From TradFi to Internet Finance: A New Era of Global Capital | Felipe Montealegre
From TradFi to Internet Finance: A New Era of Global Capital | Felipe Montealegre  
Podcast: Bankless
Published On: Wed Apr 02 2025
Description: Felipe Montealegre, co-founder of Thea Capital, joins us to unpack a new vision for global finance—what he calls the Internet Financial System. Felipe makes the case that today's financial world still runs on siloed, permissioned databases—slow, expensive, and riddled with gatekeepers. But blockchains and smart contracts offer something radically different: a unified, open system where capital can move efficiently across borders and property rights are stronger than ever. This episode is a must-listen for anyone wondering how crypto is building the financial infrastructure of the 21st century.------📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24 https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium------BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:🪙FRAX | SELF SUFFICIENT DeFihttps://bankless.cc/Frax 🦄UNISWAP | SWAP ON UNICHAINhttps://bankless.cc/unichain 🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORKhttps://bankless.cc/Mantle 🌐SELF | PROVE YOUR SELFhttps://bankless.cc/Self 🏦INFINEX | THE CRYPTO-EVERYTHING APPhttps://bankless.cc/Infinex ------TIMESTAMPS0:00 Intro5:29 Internet Financial Systems12:03 Frictions in Financial Systems20:33 Innovations in Internet Financial Systems28:42 Server with Laws40:02 Incompatibilities within Systems50:17 Absence of Financial Laws57:34 Potential of Finance in Crypto1:09:59 Server Compatibility with Governments1:16:18 Different Laws for Investing in Crypto1:26:26 Building Protocols 1:29:52 Closing & Disclaimers------RESOURCESFelipe Montealegre https://x.com/TheiaResearchInternet Financehttps://x.com/TheiaResearch/status/1876618725547233417------Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here:https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠