Wall Street Surrenders To Crypto & AI, feat. David Pakman

Episode 9 of The Starting Block was recorded with The Block's Head of Multimedia Gareth Jenkinson and Coinfund Managing Partner and Head of Venture Investments David Pakman.

Coinfund Managing Partner and Head of Venture Investments David Pakman joins Gareth Jenkinson on The Starting Block to discuss Wall Street's surrender to crypto and on-chain finance, the stablecoin yield threat to deposit banking, and the intersection of AI agents with blockchain infrastructure.

OUTLINE
00:09 - Welcome & Show Intro
01:26 - Clarity Act & Senate Push
02:04 - Banks vs. Stablecoins
02:43 - UK Tokenization Roadmap
03:28 - Progmat Moves to Avalanche
04:11 - Bitmine ETH Treasury & Strategy
05:48 - On-Chain Equities & HyperLiquid
07:36 - David Pakman Hot Seat
13:01 - Stablecoins vs. Deposit Banks
25:48 - Prediction Markets & Gen Z
29:29 - AI, Agents & Crypto Investing
34:07 - Decentralized AI & Token Economics

Guest links:
David Pakman - https://x.com/pakman
Coinfund - https://x.com/coinfund

Host links:
Gareth Jenkinson - https://x.com/gazza_jenks
The Block - https://x.com/TheBlockCo
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