Episode 67 of Season 6 of The Scoop

Recorded with The Block's Frank Chaparro, Axelar Co-Founder Sergey Gorbunov, and Ripple Director of Product Jasmine Cooper.

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This is the third installment of a miniseries sponsored by Axelar and featuring co-host Sergey Gorbunov, co-founder of Axelar. You can find part 1 with Eigen Layer's Sreeram Kannan here and part 2 with Mysten Labs's Kostas Chalkias here.

In this episode, Chaparro and Gorbunov are joined by Ripple Director of Product Jasmine Cooper to discuss advancements in real-world assets (RWAs), tokenization, and interoperability.

OUTLINE

• 00:00 Introduction
• 01:12 Interoperable RWAs
• 04:18 Regulatory Clarity
• 08:09 RWA Tech Stack
• 11:37 White Labeling RWAs
• 13:05 Choosing a Chain
• 14:43 XRP Ledger RWA Experience
• 20:35 Asset Issuance 101
• 22:49 Global Accessibility of RWAs
• 26:05 Corporate Admin Crypto Adoption
• 27:26 Advancements in Interoperability
• 30:26 Axelar's Development Roadmaps
• 31:39 Institutional RWA FAQs
• 34:25 Closing Thoughts
• 35:55 Axelar Wrap-Up

This episode is brought to you by our sponsor, Axelar.
Axelar is scaling interoperability to connect hundreds of new blockchains anticipated in the Ethereum L2 ecosystem. Find out more at axelar.network/layer2.

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