{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Privacy Podcast","title":"Privacy, Compliance, and the Future of On Chain Finance with Nikhil Raghuveera of Predicate","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1549,"description":"As blockchain technology moves beyond speculation and into mainstream financial infrastructure, one question continues to shape the future of digital assets:   Can privacy and compliance coexist?In this episode of the Privacy Podcast, Ben Schiller sits down with Nikhil Raghuveera, Co-Founder and CEO of Predicate, to explore how programmable compliance is reshaping on chain finance without sacrificing the privacy principles that made blockchain revolutionary.Drawing on his experience leading strategy and innovation at Celo and advising policymakers on digital assets, Nikhil explains why the next generation of financial infrastructure requires a new approach to compliance...one built specifically for blockchain rather than adapted from traditional banking.\"The SEC is comfortable with the zero knowledge proof for investor accreditation... but then you also need financial institutions and tech companies to say, 'Yes, we will actually implement this and accept it on our end.'\"  - NikhilThroughout the discussion, Nikhil argues that privacy should not be viewed as being in conflict with compliance. Instead, emerging technologies such as zero knowledge proofs offer an opportunity to meet regulatory requirements while minimizing unnecessary collection of personal data.The conversation explores:How Predicate brings programmable compliance to blockchainWhy on chain compliance differs from traditional financeThe future of stablecoin compliance and asset controlsThe impact of the CLARITY Act and GENIUS ActWhether the Bank Secrecy Act needs modernizationHow zero knowledge proofs can protect privacy while supporting complianceBalancing privacy, regulation, and financial surveillanceWhy businesses are key to driving privacy preserving technologiesWhat policymakers can do to support innovation without creating a surveillance stateWhy This MattersAs digital assets become part of mainstream finance, the challenge is no longer whether regulation is coming...it's how to balance...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/vpEuAfjPdK-wDcHhqYiQw4VjsckbaPox0yUDwiaMCsg/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS82ZmI4/ZTgwY2E4YzI2Zjky/ZGRhZTVkZjIxMzU5/ZjFlNi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}