Welcome to our latest episode of What$Next featuring Dante Disparte, Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Global Policy of Circle.  Committed to transparency and regulatory compliance, Circle is a global fintech firm empowering businesses to utilize digital currencies and public blockchains for seamless worldwide payments and financial applications, ensuring stability in the dynamic cryptocurrency landscape. What you will learn 🔍 🔷How stability in stablecoins is secured through the key idea of an "open network." 🔷Leveraging tech for global financial inclusion, transitioning from traditional banking to digital wallets.  🔷How Circle fosters fintech entrepreneurialism and lowers the cost of access to money and payments. Comment below of what you think and suggest any guest speakers for future episodes.  Don’t forget to drop us a comment or any recommendations you have for our future guest speakers! Time Stamps 0:00 Intro with Ronit and Gaurav 1:37 Career journey of Dante Disparte  2:33 What is Circle? 3:59 Rise of stablecoins and blockchain 7:21 Debate: Stablecoins vs tokenized deposits  9:09 USDC: redefining stability in crypto 11:37 Circle’s mission of global fintech equality  15:00 Circle’s crypto frontier  18:25 Circle’s blueprint for fostering financial trust  22:43 UDSC’s role in aid for Ukraine  25:00 End  If you enjoy listening to this episode of What$Next, don’t miss out on other podcast series to our featuring #Crypto #Blockchain #Web3 #Digital Banking  Building Digital Banks 101 | Episode 81 with Olivier Crespin  Deep Fakes, Gen AI, and the Evolution of Fintech: What lies ahead! | Ep, 80 Simon Taylor  Building a Regulated Crypto Business from MENAl | Ep,78 Talal Tabbaa  Africa’s Blueprint for a thriving fintech ecosystem | Ep. 77 with Margaret O'Connor