Stephen Richardson

@thoughtsofsteve

CSO & Head of Banking @FireblocksHQ. Working everyday to build infrastructure that will enable digital assets to disrupt business as we know it.

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Stephen Richardson
@thoughtsofsteve
Sep 10
Kraken has a pilot Fed master account. Coinbase has a conditional trust charter. Meta's reportedly building wallets into WhatsApp. Different doors, same target: your customer. Whoever owns the layer underneath wins. Read my latest blog post: fblks.co/3Tokk2L
Stephen Richardson
@thoughtsofsteve
Jul 23
Tokenization budgets at the largest banks are moving out of innovation lines and into the businesses that will run these products. That shift, from experiment to P&L, is the clearest signal in SODA's new survey of 16 of the world's largest sell-side institutions.
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Stephen Richardson
@thoughtsofsteve
Jul 8
Good conversation with @simontaylor and @idobn, on the @tokenized podcast. Quick take: on-chain transaction visibility is higher than traditional fiat, not lower. The industry needs to make that case better. Full episode 👇
Tokenized Podcast
@TokenizedPod
Jul 6
🚨 Ep. 90 of @TokenizedPod: OpenUSD - Bringing the Rest of Fiat Onchain @sytaylor is joined by: 👉 @thoughtsofsteve, Chief Strategy Officer & Head of Banking, @FireblocksHQ 👉 @idobn, CEO & Co-Founder, @blockaid_ To discuss: 🚀 Fireblocks role in OpenUSD launch 🧠 OpenUSD
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Stephen Richardson
@thoughtsofsteve
Jul 2
Most stablecoins capture value for the issuer. @openstandard takes a different approach. An independent company governing $OUSD, with a partner board and reserve economics flowing back to the businesses driving adoption. Structural shift, not a technical one.
Open Standard
@openstandard
Jun 30
Introducing Open USD: a stablecoin built for the internet economy, designed by the businesses growing it. joinopenstandard.com/blog/introduci…
Stephen Richardson
@thoughtsofsteve
Jun 23
21% of the 290 largest transaction banks have committed to issuing digital money by mid-2027. Franchises making $200B+ in revenue feel they have to. Tim Way on where the volume is, and why foundational decisions made early are what let banks move now:
The Question Banks Are Now Asking Us Has Changed
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