Circle Ventures Spotlight: Trad.Fi
In this episode, Sam Sealey, Director of Community at Circle, sits down with Alex Szul, CEO and co-founder of Trad.Fi, a Circle Ventures portfolio company, to explore how private credit is moving onchain.
Alex shares his journey from technical sales to DeFi entrepreneurship, the origins of Trad.Fi, and why the private credit market—particularly asset-backed financing—is primed for modernization. The conversation breaks down how Trad.Fi uses blockchain technology to automate origination, underwriting, and servicing, bringing transparency, efficiency, and real-time visibility to a historically opaque asset class.
Sam and Alex also dive into why TradFi chose to build on Arc, the advantages of stablecoin-based settlement with USDC, and how onchain infrastructure can unlock new possibilities like standardized tokenization and future secondary liquidity for private credit. The discussion closes with insights into working with Circle Ventures and what’s next for TradFi as it scales deal flow and capital partnerships.
A must-watch for anyone interested in private credit, onchain capital markets, and how TradFi and DeFi are converging.
