Mike Cagney (Figure) on Blockchain Capital Markets (EP.673)
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Today on the podcast, I sat down with Mike Cagney, the founder of Figure. Figure is a company that went public in September and that has several exciting lines of business, including a HELOC origination business and a markets division. They also started the Provenance blockchain, which is the underlying technology for many of its core activities. It was great to chat with Mike. Really liked talking about the impact of stablecoins in the banking sector and some of the issues that are being debated with respect to the market structure bill and how Figure is thinking about that. Think you'll enjo
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This is a different kind of market, and the Fed is asleep. The federal government is stepping in to stabilize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the two mortgage giants that have been threatened by the housing crisis. The Bank of
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They print a couple trillion dollars, and all of a sudden, people started to worry. So out of this worry, we have something called the Bitcoin. Bitcoin.
Mike, thanks for joining us on the podcast today.
Thanks for having me.
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