NFT-backed lending, with Nuno Cortesão

We are on the tip of the iceberg. We have no idea where this is going to end. It's endless the level of opportunities here, and it's going to need to be fueled with credit.

I think the key is to bring the approaches that have been here for millennia, but in reality, cross them also with the new technology. We don't have to have centralised banks performing all these kinds of operations or pawnshops, as we have in the past we can have this retail approach it is going to be a very interesting exploration that we are doing in other companies are going to explore the market also in bring completely marvellous solution.

So we are super excited in reality, on top of the innovation dream on top of building the next frontier for finance, it also has this deep meaning of helping people that work with different rules typically don't have access to banking. If we look into the most Western countries, this now is a niche product for very specific purpose. But in the future, we will have people on countries where this kind of solutions, help them maybe to fulfil the dreams that they have, can be life changing.

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A crypto-backed mortgage, with Phil Blows

There is a mix, but the really large crypto holders tend to be ones who were just very early to the space. They are an underserved market and a lot of their holdings remain in crypto.

A lot of these people didn't get into crypto to then move back into fiat, they go into crypto because they think they're going to stay there for the rest of their lives. So it's more that they're dabbling in the world of fiat, but living their lives in crypto as opposed to the reverse. |That's the kind of odd customers that, I say odd customers, is the kind of customers that we're seeing that typical banks just don't have exposure to which I think will make it quite an interesting space in the future. Especially if they begin to move into the space themselves.

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