Wall Street Surrenders To Crypto & AI, feat. 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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