Amar Kuchinad, CEO of Copper, joined me to discuss how the firm is building crypto and blockchain infrastructure to help institutions securely participate in digital asset markets.
Get to know Amar:
- Early bird or night owl? Early bird
- Window seat or aisle? Aisle
- Text, Email, or call? Text
- One company outside of crypto you admire? Anthropic
- If you could have dinner with any person, living or dead, who is it? Roger Banister
- Best advice you’ve ever gotten? Always be curious
Topics:
- TradFi’s adoption of digital assets
- Amar’s time at the SEC and the agency’s approach to crypto guidance
- Can Blockchain in markets prevent another financial crisis?
- Building crypto infrastructure for institutions
- The future of markets
Links:
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Timestamps
03:40 Amar’s background
05:40 A Skeptic Finds His Calling
09:37 Reflections from an SEC Insider
13:42 Tokenization as the New Wrapper
18:06 Can Blockchain Prevent Another Crisis?
21:32 Inside Copper’s ClearLoop
33:14 Coldcard hack & Crypto Security
39:40 The Future of On-Chain Assets
44:10 Clarity Act Passing impact
48:32 Wrap up questions
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