Curiosity Code Podcast
Curiosity Code Podcast
Podcast Description
Discover the fintech podcast "Curiosity Code", featuring exclusive interviews on fintech innovation and financial technology. Hosted by Alex, founder of the digital agency Productera, with a background in B2B and SaaS companies, the podcast brings together founders, CEOs, visionaries, and fintech leaders driving financial innovation, AI, open banking, and digital transformation.
Each episode offers success stories, challenges, and groundbreaking ideas about the future of blockchain, AI agents, digital payments, wealth management, and other related financial technologies.
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The podcast explores diverse themes such as fintech innovation, blockchain advancements, and emotional aspects of finance, often featuring episode titles like 'How Revenue Based Financing Works Across Europe' and 'Finances and Emotions: Divide and Rule'. Specific focus areas include revenue-based financing strategies, the intersection of mental health and financial decisions, and the impact of AI in wealth management.
Discover the fintech podcast “Curiosity Code”, featuring exclusive interviews on fintech innovation and financial technology. Hosted by Alex, founder of the digital agency Productera, with a background in B2B and SaaS companies, the podcast brings together founders, CEOs, visionaries, and fintech leaders driving financial innovation, AI, open banking, and digital transformation.Each episode offers success stories, challenges, and groundbreaking ideas about the future of blockchain, AI agents, digital payments, wealth management, and other related financial technologies.
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Tokenization isn't about crypto hype—and it’s definitely not just digitizing assets. In this episode, strategic catalyst Karl Schlegel unpacks what real tokenization means when applied to gold, infrastructure, energy, and other real-world assets.
Karl has advised billion-dollar ventures, led M&A across borders, and shaped policy conversations with the Federal Reserve. His take? Most projects fail because they ignore the fundamentals: dirty data, fragile trust models, and siloed blockchains.
👇 Timestamps
00:03 – Welcome & Intro: Who is Karl Schlegel and why tokenization is failing today
01:56 – What tokenization really means
04:20 – Tokenizing in-ground gold: real case study and lessons from commodities
07:50 – Has tokenization actually been implemented in production?
12:10 – What’s stopping tokenization from scaling? (Mindset, silos, and standards)
16:50– How close are we to full digitization of real-world assets?
19:10 – Confidence and regulation: what needs to shift to unlock mass adoption
22:20 – Does blockchain really create trust? (Spoiler: it preserves it)
23:28 – Technical layer: Proof of Reserve vs. Proof of Verification
31:00 – Who loses power and who gains trust in a blockchain-first economy?
35:42 – The biggest misconceptions in tokenization pitch decks
40:12 – Looking ahead: Where will real innovation happen in the next 24 months?
💥 If you're involved in fintech, GRC, or innovation teams, this episode is a must-watch. Understand how financial fraud, security fraud, and AI-powered deception are forcing firms to rethink their compliance strategies.
Our guest:
Karl G. Schlegel
Strategic Advisor in Asset Tokenization, Emerging Tech, and Digital Infrastructure
https://www.linkedin.com/in/karlschlegel/
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Website: https://productera.io
Linkedin: / alexkhomyakov
Become a guest: https://productera.io/podcast
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