# Citibank is All in on Tokenization & Digital Assets... Here's Why | Ryan Rugg Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/thinking-crypto-news-interviews-874084/citibank-is-all-in-on-tokenization-digital-assets-here-s-why-ryan-rugg Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/thinking-crypto-news-interviews-874084/citibank-is-all-in-on-tokenization-digital-assets-here-s-why-ryan-rugg.md Podcast: [Thinking Crypto News & Interviews](https://stenobird.com/podcast/thinking-crypto-news-interviews-874084) Published: 2026-05-26T13:02:07+00:00 Episode link: https://youtu.be/gXq944tOhtA Audio file: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72162074/ryan_rugg_finalcut_with_city_edits_4k_1.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/thinking-crypto-news-interviews-874084/episodes/citibank-is-all-in-on-tokenization-digital-assets-here-s-why-ryan-rugg Duration seconds: 780 ## Resource Ryan Rugg, Global Head of Digital Assets for Citibank’s TTS business, joined us at the Solana Policy Institute’s Summit to discuss Citibank’s digital asset, tokenization and blockchain initiatives. We dive into the nuances of tokenized deposits and stablecoins and much more. Brought to you by 🌟 Build with BitGo - https://bitgo.com/?utm_source=thinking_crypto&utm_medium=brand&utm_campaign=sponsorship 💡Get the (Re)Thinking Crypto Book on Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D2525DYX 🖥️ Learn Crypto with Expert Commentary - http://MyCryptoCourse.com Sponsors: 🏦 Learn about iTrustCapital’s powerful Premium Custody Account (PCA) and tax-advantaged Crypto IRA platforms https://www.itrustcapital.com/go/thinkingcrypto 🔐 Safely Store your Crypto with Trezor Hardware Wallets - https://affil.trezor.io/SHlz 🌟Uphold - Signup with Uphold. https://uphold.sjv.io/gbED4X Terms Apply. Cryptoassets are highly volatile. Your capital is at risk. 🖥️ Sign up with Santiment to get quality crypto metrics - https://app.santiment.net/pricing?fpr=thinkingcrypto Get 25% discount with code THINKINGCRYPTO 📰 Sign up for the Free Thinking Crypto Weekly Newsletter https://thinkingcrypto.substack.com/ ✅ Become a Channel Member - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjpkwsuHgYx9fBE0ojsJ_-w/join 🔥 Buy Merch & support the Podcast https://my-store-574b5b.creator-spring.com/ 🧙‍♂️Merlin - http://tinyurl.com/MerlinTCYouTube “I am a Merlin partner and get compensated for purchases made through links in this content"this content" Follow on social media: ➡️ X(Twitter) - https://x.com/thinkingcrypto ➡️ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/thinkingcrypto/ ➡️ LinkedIn - http://linkedin.com/company/thinking-crypto ➡️ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thinkingcrypto/ ➡️ TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@think… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/thinking-crypto-news-interviews-874084/episodes/citibank-is-all-in-on-tokenization-digital-assets-here-s-why-ryan-rugg/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/thinking-crypto-news-interviews-874084/citibank-is-all-in-on-tokenization-digital-assets-here-s-why-ryan-rugg.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.