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Kyle Samani
Kyle Samani
Former Managing Partner, Multicoin Capital
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Multicoin Capital's Kyle Samani on Internet Capital Markets

📅 Jul 18, 2026 Family Cartoon 13 MIN 1 VIEWS 11 SEGMENTS · 2 SPEAKERS
(0:00) Introducing Kyle Samani (1:07) History of modern capital markets (3:25) What a redesigned capital market structure would look like in 2025 (8:22) Examples of the future of internet capital markets Thanks to our partners for making this happen! Solana - Solana is the high performance network powering internet capital markets, payments, and crypto applications. Connect with investors, crypto founders, and entrepreneurs at Solana's global flagship event during Abu Dhabi Finance Week & F1: https://solana.com/breakpoint OKX - The new way to build your crypto portfolio and u...

What Kyle Samani said

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Kyle Samani, founder and managing partner of Multicoin Capital, argued that cryptocurrency and blockchain technology are poised to transform global capital markets. He traced the current system's origins to post-1929 crash legislation, noting that intermediaries add fees and delays, and that stock trades still take two days to settle. Samani highlighted technological advances, citing Solana's ability to process over a billion transactions daily at less than a penny each. He credited President Trump's executive orders and David Sacks for regulatory progress, and praised the Genius Act for stablecoin frameworks and the anticipated Clarity Act for market structure. He discussed SEC Chair Paul Atkins' plans for onchain securities and a 'regulation super app' framework, which would allow trading of crypto, tokenized, and traditional assets from one interface. Samani predicted internet capital markets will embed trading into media, sports, group chats, and podcasts, and called 2025 a pivotal year akin to the Telecommunications Act of 1996.

Key takeaways

  1. Solana processes over a billion transactions daily at less than a penny each, making blockchain viable for internet capital markets.
  2. SEC Chair Paul Atkins has directed staff to update rules to support onchain software systems, signaling US securities markets are coming on chain.
  3. The Genius Act, passed in July, creates a framework for stablecoins to proliferate on permissionless crypto rails, impacting global geopolitics.
  4. Regulated financial super apps, like Robinhood and Coinbase, will soon offer access to crypto-native protocols like Jito, Drift, and Kamino without multiple state licenses.
  5. Internet capital markets will embed trading into media, sports, group chats, and podcasts, making markets the media itself.

Numbers and commitments

FigureWhat it refers toTypeAt
100 years Age of the modern financial system's roots timeline 0:39
1929 Year of the stock market crash that lost a third of its value in a week timeline 0:39
90% Stock market value lost over three years after 1929 crash metric 0:39
1940 Year the Investment Company Act was passed timeline 0:39
90 years Time since the foundational laws were passed timeline 0:39
4 PM Time markets still close other 0:39

Chapters

  1. 0:00Historical roots of financial system
  2. 3:25Blockchain technology readiness
  3. 6:05SEC Chair Atkins' vision
  4. 7:34Internet capital markets concept
  5. 8:23Prediction markets in media
  6. 9:40Trading embedded in software
  7. 10:32Social finance and streaming
  8. 11:33Future of markets and media
Kyle Samani 0:01 ↗
Crypto, crypto, crypto. As cryptocurrency becomes more popular, we're starting to see signs that it could become part of our financial future. US dollars are the greatest product in human history. But amazingly, most people around the world who want dollars cannot get them because the legacy financial rails simply prevent them from doing so. You want to have the world's most realtime global financial market where everyone is synchronizing using the same open protocol at the speed of light.

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Samani, K. (2026, July 18). Multicoin Capital's Kyle Samani on Internet Capital Markets [Interview transcript]. Family Cartoon. CEOInterviews.AI. https://ceointerviews.ai/interview/1098787/

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Kyle Samani. "Multicoin Capital's Kyle Samani on Internet Capital Markets." Family Cartoon, 18 Jul. 2026. Transcript, CEOInterviews.AI, https://ceointerviews.ai/interview/1098787/.

BibTeX 
@misc{samani2026_1098787,
  author       = {Kyle Samani},
  title        = {Multicoin Capital's Kyle Samani on Internet Capital Markets},
  howpublished = {Interview transcript, Family Cartoon. CEOInterviews.AI},
  year         = {2026},
  month        = {jul},
  url          = {https://ceointerviews.ai/interview/1098787/},
  note         = {Speaker-attributed transcript with timestamps}
}