189 - Taking Treasury Bills Onchain with Martin Carrica

The overnight fed funds rate is 5.3% but how much are you getting from that in your bank account? How much are you getting from your stablecoins? 

Today on the show Martin Carrica walks us through a world in which we can tokenize treasuries instead of just dollars. ------ ✨ DEBRIEF | Ryan & David unpacking the episode: https://www.bankless.com/debrief-onchain-t-bills/ 

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0:00 Intro 7:16 Intro To Martin 10:37 Risk Free Rate of Return 16:06 Inflation Experience in Argentina 20:41 Why Don't We have Onchain TBills? 22:44 Laws Around Treasuries 27:08 Do The Fed's Want This? 31:53 Don't we Already Have Onchain Treasuries? 37:18 The Next Evolution Of Stablecoins 40:01 How Big Could This Be? 50:12 Cutting Out Commercial Banking 52:21 Explaining The Product 55:57 Onchain Vs Traditional TBills 1:02:51 How Big Can This Get? 1:04:10 Identifying Legit Onchain TBills 1:05:49 Why Doesn't Circle Do This? 1:11:50 Dealing With US Regulation 1:15:02 Central Bank Digital Currency 1:19:02 Can This Start a Bull Market?

----- RESOURCES

Martin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mcarrica 

Martin's article on Stablecoins: https://mcarrica.substack.com/p/stablecoins-are-cryptos-hidden-money 

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