Trailer: Citi and PYMNTS Launch ‘From the Block’ Podcast: Straight Talk on Digital Assets

It’s a new must-listen show. Karen Webster and Ryan Rugg, global head of digital assets at Citi, are co-hosting ‘From the Block,’ a weekly podcast series that cuts through the noise and gives CFOs and treasurers the practical playbooks they need to evaluate stablecoins, tokenized assets and the infrastructure behind them.

Transcript

SPEAKER_01 0:11

Welcome to From the Block, a weekly podcast that goes beyond the buzzwords and headlines to get at what's really moving the digital asset space. I'm Karen Webster, founder and CEO of Payments, where I've spent years tracking how payments, commerce, and financial infrastructure are evolving in the real world.

SPEAKER_00 0:29

And I'm Ryan Rugg, head of digital assets for Cities CTS business. I've been leading blockchain initiatives for the last decade and focused on real world adoption.

SPEAKER_01 0:39

You're really a pioneer, Ryan. You're being very modest. What I love about doing the show with you is that you've seen all sides of blockchain and digital assets, the successes and the things that we thought were successes, but didn't quite end up that way. And I think that those learnings will be so helpful in really unpacking the comings and the goings across the digital assets landscape, which is very robust in 2026, promises to be an amazing year for all of that.

SPEAKER_00 1:08

Thanks, Karen. And I can't wait to talk from everything about stable coins to tokenized real-world assets to technologies and like the market forces that are reshaping the global finance and really talk honestly, as you said, about what matters, what doesn't, and what's next. A lot of ebbs and flows and what it all means for the future of money. Can't wait.

SPEAKER_01 1:28

Hope you'll join us.