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How listings get green-lit
Benjamin Grolimund explains:
- Framework blends compliance, custody coverage, and liquidity readiness.
- Checklist pre-launch: wallets, on/off-ramps, market makers confirmed.
- Avoid listing coins customers can’t trade or withdraw smoothly.
From podcast with Demetrios Zamboglou PhD and Benjamin Grolimund.
Watch full podcast: youtu.be/ii3ljBODQZk
Not financial advice. Education and awareness content only.
Why simple beats shiny for adoption
Benjamin Grolimund explains:
- Exchange revenue may skew to complex products.
- Mass demand doesn’t.
- Build for transfers, savings, and basic access first.
From podcast with Demetrios Zamboglou PhD and Benjamin Grolimund.
Watch full podcast: youtu.be/ii3ljBODQZk
Not financial advice. Education and awareness content only.
Three events that matter
Benjamin Grolimund explains:
- Token2049.
- Satoshi Roundtable.
- Abu Dhabi Finance Week.
From podcast with Demetrios Zamboglou PhD and Benjamin Grolimund.
Watch full podcast: youtu.be/ii3ljBODQZk
Not financial advice. Education and awareness content only.
Listing a coin is an operational problem
Benjamin Grolimund explains:
- Which chain and which custody wallets are supported safely?
- Can clients move assets in/out reliably?
- Market makers must be ready or customers get stuck—and blame platform.
From podcast with Demetrios Zamboglou PhD and Benjamin Grolimund.
Watch full podcast: youtu.be/ii3ljBODQZk
Not financial advice. Education and awareness content only.
First regulated exchange in MENA
Benjamin Grolimund explains:
- In 2018, only Bahrain had a crypto framework in region.
- Team flew to Manama; engaged CBB.
- RAIN became first regulated crypto platform in Middle East (2019).
From podcast with Demetrios Zamboglou PhD and Benjamin Grolimund.
Watch full podcast: youtu.be/ii3ljBODQZk
Not financial advice. Education and awareness content only.
Users don’t want complexity
Benjamin Grolimund explains:
- Most customers want simple products.
- Primary jobs: move money, safeguard value.
- Altcoins, high leverage, niche derivatives serve small minority.
From podcast with Demetrios Zamboglou PhD and Benjamin Grolimund.
Watch full podcast: youtu.be/ii3ljBODQZk
Not financial advice. Education and awareness content only.
Side events tell real story
Benjamin Grolimund explains:
- Token2049 side-event list runs ~200 across 3–4 days.
- Global industry will be in town; partners flying from EU + Asia.
- Three years ago: no crypto regulation here. Now: explosive build-out.
From podcast with Demetrios Zamboglou PhD and Benjamin Grolimund.
Watch full podcast: youtu.be/ii3ljBODQZk
Not financial advice. Education and awareness content only.
Token2049 made UAE impossible to ignore
Benjamin Grolimund explains:
- At Consensus HK and Paris Blockchain Week, second/third question was “Are you going to Token2049 Dubai?”
- Signal: industry momentum is consolidating here.
- Platform is forming where right stakeholders actually meet.
From podcast with Demetrios Zamboglou PhD and Benjamin Grolimund.
Watch full podcast: youtu.be/ii3ljBODQZk
Not financial advice. Education and awareness content only.
Failure culture depends on context.
Ian Weisberger, CEO & Co-Founder of CoinRoutes, explains:
- Silicon Valley tolerates try → fail → move on
- Not universal — culture sets risk policy
- Speed + learning earn investor trust
Discipline turns failure into progress.
From podcast with Demetrios Zamboglou PhD and Ian Weisberger.
📍 Watch full podcast: youtu.be/5SocNJhdkmk
Educational content only. Not financial advice. No liability assumed, direct or indirect.
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