Banks Are Fighting To Block Stablecoin Yield and Why That's Bullish with Sean Kelley
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Banks Are Fighting To Block Stablecoin Yield and Why That's Bullish with Sean Kelley

Banks are actively fighting to block yield-bearing stablecoins because they know what's coming.

We sit down with Sean Kelley, VP at Frax, to cover how frxUSD is bridging DeFi and TradFi, why RWA looping is attracting institutional capital, and what the GENIUS Act means for stablecoin payments.


We cover:

- Why Banks Are Terrified of Yield-Bearing Stablecoins

- The RWA Looping Strategy Institutions Are Racing Into

- How frxUSD Is Backed by Multiple RWA Issuers

- The GENIUS Act's Real Impact on Stablecoin Competition

- ATW's $50M Bet on frxUSD

- Frax's Play to Cross the TradFi Chasm

The Rollup


Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

01:10 Frax Update & Growth Strategy

04:56 Institutional Vaults & RWA Backing

07:25 Hibachi, Infinify Ads

08:08 RWA Looping Thesis

11:16 Why Institutions Are Looping On Chain

12:43 Growing Stablecoin Supply

14:25 Genius Act & Regulatory Landscape

16:48 Yield Passthrough & Bank Workarounds

18:18 Trezor, YEET Ads

18:42 Capital Flight From Banks

20:59 Banks vs. Stablecoins Dynamic

22:52 Repo Markets & Large Capital Flows

24:18 Canton, LayerZero & Tempo Partnerships

25:29 Institutional FOMO & Pipeline Evolution

27:20 Engineering Acceleration & Bottlenecks

28:38 Roadmap: Aave, Ether.fi & Mobile App

31:05 Closing Thoughts


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