Mauricio Di Bartolomeo: Gold vs. Bitcoin Credit, the $40K Bitcoin Debate and Ledn's S&P Bitcoin Bond
About this episode
Natalie Brunell interviews Mauricio Di Bartolomeo about Ledn's new gold-backed loans and Bitcoin credit products.
Ledn Co-Founder Mauricio Di Bartolomeo joins Natalie Brunell for a first-time announcement: Tether's tokenized gold (XAUt) is coming to Ledn — the first step toward gold-backed loans later this year. He answers the Bitcoin purists on adding gold, breaks down Ledn's first S&P investment-grade bond backed by Bitcoin loans, and gives a firsthand account of Venezuela after Maduro's capture. Topics we cover: XAUt tokenized gold (real bars in Tether's Swiss vaults) coming to Ledn, with gold-backed loans later this year Inside Ledn's first S&P investment-grade bond backed by Bitcoin loans — and how the ABS market could scale Bitcoin credit toward $1 trillion Mauricio's answer to Bitcoiners who don't like credit products or investing in other assets Natalie's experience taking her first Ledn loan: https://youtu.be/xD3ZoZ2woPk?si=ix0HKnD85hqMTokU Why Ledn caps loans at 50% LTV, and how auto top-off protects borrowers from liquidation His read on "seller exhaustion" and why he expects a summer price come-back Venezuela after Maduro's capture — and the crackdown on its illegal gold mines Follow Mauricio Di Bartolomeo on X https://x.com/cryptonomista and sign up for Ledn at…
People in this episode
Host: Natalie Brunell
Guest: Mauricio Di Bartolomeo
Topics covered
- Bitcoin
- gold-backed loans
- Ledn
- S&P investment-grade bond
- Venezuela
- credit products
- Tether
Sponsors
Ledn
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Ledn, Tether
Products: XAUt, S&P investment-grade bond
Books & works: Bitcoin is For Everyone
Places: Venezuela
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