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DEFIANCE MEDIA WEEKLY: The Future of Money, Knowledge, and Media
DeFi, AI Research, and Blockchain in Film: Shaping the Future of Finance, Knowledge, and Culture.
marc scarpa
August 18, 2025
DeFiance Spotlight
What is DeFiance Spotlights? Features exclusive interviews with mavericks, innovators and entrepreneurs from the most prominent summits from around the world
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SAM KAZEMIAN
Sam Kazemian, founder of Frax, introduces the platform as a pioneer in decentralized finance with FrxUSD, one of the first decentralized stablecoins. Now fully backed by U.S. Treasury bills and managed by top custodians including BlackRock, Fidelity, and WisdomTree, Frax is positioning itself for full compliance and a future U.S. payment stablecoin license. With its own high-performance blockchain, Fraxtal, designed for fast, low-cost transactions, Frax envisions becoming the premier platform for digital dollar payments—a unified money stack for the future of DeFi and global finance.
Spotlights
Blockchain is breaking out of its finance roots and making waves in film. Decentralized Pictures and Arts3 took center stage at two major festivals:
At Locarno, DCP backed the world premiere of Legend of the Happy Worker, directed by Duwayne Dunham and executive-produced by David Lynch.
At HollyShorts in Los Angeles, USC students premiered Holy Smokes, a Kevin Smith–supported comedy short selected through DCP’s blockchain-powered process.
DeFiance Daily
Consensus has rolled out a major upgrade to its Pro and Deep Search tools: full-text access for scientific papers. This unlocks richer and more detailed AI-powered analysis, giving researchers deeper insights than ever before.
