How Tassat and Lynq are rebuilding financial infrastructure

Episode 12 of Layer One, hosted by The Block's Kelvin Sparks and co-host Ava Labs President John Wu, was recorded with Andre Frank, COO of Tassat, and Jerald David, CEO of Lynq.

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After appearing in recent episodes, Ava Labs President John Wu officially joins Layer One as co-host. 🥳

In Episode 12, he joins Kelvin Sparks alongside Andre Frank, COO of Tassat, and Jerald David, CEO of Lynq, to discuss how Tassat and Lynq are rebuilding financial infrastructure with real-time settlement and yield-bearing assets on Avalanche.

Outline

00:00 - Introduction
01:38 - Tassat Background
03:37 - What Lynq Is
05:55 - Episode Overview
06:42 - Avalanche Migration
08:48 - Why Avalanche
10:57 - Institutional Adoption
17:15 - Regulation and Compliance
25:23 - Yield in Transit
36:59 - Real-World Use Cases

GUEST LINKS
Andre Frank - https://www.linkedin.com/in/andre-frank/
Tassat - https://x.com/tassatgroup
Jerald David - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerald-david/
Lynq - https://x.com/Lynq_Network

HOST LINKS
John Wu - ⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/John1wu
Kelvin Sparks - https://x.com/imyoungsparks⁠⁠⁠
The Block - https://x.com/TheBlockCo
Ava Labs - https://x.com/avalabs
Avalanche - https://x.com/avax

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