Market Cap

Market Cap is the show for serious capital in crypto. Stefano hosts allocators, market makers, and institutional operators to unpack the flows, structures, and mechanics shaping the asset class. Conversations focus on market structure, liquidity, the bridge between TradFi and crypto, and the questions allocators are actually asking. Built for professionals who treat crypto as a market, not a meme.

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  Tempo, Borja Neira | Why Liquidity Gets Trapped

  Aug 12, 202653 min

  On this Market Cap episode, Borja Neira, Institutional Market Structure & Product Strategy at Tempo, joins our Director of Institutional Partnerships, Stefano Sanabria. They discuss why stablecoins have solved only part of the payments stack, and why fragmented settlement rails remain a major source of friction for institutions. They also explore how tokenized money-market funds and more mobile liquidity could reshape institutional cash management and onchain settlement. Chapters 2:34 Why Money's Plumbing Matters More Than Trading 6:57 Why Legacy Firms Don't Need New Financial Rails 10:28 Why Stablecoins Haven't Solved Payments 15:43 Remittance Firms Feel Settlement Friction First 21:45 Stablecoins, MTOs And Correspondent Banks 25:52 Why General-Purpose Chains Still Matter 32:22 Why Money Market Funds Are Financial Plumbing 35:30 How Tokenization Makes Idle Cash More Mobile 40:35 Liquidity Isn't Useful If It's Trapped 45:17 Execution And Settlement Should Be Separated — On Market Cap we speak with firms and individuals to explore the thinking that guides them, the patterns they observe, and other forces moving the markets. Watch the video version: https://x.com/AleaResearch/status/2087555426216972346

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  Market Cap w/ Andy Ross from Kalshi

  Aug 4, 20261h 4m

  Watch the video version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjEKCOK4ZgE On this Market Cap episode, our Director of Institutional Partnerships, Stefano Sanabria speaks with Andy Ross, Head of Institutional at Kalshi. Kalshi enables investors to trade on almost anything with economic relevance, broadening the historical definition of what a commodity derivative is and paving the way for the futures market to catch up to the novel risks facing the economy today. Kalshi is the first CFTC regulated exchange dedicated to trading on the outcome of future events and is backed by Sequoia, Henry Kravis, Charles Schwab, and Y Combinator. Chapters 2:37 Why Prediction Markets Beat Algorithms At Truth 9:02 Why Retail Experts Make Institutions Smarter 13:35 Turning One Stock Into Tradable Risk Factors 17:19 From Ice Cream Shops To ARK Invest Hedges 23:24 Why Markets Reward Accuracy Over Consensus 27:27 Regulated Markets Win On Trust, Not Hype 39:03 How The World Cup Became A Hedging Market 46:21 Why Prediction Markets Are A Public Good 49:47 Arbitraging Fed Odds Across Kalshi And CME 54:09 Becoming Core Infrastructure For Trading Firms — On Market Cap we feature firms and funds to explore the thinking that guides them, the patterns they observe, and other forces moving the markets.

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  Market Cap w/ Michael Angjeli from VelaFi

  Jul 22, 202647 min

  Watch the video version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWF1QV7LyUo On this Market Cap episode, our Director of Institutional Partnerships, Stefano Sanabria speaks with Michael Angjeli, Head of Treasury and Liquidity at @Velafi_global. VelaFi provides stablecoin-powered financial infrastructure for global businesses, connecting local banking rails, global transfers, and major stablecoin networks to enable fast, compliant, and cost-efficient global money movement. They serve over a thousand clients across 200 territories in Latin America, Asia and the US, with partners including Alibaba, MoneyGram, Circle, Jump Trading, Paxos, Fireblocks and many more. Chapters 00:00 Stablecoins Rewrite Cross-Border FX Infrastructure 05:13 Why Banks Adopt Blockchain Only When Economics Win 09:40 The Hidden Complexity Behind a Single Payment 14:26 Treasury Runs on Banks, Liquidity, and Relationships 19:19 Stablecoins Aren't Enough to Win Payments Anymore 25:31 Why Local Licenses Beat Global Technology 29:29 Every Cross-Border Corridor Behaves Differently 39:11 Can OpenUSD Break USDT & USDC Network Effects? 43:24 Four Trends Reshaping Global Payments — On Market Cap we feature firms and funds to explore the thinking that guides them, the patterns they observe, and other forces moving the markets.

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  Market Cap w/ Adrian Cachinero from Steakhouse Financial

  Jul 7, 202645 min

  🎥 Watch the video version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxr5KNy1N2w On this Market Cap episode, our Director of Institutional Partnerships Stefano Sanabria speaks with Adrian Cachinero, Co-founder and Partner at Steakhouse Financial. Steakhouse Financial is pioneering open and transparent finance. They provide institutional-grade tools and advisory to raise, manage and distribute capital for the stablecoin economy. Steakhouse manages $4 billion in stablecoin deposits, and is partnered with Robinhood, Coinbase, Sky, MetaMask, Janus Henderson and many others. Chapters 03:14 Engineering, IB at Goldman, and Chocolate 05:51 Surprising Overlaps Chocolate and Crypto 08:57 Meeting Co-founder in MakerDAO Forums 11:56 MakerDAO and Early Role of Steakhouse 14:53 Launch of Morpho Blue and Its Impact on DeFi 18:08 Constraints, Controls, and 10/10 20:48 User Expectations and Transparency 22:56 Evolution of Vault Products and Regulation 25:42 The Future Will Run on Stablecoins 29:23 Robinhood Partnership and Curation 34:35 Grove and Tokenized Money Market Funds 39:28 Vision, Grove Basin, GROVE and More — On Market Cap we feature firms and funds to explore the thinking that guides them, the patterns they observe, and other forces moving the markets.

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  Market Cap w/ Tika Lum from KuCoin Institutional

  May 27, 202648 minS0

  <p>🎥 Watch the video version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4JzDIxp3T8</p> <p>On this Market Cap episode, our Director of Institutional BD Stefano Sanabria speaks with Tika Lum, Head of Global BD at KuCoin.</p> <p>KuCoin ranks top 10 among centralized exchanges globally in 24/7 trading volume and serves 40 million users worldwide.</p> <p>At KuCoin Institutional the exchange serves professional clients, offering tailored access to liquidity, advanced trading infrastructure, and specialized programs such as VIP tiers, broker solutions, and market maker support.</p> <p>Chapters<br>0:00 KuCoin’s First Institutional Hire<br>6:24 The Institutional Stack Beyond Just...

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