
The Last Trade E055: Financial Infrastructure for the Digital Age with Shalin Madan
About this episode
The Last Trade: a weekly, bitcoin native, interactive podcast covering where Bitcoin and traditional finance meet on a macro scale. Hosted by Marty Bent, Jesse Myers (Croesus), Michael Tanguma, and a special weekly guest host.
Join us as we dive into what Bitcoin means for how individuals & institutions save, invest, and propagate their purchasing power through time. It's not just another asset - in the digital age, it's the Last Trade that investors will ever need to make.
0:00 - Introduction to Shalin Madan & Formidium
10:36 - A message from Onramp
11:07 - Experience building new infrastructure
18:30 - Upgrading the fund administration space
25:09 - Taking a hands-on approach to investing
30:49 - The progression & disruptive potential of AI
35:25 - Leveraging deflationary technologies
41:21 - Onramp Multi-Institution Custody
42:11 - The increasing scarcity of bitcoin
47:24 - Negative & positive potential impacts of AGI
51:56 - Mainstream politicians embracing bitcoin
58:03 - Formidium’s Alts Marketplace
1:02:50 - Fiduciary duty of understanding bitcoin
1:04:18 - Intricacies of digital asset fund administration
1:07:31 - Looking ahead & wrapping up
1:15:43 - Outro
Formidium links:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/formidiumcorp/
https://www.altsmarketplace.com/
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