# What Attracts Trillions? Why Tokenisation Could Decide the Future of Global Wholesale Finance with John Bertrand, Director at On Demand Payment Technologies Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/digital-bytes-by-team-blockchain-radio-powered-by-cyber-fm-5825857/what-attracts-trillions-why-tokenisation-could-decide-the-future-of-global-wholesale-finance-with-john-bertrand-director-at-on-demand-payment-technologies Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/digital-bytes-by-team-blockchain-radio-powered-by-cyber-fm-5825857/what-attracts-trillions-why-tokenisation-could-decide-the-future-of-global-wholesale-finance-with-john-bertrand-director-at-on-demand-payment-technologies.md Podcast: [Digital Bytes by Team Blockchain Radio; Powered By Cyber.FM](https://stenobird.com/podcast/digital-bytes-by-team-blockchain-radio-powered-by-cyber-fm-5825857) Published: 2026-08-17T00:29:36+00:00 Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/team-blockchain/episodes/What-Attracts-Trillions--Why-Tokenisation-Could-Decide-the-Future-of-Global-Wholesale-Finance-with-John-Bertrand--Director-at-On-Demand-Payment-Technologies-e3ng8mq Audio file: https://anchor.fm/s/7bb47050/podcast/play/124313754/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-17%2Fa1b7c275-e96f-75f1-d181-f8f5e206528a.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/digital-bytes-by-team-blockchain-radio-powered-by-cyber-fm-5825857/episodes/what-attracts-trillions-why-tokenisation-could-decide-the-future-of-global-wholesale-finance-with-john-bertrand-director-at-on-demand-payment-technologies Duration seconds: 1304 ## Resource The global race to tokenise wholesale financial markets has begun. Foreign exchange, government bonds, derivatives, repo and private assets are moving towards programmable, always-on financial infrastructure measured in trillions of dollars. The UK starts from a position of exceptional strength, yet leadership is far from guaranteed. This paper explores why legal certainty, digital money, trusted regulation, AI-ready infrastructure and interoperability, not blockchain alone, will determine which financial centres attract the next generation of institutional capital and autonomous AI-driven markets. Click here to read the full article ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/digital-bytes-by-team-blockchain-radio-powered-by-cyber-fm-5825857/episodes/what-attracts-trillions-why-tokenisation-could-decide-the-future-of-global-wholesale-finance-with-john-bertrand-director-at-on-demand-payment-technologies/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/digital-bytes-by-team-blockchain-radio-powered-by-cyber-fm-5825857/what-attracts-trillions-why-tokenisation-could-decide-the-future-of-global-wholesale-finance-with-john-bertrand-director-at-on-demand-payment-technologies.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.