Podcasts Technology POD OF JAKE #176 - JEREMY ALLAIRE

#176 - JEREMY ALLAIRE

Published: June 6, 2024, 1:28 p.m.

Jeremy is Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO of Circle, the financial technology company behind the USDC stablecoin. Before Circle, Jeremy co-founded several companies, including Brightcove and Allaire Corporation, which was acquired by Macromedia. Follow Jeremy on X @jerallaire.

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0:00 - Jeremy\u2019s career growth in parallel to the internet

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10:06 - Comparing the first decade of internet adoption to the first decade of crypto innovation

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18:37 - Why infrastructure innovation precedes application innovation

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25:44 - What happens when the marginal cost of moving value approaches zero

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33:59 - Crypto\u2019s potential impact on existing institutions and society at large

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43:19 - Jeremy\u2019s thoughts on internet-native currencies

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48:07 - The potential impacts of regulating crypto

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