Before founding companies in blockchain, digital banking and credit, Lamine served in the U.S. Marine Corps, worked on Wall Street during the financial crisis, and became a bank regulator. Each chapter challenged his understanding of how financial systems work, and what they are ultimately built on.

In this fireside chat, Lamine reflects on a career spent questioning conventional wisdom, from the promise of blockchain to the limits of credit scoring and the rise of AI. Along the way, he explores why technology alone cannot solve financial trust, why institutions still play an essential role, and what it will take to build a system that serves people better in the decades ahead.