On this week’s Blockcast, we speak with Luca Prosperi, co-founder and CEO at M^0 Labs, whose man-bun and genial personality belies battle scars from almost 2 decades of traditional banking, helping to build MakerDAO and, a health scare. Luca dissects the concept of money creation and some of the foundations behind M^0’s quest to build infrastructure for a crypto dollar.
Privately issued stablecoins are the OG of tokenised assets and have largely been a game-changer for crypto markets. The success of stablecoin issuers like Tether and Circle boil down to the inherent utility of stablecoins, which provide a fast, affordable and borderless way of transferring value. While this process of using crypto rails for money transfer is an exponential leap in efficiency and speed, it still fundamentally relies on legacy money infrastructure to function.
Join us as we dive into how M^0 is gearing up to be an infrastructure layer that goes beyond wrapping real-world bank deposits or assets as a cryptographic token.
Watch out, stablecoins - monetary stack reinvention incoming.
*Episode is filmed during Token2049 week.
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Takatoshi Shibayama is the Head of Revenue APAC for Copper.co, a crypto prime and
custodial service.
Previously, Takatoshi was an analyst and investor of distressed corporate situations for
17 years. He started his career with investment banks such as JPMorgan and Goldman
Sachs, later joining the US hedge fund Davidson Kempner Capital Management, and
co-founding 3D Investment Partners in Singapore with nearly US$1bn in Assets Under
Management.
CEO, M^0 Labs
Luca Prosperi is Co-Founder and CEO at M^0 Labs, and President at the M^0 Foundation. With a 20-year career dedicated to building, advising, researching, and investing in financial intermediaries, Luca Prosperi has been at the forefront of transformative change in the financial sector. His journey has seen him contribute to the evolution of some of the most impactful DeFi protocols, including his previous role in Lending Oversight at MakerDAO, and advising investors operating in this dynamic space.