Alt Thinking August 28, 2025
DeFi Decoded Podcast

How Avalanche Became the Trusted Platform for Business with Luigi D'Onorio DeMeo of Ava Labs

How Avalanche Became the Trusted Platform for Business with Luigi D'Onorio DeMeo of Ava Labs
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  • Jake Moodie
    Analyst, Digital Asset Group
    Jake Moodie
    Analyst, Digital Asset Group
    Jake Moodie is an Analyst with the Digital Asset Group at Ninepoint Partners, initially joining the Firm in December 2022. He works on the Ninepoint Crypto and AI Leaders ETF, conducting research across cryptoassets and crypto–and-AI-related public equities. In addition to his research and writing, he actively contributes to the development and exploration of innovative strategies to further expand the Ninepoint Digital Asset Group’s platform, while also supporting investor communications and...
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"Going forward, the technology is table stakes. Blockchains will largely be commercial and business games." – Luigi Dinaro Deo

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of Web3 with special guest Luigi D'Onorio DeMeo, Chief Strategy Officer of Ava Labs. Listen in as they discuss Avalanche’s evolution since its inception, enterprise blockchain preferences between L1s versus L2s, the rapid growth of Avalanche’s tokenized real-world asset ecosystem, how stablecoins are acting as a Trojan horse for tokenization, some of the most exciting yet overlooked onchain use cases to watch, the future of stablecoins at scale as institutions and fintechs launch and integrate them into their businesses, a crypto market outlook reviewing recent trends and looking ahead to the year to come, and more.

TIMESTAMPS

[0:00] Introduction
[0:26] Business Adoption of Blockchains
[4:29] Avalanche’s Evolution Since Inception
[13:25] Enterprise Onchain Preferences: L1s vs. L2s
[18:39] Avalanche’s Growing Tokenized RWA Ecosystem
[24:08] Stablecoins as a Trojan Horse for Tokenization
[29:05] Exciting Overlooked Onchain Uses Cases
[30:42] Stablecoins at Scale and How They Could Evolve
[38:52] Crypto Market Outlook for the Year Ahead
[46:07] Conclusion

 

 

Part of Ninepoint’s DeFi Decoded Podcast Series. Available at Google, Apple, and Spotify Podcasts.

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