Crypto's Role in Payments w/ Arnold (Sphere Labs)

Arnold, Founder and CEO of Sphere Labs, joins Sal on Unlayered to talk about payments. Throughout the conversation, we try to separate hype from reality when it comes to crypto’s role in transforming global payments infrastructure. We also discuss how payments networks differ in various jurisdictions and recent advancements TradFi has made with respect to real-time payments -        - Time Stamps 0:00 - How crypto and payments can work together 4:47 - How to abstract away the crypto token 11:49 - Signs of initial adoption  19:00 - Sphere’s unique insights 26:42 - Solana’s adoption of tether 29:12 - Sphere’s target userbase  37:04 - Legal framework behind deposit limits 42:31 - Tradfi advancements in payments 47:58 - Crypto offering 100x improvements 50:42 - Synergies between Solana-based payment projects 54:45 - What needs to happen near time to transform payments -        - Podcast Resources Follow Sal: https://twitter.com/Sal_The_Bull Follow Dave: https://twitter.com/SolBeachBum Follow Unlayered: https://twitter.com/UnlayeredPod Subscribe on Spotify, Apple, or Google: https://unlayered.io/ Clips on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UnlayeredPod -        - Episode Resources Follow Arnold : https://twitter.com/0xdirichlet Follow Sphere : https://twitter.com/Sphere_Labs Sphere website : https://spherepay.co