E1: The Future of Equity Markets w/ David Ferrall

On this week's episode, our hosts, Jeremy Almond and Megan Guy chat with CEO & Founder of FinClear, David Ferrall. They explore the potential for distributed ledger technology (DLT) and blockchain to transform the investment landscape - from enabling trading in new asset classes to improving transparency and reducing the cost of intermediaries. 

• Intro to David Ferrall and FinClear
• What’s wrong with the current financial infrastructure for investing and trading?
• What is DLT (distributed ledger technology)?
• A single source of truth
• Real-time transactions/settlement
• Gamestop and meme stocks
• Buzzfeed employee shares ownership: how would DLT and real-time settlement have helped?
• FCX (not FTX!) as an exchange for unlisted securities
• How DLT enables new products and asset classes
• How do new investment products affect the regulatory landscape?
• Finding the middle ground in regulatory oversight 
• The role (and complexities) of moving from regional, centralized to global, decentralized markets
• The advantages of democratization and self-custody
• More about FCX (not FTX!)

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This week’s guest

http://www.fcx.com.au

https://finclear.com.au/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-ferrall-230a5064/

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