Eps. 1 - How Money Actually Moves

The Nostro/Vostro Trap: You will hear a breakdown of how legacy correspondent banking relies on nostro and vostro accounts, requiring trillions of dollars in "pre-funding" that effectively traps capital in dormant accounts across the globe.Systemic Fragility: The hosts will contrast the "exchange-centric" model—where execution, custody, and credit are dangerously bundled—with the mature structure of FX markets. They will explain how these "interdependent settlement chains" led to the high-profile collapses of platforms like FTX and Celsius.The Blueprint for a Fix: The discussion will introduce the Digital Prime Brokerage (DPB) model and the move toward standardized T+1 net settlement. This shift is designed to reduce gross fund movements by approximately 89%, releasing trapped capital back to institutional balance sheets.Regulatory Pressure: Finally, the episode will tie this all to the Basel Three (NSFR) mandates, which are forcing banks to modernize their "plumbing" to lower intraday liquidity risk.