Thousands of New Assets, and No Way to Tell Them Apart | Nicolas Cary, Blockchain.com

Bitcoin has a decade of track record. Most of what launched last week does not. Nicolas Cary on the consumer problem. Book Ian for your event → iankhan.com | booking@iankhan.com SUMMARY Nicolas Cary co-founded Blockchain.com. He describes the difficulty consumers face distinguishing a decade-old asset from a project launched last week, the reach of smartphone-based finance, and why several central bank digital currency projects are now being quietly shelved. KEY FINDINGS • Thousands of new digital assets launching continuously • Consumers unable to distinguish reputable from emergent • Bitcoin's decade of track record as the reference point • Financial access reaching anyone with a smartphone • Multiple CBDC projects started and sandboxed • Some of those now being mothballed • Central banks likely to keep experimenting regardless GUEST Nicolas Cary, Co-Founder & Vice Chairman, Blockchain.com FULL TRANSCRIPT iankhan.com/futurist/nicolas-cary-blockchain-digital-assets Recorded at the Future Investment Initiative, Riyadh, for The Futurist. ──────────────────── ABOUT IAN KHAN — AI KEYNOTE SPEAKER Most AI keynotes end with a better understanding. Mine end with a measured readiness score and a ninety-day plan. Your leadership team is assessed before the event, the room sees its own collective result live, and every attendee leaves with a ninety-day plan they helped build. Every year I interview more than 500 senior leaders on camera: scientists, operators, founders, regulators and