Episode 67 of Season 6 of The Scoop was recorded with The Block's Frank Chaparro, Axelar Co-Founder Sergey Gorbunov and Ripple Director of Product Jasmine Cooper.

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This is the third installment of a miniseries sponsored by Axelar and featuring co-host Sergey Gorbunov, co-founder of Axelar. You can find part 1 with Eigen Layer's Sreeram Kannan here and part 2 with Mysten Labs's Kostas Chalkias here.

In this episode, Chaparro and Gorbunov are joined by Ripple Director of Product Jasmine Cooper to discuss advancements in real-world assets (RWAs), tokenization and interoperability.

OUTLINE
00:00 Introduction
01:12 Interoperable RWAs
04:18 Regulatory Clarity
08:09 RWA Tech Stack
11:37 White Labeling RWAs
13:05 Choosing a Chain
14:43 XRP Ledger RWA Experience
20:35 Asset Issuance 101
22:49 Global Accessibility of RWAs
26:05 Corporate Admin Crypto Adoption
27:26 Advancements in Interoperability
30:26 Axelar's Development Roadmaps
31:39 Institutional RWA FAQs
34:25 Closing Thoughts
35:55 Axelar Wrap-Up

This episode is brought to you by our sponsor, Axelar.
Axelar is scaling interoperability to connect hundreds of new blockchains anticipated in the Ethereum L2 ecosystem. Find out more at axelar.network/layer2

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