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Blockcast 83 | Jito Foundation's Marc Liew on Why Institutions Are Turning to Solana

Key topics include the role of stablecoins, the challenges of cross-border payments, and the future of decentralized finance.

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In our latest episode of Blockcast, host Takatoshi Shibayama sits down with Marc Liew, the head of APAC for Jito Foundation. Join us as we explore Marc's career journey from Ripple to Jito Foundation, delving into the evolution of payment systems and the transformative power of blockchain technology.

Topics discussed:

  • The impact of blockchain on payment systems
  • Challenges in cross-border payments
  • The role of stablecoins in modern finance
  • Decentralized finance as the future
  • Jito Foundation's contributions to Solana
  • The importance of execution certainty in blockchain
  • How Jito Foundation mitigates spam and failed transactions
  • The significance of MEV in blockchain
  • Solana's position as a monolithic liquidity layer

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Blockcast is hosted by Head of APAC at Ledger, Takatoshi Shibayama. Previous episodes of Blockcast can be found here, with guests like Fredrick Gregaard (Cardano Foundation), Daren Guo (Reap), Yat Siu (Animoca Brands), Kean Gilbert (Lido), Joey Isaacson (Nook), Kapil Dhiman (Quranium) Eric van Miltenburg (Ripple), Davide Menegaldo (Neon EVM), Anastasia Plotnikova (Fideum), Jeremy Tan (Singapore parliament candidate), Hassan Ahmed (Coinbase) and more on our recent shows.

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