The Idle Trillion

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Claims that only ~10% of $300B stablecoins are actively working while BCG projects $18T by 2033, and that settlement is already solved via custodians, stablecoin settlement and bridges. The missing middle is management: strategy routing, compliance, NAV reporting and risk structures. Examples: DeFi rails embedded in Deel and Stripe, AI agents needing guardrails, and a vault product that deploys strategies on chain in hours without smart contract development plus on-chain enforced risk management.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 0:12The Idle Trillion and an Invisible Industry
3. 0:51How the Industry Has Changed in 10 Years
4. 1:17The Numbers: 300 Billion in Stablecoins
5. 1:57Audience Poll: How Much Capital Is Working
6. 2:26Why Only 10% of Capital Is Active
7. 2:53Second Driver: Payments and Settlement
8. 3:16Why Settlement Is Naturally On-Chain
9. 3:44The CFO Question About Treasury Stablecoins
10. 4:17Two Parts: Settlement and Management
11. 4:42Why Management Is More Than Technology
12. 5:16How the Asset Manager Landscape Is Changing
13. 5:47Assets and Distribution Already Solved
14. 6:16The Missing Middle: Strategies and Routing
15. 6:48Why Yield Is a Liability, Not Just a Number
16. 7:25Why Institutions Ask About Risk First
17. 7:55The Yield Stack for AI Agents
18. 8:20Why Agents Need Guardrails
19. 9:08Invisible Deposit Buttons for End Users
20. 9:39Mellow's Vault Stack
21. 10:08On-Chain Enforced Risk Management
22. 10:37Transparency and Trust Without Trusting Managers
23. 10:59Why Speed of Updates Matters
24. 11:29Reallocating Capital Almost Instantly
25. 12:03Summing Up: DeFi and TradFi Convergence
26. 12:32Closing

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