Nick van Eck is the co-founder and CEO of Agora — a stablecoin issuer that raised a $12 million seed round led by Dragonfly in April. 
In this episode, Van Eck explains how Agora's AUSD is attempting to innovate the centralized stablecoin using a neutral, customer-first perspective.
OUTLINE
00:00 Introduction
02:29 Bootstrapping a Stablecoin
06:09 Stablecoin Issuers
09:24 Agora's Strategy
10:43 Market Structure Changes
16:10 'Tokenization' Taxonomy
20:12 Stablecoins & Instant Settlement
21:49 Agora's Roadmap

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