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Acronym Foundation President Tyler Spalding joins CoinDesk's Kate Irwin on Markets Outlook to break down the launch of the Anvil Protocol's SDK and what it means for bringing DeFi into everyday business. Spalding explains how Anvil works as a letter of credit protocol, and how CoinDesk parent company Bullish is among the first companies to integrate the SDK. Plus, why Bitcoin, Ethereum and tokenized real-world assets could reshape on-chain collateral.

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Disclosure: Bullish is the parent company of CoinDesk.

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Read more about CoinDesk Research's report on Asia-Pacific's emergence as the proving ground for regulated stablecoin finance and RLUSD's role at: https://www.coindesk.com/research/the-definitive-stablecoin-landscape-series-asia-pacific

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Timecodes:

00:00 - Tyler Spalding Joins Markets Outlook

02:02 - Anvil Launches Its SDK for Builders

03:10 - DeFi's New Playbook: Letters of Credit

04:09 - Founders Fund Leads $5M Anvil Token Round

05:40 - Why a Governance Token Still Makes Sense

09:12 - The First Companies to Integrate

11:42 - What Makes Anvil's On-Chain Collateral Different

14:22 - Collateral in the Age of AI Agents

14:57 - Bitcoin, Ethereum and the Future of Collateral