Gm! This episode features a panel from DAS New York with Konstantin Richter and Tom Zschach. The discussion covers traditional financial infrastructure, the integration of digital assets, and emerging concepts like agentic payments, along with regulatory gaps, system design challenges, and how SWIFT intersects with evolving crypto-based payment systems.
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Timestamps:

(0:00) Introduction

(4:08) What Are Agentic Payments?

(7:29) Machine Accountability

(12:23) Regulation Still Lags

(17:16) Do Rails Replace Swift?

(20:48) Crypto Needs Systems Design

(22:14) Closing Comments

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Designing the Future of Payments Systems | Konstantin Richter & Tom Zschach