFi, and Europe’s Crypto Future The HostsJan Philipp Fritsche — Strategic Director at Oak Security, a Web3 cybersecurity firm pioneering research on economic and systemic risks in decentralized systems. Co-Founder of Bermuda. https://www.linkedin.com/in/janf/ Jón Egilsson — Former Chair of the Central Bank of Iceland; Co-founder of Monerium, the first company to issue fiat currency on-chain. https://www.linkedin.com/in/egilsson/ The GuestMarina Markezic — Executive Director of the European Ethereum Institute (https://www.linkedin.com/company/european-ethereum-institute/), a Brussels-based nonprofit working on Ethereum policy, public blockchain advocacy, and the broader Ethereum ecosystem. The Institute builds on the work of the European Crypto Initiative and focuses on making sure European policymakers understand the realities of permissionless infrastructure, DeFi, tokenization, and on-chain finance.https://www.linkedin.com/in…

Jan Philipp Fritsche — Strategic Director at Oak Security, a Web3 cybersecurity firm pioneering research on economic and systemic risks in decentralized systems. Co-Founder of Bermuda. https://www.linkedin.com/in/janf/ Jón Egilsson — Former Chair of the Central Bank of Iceland; Co-founder of Monerium, the first company to issue fiat currency on-chain. https://www.linkedin.com/in/egilsson/ The Guest Max Grabner — Head of Product at Range, a treasury and risk operating system for digital asset ...

Aave has long been one of DeFi’s flagship success stories: transparent, permissionless, and highly automated. But after a major exploit involving the KelpDAO bridge created bad debt and triggered emergency interventions, a deeper question has returned to the forefront: Can DeFi lending protocols like Aave truly compete with traditional banks — or do they simply recreate the same risks in new forms? In Episode 10 of MetaMarkets, Jan and Jón are joined by Furkan Danisman, PhD researcher at the U...

The Hosts Jón Egilsson — Former Chair of the Central Bank of Iceland; Co-founder of Monerium, the first company to issue fiat currency on-chain. https://www.linkedin.com/in/egilsson/ Jan Philipp Fritsche — Managing Director at Oak Security, a Web3 cybersecurity firm pioneering research on economic and systemic risks in decentralized systems. https://www.linkedin.com/in/janf/ The next phase of crypto will be defined by execution: privacy that works, compliance that scales, and infrastructur...

HostsJan Philipp Fritsche — Managing Director at Oak Securityhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/janf/Jón Egilsson — Former Chair of the Central Bank of Iceland; Co-founder of Moneriumhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/egilsson Related articleBitcoin Vs. Ethereum And The Flippening Lubin Predictshttps://www.forbes.com/sites/jonegilsson/2025/12/02/bitcoin-vs-ethereum-and-the-flippening-lubin-predicts/ Show summary In this episode of MetaMarkets, Jan Philipp Fritsche and Jón Egilsson explore the idea that money is not a law of nature but a human invention that has been redesigned repeatedly when old systems stopped working. Using monetary history as a guide, they frame the Bitcoin versus Ethereum debate not as an ideological contest but as a question of monetary design. The discussion moves from the gold standard and the Great Depression, through Bretton Woods and the Nixon Shock, to modern fiat systems that prioritize inflation, employment and financial stability over strict control of money supply. …

In this MetaMarkets episode, hosts Jan Philipp Fritsche and Jón Egilsson unpack the Bank of England’s consultation on the regulation of sterling-denominated systemic stablecoins. They focus on the proposed reserve structure: systemic issuers would be fully backed 1:1, with around 40% of backing assets held in unremunerated Bank of England accounts (for instant liquidity/redemptions) and the remaining 60% in short-term UK government debt (gilts)—plus discussion of potential central bank liquidit...

Central banks are racing to modernize public money — but can CBDCs compete with stablecoins, and what does monetary sovereignty really mean in a digital, multipolar world? In this episode, Jan and Jón are joined by Prof. Ulrich Bindseil, former Director General for Market Infrastructure & Payments at the European Central Bank and now Professor at TU Berlin, to explore the future of the digital euro, the global stablecoin race, and how monetary power is shifting as payments move on-chain. Ulric...

Stablecoins are redefining how money moves across borders — but will regulation keep up? In this episode, Jan and Jón are joined by Rhys Bidder, Senior Lecturer at King’s Business School, King’s College London, and advisor to Chainlink Labs, to discuss how MiCAR, the GENIUS Act, and the UK’s evolving stablecoin framework will shape the future of digital money. Rhys has written widely on stablecoins, CBDCs, and the digital yuan, and offers a deep look at how regulatory design, market structure,...

📰 Episode Summary In this episode of MetaMarkets, hosts Jan Fritsche and Jón Egilsson sit down with Miguel Fernández Ordóñez, former Governor of the Bank of Spain and author of Adiós a los Bancos (“Farewell to the Banks”). Ordóñez argues that it’s time to end the banking monopoly on digital money — and to give every citizen direct access to public, risk-free money issued by the central bank. He explains why the current system is fragile, why crises like 2008 keep repeating, and how a Digital ...

Traditional finance is moving on-chain. Can Europe keep pace? We sit down with Marina Markezic, co-founder and Executive Director of the European Crypto Initiative (EUCI), to unpack how regulation is shaping the future of blockchain and finance in Europe. We cover breaking news from Stripe and Circle launching their own layer-ones, ESMA’s push to expand the DLT Pilot Regime, and even the European Central Bank’s exploration of issuing a digital euro on Ethereum or Solana. Marina brings her uniqu...

Europe wants to lead in digital money—but is its own regulation setting it up to fail? In this episode of MetaMarkets, Jan Fritsche and Jón Egilsson are joined by Hana to unpack why Europe’s stablecoin rules could backfire. We discuss how MiCAR—the EU’s flagship crypto law—might actually increase risk, tilt the playing field in favor of big banks, and unintentionally help the U.S. dollar win the digital currency race. You’ll hear: Why the euro isn’t as “singular” or safe as it should be unde...

This is the first episode of MetaMarkets, in which we dive deep into the economic, regulatory, and technological shifts shaping the future of money. Hosts Jón Helgi Egilsson (Executive Director, Monerium) and Jan Philipp Fritsche (Managing Director, Oak Security) explore the intersection of monetary policy, stablecoins, and the emerging geopolitical battle for currency influence. 📌 Chapters & Links Why This Podcast? Jón shares why financial transformation needs public dialogue, and Jan highli...