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Austin Campbell runs Zero Knowledge Group, a consulting and advising firm in the digital assets space and is an adjunct professor at New York University's Stern School of Business. In Austin's first appearance on the show, he discusses what comes next after the GENIUS Act, the debate with interest-on-reserves when it comes to stablecoins, the future of Tether, Governor Waller's proposal of skinny master accounts, the larger macro implications of stablecoins in Europe and the global South, and much more.
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Recorded on November 14th, 2025
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Timestamps
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:38 - Austin's Career
00:04:10 - What Comes After GENIUS?
00:7:26 - Interest and Stablecoins
00:12:30 - Tokenized Deposits
00:17:01 - Future of Tether
00:29:27 - Skinny Master Account
00:35:23 - Stablecoin Regulation
00:48:46 - Macro Implications
00:54:58 - Future of the Financial System
00:57:58 - Outro
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