Blockstream Talk

Promissory Notes on Liquid with Tomás Alvarez - Blockstream Talk #20

Episode Summary

Welcome to Blockstream Talk, today, we're talking to Tomás Alvarez, CEO and Co Founder of Mifiel. Thomas and his team are using the Liquid Network as issuance technology for promissory notes in Mexico. This promissory note market is big not only in Mexico but across Latin America. It's really interesting to see Liquids solve for some of the inefficiencies in the market. Streamlining the issuance process, facilitating cross border transactions, and then those benefits pulling in mainstream institutional investors. This is the direction markets are evolving. If you found this conversation useful, don't forget to subscribe and share.

Episode Notes

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0:00 Introduction

01:05 The fundamental problem Mifiel is trying to solve

01:38 What is a promissory note and what kind of people are using

04:27 Other markets that utilize promissory notes

06:13 Dealing with challenges in technology adoption

07:57 Utilizing the Liquid Network for tokenization

9:52 Dealing with regulations and licensing considerations

11:17 Secondary market trading of promissory notes

16:02 Decentralization and promissory notes

19:53 Quantity of promissory notes issued by Mifiel

20:43 Interest rates on promissory notes

23:24 Demand for promissory notes

25:03 Handling defaults on promissory notes

26:47 Reasons for issuing on the Liquid Network

32:52 Short term outlook for Mifiel

37:09 Benefits of tokenization