Avalon Ingram: Banks Are Done Experimenting With Tokenization

Institutions are extremely underexposed to digital assets, and Sandy Kaul says this quiet market is exactly the time to position. Tokenizing since April 2021, Franklin Templeton is just over $3 billion onchain, aiming for well over $5 billion by year end and two to three times that by next year. She explains why your wallet becomes your interface to the world with AI agents running it, why the weak hands are already gone, and how event-based KYC unlocks $150 trillion in global assets. Sandy Kaul is the Head of Digital Assets and Innovation at Franklin Templeton. The Rollup is where the leaders of digital assets and finance converge. Live from the financial capital of the world.

Alex Cutler says spot exchanges are the single biggest opportunity onchain, and Aero is built to take the lion's share. Alex breaks down the launch of the all new Aero across Base, Optimism, Arbitrum, Robinhood Chain and Ethereum mainnet, and why he sees it as the onchain NYSE to Hyperliquid's onchain CME. He also explains how better rewards for liquidity providers won Optimism and Base, why market makers have been asking Aero to expand, and how tokenized stocks and FX grow the whole spot market. Alexander Cutler is the Co-Founder of Aerodrome. The Rollup is where the leaders of digital assets and finance converge. Live from the financial capital of the world.

Sam Kazemian maps out why the next wave of stablecoin products will look nothing like today's consumer cards. From Token 2049 DAS Asia, Sam walks through FraxNet as a neobank app store, why businesses want direct custody and credit on regulated stablecoins, and how a Frax DeFi card can reuse KYC across Aave, EtherFi, and more without starting from zero. He also argues FraxUSD's issuer relationships put Frax in position to power agent-style wallets that hold permissions once and move across venues. Sam Kazemian is the Founder and CEO of Frax, the team behind FraxUSD and the FraxNet neobank platform. The Rollup is where the leaders of digital assets and finance converge. Live from the financial capital of the world.

Dan Romero joins The Rollup for an insider look at how stablecoins are about to power the next era of global payments. Dan explains why the Genius Act opened the door for banks, enterprises, and payment giants to lean into stablecoins, and how Tempo's purpose-built chain, private zones, and agentic payments are built for that moment. He also shares his view on decentralization, new social experiences, and why builders can now ship almost anything they can imagine. Dan Romero is Head of Go-To-Market at Tempo, the layer one built for stablecoin payments, and co-founder of Farcaster. The Rollup is where the leaders of digital assets and finance converge. Live from the financial capital of the world.

Krista Lynch says financial advisors have gone from dodging Grayscale's calls to flooding its inbox, and the firm just filed to tokenize two new products. The Grayscale executive explains why in-kind creations are catching on with crypto natives, what the tax and estate benefits are, how she thinks about the $100 million size advisors look for, and why Zcash is resonating as AI-resistant money. Krista Lynch is Head of Trading and Capital Markets at Grayscale Investments, with years of experience in the ETF primary market, including fixed income ETFs, before moving into crypto. The Rollup is where the leaders of digital assets and finance converge. Live from the financial capital of the world.