Podcasts Other On The Brink with Castle Island Martin Carrica (Mountain) and Philippe Bekhazi (XBTO) on Digital Assets in Bermuda (EP.533)

Martin Carrica (Mountain) and Philippe Bekhazi (XBTO) on Digital Assets in Bermuda (EP.533)

Published: June 6, 2024, 1 p.m.

We sit down in Bermuda with Mountain Protocol founder Martin Carrica and XBTO founder Philippe Bekhazi for a talk on stablecoins and doing business on the island. In this episode:\xa0

  • Why XBTO is Bermuda-first and why Mountain set up there
  • The \u201cBermuda triangle\u201d for doing business on the island
  • The overlap between Bermuda\u2019s reinsurance industry and crypto
  • The partnership between Mountain and XBTO
  • The rise of interest-bearing stablecoins
  • USD stables as extending the reach of the dollar
  • The relationship between crypto and big 4 auditors
  • The coming race between interest and non-interest bearing stablecoins
  • Blackrock\u2019s BUIDL product and tokenized treasurys