David Marcus on building Bitcoin’s global payment network with Lightspark
Quick Take
- Lightspark Co-Founder and CEO David Marcus explained how his firm is building a global, neutral, real-time money network on Bitcoin.
Episode 9 of Season 7 of The Scoop was recorded with The Block's Frank Chaparro and Lightspark Co-Founder and CEO David Marcus.
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The Scoop's host, Frank Chaparro, was joined by Lightspark CEO David Marcus.
In this episode, Chaparro and Marcus discuss the vision and technology behind scaling Bitcoin as a global payment network. Marcus explained how new developments, including stablecoins on Bitcoin, could transform worldwide financial systems and directly lead to an increase in GDP.
OUTLINE
00:00 Introduction
01:52 Lightspark's mission and Bitcoin's Role
04:39 Challenges in scaling Bitcoin
09:44 Lightspark's evolution
16:10 Stablecoins x Bitcoin
21:27 Stablecoin improvements over traditional payments
27:20 Past regulatory challenges
30:23 Changing regulatory climate
35:19 Future outlook
41:37 Conclusion
GUEST LINKS
David Marcus - https://www.linkedin.com/in/dmarcus/
David Marcus on X - https://x.com/davidmarcus
Lightspark - https://www.lightspark.com/
Lightspark on X - https://x.com/Lightspark
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