Season 2 Episode 10: Recent news in CBDC with R3's Austen Appleby and CoreChain's CTO and Founder/CEO talk payments networks!

On this episode we have Todd McDonald talking about regulations and then we have Andrew Stakiwicz, Global Head of Sales Engineering to discuss what drew him to the space, what it's like to work on the sales engineering team, and why he believes in what we are doing here at R3. Listen on your favorite podcast app! Check out our job openings here (https://www.r3.com/job-openings/). Guest: Andrew Stakiwicz - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewstak/) Todd McDonald - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddvmcdonald/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/Mcdtv) Host: Catherine Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter) Produced by: Nadia Pressley - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nadia-pressley-b89084178/)

Check out this episode of Life in the Fast Chain with R3's Chief Economist, Alisa DiCaprio! She talks about all the career moves and decisions that landed her here as Chief Economist. She has a GREAT story so make sure to listen in to learn more about Alisa. Before we get to her, hear from Todd McDonald on what's the latest in the global CBDC space. Listen on your favorite podcast app! Guests: Alisa DiCaprio - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/alisadicaprio/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/AlisaDiCap) Todd McDonald - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddvmcdonald/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/Mcdtv) Host: Catherine Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter) Produced by: Nadia Pressley - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nadia-pressley-b89084178/)

Check out this episode of Life in the Fast Chain where Todd McDonald educates Catherine one what Web 3.0 is and discusses recent news coming out of Six Digital Exchange. Then Catherine has Michelle Neal US CEO of LedgerEdge to discuss how she got here. Links - Further Web 3.0 Information (https://www.investopedia.com/web-20-web-30-5208698) - SIX Digital Exchange news (https://www.six-group.com/en/newsroom/media-releases/2021/20211118-six-sdx-digital-bond.html) - LedgerEdge Twitter (https://twitter.com/_LedgerEdge_) - LedgerEdge LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/ledgeredge/) Guest Michelle Neal - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-neal-051a80/) Todd McDonald - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddvmcdonald/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/mcdtv) Host Catherine Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter) Produced by Nadia Pressley - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nadia-pressley-b89084178/)

On this episode of Life in the Fast Chain, Catherine has R3 co-founder Todd McDonald to give an update on what's going on in the emerging tech space and talk about how he got here. The next few episodes will feature different R3ers and others in the R3 ecosystem talking about how they got here. How they got into emerging tech, what piqued their interest about blockchain, what their story is. Hope you enjoy! Listen to the latest episode of R3's podcast, Life in the Fast Chain. US President's working group report on stablecoins (https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/136/StableCoinReport_Nov1_508.pdf) Meta info (https://about.facebook.com/meta?utm_source=Google&utm_medium=paid-search&utm_campaign=metaverse&utm_content=post-launch) Guest: Todd McDonald - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddvmcdonald/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/Mcdtv) Host: Catherine Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter)

On this episode, R3's Head of Digital Currencies Ricardo Correia comes on to discuss what R3 is doing with Central Bank Digital Currencies. He talks about the CBDC Working Group and how the CBDC Sandbox was born. He also touches on how stablecoins are different and how he naturally fell into this position after quite a few roles at R3. Links: Learn more about the R3 Sandbox for Digital Currencies and request a demo here (https://www.r3.com/digital-currency-sandbox/). Blog - Facilitating Cross Netowrk CBDC Interoperability (https://www.r3.com/blog/facilitating-cross-network-cbdc-interoperability/) Blog - The Role of Policy in the Successful Development of CBDC (https://www.r3.com/blog/the-role-of-policy-in-the-successful-development-of-cbdc/) Blog - CBDC and Interoperability: Your Questions Answered (https://www.r3.com/blog/cbdc-and-interoperability-your-questions-answered/) Webinar Replay - Connecting CBDCs: Enabling cross-border and cross-network transactions (https://www.r3.com/webinars/connecting-cbdc-enabling-cross-border-and-cross-network-transactions/) Guest: Ricardo Correia - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ricardo-correia-0a9b86/) Host: Catherine Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter)

Check out the latest episode of our podcast with R3's Cloud Alliances Lead, Amy Fisher. Amy talks about what's going on in the R3 San Francisco office, cloud and blockchain, + our recent webinar with AWS. Listen on your favorite podcast app! Truth or Myth: Has Blockchain Failed To Deliver in Banking - Webinar (https://www.r3.com/webinars/truth-or-myth-has-blockchain-failed-to-deliver-in-banking/) Guest: Amy Fisher - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/amy-fisher-06162311/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/amyannalee) Host: Catherine Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter)

On this week's episode, Catherine has Megan Paytas, R3's Event Manager on to talk about #CordaCon2021 and how our hybrid event is going to run. Then David Awad comes on from the Developer Relations team here at R3 to discuss the DevRel team, what they do, and how they are here for you! Listen on your favorite podcast app or online here - https://vimeo.com/571766697 CordaCon save the date! (https://www.r3.com/events/cordacon-2021/) Megan Paytas - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/megan-paytas-1b8417b5/) David Awad - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidaawad/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/realdavidawad) Catherine Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter) Produced by Conan Brophy

On this episode, R3's Austen Appleby stops by for a quick chat about recent news in CBDC. CoreChain's CTO, RJ Herrick, and Founder/ CEO, Chris Aguas, also join to talk about their B2B payments network platform built on Corda, how COVID-19 has impacted business, digital assets and more! Listen on your favorite podcast app. Recent News Facilitating cross network CBDC interoperability with Banque de France, Swiss National Bank and SIX (https://www.r3.com/blog/facilitating-cross-network-cbdc-interoperability-with-banque-de-france-swiss-national-bank-and-six/) CoreChain - website (https://corechainb2b.com/) - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/corechainb2b/about/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/corechaintech?lang=en) *Guests * Catherine Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter) RJ Herrick - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/rjherrick/) Chris Aguas - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisaguas/) Austen Appleby - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/austen-appleby/) Produced by Conan Brophy

On this episode we talk about what the heck is going on with cryptos right now, how the money pouring into cryptos is different than whats being poured into blockchain and other emerging technologies. We talk about how R3 is investing in new tech and our development fund. We discuss how this focus on crypto and blockchain impacts heavily regulated and complex institutions. Andddd we have a lot of fun in the studio along the way. Listen on your favorite podcast app or watch online here (https://www.r3.com/podcasts/season-2-episode-9-charley-cooper-on-communications-cryptos-and-complex-institutions-adopting-new-tech/). Quick links R3 Development Fund Invests First USD 10 Million in Over 20 Start-ups (https://www.americanentrepreneurship.com/press-releases/r3-development-fund-invests-first-usd-10-million-over-20-start-ups) – American Entrepreneurship Today Global enterprise software firm R3’s Development Fund has reached the milestone of USD 10 million in capital deployed across over 30 investments in more than 20 of the most promising early-stage blockchain and confidential computing companies. Time to replace crumbling capital market infrastructure (https://www.globalriskregulator.com/Subjects/Reporting-and-Governance/Time-to-replace-crumbling-capital-market-infrastructure) – Global Risk Regulator David E. Rutter: This unprecedented moment in time presents a game-changing opportunity for CEOs to challenge their firms’ business models and embrace the new technologies at their disposal. SEC - Staff Statement on Funds Registered Under the Investment Company Act Investing in the Bitcoin Futures Market (https://www.sec.gov/news/public-statement/staff-statement-investing-bitcoin-futures-market) Charley Cooper - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/cooper-charley/) Catherine Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter) Produced by Conan Brophy

Catherine first hosts George Calle on the podcast to talk about the CBDC working group and new research on Central Bank Digital Currency. Then, Bryan D'Souza comes on to talk about how he and the partner team are finding new ways to engage with R3's ecosystem in the midst of lockdown. Listen on your favorite podcast app! Links - CBDC Research page (https://www.r3.com/cbdc-research/) - CBDC Research Overview & Conceptual Model Paper (https://www.r3.com/cbdc-research/research-overview-conceptual-model/) - Taxonomy & Design Choices Paper (https://www.r3.com/cbdc-research/taxonomy-design-choices/) Guests: George Calle - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/george-calle-12043097/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/georgecalle_) Bryan D'Souza -LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryandsouza1/) -Twitter (https://twitter.com/Bryandsouza90) Host: Catherine Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter)