Why AI Agents Are About to Send Trillions Into Crypto with Franklin Templeton & Ondo Finance

Описание: What happens when a $1.68 trillion Wall Street powerhouse joins forces with the undisputed leader of on-chain finance?

In this episode, we go deep with the architects of the new digital economy. With AI agents projected to drive over $183 trillion in transaction volume within the next five years, the financial world is facing a massive bottleneck. Traditional rails like Mastercard and Visa simply weren't built for the speed and scale of machine-to-machine commerce.

We are joined by Franklin Bi (General Partner at Pantera Capital), Sandy Kaul (Head of Innovation at Franklin Templeton), and Ian De Bode (President of Ondo Finance).

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In this episode, we discuss:

The Massive Partnership: Why Franklin Templeton is tokenizing its flagship ETFs on Ondo’s permissionless rails.

The $183T Opportunity: Why "Agentive AI" requires decentralized blockchain settlements to function.

Institutional Grade DeFi: How Ondo (commanding 60% of the tokenized market with $3B+ TVL) is bridging the gap between TradFi and Web3.

The Death of Batch Processing: Why 24/7, instantaneous on-chain markets are the only way to support the future of commerce.

About the Guests:

Sandy Kaul: Head of Innovation at Franklin Templeton, overseeing $1.68T in assets and co-chair of the CFTC's Digital Asset Subcommittee.

Ian De Bode: President of Ondo Finance, formerly of McKinsey & Co., leading the charge in RWA tokenization.

Franklin Bi: General Partner at Pantera Capital, focused on early-stage venture and the evolution of the DeFi stack.

Chapters:
0:00 The $183 Trillion AI Agent Thesis
1:15 Why Mastercard & Visa can’t scale for AI
2:30 Tokens vs. Equity: Capturing Network Growth
3:45 Bringing $1.68 Trillion in AUM On-Chain
4:50 Why Permissionless Wrappers are the future for Agents

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