In this episode of the RWA Igloominati Interview Series, Jon sits down with Anthony, CEO & Co-Founder of Sentora, former Wall Street trader (UBS, Barclays, HSBC) and former Head of DeFi & Derivatives Trading at Coinbase.

Sentora describes itself as the institutional DeFi layer — helping institutions access DeFi rails through non-custodial smart contracts, structured yield strategies, and automated, block-by-block risk monitoring.

This conversation goes deep into how real risk is managed — not marketed.

We cover:

• What Sentora actually does for institutional clients

• How rules-based smart contracts can automatically unwind risk

• Why launching a stablecoin is much harder than most people think

• The structural challenges of yield-bearing RWAs on-chain

• Liquidity and leverage as the root cause of most financial crises

• Terra Luna, mortgage spreads, and how bubbles quietly form

• Evaluating trades without recency bias

• Kraken Earn's Advanced Strategies Vault (powered by Sentora)

• Firelight — Sentora's initiative focused on scalable DeFi insurance

• Why tokenized equities could unlock borrowing against retail-owned stocks

Anthony's core message is simple:
Most blow-ups aren't new. They're liquidity and leverage mismanagement repeating in different forms.

If you want a clearer understanding of institutional DeFi, real-world assets, stablecoins, and how professional risk managers think about markets — this episode delivers.

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Terra Luna collapsed — and most builders walked away.

But Michael Bar-Zeev didn't.

In this full-length audio conversation, we go deep on how Shift rebuilt stablecoins properly using real-world assets.

This isn't another synthetic token story.

Shift tokenizes real stocks like Tesla, NVIDIA, SPY, BMW and more — fully backed 1:1, held in regulated European banks, with proof of reserves and legal structures designed to protect users even in bankruptcy scenarios.

We go deep into:

• Why Tether & Circle created a stablecoin duopoly

• The original CPI-tracking yield stablecoin concept

• Pivoting from ETF baskets to tokenized single stocks

• 24/5 TradFi vs 24/7 crypto markets (the hard problem)

• Impermanent loss, RFQ models, and capital efficiency

• Retail-first RWAs vs institutional-only products

• DAO governance, liability, insurance & decentralization myths

• "Pump.fun for RWAs" — user-driven tokenization

If you care about the future of tokenized stocks, real-world assets (RWAs), and what stablecoins should have been from day one, this episode is required listening.

Crypto doesn't need more hype.
It needs better structure.

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Trust used to be built face-to-face.
Now it's built through avatars, wallets, algorithms… and vibes.

In this episode of the RWA Igloominati Podcast, Jon and Alan debrief the Russell S. Reynolds Jr. interview in RWA 30 and go deep on one of the hardest problems in crypto and modern society:

Can reputation actually be rebuilt in a digital-first, AI-driven world?

From executive hiring and handwritten letters to Twitter networks, Polymarket PnL, NFTs as identity, and on-chain reputation systems, this episode connects the dots between old-world trust and new-world crypto primitives.

This isn't a hype episode.
It's a reality check.

🔑 Key Takeaways:

• Why reputation is still the most valuable form of capital

• How modern social proof (Twitter, Polymarket, networks) really works

• Why on-chain reputation systems are harder than people think

• The limits of AI in judging character, trust, and integrity

• Why anonymity, privacy, and verification are in constant tension

• What crypto can fix about trust—and what it probably can't

If you're building, hiring, investing, or trying to scale influence in the digital age, this conversation will change how you think about identity and reputation.

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What actually matters when money, titles, and power are no longer the goal?

In this episode of the RWA Igloominati Interview Series, Jon sits down with his grandfather, Russell S. Reynolds Jr. — founder of Russell Reynolds Associates, pioneer of the global executive search industry, and advisor to CEOs, board members, and presidents.

This is a rare, unfiltered conversation spanning nearly a century of leadership, from growing up during the Great Depression to building a billion-dollar firm, advising Fortune 500 CEOs, working alongside U.S. presidents, and ultimately defining what reputation really means.

There's no crypto hype here — just timeless alpha on trust, character, decision-making, leadership, AI, hiring, power, and legacy. If you're building anything that lasts — a company, a career, or a reputation — this episode is required listening.

• Why reputation is real capital — and can't be measured by data or AI

• How integrity quietly compounds over decades

• Why most people misunderstand success, money, and ambition

• Lessons from working with CEOs, presidents, and global power brokers

• Why AI can assist decisions — but never replace judgment or character

• The cost of saying yes vs the freedom of saying no

• Timeless advice on careers, hiring, leadership, and life

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Everyone wants "safe yield" — but what if you could get 30% APY on-chain, backed by real-world private credit?

In this episode of the RWA Igloominati Podcast, Hao Jun Tan, CEO of Chateau Capital, joins Jon and Alan to break down how Chateau is turning real-world private credit into yield-bearing stablecoins.

From mispriced risk in off-chain lending to DeFi's buy-side problem, Hao pulls back the curtain on how they're bridging traditional finance and crypto without the Ponzinomics. Expect insights on why the future of RWA yield isn't in tokenized stocks — it's in private credit, high-sharpe returns, and real cash flows.

🔑 Key Takeaways:

• How Chateau turns real private credit into a yield-bearing stablecoin (CHOSD).

• Why RWA yield beats on-chain "farming" schemes.

• The truth about "mispriced risk" and how private credit funds hit 30%+ APY.

• DeFi's biggest problem isn't tech — it's the buy side and bad UX.

• What Hao thinks about tokenized stocks, banks forking Ethereum, and JP Morgan Coin.

• Why self-custody might be a terrible idea for most people.

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Gold has always been the OG store of value—but what if it could finally pay you back? In this episode of the RWA Igloominati Podcast, Usman (Founder & CEO of Oro Gold) joins Jon to reveal how Oro is making gold a productive, yield-bearing digital asset.

We go deep into why gold is still the world's most trusted "meme coin," how Oro differs from other tokenized gold projects, and what the next decade of DeFi, stablecoins, and hard assets will look like.

From capital controls and regulators, to gold leasing and AML, to making gold productive in DeFi—this conversation is pure alpha for builders, investors, and anyone eyeing RWAs.

🔑 Key Takeaways:

• Why access, yield, and credit are the "3 horsemen" of Oro's gold thesis.

• The difference between Oro Gold and other tokenized gold projects.

• Why regulators fear stablecoins more than gold.

• How gold leasing works (and why most people don't know about it).

• The macro shift from fiat to hard assets: gold + Bitcoin.

• What's next for Oro, including yield baskets, app launch, and integrations.

• Usman's life advice: control only what you can control.

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Crypto isn't just charts and memes—it's about breaking the systems that hold us back. In this episode of the RWA Igloominati Podcast, Dan joins Jon and Alan to unpack his journey from financial advisor to crypto-native builder.

From walking past the first Bitcoin ATM in Canada in 2013, to realizing RWAs are the gateway for Millennials and Gen Z to reclaim financial freedom, Dan shares unfiltered truths and practical plays. Expect stories about trading cards, tokenized Pokémon sets, meme coins, and why business days don't exist anymore.

🔑 Key Takeaways:

• Why most people will never beat Bitcoin—and what to do instead.

• How tokenization of RWAs (real estate, collectibles, even Hot Wheels) unlocks new wealth paths.

• The hard lessons of "tuition" in crypto and why losing is part of learning.

• Why banks are broken (30+ days to clear stocks?!) and how blockchain fixes it in 90 seconds.

• The Canadian crypto mindset: kindness, hustle, and building together.

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What if your blockchain wasn't just decentralised—but economically fair?

In this high-impact episode of the RWA Igloominati series, we sit down with Alex Davis, founder and CEO of Mavryk Network, to unpack how Mavryk is building a real digital Commonwealth from the ground up.

We're talking real chain-level innovation—not another fork. From $3 billion in tokenized real estate deals to a protocol treasury governed by validators (not VC whales), Mavryk is playing the long game in RWA.

This episode delivers the real alpha on:

• ✅ Mavryk's $3B infrastructure deal with MAG & Multibank

• ✅ How protocol-level tokenomics can reward users—not just insiders

• ✅ Real estate, mortgage-backed loans & insurance-linked securities on-chain

• ✅ How Dubai's RWA regulation is quietly leading the global race

• ✅ Why most L1s are failed nation-states—and what a real digital Commonwealth looks like

• ✅ How fractional Bitcoin mining could work legitimately

• ✅ Real decentralization vs "4 devs and a multisig" cosplay

Whether you're a DeFi veteran, investor, or just RWA-curious, this episode breaks down where the space is going—and who's going to own it.

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