Episodes

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 de...

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 a...

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.forbe…

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: ...

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. Ulri...

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...

📰 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”). Or...

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 blo...

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. W...

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 Frit...