How Agora aims to disrupt the stablecoin market by turning digital dollars into public goods

The Scoop

Nick van Eck is the co-founder and CEO of Agora — a stablecoin issuer that raised a $12 million seed round led by Dragonfly in April.

In this episode, Van Eck explains how Agora's AUSD is attempting to innovate the centralized stablecoin using a neutral, customer-first perspective.

OUTLINE

00:00 Introduction

02:29 Bootstrapping a Stablecoin

06:09 Stablecoin Issuers

09:24 Agora's Strategy

10:43 Market Structure Changes

16:10 'Tokenization' Taxonomy

20:12 Stablecoins & Instant Settlement

21:49 Agora's Roadmap

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