With billions of dollars literally created out of thin air, there’s a lot of fraudsters out there concocting up get-rich-quick schemes around cryptocurrency. Businesses aren’t going to accept Bitcoin until they can confidently protect themselves against fraud. And that comes down to the Point-of-Sale. QuHarrison Terry is here joining us to talk about these things! He is the marketing director at Redox, the company providing a modern API for healthcare. In addition, as a futurist, growth hacker, ...
Jan 24, 2018•1 hr 11 min
This week we take a look at the Solve.Care platform which can improve health outcomes through effective care coordination while empowering the consumer to effectively manage their healthcare decisions. We return home from Miami while we attended the North American Bitcoin Conference where we saw Solve.Care give a great speech and we continue to question ourselves about how exactly can we make access to the best healthcare an inherent right and not a privilege?
Jan 21, 2018•1 hr 15 min
How does a governance project think about governance? I wanted to talk to Aragon because long-term governance is one of the long-term challenges that we haven’t yet solved but need to in order to achieve the web3 vision of decentralizing the internet. Join us to hear more about their new grants program, Aragon Nest as well as how they continue to think about how they are in the process of transforming their DAO-producing organization into a DAO.
Jan 18, 2018•45 min
Today we talk with Timothy Goggin from DNotes. DNotes is a blockchain-powered digital currency and peer-to-peer payment system that empowers users to send money to one another – quickly, efficiently, and without the expense of going through an intermediary middleman. With DNotes, we’re bridging the divide between traditional centralized monetary systems and the new decentralized models. The DNotes currency is supported by a business ecosystem based on sound business principles, in which every co...
Jan 17, 2018•36 min
We finally sit down with our first female guest on the show, Kristen Stone from Coinbase. Kristen discusses with us her past, insights on Coinbase’s day-to-day culture, and how our rapidly evolving industry can work to empower, involve, and create an inviting environment for more brilliant women such as herself. Music “HBH” by Meech Sponsor: bitcoincash.org Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, it is an engaged discussion on new technology.
Jan 16, 2018•45 min
Paul Spadone is an Engineering Manager based in Houston, Texas. He also a a close friend of Dee's. They went through the suck in ROTC together.
Jan 16, 2018•1 hr 11 min
Lauren Slade is the co founder of the Decentralized Art Shows, a grassroots effort to built the culture in the cryptocurrency community, hands on. Using local meetups and combining the art world with the blockchain industry has, so far, proven itself successful in acceptance and adoption. Artist want to sell their goods or services and crypto enthusiast want to buy goods and services with their cryptocurrencies. It's a win-win. If you're in the Miami area make sure you check out the Decentralize...
Jan 15, 2018•1 hr 4 min
This week, Lightning Network ramping up, this implies "centralized channels" of near free transactions, a slight on staking. Scaling is coming, ladies and gentlemen. In addition, Edmund John Lowell has founded the SelfKey Foundation to enable self sovereign digital identity initiatives for unlocking new human potential and radically enabling financial inclusion. He swings by the studio to discuss a range of topics including digital identity, Self-Sovereign Identity Management, Offshore corporati...
Jan 14, 2018•1 hr 40 min
Chris Rice is a businessman, college student, a bitcoin enthusiast and a late night toker. His love for anarchy is what fuels his passion for Cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. We sparked up and spoke about Texas kicking USI Tech and Bitconnect to the curb and what's next to expect with regulations in 2018. Chris dug deep into the practical use cases for blockchain technologies as well as the weighted stress by investors for real life applications. The wealth paradigm shift is only the ...
Jan 11, 2018•1 hr 3 min
The boys chat about current events and then discuss Internxt! They are starting to work on helping shape a new internet with the creation of distributed internet services that are attractive for the mass-market. CEO and Founder, Mr. Fran Villalba Segarra joins us as our special guest this week. In addition, Taylor from MyEtherWallet.com, joins us for the roundtable post-interview to discuss the meteoric rise of ETH past $1,000!
Jan 10, 2018•1 hr 30 min
Today we talk with Fred Dionne from DubDub. As the web becomes increasingly cluttered with out of touch content, invalid traffic and pointless attention based metrics, advertisers, content creators and publishers struggle to find the proper way to reach consumers. Sensory and content overload make it almost impossible to captivate and monetize audiences looking for targeted experiences. The IVEP’s economy will be tokenized and centered around dubtokens. A dubtoken is a multi-faceted unit of acco...
Jan 08, 2018•39 min
Happy New Year, folks! Let's talk about Marketing in 2018 - lots of topics in this episode as Jeremy Epstein joins us. For example, we talk a bit about what Bitcoin Cash needs to do to increase their marketing efforts. Branding: you need to convince people that a "new product" (Bcash) is worth more than 9 years old recognized one (Bitcoin). There's coins that are cheaper and faster than both the Bitcoin and BCH and didn't succeeded in this mission after years; Branding is an issue. That's why it...
Jan 07, 2018•1 hr 23 min
Today we talk with Lawrence Richardson II from ZeroSum Markets. The ZeroSum Platform is a peer versus peer competitive platform that allows individuals to create and participate in competitions that require a measurable skill in a given subject matter. Users enter with a defined entry fee and if victorious against their peers win prizes immediately. Initially created to isolate trading skill in trading competitions the platform and technology base are extensible in order to support any desired p...
Jan 03, 2018•24 min
Richard Jacobs is no stranger to the show. However, we take a moment to really examine what it takes to put on a crypto conference. I mean, think about it -- conferences continue to be the premier international forum for research, advanced development, education, exploration, and debate regarding security in the context of finance and commerce. So how do you put one on? We also discuss crypto tax and what it costs to be poor & unbanked. Meaningfully. That's right, let's look at a reloadable ...
Dec 31, 2017•1 hr 26 min
Peter Saddington is BiteSizeBitcoin or better known as "The Bitcoin Lambo Guy". That's the pinnacle of Bitcoin success. Among being one of the earliest investors in bitcoin he is also one of the most popular personalities in the bitcoin industry. He uses this celebrity status to educate and a motivate people who are interested in cryptocurrencies. Right now, all we have for friends and family who want to learn about bitcoin and bitcoin accessories is "google it". Luckily Peter Saddington started...
Dec 28, 2017•1 hr 15 min
Jordan and I chat about how Scalar Capital thinks about investments, how he decided to leave Coinbase to join with Linda Xie to start Scalar, his professional journey to Coinbase, and more. I’ve gotten lucky to bump into Jordan a few times at conferences recently and have always found him to have interesting opinions. You’ll probably feel the same way after listening to this episode.
Dec 26, 2017•40 min
Happy Holidays everyone! Trust in news media is at a global, all time low. And democracy is failing because of it. Over the past 10 years, many solutions have been promoted to solve the news crisis, but so far all have failed. PressCoin is the first solution designed to grow organically, and find a cure to the disease killing the global news industry. We invite Mr Amit Rathore to talk in depth about these topics and more. Elais, also joins in on the roundtable discussion.
Dec 24, 2017•1 hr 35 min
It almost feels like the Cryptoverse is a desolate planet of intellectuals, where intelligence runs scarce and stupid rome rampant. In times like this the PABs all tend to look to the most intelligent person in the room, rather than think for themselves. Right now, that person is Jimmy Song. With fake news and FUD fueling FOMO, it’s a refreshing change of pace to see bitcoin enthusiasts like Jimmy Song staying cool, keeping calm and relaxing in a burning building. Why hasn't Coinbase integrated ...
Dec 22, 2017•48 min
Welcome to Announcements with Host No. 3, Dr. Corey Petty, a show that provides you details on current events, upcoming projects in the blockchain space, and token offering details. Today we talk with Pavel Bains from Bluezelle. Bluzelle combines the sharing economy with the token economy - renting individuals' computer storage space to earn tokens while dApp developers use tokens to have their dApp's data stored and managed.
Dec 22, 2017•34 min
In this special mid-week episode, we cover all the topical subjects like BCash, lightening network, and more. In addition we have some big wigs stopping by to talk about money, trading, and more. Your financial solution for investing in Blockchain Technology, we invite JJ and Noah on the show to represent BlockEdge Capital, which was founded on the idea of bringing Blockchain Technology based investing to the public in a way that is easy to understand and allow for seamless entry into this explo...
Dec 21, 2017•1 hr 23 min
Wills on the blockchain? Felipe and I talk about how Legacy Network aims to create a solution to sending your digital assets to loved ones when you die, including your (encrypted) private keys. They hope to integrate in the future for offchain assets as well. Their solution could create a trustless way to bequeath property and memories for a much cheaper price and at your convenience. It can also be a solution for sending messages not just on passing but on birthdays and anniversaries. Listen to...
Dec 19, 2017•34 min
What does half a trillion dollars of cryptocurrency mean? We've been saying for months now, that 2018 will be the year institutional money starts flooding the Crypto market. It's the next phase of the "bubble" forming patter. Like in the internet boom of the late 90's, we first saw early adopters, institutional money, and finally mass populous adoption and then the bubble burst. We're still very early, straddling the early adopter/institutional money phase. Also Preethi Kasireddy says goodbye to...
Dec 17, 2017•1 hr 28 min
Welcome to a special CROSS EPISODE where this week Monero Monitor does a guest episode on our network. In July 2016, an unknown developer going by the name "Tom Elvis Jedusor" dropped a link to a Tor hidden service on the bitcoin-wizards IRC channel. In it, he revealed a new protocol dubbed "Mimblewimble" after the tongue-tying curse in Harry Potter, because "it is used to prevent the blockchain from talking about all user's information". In the time since, multiple researchers and developers ha...
Dec 11, 2017•1 hr 11 min
Welcome to Announcements with Host No. 2, Dee, a show that provides you details on current events, upcoming projects in the blockchain space, and token offering details. We are attempting to provide you with details and information from the people who are creating projects, and we are not giving advice. Please do proper due diligence when considering investments. Today we talk with Patrick Palacios from Loyalcoin. The LoyalPlatform: Where everyone can earn and use loyalty points everytime, every...
Dec 11, 2017•31 min
How can projects like Gitcoin and Bounties Network help shape the evolving nature of work? The internet and sharing economy has changed many things about how we think about work. Now imagine what the next generation of work platforms built on Ethereum could do. We talk about why Mark and Kevin chose to work on similar projects, how they collaborate, and the breadth vs depth differences between incentivizing open source software projects (Gitcoin) vs open-ended work platform (Bounties Network).
Dec 10, 2017•42 min
The previous institutional stealth projects are coming out of light now-a-days. Bank of America may be looking into cryptocurrency exchange services for its corporate clients – or at least keeping its options open should they become interested. In addition, Giveth – a favorite of the podcast team here – are bringing community, transparency and accountability to charitable donations and strongly innovating in a much needed space. Griff Green stops by to chat about a variety of things and what is ...
Dec 10, 2017•1 hr 25 min
Today the team goes over what problems a lot of traders run into when trading and how they can start to avoid them. There is no “holy grail” when trading, only a process of proper risk management. Your only job as a trader is to manage your risk properly, not to tell a story. Fundamentals and valuation are two fields focused on often but what is usually overlooked is the cyclical and mental aspects of trading.
Dec 09, 2017•25 min
Welcome to Announcements with Host No. 2, Dee, a show that provides you details on current events, upcoming projects in the blockchain space, and token offering details. Today we talk with Tim Tam from CoinFi. CoinFi offers crowdsourced and professionally curated research, analysis, trading signals, trading algorithms, and market-moving news to give cryptocurrency traders the real-time market intelligence needed to gain an edge. Enjoy! Link: sale.coinfi.com
Dec 08, 2017•28 min
If you’re interested in the intersection of the music business and Ethereum, you’ll love this episode. We talk about the evolution from Ujo from when they did the release with Imogean Heap through the recent RAC release, what lessons they’ve learned and how Ujo can improve the music business for artists and consumers. In particular we discuss the Ujo roadmap to grow the licensing market for musicians, as well as incentivizing album buying through gamification and also possibly incentivizing cura...
Dec 05, 2017•45 min
Amy Wan is one of the most versatile lawyers we have come across. Not because she is smart and resourceful, but because she has experience as a Securities Attorney dealing with security law for ICOs. She is authoring the Bloomberg Law practice guidance on ICOs. Previously, she was a Partner at Crowdfunding Lawyers and General Counsel at Patch of Land, a real estate debt crowdfunding platform. Amy is also the founder and co-organizer of Legal Hackers LA, which programs around the intersection of ...
Dec 03, 2017•1 hr 4 min
