Around The Coin
Faisal Khan and Mike Townsend | Glassbox Media
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Around The Coin is an award-winning top fintech podcast. Co-Hosts Faisal Khan and Mike Townsend to discuss all things in the world of crypto and payments, from the trading of shells to bitcoins and everything in between!
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Gabriele Musella, CEO Co-Founder of Coinrule
Entrepreneur and C-Level Product Lead with over 20 years experience in Digital Innovation, Business Design, Entrepreneurship, Product Management, Fintech, Future of Money, Team Leadership, Venture Creation, Growth, CxO, C-Level, Strategy, UX, Agile, Lean, Data, FCA.
✔ Serial Entrepreneur, Y-Combinator Alumni, 3x fundraiser, leading teams of 30+
✔ Mentor at Google, Startupbootcamp, Zilliqa, TechItalia, Virgin - Advisor at Harvard
✔ International professional experience in UK - Finland - Italy - Hungary - Czechia - US
✔ Facilitated conferences at MIT - TEDx - DMI - UC Berkeley - OECD
✔ Featured Interviewed on Forbes, Guardian, Business Insider, Evening Standards, etc
✔ Guest Lecturer at the Business Schools: ESADE (Spain) - ESCP (France)
Expertise
✔ Startups, PRODUCT leadership, Growth, VENTURE creation, PMF, product STRATEGY
✔ Business design, INNOVATION, customer mapping, HCD, Design, PM, Datavis
✔ Team leadership, C-Level, CxO, Stakeholders management, OKr, AGILE, Scrum, Lean
Notable companies I worked with include
Vodafone, Lloyds Banking Group, IBM, Nokia Siemens, HSBC, MoJ, British Government, Native design, Mirum, Coinrule, PayPal, Halifax, WPP, Harvard, Publicis, MIT, Public Health England, NHS, Aviva, MKB FintechLab, UBS Bank
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May 13, 2022
Markus Levin, Co-Founder at XYO
Markus Levin is the Co-Founder of XYO, the world’s first blockchain geospatial oracle network backed with cryptography that anonymously collects and validates data with a geographic component.
Markus has more than 15 years experience in building, growing and selling companies in hyper-growth industries around the globe. Markus focuses on maximizing institutional potential through the implementation of innovative data-driven solutions. Markus mined his first Bitcoin in 2013 and has been captivated by blockchain technologies ever since.
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May 12, 2022
Arjun Bhuptani, Founder of Connext
Arjun is one of the founders of Connext, the interoperability protocol for L2 Ethereum. Connext enables moving value and calldata between EVM chains without introducing trust assumptions. It is also leveraged by infrastructure networks like the Graph for ultra-scalable microtransactions.
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May 11, 2022
Alejandro Gutierrez, CEO of Defactor
Alejandro has more than 20 years of experience in the supply chain management space and lately has been working in the Trade Tech space and Supply chain finance space.
In 2019, Alejandro joined Consolfreight as co-founder, and in 2020, Consolfreight became one of the pioneers of the digitisation and collateralisation of Real World Assets using De-Fi as a main source of funding for factoring and trade finance services. Within a year Alejandro became pivotal to close important partnerships with big hitters in the industry like Centrifuge and Maker and achieved $7.5M+ in transactions funded. Currently, he is the Cofunder and Operations Lead of the Defactor a project focused on bridging the gap between DeFi liquidity and real world asset originators.
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May 10, 2022
Mike Weiksner, Founder & CEO of Pocketful of Quarters
An avid business leader, Michael Weiksner is the founder and CEO of Pocketful of Quarters (POQ. He has invested in multiple unicorns, including previously as General Partner at Rostrum Capital, where he helped invest in early stage tech companies. Endowed with an entrepreneurial spirit, he also founded EndlessTV and E-thePeople.org. He is currently leading POQ’s product and technology development as the company looks to unleash the power of gameplay with one universal, interoperable game token on the blockchain for players.
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May 4, 2022
Milana Valmont, CEO of Kira
As a fintech professional, Milana offers targeted experience in blockchain, in addition to a combination of expertise in venture capital and financial technology. Throughout her career, Milana has helped organizations enhance results by utilizing strategic processes and motivational leadership to drive consistent growth across new markets. She has demonstrated the ability to secure 7-figure funding from top industry investors to drive business growth across Blockchain and Fintech.
As Founder and CEO of KIRA (Kira Core), Milana developed the software development company from the ground up, building a full-stack, decentralized fintech ecosystem. Skilled at fostering relationships with strategic and cross functional team members, she ensures the successful execution of strategic and tactical plans.
As a leader, she has been recognized for tackling situations from different perspectives and providing innovative solutions to business challenges. She aims to improve overall success while leaving a lasting impact on her organization.
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May 3, 2022
Neta Rozy, CTO and Co-Founder of Parametrix
Neta developed a cutting edge system which monitors SaaS, PaaS and IaaS systems around the globe for downtime events, such as cloud outages, network crashes, and platform failures. The millions of data points that the system collects every day are the basis for the company's insurance products which are the first to incorporate the parametric model into tech insurance. Neta has a background in developing enterprise software and robust monitoring systems, driven by a passion for creating innovative solutions that are powered by new technologies to solve tough problems.
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May 2, 2022
Rohit Mittal, Co Founder and CEO of Stilt
Rohit Mittal is the co-founder and CEO of Stilt. A YC-backed fintech company that provides loans to new immigrants and the underserved. Over the past 5 years, Stilt has disbursed hundreds of millions in loans to immigrants from 160+ countries.
Stilt has also launched Onbo. An API for companies to launch credit products in weeks.
The company has raised $375M in equity and debt since its founding.
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Apr 29, 2022
Cormac Kinney, CEO of Diamond Standard
With innovations cited in nearly 4,000 U.S. Patents, Cormac Kinney has founded four startups acquired by public companies. He is a quant finance pioneer who invented heatmaps, designed more than 100 institutional trading systems, and perfected sentiment analysis, using it to manage $500 million for Tudor and Millennium. Now, as founder of Diamond Standard, Cormac has solved the challenge of creating a standardized diamond commodity. Transacted on the blockchain, it is the first physical and digital asset, forming a decentralized reserve to asset-back any digital contract.
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Apr 27, 2022
Sam Falic and Dov Falic, Founders of BlockBar
Dov Falic
Dov Falic, co-founder and CEO of BlockBar, Inc., was born in Miami, Florida and grew up in Panama City, Panama. As part of the next generation of the Falic Group, owners of the largest duty-free operation in the Western Hemisphere, Dov has been immersed in the luxury and retail industry from a young age. Having started in the warehouse ten years ago, Dov went on to serve as the Global Spirits Director and Executive Vice President of the LATAM division.
In partnership with his cousin Samuel, in 2021, Dov founded BlockBar, the first global direct-to-consumer NFT platform for wine and spirits. Within the business, Dov oversees operations and brand relationships.
Samuel Falic
Samuel Falic, co-founder and COO of BlockBar, Inc, was born and raised in Miami, Florida. As part of the next generation of the Falic Group, owners of the largest duty-free operation in the Western Hemisphere, Samuel found interest in both finance and law. After completing his bachelor's degree in Accounting at University of Miami, Samuel continued his education at Cardozo School of Law in New York, completing his J.D.
Following that, Samuel went on to join Duty Free Americas, and his background in finance and law allowed him to pursue a variety of positions within the company. After initially working in the legal department, he transitioned into the role of Director of Business Development.
In partnership with his cousin Dov, in 2021, Samuel founded BlockBar, the first global direct-to-consumer NFT platform for wine and spirits. Within the business, Samuel oversees the overall business development and strategy.
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Apr 26, 2022
Matthew Liu, Co-Founder of Origin Protocol
Matthew is the co-founder of Origin Protocol, a blockchain project founded in 2017. Origin’s mission is to bring NFTs and DeFi to mainstream audiences.
Matthew is a serial entrepreneur and has founded several companies previously. He served as co-founder of PriceSlash (acquired by BillShark) and as co-founder and CEO of Unicycle Labs. Earlier in his career, Matthew was an early employee and one of the earliest Product Managers at YouTube (acquired by Google), leading multiple products on the consumer, partnership, and monetization teams. Later, he was VP of Product at Qwiki (acquired by Yahoo) and VP of Product at Bonobos (acquired by Walmart). He has a MS and BS from Stanford University.
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Apr 22, 2022
Alex Vilhena, CEO of Plug Pagamentos
Alex is co-founder and CEO of Plug Pagamentos, a LatAm payments platform. For the past 12-years, he's worked with startups around the globe — living in cities such as San Francisco, New York, London, and Madrid. Previous to starting Plug, Alex managed southern Europe for Braintree — a PayPal company, where he saw his best clients attempting integrating multiple PSPs. When not talking about payments or LatAm startups, Alex can be found surfing or training jiu-jitsu.
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Apr 15, 2022
Will Rush, CEO & Founder at Stack
Over the past twelve years, Will has worked with seven different billion-dollar banking and securities companies. During that time, he witnessed long-time industry incumbents lose market share to FinTech unicorns, as products democratized access to financial markets and minted millions of new investors overnight.
Will felt that the industry had prioritized access over education, and in the process failed to appropriately equip new investors with the knowledge to succeed. Will built Stack to teach the youngest generation foundational finance principles so that they could build habits that last a lifetime.
By leveraging the zeitgeist of digital assets and web3, Will (via Stack) wants to make learning about finance fun, social, and rewarding.
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Apr 14, 2022
Chris Tse, Founding Director of Cardstack
Chris is a technologist and designer focused on improving the usability of decentralized applications, with the aim of making Web3 available for the masses. In 2014, he founded Cardstack, where he leads a team of open-source contributors to build the collaborative OS for Web3. He previously built the first NFT platform on the Bitcoin blockchain. He also pioneered the use of distributed-ledger technology to create media registries. Chris has more than a decade of experience leading R&D and innovation teams for Fortune 500 companies. He holds a degree in Computer Science from Columbia University.
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Apr 11, 2022
Phil Ingram, CEO of Lepricon
Chief marketing officer of blockchain gaming company Lepricon. Phil has over 30 years of experience across a variety of industries including video games and blockchain. Originally from London, he was worked in the UK, USA and Hong Kong for organisations as diverse as Cable & Wireless to his own start up web development agency which he hold to a publicly traded US corporation. His specialities are strategic marketing, operations, process management, people and performance management, strategic direction and strategy implementation.
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Apr 7, 2022
Jake Udell, Founder and CEO of Metalink
Jake is the founder and CEO of Metalink, where he leads company strategy and brand innovation. Prior to starting Metalink, Jake served as head of activation for Community.com, a software company enabling celebrities and high profile entities, ranging from Barack Obama to White Claw, to directly reach their fans and customers text messages. Udell also founded music management company TH3RD BRAIN, developing business for artists such as Krewella, ZHU, Gallant, and Grace VanderWaal. Udell was recognized on Forbes' 2016 30 Under 30 list and Billboard’s 2018 40 Under 40 list.
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Apr 7, 2022
Sushil Prabhu, CEO of Dropp
Sushil Prabhu is the CEO and Chairman of Dropp, a pay-per-use transaction platform designed to make it easy for consumers to purchase small-value goods and services via micropayments, securely and without signups. Sushil has been a technology leader, innovator and entrepreneur in the tech field for the past 30 years, with a demonstrated history of assisting enterprise and startups in building digital platforms and leading them to profitability using cutting-edge concepts and technologies like BlockChain and data analytics. As past CEO and current Chairman of OpenCrowd, Sushil dedicated a significant amount of time consulting his clients on ways to best leverage advanced technologies to produce economic results.
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Apr 5, 2022
Eran Haggiag, Co-founder and Executive Chairman of ClearX
Eran has over 20 years of experience founding and managing software-related companies in the fields of financial trading, insurance, and advertising, with 5+ years in the blockchain ecosystem. Previously, Eran was the CTO of Israel Direct Insurance and co-founded and served as the CEO of an algorithmic trading company. In 2014, he co-founded Meme Video, an algorithmic media tech company (acquired by TASE: Somoto), where he served as CEO for 3 years. Eran sits on the advisory board of JFrog (5B$+ valuation) and Venn (total funding $100M).
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Apr 1, 2022
Joshua Goldbard, Founder & CEO, MobileCoin
Joshua Goldbard is the founder and CEO of MobileCoin, a cryptocurrency technology company, and a founding partner at Crypto Lotus, a cryptocurrency-focused hedge fund. He really likes sound amplification devices.
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Mar 31, 2022
Patrick Kann, CEO & Co-Founder at Papaya
Patrick Kann is the CEO and co-founder of Papaya, a mobile application that uses computer vision technology to pay any bill in a matter of seconds. Prior to Papaya, Patrick worked at the New Ventures Group at idealab. He previously worked at World Bank, was a Private Equity Executive at Macquarie Group, and held the position of Director of Corporate Development at eSolar. Patrick is originally from Brazil where he received his Bachelor’s of Science in Industrial Engineering. He then moved to the United States where he received his MBA at Stanford University.
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Mar 30, 2022
Karn Saroya, CEO of Cover
Karn is responsible for operations, business development, and investor relations at Cover. Before entrepreneurship, Karn was a management consultant, and he went on to complete his Masters at MIT where he attended as a Fulbright Scholar. His first company, Stylekick, was acquir-hired by Shopify in 2015.
The first company Karn co-founded was a mobile e-commerce marketplace called Stylekick, which was acqui-hired by Shopify in 2015. Before entrepreneurship, Karn was a management consultant with the financial services advisory practice, Oliver Wyman.
With more than 7 years of experience building intuitive mobile products, Karn is now applying his expertise towards making insurance accessible and affordable for underserved customers. Cover has approximately 130 employees across offices in San Francisco, Toronto and Los Angeles.
Cover currently sells its own auto insurance products in Texas, where it functions as an MGA, while the original brokerage business continues to thrive by servin…
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Mar 29, 2022
Jorge Garcia, CTO & CoFounder of Hello Iconic
Jorge leads the areas of product strategy, design, engineering, and research at Hello Iconic. He has 20+ years of experience launching successful global products with companies like Disney, ABC, AMC, The Walking Dead, Syfy, FX, Suma Wealth, Cyvatar and The Coca-Cola Company. Jorge has also helped early-stage and venture-backed startups with their development needs.
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Mar 23, 2022
Phil Blows, CEO of AQRU PLC
Entrepreneur Phil Blows is behind the decentralised finance and crypto platform AQRU, which went from early stage investors to being sold to institutional investors within 10 months. Philip Blows is on a mission to normalise earning interest on crypto. Where many investors let their investments sit in their account in the hope that the value of the currency will increase, AQRU enables simple access to interest yields available in DeFi, all in one transparent, insured and regulated platform. AQRU has been launched with some regulatory exclusions.
Phil wants to not only help people get crypto savvy, but has long been passionate about improving the world's financial health, and is the author of the book The Money Triangle, helping people achieve financial freedom. He has spent the last 15 years building and scaling Fintechs, initially working as a trader and investment manager, and went on to lead teams tasked with scaling retail platforms to mass market adoption in both the B2B and B2C s…
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Mar 22, 2022
Federico Baradello, Founder and CEO of Finalis
Federico Baradello is Founder and CEO of Finalis, a venture-backed NY- and San Francisco-based company building the world’s largest private securities brokerage platform. Federico has an extensive background in M&A. As an attorney at Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Federico managed M&A deals for blue-chip private equity firms and strategics from term sheet negotiations and auction bids to closings. Previously, as an associate at a London-based private equity firm, Federico supported cross-border deals in Europe and Australia.
Federico is an L.P. of Alaya Capital Partners, among the most prominent early-stage venture funds in South America. He is also a Professor of Law & Business at Hult International Business School, where he teaches courses on U.S. corporate law, regulations, and disruptive technology trends. Federico holds a Ph.D. from the London School of Economics and Political Science, a J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, an M.P.P. from Harvard University, and an A.B. fro…
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Mar 21, 2022
Corey Ashton Walters, CEO of Here
Corey Ashton Walters is the Founder & CEO of Here, a revolutionary online marketplace that enables anyone anywhere to invest in vacation rentals online and earn passive income—without ever lifting a finger. Prior to founding Here, Corey, a seasoned entrepreneur, brand builder, and college dropout, has founded multiple successful companies over the last 15 years. Most recently, Corey co-founded Homeworthy, a venture-backed first-of-its-kind fully remote cloud real estate brokerage that served homeowners located in over 900 cities across the Pacific Northwest.
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Mar 18, 2022
Nicolas Cary, Co-Founder of Blockchain.com
Nic is the Co-founder and Vice Chairman at Blockchain.com where he is responsible for ensuring we continue to bring new adopters into the cryptocurrency ecosystem. In 2015, Nic was named the European Digital Leader of the year. Nic is the Founding Commissioner of the Blockchain Commission for Sustainable Development and Co-Authored The Future is Decentralised. Nic is trilingual, and has a deep passion for positive digital disruption. He’s also the Co-Founder and Chairman of SkysTheLimit.org, the leading non-profit digital business accelerator. Prior to Blockchain.com, Nic was a founding Partner at PipelineDeals.com where he focused on product development and management.
Nic is a proven leader, investor, public speaker, and brand ambassador. He’s deeply focused on designing performant cultures that persevere in adverse markets.
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Mar 17, 2022
Greg Beard, CEO at Stronghold Digital Mining
In this episode, Mike Townsend, speaks with Gregory A. Beard who is the CEO and Co-Chairman of Stronghold Digital Mining. During his career, Mr. Beard sourced and managed some of the most profitable deals in the energy private equity sector. He was previously the Global Head of Natural Resources and Senior Advisor at Apollo Global Management from 2010 to 2020, overseeing Apollo’s investment activities in the energy, metals and mining and agriculture sectors.
Prior to his time at Apollo, Mr. Beard was a senior Managing Director at Riverstone Holdings, an energy, power and infrastructure-focused private equity firm. He began his career as a financial analyst at Goldman Sachs, where he played an active role in energy-sector principal investment activities. The funds where Mr. Beard held these senior leadership positions have invested billions of dollars in natural resources related investments.
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Mar 16, 2022
Rahul Sood, CEO of Irreverent Labs
In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Rahul who is the CEO of Irreverent Labs, a venture-backed gaming studio with a mission to build insanely fun, highly intelligent, hundred year entertainment experiences on blockchain. Irreverent Lab’s first release, MechaFightClub is described as a hilarious fighting game in which advanced, artificially-intelligent non-player characters battle, breed and live on the blockchain as NFTs.
Prior to founding Irreverent Labs, Sood was the co-founder and former CEO of Unikrn, which developed itself as the leader in esports and video game wagering from 2014 until it was acquired by Entain PLC in 2021.
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Mar 15, 2022
Stephan Meyer and Daniel Killenberger, Co-CEO and CTO of FQX AG
In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with the Co-CEO Stephan D. Meyer who is one of the leading Swiss tokenization experts and the CTO Daniel Killenberger who studied Computer Science with a focus on AI, specifically Classical Planning Algorithms.
Co-CEO Stephan D. Meyer
He wrote the first Swiss PhD dissertation on tokenization (received the famous Issekutz price)
He is leading the blockchain law education program at University of Lucerne, and teaches at ZHAW & HWZ
He is attorney and counsel with MME’s crypto team
He is active in international bodies and associations like UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies and thinkBLOCKtank
He is Co-Founder of FQX, a SIX-financed, fast growing Swiss DLT startup
Besides tokenization, his main field, he is working together with some of the leading DeFi companies on bringing legal governance layers into DAOs.
CTO Daniel Killenberger
He worked in Startups during ICO times to build the backend service for the ICO page
Worked at Swiss contrac…
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Mar 14, 2022
Tyler Spalding, Co-Founder of Flexa
In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Tyler Spalding is co-founder and CEO at Flexa, a cryptocurrency payments network making real-world payments more efficient, accessible, and affordable for everyone. Tyler has been founding and investing in various blockchain projects since 2011. He was previously the CTO of Raise, co-founder of two e-commerce startups, and an engineering lead with the United Space Alliance, US Air Force, and NASA’s Space Shuttle Program. He holds two Masters degrees from MIT and UIUC.
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Mar 13, 2022
Amitej Gajjala, CEO of Stader Labs
Amit is the CEO and co-founder of Stader Labs. He has over 8 years of experience in Strategy, business transformation and start-up strategy across a variety of businesses. Most recently, he worked as Special Project Head at Swiggy, where he spearheaded organization transformation and strategic process implementation.
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Mar 11, 2022
Jeff Winner, CEO of Happy Money
In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Jeff Winner is CEO of Happy Money, a financial technology company on a mission to bring people greater happiness through financial tools and services. Prior to his appointment in August 2021, he was Chief Operating Officer, overseeing Engineering, Member Experience, Operations, Product, Science, and Technology. He joined the company in 2020 as Chief Technology Officer and has helped drive business performance during a period of rapid growth, increase operating leverage, and begin productizing the company’s proprietary science.
Prior to joining Happy Money, Jeff spent two years at Goldman Sachs as the CTO of Marcus, where he led the team building the Apple card and pioneered the first cloud-based Goldman Sachs product. Previous to that, he led engineering teams at a series of Silicon Valley companies, including Stripe and Twitter. He holds advanced and undergraduate degrees in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering from MIT.
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Mar 9, 2022
Ryan Lee, Founder & CEO of Nautical Commerce
In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Ryan Lee, Founder & CEO of Nautical Commerce, the marketplace enablement platform. Ryan has an extensive background in payments, logistics, and commerce. He led the Apple team in launching Apple Pay international and held leadership roles at Visa, Turvo, and ModoPayments. Ryan is skilled at developing and driving a full-stack cloud technology vision and strategy to increase revenues, grow the client base, and achieve efficiencies in a collaborative results-oriented way. His company, Nautical, enables companies to do just that using its multi-vendor marketplace technology.
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Feb 27, 2022
Roneil Rumburg, CEO and Founder of Audius
In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Roneil Rumburg, Co-founder and CEO of Audius, a digital streaming service that connects fans directly with artists and exclusive new music. Audius is fully decentralized, owned and run by a vibrant, open-source community of artists, fans, and developers all around the world. Founded in early 2018, Audius serves millions of users every month, making it one of the largest crypto applications ever built.
Prior to Audius, Roneil most recently co-founded Kleiner Perkins' early-stage seed fund, KPCB Edge. At KP, he was responsible for seed investments into Blockchain and AI companies, including Lightning Labs. Roneil attended Stanford University and previously co-founded a Bitcoin peer to peer payment company called Backslash.
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Feb 24, 2022
Will Graylin, CEO of OV Loop & Indigo Technologies
In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Will Graylin, Founder and CEO of OV Loop, Inc., a Universal Wallet and Commerce Messaging platform for frictionless commerce experiences everywhere. He is also CEO of Indigo Technologies, an Electric Mobility company with breakthrough affordable EVs for fleets & drivers. Prior to OV Loop, Will was the Global Co-GM of Samsung Pay, and Founder of LoopPay (acquired by Samsung), ROAM Data (acquired by Ingenico), WAY Systems (acquired by Verifone), and EntitleNet (acquired by BEA Systems/later Oracle). Will holds two Masters from MIT and serves on the Board of Directors for Synchrony Financials (the largest private label credit card issuer in the world) and Global Unites (a non-profit organization to help youths around the world become local leaders through conflict transformation.)
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Feb 23, 2022
Ozan Özerk, Founder of OpenPayd
In this episode, Mike Townsend chats with Ozan Özerk, founder of OpenPayd. Ozan is a serial fintech entrepreneur. Trained as a medical doctor, Ozan’s entrepreneurial career seeds were sowed in the late 1990s during which time he successfully built and sold multiple tech businesses.In 2015, Ozan made the shift to the fintech industry which also marks the founding of OpenPayd, which provides businesses with easy access to banking and payment solutions to help them grow globally. As a pioneer of the fintech industry, Dr. Ozan Özerk frequently shares his thoughts and projections on the future of fintech through interviews and opinion pieces. He is excited by the innovation cryptocurrencies are bringing to the industry and often speaks and writes on the topic.
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Feb 22, 2022
Dan Raju, Co-Founder and CEO of Tradier
In this episode, Mike Townsend interviews Dan Raju, the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Tradier. Dan has the overall responsibility of Tradier and the company’s strategy and direction. Under his leadership, Tradier has grown rapidly from an innovative product to an essential infrastructure fabric that powers 200 plus investing platforms globally and serves some of the most active traders in the market. In his 25-year plus career as a technologist and entrepreneur, he has launched many successful online retail and financial products. Prior to founding Tradier, Dan was the Chief Information officer of Tradeking(now Ally Invest). Prior to that held senior executive level positions for large companies like Associated Press, Borders Book Stores, Charming Shoppes, and NCR. Dan received his Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from JN Technology University in India and a Master’s in Computer Science from the University of Mississippi, USA.
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Feb 21, 2022
Teddy Woodward, Co-Founder of Notional Finance
In this episode, Mike Townsend sits down with Teddy Woodward, Co-Founder of Notional Finance. Notional is a decentralized protocol on Ethereum that enables users to lend and borrow crypto at fixed interest rates. Before starting Notional, Teddy was an interest rate swap trader at Barclays Investment Bank. He got into crypto in 2018 and has been hooked ever since.
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Feb 20, 2022
Sean Rach, Co-founder of hi
In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Sean Rach, Co-Founder of hi. He was the founding Chief Marketing Officer of Crypto.com, leading the charge to create the FinTech startup’s first 3 million customers across the globe. A Doctor of Business Administration candidate at Warwick Business School, Sean has also served in executive marketing roles for a number of top global companies including Prudential Corporation Asia, OgilvyOne Hong Kong, and the Mobile Marketing Association. He has led the development of several innovative digital platforms, including Cha-Ching (financial literacy), Safe Steps (with NatGeo and Red Cross), and earlier helped launch Hallmark.com.
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Feb 17, 2022
Andy Bromberg, CEO of Eco
In this episode, Mike Townsend interviews Andy Bromberg CEO of Eco, a consumer financial app creating a single place for your entire financial life — giving you market-leading rewards on saving, spending, and more. Eco has raised more than $90 million from an array of leading investors, including L Catterton, Activant Capital, a16z Crypto, Founders Fund, and others. Prior to Eco, Andy was Co-founder and President of CoinList, a leading platform for token sales, trading, and other financial services for the best digital asset projects that has processed more than $1B in transactions. Andy is also a founding board member at FreeWorld, a non-profit seeking to end institutionalized poverty in the United States by providing access to living-wage jobs for people with criminal histories. He studied Mathematics and Computer Science at Stanford University.
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Feb 16, 2022
Snehal Fulzele, Founder & CEO CION Digital
In this episode, Mike Townsend chats with Snehal Fulzele, Founder & CEO of CION Digital. Snehal is a successful technology entrepreneur, investor, and innovator in the financial services industry.Prior to founding CION Digital, he co-founded Cloud Lending Solutions, a global lending technology platform used by leading financial institutions globally. As the CEO, he led the growth and talent strategy of the business from inception to its acquisition by Q2 Holdings (NYSE: QTWO). As the General Manager of its lending vertical, he continued his work at Q2 to bring digital lending experience for some of the most recognizable banks, credit unions, and FinTech companies globally.Snehal also serves on the board of various high-growth early-stage technology start-ups in the Financial Services and Healthcare industries.He holds a master’s degree in software engineering from Carnegie Mellon and has previously worked with big-tech software firms including Oracle and Adobe.
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Feb 15, 2022
Matt Oppenheimer, Co-founder and CEO of Remitly
In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Matt Oppenheimer, Co-founder, and CEO of Remitly. He co-founded Remitly in 2011 and in addition to being CEO, he is also a member of the board of directors. Prior to co-founding Remitly, Matt worked for Barclays plc, a multinational bank, and financial services company, from August 2009 to May 2011. He has served on the board of directors of BECU since 2018. Matt was named EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2016 in the Pacific Northwest and has been recognized as a Puget Sound Business Journal “40 Under 40” honoree for his work with Remitly. He holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.A. in Psychology from Dartmouth College.
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Feb 13, 2022
Ioannis "Yanni" Giannaros, CEO & Co-Founder of Wyre
In this episode, Mike Townsend sits down with Ioannis Giannaros, CEO and Co-Founder of Wyre. Ioannis has been involved in the management and growth of Wyre since founding the company in 2013. He has led the company through multiple fundraising rounds and has overseen all accounting, foreign exchange operations, risk management, banking, and compliance operations at Wyre since early 2013. Ioannis has created long-lasting banking and currency exchange relationships which have allowed the company to grow to one of the largest blockchain infrastructure companies in the market.
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Jan 31, 2022
Abdul Akel, CEO and Co-founder of T-CETRA
In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Abdul Akel, CEO and Co-founder of T-CETRA, a leading financial technology enabler that converts cash payments into secure, auditable, cashless transactions at over 10,000 retail locations in the U.S. and Puerto Rico that primarily serve cash preferred customers. Its payment solutions bridge the digital divide for these underserved communities and are used by Fortune 500 companies within various sectors, connecting them to the 84.8 million un/derbanked individuals in the U.S. T-CETRA’s expansion into new verticals is reshaping the prepaid payment ecosystem. Akel conceptualized VIDAPAY, T-CETRA’s proprietary cloud-based payment portal, that enables these retailers to increase sales, mitigate risk, and manage customer accounts in real-time within a safe, secure payment transaction framework. Akel is a proven, experienced industry disruptor, entrepreneur, and growth-oriented CEO. He was recently inducted into Columbus Business First…
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Jan 30, 2022
Brian Bondy, CTO and co-founder of Brave Software
In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Brian Bondy, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Brave Software. Prior to Brave, Brian worked at Khan Academy where he focused on developing the interactive learning environment for the programming section. Previously, he worked at Mozilla on the Firefox browser. Before joining Mozilla, Brian co-founded two companies in the backup software space: Robobak and VisionWorks Solutions. He holds a bachelor's degree in Computer Science with Honors from the Faculty of Mathematics at Waterloo University.
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Jan 27, 2022
John Hargrave, CEO of Media Shower
In this episode, Mike Townsend sits down with Sir John Hargrave, CEO of the media and communication company Media Shower. His company publishes the blockchain investor website, Bitcoin Market Journal which reaches 100,000 blockchain investors monthly. He is the author of the bestselling investing book Blockchain for Everyone (Simon & Schuster, 2019), as well as Blockchain Success Stories (O’Reilly, 2020), which has been called “The Bible of Business Blockchain".
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Jan 26, 2022
Bryce Deeney, Founder and CEO of equipifi
In this episode, Mike Townsend interviews Bryce Deeney, Founder, and CEO of equipifi, which is modernizing the way consumers interact with their money. equipifi’s mission is to support banks and credit unions’ ability to deliver experiences that help foster growth and engagement for existing and new customers.equipifi provides seamless white-labeled integrations for banks and credit unions to offer Buy Now, Pay Later for their members. Shoppers have instant access to the cash needed to afford the purchases they want, all without disconnecting from their bank. Bryce has extensive experience in banking and payments and a passion for entrepreneurship. Prior to founding equipifi, Bryce was the Vice President of Payments for Alaska USA FCU, a $10B+ financial institution with more than 700,000 members. Previously, Bryce was Vice President of Payments for APS Payments, now REPAY. He lives in Scottsdale, AZ.
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Jan 25, 2022
Ahmed Siddiqui, Chief Payments Officer of Branch and Author of "The Anatomy of the Swipe"
In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Ahmed Siddiqui, Chief Payments Officer at Branch, where he spearheads product innovation, development, and strategy. Bringing nearly a decade of payments experience, he also leads Branch’s strategic partnerships with major financial services and technology providers including Mastercard, Visa, Evolve Bank & Trust, and Marqeta.Ahmed has held a wide range of leadership and product management roles prior to returning to Minnesota from the Bay Area to join Branch. He most recently served as one of the earliest Product Managers and a VP of Product at Marqeta, where he helped build the modern card issuance platform from the ground up without using any legacy technologies. In addition to building the next wave of fintech startups, Siddiqui is the author of the best-selling book, The Anatomy of the Swipe: Making Money Move, which has been adopted by a number of technology companies, institutions, and universities to help the next generation of fint…
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Jan 24, 2022
Ivan Smirnov, CTO, Cofounder of Elude
In this episode, Mike Townsend sits down with Ivan Smirnov, Co-Founder, and CTO of Elude. Prior to founding Elude, Ivan was a software engineer at Google, leading projects to improve their core “Search” feature along with Google Ads, Google Assistant, and Google Cloud.Ivan is a builder, problem solver, and engineer passionate about creating code-based solutions to technological problems. While working at Google, Ivan spent his time sourcing through people’s problems on GitHub lending his invaluable expertise to strangers who need his help. In fact, sometimes he even admits to dreaming in code. He strives to make life easier for people, be it a niche time-saving script or an exciting new product that millions will love, and believes that there are endless possibilities for improving this world. Ivan received a B.A. from UC Berkeley and Computer Science and received his MBA from the Quantic School of Business and Technology.
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Jan 16, 2022
Rami Essaid, CEO and Co-Founder of Finmark
In this episode, Mike Townsend sits down with Rami Essaid, CEO & Co-Founder of Finmark. Rami is a three-time startup founder and passionate entrepreneur, has been building companies for over a decade. He was the founder and CEO of Distil Networks, acquired by Imperva in 2019, before starting his latest venture Finmark, financial modeling software for startups. At Distil Networks, he saw firsthand how difficult and time-consuming financial modeling can be, and built Finmark, so that anyone, not just finance pros, can easily make and update a financial model without having to spend weeks laboring over complicated spreadsheets.
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Jan 9, 2022
Arnab Naskar, Co-Founder of STOKR
In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Arnab Naskar, Co-founder of STOKR, the EU’s pioneering digital marketplace for alternative assets, where smart investors connect with and fund forward-thinking founders. Arnab oversees STOKR’s business strategy and is dedicated to promoting open and decentralized capital markets. He is a regular speaker at major blockchain conferences and webinars in Europe. Coming from a legal background, Arnab has a passion for the intersection of law and tech and has led and contributed to blockchain policy discussions as a member of INATBA, an association focused on advising lawmakers and regulators with regards to their blockchain strategies.
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Dec 29, 2021
Jack O'Holleran, CEO / co-founder SKALE
In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Jack O'Holleran, CEO/Co-Founder Skale. Jack is a veteran entrepreneur with a deep background in machine learning, AI, security, and blockchain. Prior to co-founding SKALE, Jack was a founder at multiple Silicon Valley based enterprise technology companies including IncentAlign, a digital currency platform, and Aktana, the leading Machine Learning Analytics platform for the Life Science Industry. He also held an executive role at Good Technology which was acquired by Motorola for ~$500M and subsequently held executive positions in Motorola. Jack has been actively involved in cryptocurrencies and decentralization as an investor since early 2013 and began working full-time in the space in early 2017. Jack holds a BS from the University of Nebraska and calls the Bay Area his home.
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Dec 26, 2021
Liran Zelkha, Cofounder and CTO of Lili
In this episode, Mike Townsend sits down with Liran Zelkha, Co-Founder and CTO of Lili, the all-in-one banking app designed for freelance workers. He has over 20 years of tech industry experience, including as a freelancer, which inspired him to create a solution for independent workers’ unique pain points. From strategic management to hands-on coding, Liran specializes in turning lofty ideas into functioning businesses. Prior to founding Lili, Liran served as CTO and VP, Research and Development for Pepper, the first and only challenger bank in Israel. Liran was also CEO and CTO at tech consulting firm Tona and owner / co-CEO of Aluna, Israel’s leading Java and service-oriented architecture (SOA) consulting firm. Liran received bachelor's degrees in computer science from Universitat Ben Gurion Ba-Negav and The Academic College of Tel-Aviv. He is based in Israel.
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Dec 19, 2021
Sohaib Zahid, CEO of Railz Financial Technologies Inc.
In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Sohaib Zahid, Chief Executive Officer at Railz. Sohaib is a serial entrepreneur with a decade of successful experience in building teams, products, and companies. He focuses on Sales and Marketing. Prior to founding Railz, Sohaib founded Vanhawks, where he led product, sales, and operations. Vanhawks was acquired in 2016. Originally from Pakistan, Sohaib dropped out of medical school to pursue entrepreneurship and is a strong believer in open access to data. Outside of work, Sohaib enjoys time with his family, and nerds out on air-cooled engines.
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Dec 16, 2021
Tron Black, President of Ravencoin Foundation
In this episode, Mike Townsend interviews Tron Black, President of Ravencoin Foundation. Tron is a freedom advocate, crypto developer, entrepreneur, and founder of two startups that were sold to publicly traded companies. Tron holds a BS in Computer Science and a Master's of Business Administration. Since early 2013, Tron has been working in the cryptocurrency space as a miner, developer, investor, and trader. He was one of the first five employees of t0 (tZero), and helped issue the first publicly traded SEC acknowledged parallel crypto-equity for Overstock.com, and issued the world's first crypto bond offering. He worked for ANX International, a crypto-fintech company located in Hong Kong. Tron was a Principal Developer for Medici Ventures which invested in a portfolio of blockchain companies including TZero, Bankorus, Bitt, Voatz, Minds, Chainstone Labs, Ripio, SettleMint, Vinsent, and Spera. Tron has given away crypto-currencies to hundreds of people in order to increase awar…
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Dec 15, 2021
Richard Groome, CEO of ALT 5 Sigma
In this episode, Mike Townsend sits down with Richard Groome, executive chairman, and CEO at ALT 5 Sigma. He leads the firm’s global business and support to clients worldwide including financial institutions, institutional investors, and corporate clients. After 36 successful years in the securities industry, starting two leading securities firms from scratch, completing over 600 financings raising over $4 billion, and sitting on 30+ boards, today Mr. Groome is applying his expertise to grow companies seeking to make a difference in the world. He believes this is achieved through innovation, perseverance, and good governance scaled to a global level.He is a market disrupter across a variety of industries including technology, agriculture, food and beverage, medical and biotech, new mineral discoveries, and electric vehicle metals.His past experience includes:
Started two securities trading and underwriting houses from scratch each achieving best in class status within 3 years, one…
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Dec 14, 2021
Michael Weisz, Founder & President, Yieldstreet
In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Michael Weisz, Co-founder and President of Yieldstreet, the only multi asset alternative investment platform for retail investors. As a seasoned Alternative Investments expert, Michael has created access to investments spanning art, real estate, private business credit, litigation and marine financing, structured notes, and more previously only available to ultra high net worth individuals and institutions. At Yieldstreet, Michael has led the company’s investment strategy and product development as well as the strategic vision of Yieldstreet from inception to 325,000 members on the platform, with more than $2.2B invested and $1B returned to investors in principal and interest. He has held a variety of positions across the specialty finance spectrum including founding Soli Capital and American Medical Concierge. Previously, Michael was Vice President at a New York-based credit opportunities hedge fund with $1.2 billion under management.
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Dec 13, 2021
Weiwu Zhang, CTO of Smart Token Labs
In our latest episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Weiwu Zhang, CTO of Smart Token Labs. Zhang has over 9 years of experience in blockchain technology, alt currency design and trading algorithms. He has served as blockchain architect for CBA (largest Australian bank), held the R3 global architect office, and also architected 3 altcoins and 7 ICO projects.
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Dec 12, 2021
Toby Russell, Co-CEO and Co-Founder of Shift
In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Toby Russell, Co-CEO of Shift, the platform to make buying and selling cars simple and accessible to everyone. Previously, he was Managing Vice President of Digital at Capital One, where he led the bank’s consumer technology transformation, including building the mobile capabilities that drive the majority of Capital One’s new customers and interactions. In 2007 Toby co-founded Taxi Magic, the first on-demand mobile transportation booking technology. He also led a $12 billion renewable energy and efficiency investment program for the US Department of Energy and has been a Project Leader at the Boston Consulting Group. He has a Doctorate from Oxford University.
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Dec 8, 2021
Brad Levy, CEO of Symphony
In this episode, Mike Townsend interviews Brad Levy, CEO of Symphony, the leading financial markets’ infrastructure and technology platform. A driven and dedicated leader with decades of experience in the financial services industry, Brad has played an integral role in the growth of Symphony, and particularly in establishing Symphony’s platform as critical market infrastructure in financial services, in an unprecedented time. Under his leadership, as well as that of former CEO David Gurlé, Symphony saw record growth as the company swiftly supported the world’s leading financial institutions in their transition to remote work without interrupting their operations.
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Dec 7, 2021
Ben Jorgensen, CEO and Co-Founder, Constellation Network
In this episode, Mike Townsend sits down with Ben Jorgensen, CEO, and Co-Founder of Constellation Network, the first scalable decentralized base layer zero infrastructure built for speed, security, and economical and technical scalability. Constellation Network is a framework that allows everyone to build and conduct a business on the blockchain. Their focus is to be the first decentralized ecosystem that enables developers to build web 3.0 applications with added security to data transportation and security. Existing blockchain technology does not support the speed, scalability, and economic incentive needed to build applications with robust business logic. Constellation is its own ecosystem, comprising Hypergraph-a feeless network with a reputation-based consensus mechanism, the peer-to-peer Stargazer Wallet, and a decentralized finance platform called Lattice Exchange. Constellation's L_0 state channel token standard is an evolution of smart contracts that defines the rules of any…
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Dec 6, 2021
Andrew Jamison, CEO & Co-Founder at Extend
In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Andrew Jamison, the CEO, and Co-Founder of Extend, a fintech that provides digital payment infrastructure for financial institutions to enable modern card experiences. Prior to Extend, Andrew was the head of B2B Corporate Payments Products at American Express with a mandate to drive digital payment innovation and adoption. Over the course of six years at Amex Andrew doubled B2B payment volumes by launching and scaling new capabilities and platforms. Prior to American Express, Andrew spent eight years managing global SAP deployments for large multinational corporations.
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Dec 5, 2021
Brett Goldstein, Co-founder Launch House
In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Brett Goldstein, Co-Founder of Launch House, a community for founders and creators. Prior to Launch House, Brett was a Product Manager at Google, where he worked cross-functionally with engineering, design, marketing, machine vision research, and art as well as served as an M&A strategy analyst for the CEO of Google. He then took the role of Senior Product Manager at Clearbit where he was responsible for Platform (APIs & Infrastructure) and Integrations teams. Here, he took two products from concept to launch that drove 90% retention for >60 enterprise customers accounting for over $1.5M ARR and streamlined product development processes such as improving bug triage efficiency 5x, introduced product critiques, and built UX research process. Brett then co-created Accenture Ventures where he launched and operationalized an early-stage venture capital and corporate innovation team.In his free time, he writes a newsletter called Social Studies. It…
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Nov 29, 2021
Oded Zehavi, CEO & Co-founder at Mesh Payments
In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Oded Zehavi, the Founder & CEO of Mesh Payments, and board and advisory board member of several Israeli FinTech companies. Previously, he served as Payoneer's Chief Revenue Officer. Prior to Payoneer, Oded served as the business development director for PayPal, where among other responsibilities he led the inception of the PayPal services in the Middle East and Africa. He also held leadership roles at several technology, banking and software companies, focusing on sales and customer relations.
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Nov 28, 2021
Steve Berneman, CEO of Blueprint Title
In this episode, Mike Townsend interviews Steve Berneman, the CEO and Co-founder of Blueprint. He is a former practicing attorney and a serial entrepreneur. Prior to starting Blueprint, Steve was the Co-founder and CEO of Overdog, a gaming company acquired in 2016. Steve formed the thesis for Blueprint while an Entrepreneur in Residence at Vanderbilt.
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Nov 25, 2021
Paul Garibian, President of Nota
In this episode, Mike Townsend interviews Paul Garibian, President of Nota. Fintech expert, entrepreneur, and executive Paul has spent nearly 20 years helping financial institutions drive product development and grow revenue and market share. Nota is an innovative legal industry fintech solution powered by M&T Bank that adds value through increased productivity and decreases compliance risk. Built primarily for small law firms and solo attorneys, Nota helps simplify trust account management, making it seamless and efficient for attorneys to adhere to accounting requirements.
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Nov 24, 2021
Brenda Loya, CEO and Founder of Tellor
In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Brenda Loya, the CEO and one of the founders of Tellor. She's an economist and a self-taught solidity developer. Previously, she was an economist and supervisor at the U.S. Department of Labor, developing and leading teams to develop statistical software for principal economic indicators. She joined the space initially by helping to develop a derivatives protocol, Daxia, which had an oracle problem. We couldn’t find one that was decentralized so we built one and it became Tellor!
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Nov 23, 2021
Stephen Stonberg, CEO of Bittrex Global
In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Stephen Stonberg, CEO of Bittrex Global, one of the most reliable and secure cryptocurrency exchanges in the world. Stephen has spent his entire 25-year career working in financial markets in London and New York. He left the traditional world of finance to get involved in the crypto and blockchain industry.Prior to Bittrex Global, Stephen joined the Investment Management Division of Goldman, Sachs & Co. Stephen advised executives, entrepreneurs, and foundations on all items of economic impact to their balance sheet. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, he advised some of the world’s most sophisticated investors as a Partner and US CEO at Brevan Howard, Head of the New York office at Winton Capital, and Managing Director at Credit Suisse Asset Management.Prior to this, Stephen worked as a Managing Director in Fixed Income Sales and Trading at JPMorgan, and in Mergers and Acquisitions. Stephen holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a bachelo…
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Nov 22, 2021
Joshua Tobkin, CEO and Co-Founder of SupraOracles
In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with the architect of the Supra BFT Consensus Algorithm. Blockchain Designer & Developer, Joshua Tobkin is a Meta-Game Theorist behind projects such as Unitychain.io's venture projects and more recently SupraOracles.comA lateral thinker, creative, and curiously dyslexic, Josh has been building SaaS companies for the last 10 years. Josh is a well-known distributed ledger technology architect.
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Nov 21, 2021
Trent Sorbe, Founder of Central Payments
In this episode, Mike Townsend interviews Trent Sorbe, President and Founder of Central Payments & Co-Founder of Falls Fintech. He is an architect of Central Payments’ Open*CP Fintech API Marketplace. With more than 28 years of debit, credit, and prepaid payments experience, Trent is responsible for products garnering nine Paybefore Awards, three of which garnered Best in Class or Category. He is also the inventor on 14 patents related to consumer financial services. Trent previously held senior positions at three nationwide payment card issuers and the FDIC. In 2016, Trent was named to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Community Bank Advisory Council and chaired the agency’s Cards, Payments, and Deposit Markets Committee. He hosts the Fintech Brews & News podcast and sits on the Board of Directors for the Central Bank of Kansas City. Central Payments provides payment technology and solutions through its Open*CP Fintech API Marketplace, one of the only true bank-as-a-s…
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Nov 18, 2021
Vivek Krishnamurthy, Principal at Commerce Ventures
In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Vivek Krishnamurthy, Principal at Commerce Ventures, an early stage FinTech, InsurTech & RetailTech focused fund based in San Francisco. The Fund's investments include Marqeta, Bill.com, MX, Socure, Forter, and +90 others. At Commerce Ventures, Vivek primarily focuses on vertical FinTech applications, core financial services enablement technologies and insurance data & infrastructure platforms. Prior to CV, he was a member of the investment banking team at Financial Technology Partners where he worked on private placement and M&A transactions for growth and late-stage FinTechs.
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Nov 17, 2021
Matt Spoke, CEO and Founder of Moves
In this episode, Mike Townsend sits down with Matt Spoke, the Founder and CEO of Moves, a social finance product for independent 'gig' workers across the U.S. Matt founded the company on a belief that the gig economy isn't working for its workers and by building a product that solves their systemic financial challenges, millions of independent gig workers can come together to improve and own the future of the gig economy. Founded in August 2020, Moves has rapidly grown to become one of the leading financial products for gig workers in the U.S with members across all 50 states with over 15 supported gig platforms. As CEO of Moves, Matt spearheads the mission of the company and inspires a team of 35 world-class designers, engineers, product managers and growth marketers to build a better gig economy for its workers.
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Nov 16, 2021
Ryan Cantor, Chief Product Officer at Thryv
In this episode, Mike Townsend sits down with Ryan Cantor, Chief Product Officer at Thryv. He leads the Thryv product and engineering teams and is responsible for the vision and execution of platform improvements and enhancements in alignment with corporate strategy.Ryan joined Thryv after working with N2 Publishing leading their product effectiveness and scaling improvement efforts. Prior to his tenure at N2 Publishing, Ryan served as Vice President/GM at hibu, where he led the explosive growth of a new community-focused product to over $50M ARR in under 18 months.Before joining hibu, Ryan worked as a general manager for Apple, where he assisted with the launch of the first iPhone and iPad. He has also held leadership positions at AOL and Target.Ryan received his Bachelor of Arts from the State University of New York and his MBA from Clarkson University.
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Nov 10, 2021
Spartak Buniatyan, Founder and CEO of PayEngine
In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Spartak Buniatyan, Founder & CEO of PayEngine where he oversees the business and development operations. Spartak has been in the technology development field for over 20 years with heavy emphasis on developing technologies for large-scale vertical software-as-a-service enterprises with a particular focus on payments infrastructures.
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Nov 9, 2021
Ran Goldi, CEO of First DAG
In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Ran Goldi, CEO of First Digital, where he has been creating blockchain-related products and services since 2017, focusing on payment acceptance for stablecoins and CBDCs. Prior to establishing First, Goldi co-founded and managed an algorithmic trading company, acted as VP in a company he took public in the London Stock Exchange, and acted as the head of IT investments for a private equity fund.First Digital enables merchants to succeed in expanding globally and growing revenue through an innovative, global digital payments platform. From Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC), stablecoins, Diem, and more we are the first platform to provide reliable and interoperable payment means and trading rails for the evolving cross-border ecommerce market. For more information, please visit: https://www.firstdag.com/
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Nov 8, 2021
G. Scott Paterson, Executive Chairman of FutureVault
In this episode, Mike Townsend interviews G. Scott Paterson, Co-Founder & Executive Chairman of FutureVault. Mr. Paterson, 57, is a prolific entrepreneur, financier and investor focused on technology and media. He is also the Chairman of QYOU Media (TSXV:QYOU), and Lead Director of Giftagram.
Mr. Paterson began his career as a financial advisor in 1985 becoming the head of Dominion Securities Pitfield’s President’s Club (the top producer of all advisors in their first three years in the business). Mr. Paterson was later recruited to Yorkton Securities where he built the company, initially as Executive VP then as Chair & CEO, into Canada's leading technology, biotechnology and media investment bank and grew revenue from $15 in his first year to $244 million five years later.Mr. Paterson was the second investor in Lionsgate Entertainment (NYSE:LGF.A) when the company was founded in 1997. He served as a Board member for 21 years. Mr. Paterson co-founded JumpTV in 2005, and as Chairm…
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Nov 7, 2021
Nader Al-Naji, Creator of DeSo
In this episode, Mike Townsend sits down with Nader Al-Naji, creator of DeSo. His interest in crypto began in 2012 when he mined approximately 23 Bitcoins on free campus electricity while studying computer science at Princeton. After that, Al-Naji worked in high-frequency trading at D. E. Shaw and as an engineer on Google Search prior to raising $133 million for Basis, his previous company, which was building a decentralized dollar. After Basis, Al-Naji set his sights on decentralizing social media. He created BitClout, a high-profile social app. BitClout was an early prototype that allowed Nader to test and iterate on the DeSo blockchain before launching it publicly. BitClout showed that you can build truly mainstream social apps on blockchain tech.
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Nov 4, 2021
Carl Memnon, COO and Co-Founder of Grain
In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Carl Memnon, the COO, and Co-Founder of Grain. Previously, Carl worked at Goldman Sachs, KCG Holdings, and, most recently, as Associate General Counsel at Virtu Financial, a global market-making and execution services firm. Carl's practice focused on Securities, Corporate Finance, and Commercial Transactions in Capital Markets, Technology, and M&A. Carl is passionate about new innovations in fintech that provide inclusivity. In his spare time, he likes to go on runs and take trips to the park with his wife and two kids. He also binge-watches sci-fi shows. Carl earned his B.S. in Government with a concentration in Law and Society at Cornell University and his J.D. with a concentration in Corporate Finance and Securities at New York Law School.
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Nov 3, 2021
Chris McCann, General Partner, Race Capital
In this episode, Mike Townsend interviews Chris McCann, General Partner at Race Capital, entrepreneur, and community builder. Prior, Chris founded and led the community program at Greylock Partners, a San Francisco-based venture capital firm with $3.5 billion under management which led investments in Facebook, LinkedIn, Dropbox, and Coinbase, among others. Chris has an angel portfolio of over twenty investments within the fintech and blockchain verticals including Binance, Solana, Serum, among others.Before he joined the firm, he was the co-founder and CEO of StartupDigest – of the earliest technology-focused publications – which he grew from zero to over one million subscribers before being acquired by Techstars. He was an early advisor for the Thiel Fellowship & StartX at Stanford University. He also writes a newsletter covering the fintech & tech sectors and reaches 15,000 entrepreneurs, engineers, and investors on a weekly basis.
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Nov 2, 2021
Pat White, Co-Founder and CEO of Bitwave
In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Pat White, Co-founder and CEO of Bitwave, the world's first Enterprise Digital Assets Platform bringing cryptocurrencies, tokens, and other digital assets to the world's largest companies. Bitwave helps with accounting, taxes, AR / AP, secure DApps, and more.Pat was formerly a principal engineer and chief architect on Cisco Spark. Formerly, he was the CEO of Synata, a San Francisco startup that provides enterprise search software to cloud-enabled businesses. Pat has spent the last decade building software at companies such as Intuit, Microsoft, Ally Software, VistaConnect, S3/Diamond Multimedia, Fortify Software (now HP Security), and CyberArts.
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Oct 31, 2021
Ekaterina Romanovskaya, CEO and Founder of A.ID
In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Ekaterina Romanovskaya, CEO and Founder of A.ID, an Identity & Compliance platform with a focus on high-risk customers. She has previously co-founded Nimb, a ring with a personal security system embedded into it.Before diving into entrepreneurship Ekaterina had been doing marketing communications, then started in a retail bank as a PR manager, and a few years later ran Public and Investor Relations in a private equity fund. She assisted key IPOs, co-founded a successful satirical project on Twitter (persona @kermlinrussia) but never stopped exploring.
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Oct 21, 2021
Kendall Cole, Head of Product at NEAR Protocol & Co-Founder of Proximity Labs
In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Kendall Cole, Head of Product at NEAR Protocol, a base-layer blockchain designed to provide the ideal environment for dapps by overcoming some of the limitations of competing systems—such as low throughput, low speeds, and poor cross-compatibility. Kendall is in the process of transitioning out of his current role with NEAR to co-found Proximity Labs, a private incubator and research firm focused on the ecosystem of the NEAR Protocol.
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Oct 19, 2021
Matthew Schultz, Chairman of CleanSpark Inc
In this episode, Mike Townsend sits down with Matthew Schultz, Chairman and Director of CleanSpark. He served as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer from 2014 through October 2019 and has been involved in many capacities with several publicly traded companies. He served as the President and CEO of Amerigo Energy, Inc., creating multiple syndicated offerings of developmental oil production programs, as well as overseeing the operations from permitting through production. Since 1999, he has assisted numerous development and early stage companies to secure financing and experience significant growth. As the President of Wexford Capital Ventures, Inc., he was instrumental in funding companies both domestically and abroad. While serving as the Chairman of Pali Financial Group, Inc., he assisted in the market development of dozens of public corporations. He was a founding member and the Vice President of the Utah Consumer Lending Association. A native of Lander, WY, he studied management…
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Oct 7, 2021
Dan Martell, CEO/ Founder of SaaS Academy
In this episode, Mike Townsend sits down with Dan Martell, CEO, and Founder of SaaS Academy. Dan is a serial entrepreneur having built several multi-million dollar technology companies starting at the age of 17. He's also an award-winning angel investor, having invested in companies like Intercom, Udemy, Hootsuite, Unbounce. Today he's an executive coach focused exclusively on B2B SaaS working with the founders from ClickFunnels.com, Proposify.com, Carrot.com, and many others to help scale their businesses. He lives in Kelowna, British Columbia with his wife, Renee, and two boys.
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Oct 6, 2021
Micha Benoliel, CEO and Co-Founder at Nodle
In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Micha Benoliel, the CEO and Co-Founder of Nodle, a privacy-first, decentralized wireless network for connecting Internet of Things devices and sensors to the Internet, and Coalition Network, a non-profit foundation that provides open-source, secure exposure notification solutions for governments and enterprises to protect their citizens during pandemics. The Coalition App, the open-source Whisper Tracing Protocol, and the award-winning Nodle M1, a social distancing wearable device, were developed by Micha, the Nodle team, and a few independents. Previously, Micha enabled Skype to launch Skype In And Skype Out and built several ventures and products in the space of telecommunications, networking, and the Internet: Open Garden; FireChat App, which was (10M+ downloads) a peer-to-peer Bluetooth-based messaging technology used to stay connected and communicate in areas without internet access, including during the 2014 Hong Kong Umbrella Revolution…
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Oct 5, 2021
Matt Marcus, Chief Product Officer & Co-Founder of Modern Treasury
In this episode, Mike Townsend interviews Matt Marcus, Chief Product Officer & C0-Founder of Modern Treasury. Matt was responsible for building the payment operations system at LendingHome, which has funded over $3 billion in mortgage loans. When they really started to scale, the number of payments we made exploded — from hundreds to tens of thousands per month — and that’s when they started uncovering the many issues that we now call “payment operations.” Realizing that thousands of companies build similar, often under-supported systems, Matt and two friends (Dimitri Dadiomov and Sam Aarons) launched their company, Modern Treasury.In operation since 2018, Modern Treasury’s payment solutions automate the full cycle of money movement—from payment initiation, through approvals, to reconciliation—and are accessible through web application or API.
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Oct 4, 2021
Marcus New, CEO of InvestX
In this episode, Mike Townsend sits down with Marcus New, CEO of InvestX. Marcus New has an accomplished career in the private and public financial markets that spans over three decades and is a pioneer in the pre-IPO asset class. He is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of InvestX Capital, a trading platform that delivers access and liquidity to the growth equity asset class and empowers the sell-side to invest and trade in institutional-quality private equity. InvestX's investment portfolio includes Palantir, Airbnb, Sofi, Lyft, Uber, Pinterest, Spotify, Dropbox, DocuSign, 23&me, and other global category leaders. Through Mr. New’s family office, he has led more than 200 private placements into early-stage private and public companies.Marcus is also the Founder and Chairman (and previously the CEO) of Stockhouse Publishing – one of North America’s leading online financial communities and a global hub for accredited investors. Prior to launching Stockhouse, Marcus built S…
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Oct 3, 2021
Victor Zhang, CEO of AlphaWallet
In this episode, Mike Townsend sits down with Victor Zhang, the CEO of Alphawallet. Alphawallet is the maker of AlchemyNFT, an attestation and remixing protocol for NFTs. One of its first iterations is AutographNFT.io, a platform where anyone can request a verified autograph, authenticated via Twitter profile. The technology that makes this happen is TokenScript, which transforms NFTs by adding utility so that anyone can remix, combine or otherwise iterate NFTs. Investors include Mark Cuban, Crypto.com Capital, Framework Ventures and Mechanism.
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Sep 28, 2021
Charlie Silver, CEO of Permission.io
In this episode, Mike Townsend interviews Charlie Silver, CEO of Permission.io. Charlie is a successful entrepreneur who has founded and exited 5 startups in technology, media, and finance. He co-founded Onramp Invest, Blockforce Capital, and Reality Shares which created 7 publicly traded ETFs including the first Blockchain equity ETF(BLCN). In the dot-com era, he built RealAge which was successfully sold to Hearst for over 9 figures.
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Sep 26, 2021
Pat Duffy, Co-Founders of The Giving Block
In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Pat Duffy, Co-founder of The Giving Block. Pat along with Alex Wilson created The Giving Block in 2018, developing the leading solutions that charities, universities and other nonprofits use to fundraise cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. They quickly established themselves as the leading crypto fundraising experts through the explosive growth of their programs at Save the Children and United Way Worldwide. Over the last four years, The Giving Block has turned cryptocurrency into the fastest growing donation method, founding the industry’s giving pledge, giving days and crowdfunding platform. Today, Pat, Alex, and their team are honored to be building Crypto-Philanthropy programs for hundreds of nonprofits raising millions each month.
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Sep 20, 2021
Alex Adelman, CEO & Co-founder of Lolli
In this episode, Mike Townsend sits down with Alex Adelman, CEO & Co-founder of Lolli, a rewards application that lets people earn bitcoin when they shop online from 1,000+ top merchants. Alex was previously the CEO & Co-founder of Cosmic, the leading e-commerce gateway, which was acquired by PopSugar in ’15 and then by Ebates in ’17. Alex positioned Cosmic and Lolli as high growth, high value, and industry-leading technology companies, establishing strategic partnerships with key partners in e-commerce. Alex was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for Retail & E-Commerce. His work has been featured on WSJ, Forbes, Fortune, Wired, TechCrunch, Cheddar, MarketWatch, and Digiday and he’s presented at Advertising Week, Fashion Tech Forum, TechCrunch Disrupt, Tech Cocktail, Money 20/20, and Technori. Alex holds a BA in Economics from UNC-Chapel Hill.
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Sep 19, 2021
Shmulik Fishman, CEO and Founder of Argyle
In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Shmulik Fishman, the founder, and CEO of Argyle, which provides a universal, trusted platform for accessing employment records with worker consent. He started Argyle in 2018 after experiencing the complexity of work verification for his previous venture STRATIM. Shmulik is a published author and has an undergraduate degree from Hampshire College where he studied philosophy, as well as a degree in business from Columbia University.
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Sep 16, 2021
Wagner Ruiz, Co-founder and Chief Risk Officer (CRO) of EBANX
In this episode, Mike Townsend sits down with Wagner Ruiz, the Co-Founder and Chief Risk Officer (CRO) of EBANX. Wagner focuses on risk management, strategic partnerships, and regulatory operation, which are the essential pillars in the growth of the fintech company. Prior to being CRO, Wagner served as EBANX's Chief Financial Officer for almost nine years, since its founding in 2012. As CFO, he designed all of EBANX's cross-border payments infrastructure and all financial architecture linking EBANX to the world. Wagner studied Economics at Mackenzie University in Brazil and is a specialist in fintech finance regulatory systems, risk and compliance, and business opportunities in times of crisis.
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Sep 15, 2021
Gershie Vann, Founder and CEO, Magma Capital Funds
In this episode, Mike Townsend interviews Gershie Vann, the Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Magma Capital Funds. Gershie provides vision to the broader organization and implements strategic investment decisions in accordance with Magma’s investment approach and philosophy.Gershie has previous professional experience utilizing data analytics and process design. Gershie holds a BS in Finance from Touro College and can be found running, reading The Economist, and spending time with his wife and two daughters.
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Sep 14, 2021
Craig J. Lewis, Founder/CEO of Gig Wage
In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Craig J. Lewis, the Founder and CEO of Gig Wage, a venture capital backed SaaS company that’s raised $16.45 million to-date to meet the demands of the future workforce and to build modern payment tools for it. Investors have included Steve Case (Founder of AOL) and his Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Venture Fund, Foundry Group, Green Dot Corp. (NYSE: GDOT), and more. In an industry where forward thinking is a rarity, Craig’s vision for innovation has pushed an antiquated industry to modernize by designing a service that meets the demands of on-demand workforces. “Simple. Fast. Easy.” Prior to building Gig Wage, Craig was a professional basketball player across Europe before returning stateside and becoming an expert in payroll technology, selling over $10 million in payroll related software for the likes of ADP and others. He was the Chief Strategy Officer of Kairos, a venture-backed facial recognition and emotion detection startup t…
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Sep 8, 2021
Brian Shniderman, CEO of Opy, CSO of Openpay
In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Brian Shniderman, CEO of Opy and Chief Strategy Officer of Openpay. With over 30 years focused on payments of every kind, between all types of parties, and in almost every major country, Brian has been a frequent contributor to banking journals, has published numerous white papers addressing trends, threats, and strategic opportunities in banking and payments, and has been published and featured in Forbes, Fortune, CNN, The Business Standard, Dow Jones, HBR, Wired, CIO, Bloomberg, Boston Globe and the Chicago Tribune.
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Sep 7, 2021
Robert Materazzi, CEO of Lukka
In this episode, Mike Townsend sits down with Robert Materazzi, the CEO of Lukka. Prior to joining Lukka, he served as Director at PricewaterhouseCoopers, specializing in large risk, regulatory, and cybersecurity-driven technology implementations for traditional financial institutions and foreign banking organizations. Robert also led the PwC Advisory Veterans Recruiting and Mentorship Initiative. Prior to PwC, Robert served in the United States Marine Corps for nine years as an Officer and AH-1W Super Cobra Pilot.Founded in 2014, Lukka serves the largest crypto asset institutions with middle and back-office data & software solutions. Lukka solves the very unique complexities of crypto (and blockchain) data for businesses so that they can adopt digital assets into their businesses. Its customers include Crypto Asset Exchanges and Trading Desks, CPA & Accounting Firms, funds, fund administrators, fund auditors, and Financial Auditors, Miners, Protocols, individuals, and any business tha…
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Sep 6, 2021
James Simpson, Founder, mStable
In this episode, Tegan Kline interviews James Simpson, the founder of mStable, a stablecoin automated market maker on Ethereum and Polygon. Before founding mStable, James was the first employee at Australian crypto hedge fund Apollo Capital, worked as a management consultant at KPMG, Shanghai, and later as a data analyst at KPMG, Melbourne. James studied foreign policy and economics at the University of Melbourne at Fudan University, Shanghai.
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Sep 5, 2021
Steven Chan, Senior Director of Government Relations, Asia-Pacific at PayPal
In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Steven Xavier Chan, the senior director and regional head of government relations, Asia-Pacific, for Paypal Inc. Based in Singapore, he leads government advocacy, strategy, and outreach efforts in the region. Steven has more than 20 years of combined government and industry experience in international trade and public policy. Prior to joining Paypal in August 2018, he was the managing director and regional head of regulatory, industry and government affairs for State Street’s businesses in Asia Pacific. Steven also served as Director of Government Relations and Corporate Social Responsibility for the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai. He previously held various positions in the US government as a Foreign Service Officer with the Department of State with overseas and domestic assignments in Mexico, China and Washington D.C., and as Deputy Director for China and Mongolia Affairs with the Department of Commerce. He also worked at Booz A…
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Aug 29, 2021
Arthur Breitman, Co-founder of Tezos
In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Arthur Breitman, Co-founder of Tezos. Arthur is an early architect of the Tezos protocol. Prior to becoming involved in Tezos full time, he worked at X and Waymo on self-driving cars. In his earlier career, he worked as a quantitative analyst at Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley.
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Aug 26, 2021
Thejo Kote, Founder/CEO of Airbase
In this episode, Mike Townsend sits down with Thejo Kote, the Founder/CEO of Airbase. He was Co-Founder & CEO of Automatic, and of NextDrop. Prior to this, he worked as an Associate at Primera Capital. He served as Senior Engineer at Netcore Solutions and was the Software Engineer at Infosys Technologies Limited. He holds a Master’s degree from the School of Information at the University of California, Berkeley, and a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Visvesvaraya Technological University, India.
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Aug 25, 2021
Raullen Chai, Founder and CEO of IoTeX
In this episode, Mike Townsend interviews Raullen Chai, Founder & CEO of IoTeX. After stints in cybersecurity and blockchain at Uber and Google, Raullen is now CEO of IoTex. He leads a global team of cryptologists, blockchain experts, and IoT specialists in building the Trusted Internet of Things.Founded as an open-source project in 2017, IoTeX is building bridges across the Connected World, leveraging blockchain technology and in-house hardware devices to provide secure and interoperable pathways for the machine-to-machine economy.
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Aug 15, 2021
Hart Lambur, Co-founder of UMA
In this episode, Tegan Kline sits down with Hart Lambur, the co-founder of UMA, a decentralized financial contracts platform built to enable Universal Market Access. Hart studied computer science before working as an interest rate trader at Goldman Sachs through the financial crisis. In 2013 he co-founded Openfolio, a personal finance tracking platform that was acquired in 2017 by a financial planning firm. He now leads a team of financial contract and oracle design researchers at UMA.
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Aug 13, 2021
Brendan Asselstine, CTO of PoolTogether Inc.
In this episode, Tegan Kline speaks with Brendan Asselstine, the co-founder of PoolTogether, a prize savings game built on Ethereum. Prior to that, Brendan ran an Ethereum dev consultancy and has been building products for over ten years.
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Aug 5, 2021
Ricardo Pero, CEO of SellersFunding
In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Ricardo Pero, Chief Executive Officer of SellersFunding. Ricardo received an MBA in Finance from Columbia University and has 20+ years of experience in Corporate Treasury and Wealth and Asset Management. He has previously held positions at Citi, Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, and most recently served as an Executive Director at JPMorgan from 2010 to 2016. As an investor and advisor to companies in the U.S. and Latin America, his company is helping start-up e-commerce businesses of all sizes to achieve success.
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Aug 4, 2021
Sergey Savastiouk, CEO and Founder of Tickeron
In our latest episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Sergey Savastiouk, the CEO and founder of Tickeron, an artificial and human intelligence platform delivering unparalleled trading insights and analysis for market traders. Sergey is a thought leader in financial technology, specializing in artificial intelligence. Sergey was raised in Russia and entered the AI space when he earned his Ph.D. in applied mathematics, moved to the Silicon Valley area, and began teaching at Santa Clara University. He began working with a few different startups, developed his own trading algorithms, and then founded Tickeron in 2013. He is a very successful entrepreneur and is an expert in all things AI, cryptocurrency, market trends, blockchain technology, and more.
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Aug 1, 2021
Bryan Myint, Co-Founder of Republic Crypto
In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Bryan Myint, the co-founder of Republic Crypto. Republic Crypto is the first vetted, compliant, and inclusive blockchain financing and investment platform. Bryan is also a Venture Partner at Outliers Fund and Founding Partner of Taureon Capital, a digital asset hedge fund. As an investor, he has seeded early DeFi projects such as 0x Protocol, REN, and Ethlend (now AAVE). Bryan is also an active mentor and advisor to Near Protocol's Open Web Collective, Consensys' Tachyon Accelerator, Berkeley Blockchain Xcelerator, and Blockchain Founders Fund.
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Jul 29, 2021
Maryanne M Morrow, CEO 9th Gear Technologies
In this episode, Mike Townsend interviews Maryanne M Morrow, CEO of 9th Gear Technologies. Maryanne brings more than 25 years as a corporate veteran in the financial, marketing and advertising industries to her role as founder and CEO of 9th Gear Technologies where she is responsible for leading corporate strategy, scaling the company and investor relations. She is a mutual funds specialist, launching a family of funds and architecting fee-based asset management platforms for banks, broker dealers and insurance firms. Maryanne previously served as CEO of SurgeXLR, a boutique accelerator she founded that focused on a faster path to monetization. She was involved in two successful exits (to Standard & Poor’s and BNP Paribas), and also consulted on the custom content and advertising efforts of many financial firms while working at The Wall Street Journal.
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Jul 15, 2021
William Li, CEO, Akulaku
In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with William Li, the CEO and co-founder of Akulaku, a leading financial technology company improving the quality of life in Southeast Asia through advancement of digital financial services. Akulaku offers customers a full suite of financial services, including consumer financing, e-commerce, digital investments, digital banking and insurance brokerage. Previously, William served as CEO of Silvrr E-Commerce. William holds a B.A. in Law from Tsinghua University and a M.A. in law from Washington and Lee University.
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Jun 23, 2021
Chris Cox, COO of Apiture
In this episode, Mike Townsend sits down with Chris Cox, the Chief Operating Officer of Apiture. Chris oversees all aspects of business operations. Previously, Chris was the General Manager of First Data’s digital banking business. He also led mobile payment product development efforts at First Data. Prior to joining First Data, Chris was a Principal Consultant at Diamond Management & Technology Consultants and a Staff Consultant at CSC Consulting. Chris has more than 20 years of experience in banking, payments, mobile commerce, product innovation, and technology strategy. Chris holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Miami University in Ohio, and an MBA from Duke University.
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Jun 21, 2021
Sean De Clercq, CEO of Kickfurther
In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Sean De Clercq, Founder Kickfurther. Sean founded Kickfurther when he had to deal with the inventory finance problem with a previous merchandising company. Now he's solving that problem for other entrepreneurs.
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Jun 20, 2021
Arjun Bhuptani, Founder of Connext
In this episode, Tegan Kline speaks with Arjun Bhuptani, one of the founders of and project lead at Connext.Connext is building a network for fast, frequent interactions between chains that is growing rapidly and is being used by top tier projects like the Graph, Polygon, and Arbitrum.
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Jun 15, 2021
Nigel Walsh, MD, Insurance at Google Cloud
In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Nigel Walsh, the Managing Director for Insurance at Google Cloud, responsible for leading the firm's approach to Insurance, leveraging the best in market capability from Google's Cloud proposition, addressing mission critical Insurance challenges, from claims and underwriting to leveraging the company's AI and ML know-how - driving better business outcomes. Nigel also works with the broader Alphabet companies to bring their experience and insights to partner with the existing insurance customers. Prior to this, Nigel was a Partner in Deloitte Digital where he led on a number of areas for the firm including Global Future of Insurance and InsurTech.
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Jun 13, 2021
Matthew Beecher, Matthew Beecher, CEO of Neocova
In this episode, Mike Townsend interviews Matthew Beecher, CEO of Neocova. Matt is an entrepreneur, business-builder, and investor with a 30-year track record of success in both public and private markets. From founding and driving growth and scale in fintech and financial services to leading companies that have realized returns of $1 billion. Prior to Neocova, Beecher served as CEO of Austin-based fintech, Vault. Before Vault, Beecher was co-founder and President of Redstar Ventures, a venture capital firm that pioneered the venture studio model by taking business ideas from conception through early-stages of funding.
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Jun 10, 2021
Doug Petkanics, Founder, CEO at Livepeer Inc.
In this episode, Tegan Kline speaks with Doug Petkanics, the Founder and CEO at Livepeer, where he focuses on protocol research and software development. Livepeer is building an open-source video infrastructure platform, which leverages decentralization to drive down costs and meet the needs of developers building video streaming applications at scale. Prior to Livepeer, Doug was the founder and VP of Engineering at Hyperpublic (acquired by Groupon) and Wildcard.
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Jun 8, 2021
Denelle Dixon, CEO of Stellar Development Foundation
In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Denelle Dixon, the CEO and Executive Director of the Stellar Development Foundation, a non-profit organization using blockchain to unlock the world’s economic potential by making money more fluid, markets more open, and people more empowered. Before joining Stellar, Dixon served as COO of Mozilla, one of the most successful mission-driven open-source organizations. During her tenure at Mozilla, she led the organization’s business, revenue and policy teams including the ongoing fight for net neutrality and the global effort to ensure that people can control their personal data. She also pushed Mozilla to understand how to partner with commercial entities while staying true to its core mission of openness, innovation, and opportunity on the web. A lawyer by trade, Denelle previously served as a general counsel and legal advisor in private equity and technology.Throughout her career, Denelle has been a vocal advocate for net neutrality, encr…
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Jun 7, 2021
Kevin Hart, Founder and CEO at Green Check Verified
In this episode, Mike Townsend interviews Kevin Hart, the Founder & CEO of Green Check Verified, a compliance technology, and services company enabling banks and credit unions to safely, efficiently, and profitably offer banking services to cannabis-related businesses. Kevin brings four decades of enterprise software experience as part of his founding vision for Green Check. He has worked in the C-Suite for a variety of software companies with global clients and partners, and he has led two companies to successful exits with publicly traded companies, as well as another to an IPO. With decades of experience at the helm of venture-backed companies, Kevin has brought together an unmatched team to help him lead Green Check to its leading position in the cannabis financial services market.
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Jun 6, 2021
Matt Midson, CEO of CPQi North America
In this episode, Mike Townsend sits down with Matt Midson, the CEO for North America at CPQi. Matt has over 28 years of senior IT leadership experience, consulting, business development, and leading diverse teams in the Americas, Europe, and Asia within Financial Services. Matt has demonstrated he can manage all aspects of technology and business in Global Banking, Commercial Banking, Global Capital Markets, and Asset Management sectors of large global banks. He is known as a transformational leader and has led CPQi’s USA entity with strength and innovation.
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May 27, 2021
Amanda Jacobson, Chief of Staff at Oyster Financial
In this episode, Mike Townsend interviews Amanda Jacobson, Chief of Staff for Oyster Financial, a digital financial platform for small- and medium-sized businesses. Oyster Financial is co-headquartered in Mexico City and San Francisco. Prior to joining Oyster’s executive management team, she invested in a portfolio of nine fintech startups for Fiinlab, the innovation lab of Gentera, focused on generating sustainable solutions for financial inclusion. She also led the Latin American expansion of Village Capital, supporting 50 ventures and investing in eight startups.
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May 17, 2021
Adam Jackson, Founder & CEO of Braintrust
In this episode, Mike Townsend sits down with Adam Jackson, Founder & CEO of Braintrust. Adam believes that the way we work is broken. In fact, it’s been broken for a long time now, which is why he founded Braintrust, the world’s first user-controlled talent platform-- one that aligns incentives, removes expensive middlemen and gives value and control back to Talent and Organizations. Braintrust’s unique business model allows talent to retain 100% of their market rate and enables organizations to spin up flexible teams and make their budgets go 2-3x further by cutting out the middlemen.Adam is a serial technology entrepreneur and investor and has spent his career creating and deploying capital into software systems that make complex tasks simple and intuitive. He has founded 4 VC-backed companies and an asset management company over the last 16 years.In August 2017 he co-founded Cambrian Asset Management, a blockchain asset management company. In 2012, he also co-founded and…
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May 16, 2021
Bobby C. Lee, CEO of Ballet
In our new episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Bobby Lee, CEO of Ballet. Bobby is among the leading and most recognizable figures in the cryptocurrency space. His startup, Ballet, provides a more user-friendly physical wallet for storing cryptocurrency. He is the co-founder of BTCC, the longest-running Bitcoin exchange and leading financial platform worldwide. Before founding BTCC, Lee was vice president of the technology of Walmart. Previously, Lee was a software engineer at Yahoo!, where he led the development of the earliest online communities.
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Apr 28, 2021
Amrit Santhirasenan, Founder and CEO of Hyperexponential
In our latest episode, Mike Townsend sits down with Amrit Santhirasenan, Founder & CEO of Hyperexponential. Amrit is fast becoming an influential figure in the world of fintech. He's founder and CEO of hyperexponential (hx), a cutting-edge fintech startup that's transforming the world of insurance. Amrit is actively engaged in tackling the broader challenges faced in the finance industry by looking to develop better pricing solutions in an increasingly data-driven and technological world. The idea for hx was borne out of Amrit's frustration with the software available to actuaries in the task of modelling, analysis and making difficult judgements with little data. hx developed innovative software to solve these problems which are having a profound effect on the financial industry. Due to its growing success, the startup is currently closing its Series A funding round.Amrit is also a proud father and the host of the Startup Dads podcast. A show navigating the highs and lows of running a…
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Apr 27, 2021
Abigael Titcomb, Community Lead at Radicle
In our new episode, Tegan Kline interviews Abbey Titcomb, Community Lead at Radicle, a decentralized network for code collaboration. Abbey began her career in venture capital at Underscore VC, an early-stage firm investing across the stack in enterprise open-source, AI/ML, blockchain, and more. Since then, Abbey has been building in the Ethereum ecosystem, working with venture studios and startups building decentralized technologies. At Radicle, Abbey cultivates the project's open-source community and manages partnerships to support the growth of the Radicle ecosystem.
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Apr 19, 2021
William Quigley, Co-founder of Tether and WAX
In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with William Quigley. Mr. Quigley is a Managing Director of Magnetic, a crypto focused investment fund. He was the first institutional investor in Paypal and has over 25 years of experience as a technology focused venture capitalist. Mr. Quigley has incubated and invested in more than 30 bitcoin, blockchain and cryptocurrency-related investments. Mr. Quigley co-developed the first crypto derivative used to trade pre-release Ethereum. He co-founded many other transformative crypto companies including Tether, the first fiat-backed stablecoin and world's most traded cryptocurrency and GoCoin, a pioneering crypto payments processor. He also co-founded WAX, a blockchain built for video game and NFT virtual item trading.
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Apr 18, 2021
Mariya George, Co-Founder and President of Cleareye.ai
In this episode, Faisal Khan sits down with Mariya George, the Co-founder and President at Cleareye.ai, a leading fintech platform transforming banks into hyper-agile organizations using advanced AI techniques. Previously, Mariya worked for nearly 15 years at UST Global, a US-based digital technology and IT services provider. Most recently, she served as the Head of Banking and Insurance at UST where she was responsible for the industry group’s overall vision, strategy, and investment priorities. Before that, she led multiple consulting engagements with a focus on bridging business demand and technology solutions.
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Apr 13, 2021
Maya Pochiraju, VP of Product at Payability
In this episode, Min Kim interviews Maya Pochiraju. Maya is the Vice President in Blackstone’s Innovations Group driving firm-wide strategic technology programs across investor experience, fundraising, new-business regulation, and cloud computing. Maya’s work is based on her belief that technology should be leveraged to propel growth by providing unique business insights along with faster innovation, scale, and efficiency. Maya is deeply committed to mentoring and unlocking potential in others. She has been volunteering with StreetWise Partners since 2017 as a mentor and lead volunteer. Maya joined the Program Committee in 2018 before joining the Board in 2020.Maya received BAs in both Economics and Information Science from Cornell University.
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Apr 12, 2021
Danny Shader, CEO & Founder, PayNearMe
In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Danny Shader. Danny founded PayNearMe in 2009 and is driven to do right by customers, employees, and investors. Prior to PayNearMe, Danny led Good Technology, Inc., a wireless software company that was acquired by Motorola in 2007. Danny previously co-founded Accept.com, one of the first person-to-person payments providers, which Amazon acquired in 1999. Danny earned a BS from UC Berkeley’s College of Engineering and an MBA from Stanford University. Outside of work, you’ll find him trying to improve his terrible backstroke with a group of middle-aged swimming dads called The Mermaids.
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Apr 6, 2021
Alexander S. Blum, Managing Director of Two Prime
In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Alexander S. Blum, managing director of Two Prime. Alexander bought his first bitcoin for $9 in 2012 and has been professionally involved with the industry ever since. Two Prime offers an actively managed BTC and ETH long fund, focusing on wealth preservation and a secondary focus on growth. He previously founded digital investment group Atomic Capital, worked as a technology advisor for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the World Economic Forum, and as an economic development specialist for the Peace Corps. Alexander is a Fellow at University College London Centre for Blockchain Technologies and Chair of the Nexus Global Lab on Blockchain and Systems Change. He graduated from Tufts University, Arizona State, and MIT.
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Apr 5, 2021
Brian Dammeir, President, North America at Adyen
In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Brian Dammeir, President, North America at Adyen. As the President of North America for Adyen, Brian Dammeir is focused on bringing the company’s global payments solution to major retail, tech, platform, and hospitality companies - including McDonald’s, Uber, Spotify, Subway, Postmates, and Gap. He oversees all North American operations including sales, account management, marketing, product development and operations. Committed to helping merchants meet changing consumer expectations, Brian keeps a pulse on Adyen’s merchants around the globe to understand their unique needs and pain points, logging over 125 flights last year. Brian previously led product strategy as Adyen’s Head of Product and has extensive experience working across APAC, Europe, and the Americas. He honed his product mindset with earlier stints at Airbnb and Google before joining Adyen in 2015.
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Apr 4, 2021
Aaron K., Head of Listings, CoinMarketCap
In this episode, Min Kim interviews Aaron K, Head of the listings team at CoinMarketCap, the world's leading cryptocurrency data aggregator. Aaron was employee #16 (out of 30) at CoinMarketCap and had a front-row seat to the events leading up to the acquisition. An ex-central banker, Aaron was a founding employee at the FinTech & Innovation Group at the Monetary Authority of Singapore and spearheaded initiatives that have cemented Singapore's position as a globally renowned FinTech hub. Aaron started his career as a trade diplomat and had stints in AdTech and Venture Capital.
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Apr 1, 2021
Matthew Zipkin, Lead Developer for Handshake
In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Matthew Zipkin, Lead Developer for Handshake. Zipkin joined Impervious in 2021 to contribute full-time to Handshake, which is an alternative DNS root zone secured by proof-of-work. Impervious is a team of developers contributing open source core software for Handshake and Bitcoin. The Handshake full node software is a fork of bcoin (an alternative implementation of the Bitcoin protocol written for nodejs) which Zipkin contributed to as an employee of Purse.io from 2018-2020. He provides non-stop technical support to the Handshake developer community and is a maintainer of the Handshake organization on GitHub, where the full node and light client codebases are under constant development.
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Mar 31, 2021
Hossein Azari, CEO of Cmorq
In this episode, Mike Townsend interviews Hossein Azari, CEO of cmorq. As the Founder and CEO of cmorq, Hossein Azari has set out to level the world’s financial playing field.After his first fintech startup, Clarity Money was acquired by Goldman Sachs, Hossein began his journey to build a data management platform that allows everyday consumers to access blockchain information through an easy to use interface. With experience at Harvard, Google and Goldman Sachs, Azari is at the forefront of data science and computational economics.
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Mar 30, 2021
Jay Shah, President of Personal Capital, an Empower Company
In this episode, Mike Townsend interviews Jay Shah, President of Personal Capital, an Empower Company. Jay, as founding executive member and current President of Personal Capital, shaped the pioneering digital wealth management company into what it is today. With more than 20 years of experience scaling businesses with technology and data, he has grown Personal Capital from a Silicon Valley startup to a tech-enabled advisory business managing more than $17 billion in assets. The company now has visibility into over $1 trillion in linked account values on their free, financial tools dashboard where people consolidate and see all of their financial accounts securely in one place.Jay's focus remains on building & running consumer-direct FinTech entities that have redefined the banking, credit and wealth management landscape. Prior to joining Personal Capital, Jay served as CIO of E-LOAN, Inc., a multi-billion dollar consumer lending platform, where he facilitated the company’s acquisi…
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Mar 25, 2021
Billy Libby, CEO of Upper90
In this episode, Michael Townsend sits down with Billy Libby, CEO and Managing Partner of Upper90. Prior to starting the fund, he was the Head of Quant Execution and Market Making Sales, Goldman Sachs and Managing Director, Knight Capital.
Upper90 provides non-dilutive growth capital to innovative companies that can demonstrate predictable future revenue or other forms of collateral. Upper90 typically starts with a $2-$10M credit facility with the ability to scale to $25-$50M+ for Seed to Series B businesses.
Launched in June 2018, Upper90 began making founder-friendly credit investments often as a flexible alternative to equity (to protect founding teams and early investors from excessive equity dilution). One-third of their new $195M fund is focused on fintech and they have already invested in Clearbanc, Octane Lending and Fig as well as the first investor in Thrasio.
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Mar 17, 2021
Aaron Kaplan, Co-CEO of Prometheum
In this episode, Mike Townsend interviews Aaron Kaplan, the founder and co-CEO of Prometheum, Inc., a NYC based fintech company building a Federal Securities Law compliant, blockchain native, public market infrastructure servicing the entire digital asset lifecycle. Aaron is also of counsel at Gusrae Kaplan Nusbaum, where since 2013 he has focused his practice on the applications of distributed ledger technology in the securities industry.
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Mar 16, 2021
Chad Liu, Co-Founder of Tidal Finance
In this episode, Min Kim speaks with Chad Liu, Co-Founder of Tidal Finance. Chad is a Wharton MBA grad who has spent his time prior to founding Tidal Finance as an investment associate at AU21 Capital, a leading DeFi fund. Previous to that, Chad served in Business Development and Engineering functions at top Oil & Energy companies.
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Mar 15, 2021
Andreas Fletcher , Project Manager of the Trustlines Network
In this episode, Mike Townsend interviews Andreas Fletcher. Andreas is a project manager of the Trustlines Network at Brainbot. He has a background in finance and has been in the Blockchain Space since 2013. After supporting the development of the enterprise blockchain solutions for the biggest stock exchange in Europe, including pilot projects with the German Central bank, he decided to join the more revolutionary space of Ethereum.In 2018, Andreas joined Brainbot, a blockchain development studio. Brainbot is one of the main contributors of the Trustlines Network and on behalf of it, Andreas is leading the project development.The Trustlines Network is a community project that empowers people to create their own money and make digital payments. It aims to provide a complimentary financial alternative to unbanked and underbanked people.
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Mar 4, 2021
Kenny Li, COO of Manta Network
In this episode, Min Kim interviews Kenny Li, the COO and co-founder of Manta Network. Manta network is the plug-and-play privacy protocol for the entire DeFi stack. Kenny is a serial entrepreneur with a decade of experience in scaling startups. He started mining Bitcoin in 2013, and has worked on crypto projects. He received his MBA from MIT Sloan, and was a teaching assistant for several blockchain courses. We are super excited to have him on our show!
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Mar 4, 2021
Kory Hoang, Founder of Stably
In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Kory Hoang, Founder of Stably. Prior to founding Stably, Kory was a Private Equity Data Analyst for PitchBook in Seattle. Kory is also a quant who has consulted for money managers, hedge funds and CTAs on many subjects ranging from VIX derivatives to cryptocurrencies and algorithmic trading.Kory holds a BBA with a double major in Finance and Marketing from the University of Washington – Bothell.
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Feb 26, 2021
Zack Seward, Managing Editor at CoinDesk
In this episode, our co-host, Min Kim speaks with Zack Seward, managing editor in charge of CoinDesk's business desk. Previously, Zack was the editor-in-chief of Technical.ly, a network focused on local tech communities on the U.S. East Coast. Prior to that, Seward worked as a reporter covering business and technology for a pair of NPR member stations, WHYY in Philadelphia and WXXI in Rochester, New York.
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Feb 25, 2021
Peter N. Ackerson, General Partner at FinVC
In this episode, Kinsa Durst interviews Peter N. Anderson. Peter is a General Partner at FinVC, where he is responsible for sourcing investments and adding operating value at the portfolio company level. Prior to FinVC, he was CFO and Partner at SymphonyAI, a $1 billion early-stage investment and incubation platform, where he held investing, operating, and board member roles in several AI technology companies across the Finance, Healthcare, Infrastructure, and Media verticals. Peter has also worked with McKinsey & Co’s early and mid-stage SaaS practice; at Wells Fargo’s Technology Equity Research group (including working on the Facebook, Workday, ServiceNow, and Marin Software IPOs) and at Merrill Lynch in their investment banking division.He is passionate about the commercialization of frontier technologies and the disruption of legacy markets and business models. His professional experience includes co-founding several technology companies as well as roles in investment banking,…
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Feb 25, 2021
Charlie Delingpole, CEO ComplyAdvantage
In this episode, our co-host Kinsa Durst speaks with Charlie Delingpole, Founder and CEO of ComplyAdvantage, a technology company focused on wiping out financial crime using Machine Learning. As CEO, Charlie leads the product development and growth of the company. His passion for the issue came from his time as the MLRO of a previous startup he founded when he realized how inefficient processes around money laundering are.
Tune in to find out how Charlie got into the niche of compliance, AML and RegTech.
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Feb 21, 2021
Ugochukwu Aronu, CEO of Xend Finance
Ugochukwu Aronu is CEO of Xend Finance and he was one of the first blockchain meetup organizers in his region of Nigeria. He created a widely used ERC20 and BTC wallet used by exchanges and launched Xend Finance as one of the first Binance Smart Chain projects, backed by Binance Labs and Google Launchpad.
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Feb 21, 2021
Ally Medina, CEO of Paloma Pay
Ally Medina is the former Mayor of Emeryville and Director of the Blockchain Advocacy Coalition. She has used her regulatory expertise to develop a compliant solution for cannabis businesses to use crypto for contactless payments and launched Paloma Pay in January of 2021.
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Feb 14, 2021
Tegan Kline, Founder of Edge & Node (prev. The Graph)
Tegan Kline is the founder of Edge & Node. Previously she was business lead for The Graph, an indexing and query protocol organising the world’s open blockchain data and making open data a public good. Tegan helps leaders and innovators connect more deeply with stakeholders across the blockchain ecosystem.Tegan Kline is the former International Business Development Manager and OXT Relations Lead for Orchid, an A16z and Sequoia backed blockchain company that created tools and protocols for users to obtain digital freedom and an open and accessible internet. Tegan successfully helped to launch Orchid at a 400m valuation on Coinbase. Tegan's professional experience has been with Fortune 500's and startups, prior to Orchid, Tegan was the Executive VP of a patent marketplace powered by blockchain, analysed by AI. She began her career in Investment Banking at BAML and, prior to discovering blockchain, worked in Sales and Trading at Barclays.
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Feb 14, 2021
George Gvazava, CEO of CryptX Wallet
George Gvazava brings diverse finance expertise from his roles at Deloitte, Galt & Taggart (the largest investment bank in Georgia), and, as the CFO at Brokers.IO, a group of fintech companies. Most recently, he became a CEO of CryptX, an easy-to-use Crypto Wallet with institutional grade security. George also loves sharing his knowledge and experience with the next generation and is a Visiting Lecturer at several universities in Georgia and France. He is also an ACCA member and a CFA Level III candidate. He has advised companies in the technology, energy, oil and gas, and banking sectors, with total assets ranging from $10 million to over $1 billion. George was nominated by Forbes Georgia in “30 under 30 – Finance”.
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Jan 18, 2021
Denko Mancheski, Founder and CEO of Reef Finance
Today we interview Denko Mancheski, founder and CEO of Reef Finance (reef.finance). Denko has been in the blockchain and cryptocurrency industry for around 6 years as a developer - working with many notable technologies including NXT blockchain, Bitshares, Steem as well as EOS. He now runs Reef Finance, a hub for Decentralized Finance running on Polkadot. Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.DeFi Code www.defi-code.comGo-to-market agency for cryptocurrency companies. Make your project stand out and gain maximum impact in the industry.
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Dec 28, 2020
Geoff McCabe - CEO of The Divi Project
Today we interview Geoff McCabe (https://www.linkedin.com/in/geoffmccabe) - CEO of The Divi Project (diviproject.org). He also owns businesses in virtual reality, gaming, two hotels, and a blockchain-based media company, LightingWorks.ioSponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.DeFi Code www.defi-code.comGo-to-market agency for cryptocurrency companies. Make your project stand out and gain maximum impact in the industry.
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Dec 23, 2020
Dov Marmor, COO of Railsbank in North America
Today we interview Dov Marmor, COO, Railsbank N. America. Dov led two of the top FinTech platform businesses in banking and international payments. Formerly GM and Head of BaaS at Green Dot, Dov grew that business 3X over 2.5 years, launching enterprise programs including Intuit TurboCard, Uber Debit/Money, Stash Banking, Wealthfront Debit, and many others. Prior to that, he launched the US business of Currencycloud, building over 20 new programs and expanding the teams and operational processes for scale.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.DeFi Code www.defi-code.comGo-to-market agency for cryptocurrency companies. Make your project stand out and gain maximum impact in the industry.
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Dec 16, 2020
Albert Saniger, Founder and CEO at Nate
Albert Saniger is the founder and CEO at nate. An experienced coder at a young age, Albert worked through school by teaching students to code – some going on to win national competitions under his guidance. While expanding his knowledge of computing systems, these early teaching experiences also inspired an interest in furthering human potential and empowering personal achievements.After getting his MBA at London Business School and working at Amazon, Albert set out to explore how intelligent automation could facilitate human-driven decisions. In 2018, Albert founded nate and worked with a young team of engineers to develop the app and its AI technology – introducing the first product to automate the mobile checkout process at any online retailer on behalf of a customer. By April 2020, nate had closed the largest series seed round for a consumer software company of the year and launched to the public that summer.Albert’s desire to foster individual potential extended to his appro…
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Dec 14, 2020
Edmund Lowell, Founder and CEO of KYC-Chain
Kinsa Durst interviews Edmund Lowell, founder and CEO of KYC-Chain, and an advisor to SelfKey Foundation. Originally from the United States, graduating from Northeastern University in Boston Massachusetts where he studied law, finance and technology, Edmund Lowell is a serial entrepreneur living in Asia since 2011, innovating at the crossroads of finance, technology and legal fields. Edmund has built a number of Fintech and RegTech products during this time including Incorporations.io, KYC-Chain.com, Passports.io and SelfKey.org The SelfKey foundation raised 21m USD during an 11 minute public sale for the sale of the native KEY utility token. The SelfKey software has processed KYC for over 150,000 identity owners and over $200m USD in transaction volume since Q4 2017. Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.DeFi Code www.defi-code.comGo-to-market agency for cryptocurrency companies. Make your project stand out a…
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Nov 18, 2020
Prashant Fluoria, CEO of Fundbox
Kinsa Durst interviews Prashant Fuloria, CEO of Fundbox. Prashant became CEO of Fundbox in 2020, after serving as COO and CPO. He joined Fundbox in 2016 from Yahoo, where he was SVP of Advertising Products. Prashant came to Yahoo through the acquisition of Flurry, then the world’s largest mobile analytics platform, where he was CPO. Before Flurry, he was Senior Product Director at Facebook, responsible for advertising products and monetizing the Facebook platform. Prior to that, Prashant was an early product leader at Google where he built the company’s global billing and payment network and ran all products for the APAC region. Prashant holds a B. Tech. from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, where he was the President’s Gold Medalist. He also holds a Ph.D. in Business with a Minor in Engineering-Economic Systems & Operations Research, an MA in Business Research, and an MS in Statistics, all from Stanford University.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and in…
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Nov 9, 2020
Ray Youssef, CEO and Co-founder of Paxful
In this episode, Faisal Khan gets a chance to sit down with Ray Youssef, CEO, and Co-founder of Paxful to learn how he got started with the idea of Paxful and what his company is doing to eliminate "financial apartheid" as he calls it.
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Oct 18, 2020
Clay Wilkes, CEO of Galileo FT
In this episode Faisal Khan interviews Clay Wilkes, who is the founder and CEO of Galileo Financial Technologies. Galileo FT is a company that has been around for 20 years and is pretty much the go to company for the world most innovative fintechs. Galileo offers, what I would call a super API, one unified API that connects to it all and offers all sort of banking solutions including regulatory coverage in multiple markets.
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Oct 15, 2020
John Colthart, SVP Sales at MindBridge
Kinsa Durst interviews John Colthart. John has made clients successful in every major market worldwide during his 17-year career in technology leading world-class sales and professional services organizations. This started after his departure as a corporate finance and accounting practitioner in 2000 so he could grow a startup to +425 employees and exit to IBM with a role of VP Sales Operations in 2010. During his stay at IBM, John held global roles running sales enablement, offering management and design leadership within the IBM Analytics division. He strives to lead clients to effectively use analytics to change the course of theirbusiness.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.DeFi Code www.defi-code.comGo-to-market agency for cryptocurrency companies. Make your project stand out and gain maximum impact in the industry.
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Sep 25, 2020
Roham Gharegozlou, CEO at Dapper Labs
Mike Townsend interviews Roham Gharegozlou. Roham is the CEO of Dapper Labs and the founder of Axiom Zen, the award-winning emerging technology venture studio behind Dapper Labs. Dapper Labs is the creator of CryptoKitties, the world’s most popular consumer blockchain experience, with over 3M transactions on the Ethereum network – more than any smart contract that’s not a cryptocurrency exchange.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem www.redeeem.com- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Sep 24, 2020
Kayvan Alikhani, CEO of Compliance.ai
Mike Townsend interviews Kayvan Alikhani. Kayvan is the CEO and co-founder of Compliance.ai. Kayvan has more than 25 years of experience in hi-tech, Kayvan leads operations, strategy, sales, and marketing for Compliance.ai. Most recently, Kayvan led the identity strategy at RSA, and represented EMC on various industry alliances such as the FIDO board. A serial entrepreneur as well, Kayvan was the co-founder and CEO of PassBan (acquired by RSA), a company focused on mobile identity assurance. He also led strategy at LiteScape (as CTO and later as CEO), creating security and mobile identity solutions for VOIP based networks. He was co-founder and CTO at BeNotified, a cloud mobile communication service provider. Prior to that, Kayvan co-founded AVIRNEX, a cloud-based enhanced fixed and mobile communication service provider.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem www.redeeem.com- Redeeem is a decentralized pe…
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Sep 23, 2020
James Gillingham, CEO of Finxflo
Mike Townsend interviews James Gillingham. James is the Co-Founder and CEO of Finxflo, the world’s first hybrid aggregator and cryptocurrency brokerage firm. Under his leadership, Finxflo has embarked on a new partnership with leading blockchain luminaries, Tron and JustSwap, to build the world’s first DeFi protocol aggregator. During his 15 years’ of experience in financial markets, FinTech and entrepreneurship, James has managed over $4 billion worth of funds. An accomplished entrepreneur, he was the force behind the building of JageroFX, a trading algorithm start-up that he built up and led through a successful buy-out.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem www.redeeem.com- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Sep 22, 2020
Kinsa Durst, Partner at DeFi Code
Mike Townsend interviews Kinsa Durst. Kinsa is the founder of DeFi Code, a consulting firm for developing and executing global go-to-market strategy for blockchain and cryptocurrency companies. Coming from a diverse cultural background, he leverages his extensive experience working with companies in the U.S., China, and Korea to help companies establish their unique value and presence in the industry. He has always been passionate about bridging multiple cultures, and loves connecting with new people and learning about their perspective of the world.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem www.redeeem.com- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Sep 21, 2020
Daniyal Inamullah, Head of Capital Markets at Cred
Mike Townsend interviews Daniyal Inamullah. Daniyal is the Head of Capital Markets at Cred and Co-Founder for the Glitter of Hope Foundation. Daniyal has spent his career specializing in mergers & acquisitions for energy companies at EY and Houlihan Lokey before he focused his career on democratizing financial services by leveraging blockchain technology.In his current role at Cred, Daniyal works on optimizing Cred's capital markets through facilitating partnerships and product ideation. Cred's mission is to provide digital asset hodlers the tools to access financial services at the micro level and take control of their financial future.Daniyal graduated from Emory University and obtained his MBA from the University of Houston. He is a CFA Charterholder. You can find more of his blog posts at financechai.com.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem www.redeeem.com- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer e…
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Sep 18, 2020
Moaz Hamid, CEO of MvmtAi
Mike Townsend interviews Moaz Hamid. Moaz is a mission-driven technologist and strategist, solving for the future of jobs and medicine, and the role of Robotics and AI. He is mvmtAi, a health tech startup, founder and CEO. Advisor for SoftBank Robotics, and serves on, and Robotics WG member, for the Consumer Technology Association (CTA).Moaz is also advisor and mentor for seed stage startups for Yellow (accelerator) by Snap Inc., and early stage startups and chair of the advisory board for Startup Boost (pre-accelerator), as well as, LA underserved youth entrepreneurship program, embarcLA.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem www.redeeem.com- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Sep 9, 2020
Ned Phillips, CEO of Bambu
Mike Townsend interviews Ned Phillips. Started his Fintech journey with E*TRADE as one of the very first online brokers and now an entrepreneur, Ned Phillips is the founder and chief executive officer of Bambu. Ned had the opportunity to experience the first dot-com boom with one of the original FinTech companies as well as was a consultant to 8Securities when they launched the first robo-advisor in Asia.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem www.redeeem.com- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Sep 7, 2020
Joe Bayen, CEO of Grow Credit
Joe Bayen is CEO at Grow Credit. Over the past decade, Joe has specialized in underwriting, credit score improvement, user acquisition, and monetization.Grow Credit helps consumers establish or build credit using a MasterCard designed to exclusively process subscription payments. The platform enables consumers with thin credit or no credit files to seamlessly establish a credit history using a Netflix, Pandora, or Xbox live account.Joe previously founded at ICS Mobile Inc, the developer behind Free App A Day, a mobile application marketing platform with 12M users worldwide that was bootstrapped to $18.3M in total revenue. Notable clients included Disney, Electronic Arts, Groupon, and Kabam.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem www.redeeem.com- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Sep 4, 2020
Jareau Wade, Head of Growth at Finix
Mike Townsend interviews Jareau Wadé, a payments entrepreneur and recovering engineer based in Atlanta, GA. He currently runs growth and marketing at payments infrastructure company, Finix. Prior, Jareau lead commerce and visual search business development for Pinterest and co-founded Balanced, a payments API company that exited to Stripe in 2015. Jareau was also the first employee and head of data acquisition at Milo.com, a local shopping search engine acquired by eBay in 2010.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem www.redeeem.com- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Aug 15, 2020
Xiaohan Zhu, CEO of Meter.io
Mike Townsend interviews Xiaohan Zhu, CEO of Meter.io. Xiaohan Zhu is an engineer by training, he was born and raised in Chine, and moved the US to go to graduate school at UC San Diego, and eventually got his MBA at Wharton before working as an engineer at Microsoft and Motorola. In 2016 he became fascinated with cryptocurrency and global finance and started ZMT Capital investing in Blockchain, and ICOs. In 2018 Xiaohan started Meter.io to further enable of the crypto community by using the cost of production and the minor's behavior and the proof of work system as the key piece of feedback that enables stable pricing of their Meter token. Learn more about what makes Meter special on the deep dive interview!Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurre…
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Aug 14, 2020
Sunayna Tuteja, Head of Digital Assets TD Ameritrade
In this engaging interview Mike Townsend interviews Sunayna Tuteja, Head of Digital Assets and Blockchain at TD Ameritrade. With more than ten years of diverse global experience, she has a proven record for building new ventures from scratch and leading the kind of change that is critical in shaping the future of business. In her current role, Sunayna is responsible for building a scalable blockchain and crypto practice within TD Ameritrade. This rapidly growing practice is inclusive of partnerships, investments and products to harness the growing power of blockchain technology. Through partnering with the Stanford Innovation Lab, she works closely with the start-up and VC communities helping to advance public and corporate innovation. Outside of work and school, you can find Sunayna adventuring the skies in her Cessna.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a d…
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Aug 13, 2020
Kyle Samani, Founder at Multicoin Capital
Kyle Samani and Mike Townsend sit down and chat about how cryptocurrency will influence the US and global economy over the coming years. Kyle gives us the down low on companies and crypto projects he's excited about, and how he thinks about making investment decisions. Kyle Samani is a co-founder and managing partner at Multicoin Capital, a thesis-driven investment firm that invests in cryptocurrencies, tokens, and blockchain companies. Prior to Multicoin Capital, Kyle founded Pristine, a health IT startup that was later acquired by Upskill. Kyle holds degrees in Finance and Management from NYU, and is widely recognized in the crypto ecosystem for his writing and system-level analysis.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.We promise you'll l…
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Jul 2, 2020
Interview with Alex Bouaziz, CEO of Deel
In this interview Mike Townsend interviews Alex Bouaziz, the founder and CEO of Deel. Alex is a true international entrepreneur, having been born and raised in Paris, France, he then went to undergraduate university in Tel Aviv, Israel, studying civil and environmental engineering. We chatted about his time getting a master degree at MIT, and starting on his PhD researching water treatment. The conversation moved quickly into the future of remote work, how companies are hiring now, what countries have the best and worse employment laws, and what a long term vision for Deel could look like to improve the international standard for employment. The world looks a lot different today than it did 50 years ago and it will look just as different 50 years in the future, learn what those differences are and more on the show!Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentr…
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Jun 29, 2020
Interview with Chris McAlary CEO of Coin Cloud
In this show Mike Townsend interviews Chris McAlary, the CEO of Coin Cloud, the world’s largest network of two-way digital currency kiosks. From his early days as a Bitcoin miner to now, he is a pioneer in the cryptocurrency industry. When Robocoin installed the world’s first Bitcoin ATM in Vancouver, BC, in 2013, McAlary wondered why not the US. After much research and collaboration, he installed the first Coin Cloud BTM on the Las Vegas Strip in 2014 – built by Robocoin, branded by Coin Cloud, and serviced by McAlary himself.Today, Coin Cloud is the largest Bitcoin ATM company in the nation, with over 800 machines (and growing constantly), all of which allow two-way transactions of Bitcoin and 29 altcoins. Coin Cloud’s first international expansion is Brazil, offering that country the first opportunity ever to purchase digital currency with cash.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://r…
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Jun 26, 2020
Interview with Ljuba Youngblom CEO of Hometown
In this interview Mike Townsend interviews Ljuba Youngblom, the co-founder and CEO of Hometown, an early stage startup reimagining local news from the ground up. Prior to that, Ljuba co-founded the connected car startup Automatic Labs, which was acquired by SiriusXM in 2017. He’s a UX designer, mentor, and pragmatic do-gooder living in Oakland, California. In the show we go into depth on local politics, what motivates people to vote, to contribute to their local economies, and what fascinating new techniques Hometown is using to improve democracy on a local level.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.Tune in and share if you enjoyed the show!
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Jun 25, 2020
Interview with Jason Butcher, CEO of CoinPayments
In this interview Mike Townsend interviews Jason Butcher, CEO of CoinPayments. Jason took over as CEO after running HODLtech, a crypto consultancy. He now leads CoinPayments which is most known for being a leader in facilitating cryptocurrency payments for businesses. CoinPayments has over 1800 crypto options, over 100,000 merchant customers, processing over $100M per month, which has increased over 30% since the Coronavirus hit. We talked about why crypto companies incorporate off shore to the Cayman Islands or Malta, and all the pros and cons that go along with that decision. We talk about the governmental policies regarding crypto and what we should be thinking about now that will prevent mistakes down the road. We also dive into what crypto opportunities he sees on the horizon and much more!Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exch…
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Jun 24, 2020
Interview with Nelson Chu CEO of Cadence
In this show Mike Townsend interviews Nelson Chu, founder and CEO of Cadence. Nelson is a 3x startup founder with several years of experience at the top investment management firms, including Bank of America and BlackRock. Prior to Cadence, he founded a strategy consulting firm specializing in helping companies build products and raise capital for growth, creating over $1B in equity value. He currently serves as an advisor to an ultra high net worth family office and is an active angel investor, with notable investments including BlockFi, Cadre, Care/Of, Clover Health, dv01, Tala, and Uala. This was a highly educational podcast, as Nelson explains how the highly complex market of business lending works, from the small business loans, personal loans, and all the way up to the banks and governments. Nelson gives us his thoughts on how the 2008 financial crisis changed the way money flows throughout the system now.We hear that Cadence has $1.6 issuance volume and $40M in securitization, a…
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Jun 23, 2020
Interview with Felix Feng Cofounder/CEO of Set Protocol
In this interview Mike Townsend interviews Felix Feng, founder of Set Protocol.He previously worked at 21.co (acquired by Coinbase) and Radius, and graduated from UC Berkeley. We learn how Felix came up with the idea for Set Protocol and how how raised money and grew his team. Set Protocol basically allows you to buy and sell crypto management strategies for the average person, similar to how an ETF works on wall street. Check it out at Set Protocol.In the show we talk about what Set Protocol, which is a ERC20 token of crypto assets that automatically rebalances based on the strategy, who is using it, who's benefiting. We discuss why in 2017 lots of ICO’s were returning nearly 100x and it made sense to diversify, but in 2018/19 the long tail fell out of favor. There is a great article, How Set Protocol Works Under the Hood that explains more in detail about Set Protocol. We promise you'll learn a lot on this show, tune in!Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpens…
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May 31, 2020
Interview with Mark Thomas founder of ZenSports
In this interview Mike Townsend interviews Mark Thomas, CEO and founder of ZenSports. ZenSports is a mobile peer-to-peer sports betting marketplace where anyone can create and accept sports bets with anyone else in the world, without the need for a centralized bookmaker. Mike and Mark uncover the history of betting, discuss the future of sports coming out of Coronavirus, and talk about what the strategies that the best sports betters use to win 55% of their bets. We also learn about the history of betting regulation and other high potential cryptocurrency companies.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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May 10, 2020
Interview with Chris Maurice founder of Yellow Card
In this interview Mike Townsend interviews Chris Maurice, CEO and co-founder of Yellow Card, a cryptocurrency exchange operating across Africa. In high school, Chris started an SEO consulting firm which helped optimize over 140 websites on Google, including Prezi.com. In college, he started a manufacturing and supply chain logistics company producing clothing and shoes out of a factory in Pakistan. As a boy from Southern Louisiana who had been on a plane four times before founding Yellow Card, he then flew to Nigeria on two weeks' notice to build a company bringing Bitcoin to everyone. Hear the story of how Chris launched a bitcoin business in Africa, and how he met Jack Dorsey, (CEO of Twitter and Square), in Africa.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other crypt…
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Apr 28, 2020
Interview with Greg Kolodziejzyk
In this interview, Mike Townsend interviews Greg Kolodziejzyk, founder of AlgoLab. In his 20's Greg quit his job at a local oil company based out of Calgary Albert and started his own business as a freelance graphic designer. In 1994 his company, Image Club, was purchased for millions, and Greg became financially independent.With plenty of time on his hands, Greg shifted his focus to endurance training and completed 12 Ironman Triathlons, and multiple 100 mile run races in Alaska. Unlike most people, Greg has an insatiable appetite for pushing the limit, and so naturally the next goal became to do something that had never been done before... breaking world records!We discuss Greg's adventures breaking multiple Guinness World Records including the farthest distance traveled in 24 hours by human power on land and separately on water.In the last 30 minutes of the show, we shift gears and learn about how Greg built AlgoLab, one of the best performing algorithmic futures trading platforms o…
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Apr 18, 2020
Interview with Jack Nikogosian CEO of ARYZE
Today, ARYZE is passionately led by Jack and is successfully establishing itself in the industry. The values ‘inclusivity’, and ‘transparency’ are embedded in the company’s culture and show what ARYZE is truly about.The company is working towards solving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal Numbers 9, 10, and 16. It does so by building a secure financial platform that is accessible to the financially excluded, and where costs are brought to near zero.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Apr 11, 2020
Interview of Ethan Austin of Techstars Western Union Accelerator
In this interview, Mike Townsend interviews Ethan Austin, who oversees all operations at the Techstars & Western Union Accelerator. This Techstars program focuses on investing in startups looking to shape the future of money. Ethan and Mike talk about the history of Western Union, which is now about 170 years old and dominated the American telegraph industry in both the 19th and 20th centuries.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Mar 18, 2020
Interview with Andreas M. Antonopoulos
In our latest edition, Nako Mbelle interviews to whom we refer to as the brand ambassador or Bitcoin evangelist: Andreas M. Antonopoulos.Andreas M. Antonopoulos is a critically-acclaimed best-selling author, speaker, educator, and one of the world’s foremost bitcoin and open blockchain experts. Andreas makes complex subjects accessible and easy to understand. He is known for delivering electric talks that combine economics, psychology, technology, and game theory with current events, personal anecdote, and historical precedent—effortlessly transliterating the complex issues of blockchain technology out of the abstract and into the real world.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Jan 5, 2020
Interview with Andrée Simon President and CEO of FINCA Impact Finance
You can't seem to pick up any Fintech aka banking & payments magazine or blog without the mention of the word, 'financial inclusion'. Depending on whom you talk to, the number of financially excluded population is anywhere from 2.5 Billion people to 1.5 Billion. World Bank Group defines financial inclusion as individuals (and businesses) that have access to useful and affordable financial products and services that meet their needs - such as transactions, payments, savings, credit and insurance - delivered in a responsible and sustainable way. Most of this is done through microfinance banks. These microfinance basically offer a very specialized category of financial services to those who lack access to conventional banking and related services.One such institution that is helping solve this problem of underbanked/unbanked is FINCA. FINCA's network of 20 community-based microfinance institutions and banks use fintech to expand financial inclusion, offering innovative, responsible and im…
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Nov 16, 2019
Interview with Kyle Hill - Founder of Redeeem.com
In this interview Mike Townsend talks to Kyle Hill, which is a special episode because Kyle and Mike are co-founders of Redeeem (trusted peer-to-peer crypto gift card exchange), and have started 3 startups over the last 8 years together. Previous to Redeeem, they raised $23M for HomeHero, a tech-enabled home care marketplace. They talk about how to work successfully together as a team, the mission and story of Redeeem, as well as a variety of topics related to bitcoin, government regulation, and upcoming exciting blockchain projects.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Sep 11, 2019
Interview with Ethan Kravitz, Partner at AGE Crypto Hedge Fund
In this interview Mike Townsend interviews Ethan, who talks about his journey from CTO of VC funded startup, Overnight, to partner of AGE Crypto hedge fund. Learn about the differences between a VC fund and a crypto hedge fund, as well as how many exist what specific methods hedge funds use to provide returns for their LPs. Ethan walks us through a typical day, researching github projects, talking to developers of tokens, building tools that automate crypto trading, as well as much more.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Aug 11, 2019
Interview with Yan Pritzker the author of Inventing Bitcoin
In this podcast, Nako Mbelle interviews Yan Pritzker the author of Inventing Bitcoin and I discuss what makes bitcoin a revolutionary tech; and why he left his full-time CTO position at his startup to devote 100% of his time to Bitcoin. Yan’s book Inventing Bitcoin is written for non-technical people who want to better understand bitcoin at a deeper level and go beyond the superficial talking points of price and profit.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Jun 18, 2019
Interview with SFOX Team
In this episode Mike Townsend visited the offices of SFOX to interview Founder George Melika and Head of Growth Danny Kim in their offices in Playa Vista, California. SFOX raised $23M in VC from Y Combinator, Social Capital, Tribe Capital among others to build the easiest tool to access the digital cryptocurrency market.We discussed exchange trading, how crypto companies can successfully work with banks, and underrated projects and people working in crypto. Hope you enjoy the conversation and let us know if you have any feedback or suggestions for our next episode.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Apr 19, 2019
FATF: Creating Gold Standards and Paper Realities?
This show focuses on the FATF, the Financial Action Task Force. We discuss why the organization – that remains unknown to many finance and payments professionals and even to AML/CFT compliance specialists, is so powerful and important. We discuss the basics: why was it created? What are FATF’s goals? What are the down sides or unintended consequences of the standards it sets? We discuss the effects of non-compliance on countries and the inner workings of the mutual evaluation process that countries go through. Finally, we touch upon the questions of political influence, organizational overreach and even bullying through FATF decision making.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Apr 14, 2019
Interview with Bitcoin critic David Gerard about everything he finds wrong with Bitcoin
Nako interviews David Gerard, a Bitcoin critic. They talk about the technological superiority complex of some Bitcoin maximalists; Bitcoin's energy inefficiencies and whether crypto mass adoption is a pipe dream or closer to becoming a reality because of the Lightning Network.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Mar 27, 2019
The birth of AML/CFT
This week Faisal Khan sits down with Dr. Mara Wesseling (our newest co-host) and we discuss the world of compliance. This show offers a first introduction to AML/CFT compliance (Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism). It touches upon what compliance stands for and who needs to do it. How big and relevant is today's compliance industry? What to make of the unhappy marriage of placing AML and CFT under one legal umbrella? The show also looks into the history of the AML/CFT legal framework and what makes it important now. By reflecting upon the past 30 years of AML regulation and almost 20 years of the War on Terrorism Financing, the effectiveness question remains on the table and the call for a new approach - AML/CFT 2.0 - becomes louder.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more…
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Mar 26, 2019
Understanding the Lightning Network
In this episode of Around The Coin, Faisal & Nako get on the air to continue with their BTC (Behind The Coin) series. We discuss the very basics of the Lightning Network and what it means for normals folks like you and I (not to mention Bitcoin enthusiasts). We try to cover this without getting technical. Let us know how we did?Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Mar 24, 2019
Back to basics - Financial Inclusion
In this episode, Faisal and Malini discuss financial inclusionbeyond its basic definition, and talk through the fundamentalbuilding blocks required for a more financially 'inclusive'world.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Mar 24, 2019
Economic Literacy Crash Course
This week the trio is back on the air. Brian and Mike discuss what does capitalism and socialism mean in today's world? (Faisal unfortunately, dropped out due to technical reasons). We discuss the role of centralized governments and economic frameworks in areas such as healthcare, education, and much more. A wide-ranging high paced conversation that could have lasted for hours!Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Mar 23, 2019
Interview with Marc Bhargava - Founder of Tagomi
Description: Mike Townsend sits down with Marc Bhargava. Marc is the founder of Tagomi, the first electronic agency prime brokerage in the digital assets space. We discuss why now is the perfect time to be building in crypto, what Marc's most contrarian crypto views are, and other thought-provoking ideas in the space. Tune in and enjoy!Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Mar 19, 2019
The Great Depression
The Great Depression: How the Great Depression impacted our modern financial world. Mike and Brian dissect events that played a major role in the Great Depression such as the telephone, prohibition, food subsidies, bank closures, wage laws and more. We reflect on how each of these policy changes shaped the world we live in today and how you can predict the future by understanding cycles of the past.Links: https://www.thebalance.com/the-great-depression-of-1929-3306033https://www.history.com/topics/great-depression/great-depression-historyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_R._DeweySponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Mar 9, 2019
Interview with Jack Jia of Wyre
This week Mike Townsend sits down with Jack Jia of Wyre. Jack is the founding employee at Wyre and in this show we talk about the inspiration for the idea which largely came from a PayPal hackathon in 2015. We talk about how Wyre uses bitcoin behind the scene to enable much faster and cheaper foreign exchange. We also spoke about Jack's experience living and doing business in China and how he sees the crypto landscape unfolding in the US and globally.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Mar 3, 2019
A Story of Credit Cards
An in depth look at the history of the credit card companies that run our global financial networks. We touch it all, from the founding of American Express in 1850 to charge coins, money orders, traveler's checks, diners club cards, the first credit card US Patent, and the formation of Visa and MasterCard. The origin stories of the financial industry carry lessons that will inspire anyone working to make a change in the world.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Feb 27, 2019
Unblocking the Unbanked
The unbanked are often overlooked due to their inability to integrate into the global economic engine. In this episode, we look at who they are, what their life is like, and what obstacles stand in the way for them to join the financial system. Could blockchain based startups like Bloom, Civic, and Spring Labs provide a reliable decentralized credit infrastructure and unlock the economic potential of the unbanked? Find out in this week's episode.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Feb 9, 2019
BTC - Behind The Coin - Ep 5 - Interview with Tyrone Ross of NobleBridge Wealth
This week Behind The Coin Host Nako Mbelle sits down with Tyrone Ross of NobleBridge Wealth. Tyrone has more than a decade of experience in the financial services industry.Tyrone has worked for large wirehouse firms like Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch where he gained investment management and financial planning experience leading him to break away and become an independent investment advisor. Currently, he works as a financial advisor to early-stage startups and has in-depth knowledge of blockchain and crypto assets. Tyrone is also an established speaker having addressed employees at Etsy, Spotify, Uber and Wyndham as well as students at Columbia, York College, Seton Hall, and Montclair State University. Tyrone is a graduate of Seton Hall University and was also a 2004 Olympic Trials qualifier in track and field in the 400 meters. This year Tyrone was recognized by Wealth Management.com as a top ten advisor set to change the industry.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great…
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Feb 5, 2019
Interview with Andy Bryant COO bitFlyer Europe
In this episode, we get a change to sit down and have a chat with Andy Bryant, who is the COO of bitFlyer Europe. bitFlyer is a licensed cryptocurrency exchange in Japan and holds additional licenses in Europe and the United States. We talk with Andy where we stand today with respect to crypto exchanges and what might we see in the coming months/years as cryptocurrency trading evolves more into mainstream.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Jan 27, 2019
Is Speech Too Dangerous To Be Free?
Faisal, Mike, and Brian jump right in the deep end debating the decision of tech giants like Youtube, Twitter, and Facebook to ban people for spreading the wrong ideas. We talk about how ancient civilizations dealt with free speech, and how special and unusual free speech is today. The discussion which was very dynamic and engaging wrapped up with 10 minutes at the end mentioning the top payments and crypto conferences to look for in 2019.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Jan 19, 2019
How Our Collective Myths Shape The World
In this show, the hosts give a special thanks to listeners Kevin McKernan, Scott Dueweke, and Shahid Sharif for their ongoing support. The first topic of discussion seeks to expose the listener to the complexity of our global banking system and how many insiders don't appreciate the big picture of history. From there we debate ideas in cryptocurrency regulation, get a better understanding of the innovation in Baltic countries, and end on Brian's "most important life message".List of country debts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_public_debtThesis, antithesis, synthesis by Friedrich Hegel:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thesis,_antithesis,_synthesis Richard Feynman lectures: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMFPe-DwULMSponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin…
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Jan 12, 2019
The Story of Knowledge - How Science, Psychedelics, and Ancient History shapes the World
This week, the trio talk about: Hegelian dielectric (Dialectical materialism), Ted David Christian 2011 History of our World in 18 minutes, Julian Jaynes Breakdown of Bicameral Mind, The impact of psychedelics back into Western Medicine, The global political waves impacting life today, Calcite microcrystals in the pineal gland of the human brain (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12224052) and After On podcast - Harvard astronomy department chairman Avi Loeb https://after-on.com/episodes-31-60/040Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Jan 7, 2019
The Rabbit Hole of Currency
The trio, Brian Roemmele, Mike Townsend and Faisal Khan are back on air, starting season four of Around The Coin. This week we discuss: Thoughts on why currency evolved, how it shaped the world around us, and the inevitable future direction it will take.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Sep 7, 2018
The Decentralized Economy - Interview with CEO of Radar Relay Alan Curtis
In July, Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin, shared some choice words for centralized cryptocurrency exchanges, hoping they “burn in hell”. These exchanges are some of the most powerful players in the digital currency market, acting as the middleman between buyers and seller, however, according to JPMorgan, one-third of centralized crypto exchanges have been subject to hacks. Over the past year, decentralized exchanges that don’t hold custody of funds and allow buyers and sellers to directly exchange tokens have been growing in popularity, gaining attention across the industry segment.Now imagine a decentralized trading platform for ERC-20 compliant tokens the runs on the 0x protocol. Users are able to trade tokens wallet-to-wallet with other traders via the Ethereum blockchain without giving custody of the tokens to an exchange or smart contract. This improves both the speed, security, and safety of peer-to-peer trading compared to a centralized exchange.Once such startup doing ex…
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Aug 25, 2018
Ep 159: The Oligopoly in American Banking That No One Talks About
To kick things off for Season 4, I'd thought I'd interview someone peculiar. Aaron Silva and I got in touch in which he told me of a very unique story in the banking world, that people don't talk about. To put it bluntly, the oligopoly of the three large CBS (Core Banking System) providers in the United States, i.e. Jack Henry, FIS Global and Fiserv. Amongst these three giants, they pretty much dominate (read: control) the core banking system and allied services market in the US. So what's the problem? Well, they say the devil is in the details. 1000s of banks sign away these contracts with the big 3, not knowing what they have given up, as far as the freedom, flexibility and independence of purchasing these systems go and what happens to the ownership of the bank's data.Without any further delay, we will speak to Aaron Silva of Paladin FS to shed light on this very dark subject.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through…
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Apr 1, 2018
Fintech Podcast - Episode 158 - The Fragmented World of Payments
This week Mike Townsend and Faisal Khan discuss the topic that has been on everyone else’s mind, but we hardly speak of it. The fragmented world of payments and how broken the system is. We discuss with simple examples of why the cross-border money transfer system is broken and how it represents a multi trillion dollar opportunity.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Mar 30, 2018
Fintech Podcast - Episode 157 - Pulse Check on the Crypto Payments World
The Original Crew: Brian Roemmele, Mike Townsend and Faisal Khan get back on the air. This time we discuss all what is going in the world of payments, especially crypto based regulation.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Mar 28, 2018
BTC - Behind The Coin - Ep 4 - Terms of Endearment in the Crypto World
On this week's podcast, we discuss why common terms like addresses, wallets, pre-mines and forks confuse newcomers and observers in the space. We clear up common misconceptions which is costing many crypto traders millions BTC and ETH. Learning this one "not-well known" recovery process can help you get back any BTC or some alt-coins you may have lost. Lastly, we talk about some of our favorite crypto lingo: HODL.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Mar 9, 2018
Fintech Podcast - Episode 156 - Interview with the Co-Founders of Kora
Around the Coin got a chance to sit down with both the Co-Founders of Kora, Dickson Nsofor (CEO) and Maomao Hu (COO).Kora is a blockchain company that is focused on bringing low-cost access to financial services to as many people as possible. They are building a blockchain network and embedding into it functionality where it can be accessed by anyone, and helping people access the blockchain without internet by going through telecom networks. They are investigating betas this year around solving the problem of financial infrastructure, including payments to Nigerian farmers, trade financing to Colombian coffee exporters, and core systems for a Bangladeshi co-op.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Mar 8, 2018
Fintech Podcast - Episode 155 - Interview with Evgeni Mitkov COO of Everex
Everex is a blockchain technology provider offering global money transfer, payment and currency exchange solutions to financial and non-financial institutions worldwide.Everex technology enables its partners to usher individuals and SMEs, with or without access to banking services, into the new global economy with real-time fiat payments using distributed ledger technology. Fiat currency transactions are powered and governed by smart contracts in compliance with existing regulations. Everex payment ecosystem brings the best of banking and blockchain together.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Mar 8, 2018
Fintech Podcast - Episode 154 - Bitcoin Challenge with Amelie Arras
In a quest to best demonstrate the real-world challenges of everyday transactions, using nothing but bitcoin, Amelie’s challenge is to purchase everything from food to travel to accommodation during the five-day race, beginning in Hong Kong on 10th March 2018. Amelie must complete a series of daring challenges on route to win points along the way; competing with more traditional payment method including, mobile payments, gold, cash and plastic card, the person with the most number of points when they cross the finish line at Money20/20 Asia in Singapore is the winner.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Mar 3, 2018
BTC - Behind The Coin - Ep 3 - Interview with Thomas Euler
For the past 10+ years, Thomas worked with countless clients – global corporations, SMEs, and startups – on their digital strategy and transformation efforts. His main subjects are internet business models and antifragile organizations. Due to his long-standing interest in decentralized systems, he researched the blockchain space from early on. These days, Thomas is working in the blockchain space with the Untitled INC network, doing consulting and developing independent projects.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Mar 3, 2018
BTC - Behind The Coin - Ep 2 - Why We Believe in Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency and Blockchain
It's just as important for us to discuss the reasons WHY we believe Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency and Blockchain as it is to discuss HOW to participate in it. The WHYs are the only reason you'll be able to withstand the huge volatility in the market. The goal is to shed some light on the world of crypto for you to understand the WHY and the HOW (to participate)Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Mar 3, 2018
Fintech Podcast - Money On The Move - Episode 3 - The $10 Trillion Problem Of Moving Money
In this episode, we talk about the tens of trillions of dollars of problems faced in moving money around the world by the banking system. What is the challenge with money moving through the banking system today. Why is it so expensive to do a wire transfer today. How complex does it get? How might Ripple solve this problem and will it be successful?Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Jan 20, 2018
Crypto Podcast - BTC Behind The Coin - Pilot Episode
Behind The Coin (BTC) in a brand new weekly podcast series that is focused towards the world of crypto! Be it bitcoin or an Alt-coin you've not heard of, from mining to trading to proof of stake. From ICOs to how-tos, the aim of this podcast is to cover it all. Let's not forget the movers and shakers from the crypto world we intend to interview!This pilot episode, sets the stage was to what you can expect of us.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Jan 16, 2018
Fintech Podcast - Money On the Move - Episode 2 - Behind The Figures
In this episode we decode the often quoted figure of $600 billion annual remittances in 2017, to understand where this number comes from and how it’s calculated. We also cover the informal money transfer industry or ‘hawala’ system and discuss how to interpret the global cost of remittances.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Jan 9, 2018
Fintech Podcast - Money on the Move: Pilot Episode
Pilot Episode of a new series called "Money on the Move" on Around The Coin.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Jan 6, 2018
Fintech Podcast - Ep 153 Interview with Lawrence Richardson CEO of ZeroSum Markets
Take game theory, throw a lil' bit of real-money, add the stock markets of the world, squeeze some incentives and don't forget a pinch or two of the crypto-world and shake it (or stir it) - what do you get? You get daily fantasy trading! Trade against your peers and not the professionals. Listen to our interview with Lawrence Richardson, CEO Founder of ZeroSum Markets.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Dec 10, 2017
Fintech Podcast - Episode 152 - Is Bitcoin A Bubble Or Is This The Real Deal
This week the three co-hosts, Brian Roemmele, Mike Townsend and Faisal Khan are back on the air, discussing what is proverbial $64 Million Question: Is Bitcoin A Bubble? (or is this the real deal?) For the last couple of years bitcoin has seen almost no sharp rise, until this year, from August onwards, the price of bitcoin has been sky-rocketing. Famed economists tell us we are in a bubble. Investment experts tell us we are in a bubble. But are we in a bubble. Tune in and listen to three different view points on the Bitcoin & Bubble argument.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Sep 25, 2017
Fintech Podcast - Episode 151 - Crypto-Economics as explained by Dr Chris Berg
Our guest today holds a Ph.D. in economics from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, better know as RMIT University (Australia) His thesis was titled "Safety and Soundness: An Economic History of Prudential Bank Regulation in Australia, 1893-2008", and offered the first comprehensive history of the politics and economics of prudential bank regulation in Australia.Fair to say, my guest knows his financial regulations. Dr. Berg is one of Australia’s most prominent voices for free markets and individual liberty, and a leading authority on over-regulation, economic freedom, and civil liberties.Our talk with him today will be around "Crypto-Economics".Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Sep 16, 2017
Fintech Podcast - Episode 150 - Discussing Segwit & Segwit2X with Ryan X. Charles
Bitcoin recently experienced a hard fork which resulted in Bitcoin classic if you will and Bitcoin Cash. This was because of Segwit. Now there is Segwit2X coming up and the possibility to have perhaps another form of bitcoin - i.e. there will be 3 different versions of bitcoin out to trade and use.To explain all this, we needed to bring an expert in. Ryan Charles is the Cofounder and CEO of Yours.org. Ryan's been involved in the blockchain industry since 2011. He's has worked as an engineer at BitPay and BitGo as well as he was the Cryptocurrency engineer of Reddit from 2014-2015. As as proponent of Bitcoin Cash, Ryan explains to us the intricacies of what's happening with Bitcoin.To help us with that, I've invited Nako Mbelle who is one of our new co-hosts and she will be having this illuminating chat with Ryan.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized…
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Sep 10, 2017
Fintech Podcast - Episode 149 - ICO Mania - Equifax Hack & Apple
The duo is back: This week Faisal Khan & Brian Roemmele are back together on the air after a brief break. We discuss the gold-rush behind ICOs and the move by China to ban ICOs (or Token Sales) and what impact will that have on the ICO industry. Will it get worse before it gets better or will we see a strong regulation clamp down? In other news the recent breach at Equifax, of the three leading credit scoring agency, where possibly millions of records on Americans consumers have been compromised. What does this mean? What effect can it have on the economy and the whole credit rating system itself? Will the playbook be rewritten? Lastly, we discuss what will happen on 12th September when Apple possibly releases the new iPhone, being dubbed as iPhone X by Brian Roemmele.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15%…
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Sep 6, 2017
Fintech Podcast - Episode 148 - The Smart POS - Interview with AEVI CEO Nelson Holzner
If you think the point of sale terminal is just this static old machine through which you swipe your card, well, I've got news for you. Times-a-changing. On this show we have Nelson Holzner CEO of AEVI from Germany and he is here to tell us, the new POS is not your grandfather's POS anymore. Innovation has come knocking on the merchant's door.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Sep 2, 2017
Fintech Podcast - Episode 147 - Interview with Mike Jones CEO of Science Inc
It is not every day you get to interview great people. Mike Jones who is the Co-Founder and CEO of Science Inc., a very successful VC firm based out of Los Angeles. We get to talk to Mike about his past success (Dollar Shave Club, Famebit, HelloSociety to name a few), and how the idea behind Science came about and what is it that they do differently. Also, we have Mike open up a bit about their upcoming Science ICO.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Aug 25, 2017
Fintech Podcast - Episode 146 - Bitcoin - Segwit and Segwit2X
This week co-hosts Faisal Khan and Nako Mbelle interview CEO of Prasos, Henry Brade who is has been involved in cryptocurrency since 2011 to get his take on Segwit and Segwit2X, what is the difference between the two? What does it mean for the rest of us.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Aug 17, 2017
Employment opportunities in the Crypto & Blockchain space
In this episode of Around The Coin, Faisal Khan and one of our new co-hosts Nako Mbelle discuss the world of crypto and blockchain, specifically from the employment point of view. Nako is the CEO/Founder of Fintech Recruiters based in Toronto, Canada and she has first hand experience on all things employment in the bitcoin, blockchain, ethereum, crypto-coin space. We ask Nako what is working (and not) with respect to job opportunities in the space, how to position yourself for employments and what to look out for in the coming years.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Aug 13, 2017
Fintech Podcast - Episode 144 - During The Next Financial Crisis - Will Bitcoin Be Noah’s Ark?
Brian Roemmele & Faisal Khan are back on the air this week. With the meteoric rise in the price of bitcoin and the added fear of an economic correction that is due, we discuss the power of Bitcoin and how it can be an avenue where wealth could get parked in the next financial crisis. Whether it will happen or not, remains to be seen. Brian does dwell on the dystopian society that we might be heading towards, and when the alarm bells rings, will we find solace in the driftwood (or ark) known as Bitcoin, for a common person like you and me. Consider this, that during the financial crisis of 2008, Bitcoin was not there. How it will play out this time around, poses an interesting dilemma for both governments and the financial industry in general.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards usin…
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Aug 10, 2017
Faster Payments Task Force Report with Jordan Lampe
This week Faisal Khan interviews Jordan Lampe who is the Head of Strategic Projects at Dwolla. Dwolla is payments related financial services company in Des Monies, Iowa. Dwolla also is one of the members of the Federal Reserve Task Force on Faster Payments initiative. We had interviewed Jordan earlier on this (See Episode 113). Reconnecting again with Jordan, we ask him on the Faster Payment Task Force Reports that come out (two of them actually): Final Report Part One: The Faster Payments Task Force Approach & Final Report Part Two: A Call To Action. Both these reports were published in July 2017.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Aug 3, 2017
Fintech Podcast Episode 142 - Interview With Scott Robinson Of PlugAndPlay Tech Center
This week, Faisal Khan interviews Scott Robinson is the founder and VP of Plug and Play FinTech, the financial technology focused startup innovation platform in partnership with BNP Paribas, Santander, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, TD Bank, Sberbank, USAA, Mitsubishi, Capital One, Sumitomo, Intuit and many more global financial institutions. Listen to how a UCLA History major finds his calling and establishes one of the most successful incubator/accelerator hubs in the world, not to be left out, one of the early adopters of bitcoin/blockchain.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Jul 30, 2017
Fintech Podcast - Episode 141 - Bitcoin Classic Versus Bitcoin Cash - The Fork Ahead
The duo is back on the air after a short break. This week Brian Roemmele and Faisal Khan discuss the impending hard fork for Bitcoin. The Bitcoin Classic versus Bitcoin Cash. Not many people truly understand why it is happening and what it means for the average consumer/user of bitcoins like you and me. Brian very eloquently explains the whole scenario about the fork and some of the players who are deliberately not cooperating with respect to consumer rights and BCC. Don’t support it, that is okay, but don’t tell your users, you will not give them their due BCC (Bitcoin Cash) coins post hard fork on 1st of August 2017.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Jul 28, 2017
Fintech Podcast - Episode 140: Interview with Co-Founder of Innovate Finance, Abdul Haseeb Basit
This week, Faisal Khan interviews the Co-Founder of Innovate Finance, Abdul Haseeb Basit. We discuss what Innovate Finance is all about, how they are acting as a catalyst for the UK Fintech scene and above all we hear Abdul's viewpoint on a recent article which was published in the New York Times. The article cites that as per the numbers published by Innovate Finance, that "Investment in UK Fintech Tops Pre-Brexit Levels in First Half of 2017". What does this mean for UK and the fintech scene - we will get Abdul's viewpoint.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Jun 20, 2017
Fintech Podcast, Episode 139: Civil right to own & hold your own wealth!
This week Brian Roemmele & Faisal Khan discuss the philosophical questions on the right of individuals to hold on to their own wealth. For centuries now, monetary value has been controlled by the Crown/Government. Today, with the disruption in the wealth creation, distribution, storage and payment verticals, a consensus based currency (or currencies) could very well be the de facto method of value transfer in the years forward.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Jun 16, 2017
Fintech Podcast, Episode 138: Interview with Kathleen Breitman, CEO of Tezos.
This week, Kathleen Breitman, CEO of Tezos was interviewed by Faisal Khan for Around The Coin. We were very grateful for Kathleen to take time out from her busy schedule and update us on what tezos is all about and its upcoming initial coin offering.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Jun 11, 2017
The rise, rise and rise of Bitcoin, plus our take on the ICO storm.
This week Brian Roemmele and Faisal Khan discuss the epic rise of Bitcoin. Once termed as a fad or tulip mania, it is fair to say, Bitcoin has reached critical mass and there is no way the genie can be put back into the bottle now. Brian also discusses attending Apple WWDC (World Wide Developers Conference) that happened last week. In addition, ICO or Initial Coin Offering is all the rage these days. We briefly talk about what ICOs are (in a very non-technical manner) and discuss some of the pros and cons of this new form of capital raising.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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May 21, 2017
Fintech Podcast - Episode 136 - Coverage of ETA Conference and Amazon’s Echo!
This week Brian, Faisal and Mike are back into the thick of things, discussing payments. Brian covers his epic attendance of the ETA conference and what he saw there. Mike and Faisal discuss with Brian, the emergence of Amazon Echo and what it means for the masses, both in the developed world and in the developing world. Is Amazon Echo going to be the game changer?Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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May 1, 2017
Fintech Podcast Episode 135 Understanding Effective Altruism And Why Amazon's Echo Just Grew Eyes
Brian and Mike back at it for an intense discussion about altruism and how people think about donating money and charity. In the first part of the conversation Brian and Mike initially discuss their favorite product of the week then spend time on Amazon's new announcement about the new Echo with a camera. Brian take a bullish stand on how new Echo will impact the fashion industry which he write more in detail here. We took a deep dive into the effective altruism - which seeks to answer the simple question: "how can we use our resources to help others the most?" Brian's product of the week: Victor Scheinman -16 year old student invents Emvi, a voice recognition system in the 1950s: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYEhE11gqGw&t=14sMike product of the week: A curated directory of resources & tools to help you build your Startup:www.Startupstash.com: This week’s special shout outs are:Nathan Kontny CEO Highrisehttps://m.signalvnoise.com/speed-reading-2ff843053cc6 Chad Grills Founder of…
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Apr 24, 2017
Fintech Podcast Episode 134 - MoneyGram merger, Quora's successful raise and Neural Hooks!
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Apr 21, 2017
Fintech Podcast Episode 133 - Blockchain, The Dark Side of AI and Jeff Bezos Talks About Day 2
Brian and Mike back on the show for another fun thought provoking discussion across many topics. We first covered Brian’s in person presentation to startup founders, investors and payment executives at Propeler VC last week. This week’s two special shout outs are:Jason Fiedler VC Investor @ Red Sea Ventureshttps://medium.com/@jasonfiedler/the-magic-of-mobile-pay-60136a886f9aBrett Caine CEO Urban Airship https://medium.com/mobile-engagement/the-question-for-mobile-payments-isnt-when-but-how-c4b45d78cc58During the conversation we discuss banks - the purpose of them in the past vs the future, and how banks will or won’t survive the change on the horizon. We touch on the benefits of writing on paper vs. typing on a computer to retain information as well as whether it is appropriate to take notes on your phone during business meetings. We next dive into blockchain in healthcare and talk about some opportunities for innovation there. A healthy portion of the conversation was spent cov…
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Apr 19, 2017
Episode 132 - Bitcoin Blockchain Breakdown with Matthew Mezinskis
Guest Matthew Mezinskis dials in from Latvia where he's lived for the last 10 years working in banking, finance and payments. Matthew is the founder of Crypto Voices (https://cryptovoices.com/) a audio blog that focuses on Bitcoin, blockchain, cryptocurrency, digital ledger technology and broader FinTech, including all of the benefits and challenges that come with these breakthrough technologies.Matthew Mezinskis and Mike Townsend have a passionate conversation about the decisions facing Bitcoin that will make or break the currency. Specifically, the 1MB block limit that says Miners can mine blocks up to the 1MB fixed limit, but any block larger than 1MB is invalid. Whatever happens, this will have huge implications on Bitcoin. The second major topic touched on was the idea of monopolies and how they affect the surrounding economy. We discussed government controlled monopolies and whether or not there is any role for a monopoly in cryptocurrency. Matthew has a inspirational story and a…
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Mar 27, 2017
Fintech Podcast Episode 131 - What Is Workflow And Why Did Apple Just Buy Them?
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Mar 23, 2017
Episode 130 - Interview with Olivia Chow, Project Lead for Finder.com's Money Transfer Awards 2017
In this edition of Around the Coin, Faisal Khan interviews Olivia Chow, the Project Lead of Finder.com's Money Transfer Award. Olivia discusses how for the first time in the remittance industry, Finder.com is presenting awards to money transfer companies. These awards are based on weeks of detailed research that Olivia and her team conducted on various online money transfer companies in the US.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Mar 13, 2017
Episode 129 Interview With Luke Salinas SVP Strategy At Adyen
In this edition of Around the Coin, we interview Luke Salinas, SVP Strategy for Adyen. Adyen is one of those companies, unless you're working with them not very many people know about them. This Dutch based payment processor started more than a decade ago and has become huge! Processing for the likes of Netflix, Uber, and Spotify to name a few.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Mar 13, 2017
Episode 128 Interview With Ambar Sur CEO Of Terrapay
This week I got to sit down with the Founder & CEO of TerraPay, Mr. Ambar Sur. Ambar started his career in the RF design of cell sites and has now gravitated towards payment. His idea of an interoperable payments world is slowly taking shape. We ask him what TerraPay is all about, how it got started, where it is today and where it is heading.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Feb 28, 2017
Episode 127: Alexa Blows Up, PayPal Buys TIO Networks $233M and MoneyGram is China-owned.
This week, Brian, Faisal and Mike are back on the air again. We discuss Brian's Multiplex application, Faisal's traveling and Mike changing the direction of his company. In addition we talk about Amazon Alexa hitting 10,000 skills, yet it is difficult to make an income from it. PayPal buys TIO Network and what does it mean for the unbanked? Alibaba's Ant Financial scoops up MoneyGram - what will they do with it? And TransferWise now uses Messenger Bots to transfer money!Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Feb 13, 2017
Episode 126: Great Thinker Series: Carl Jung
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Feb 2, 2017
Episode 125: Interview with the Oracle of Payments & Identity: David Birch
In this week's episode of Around The Coin, Faisal Khan interviews the Oracle of Payments & Identity, David Birch. Dave is truly multi-talented, he is the author of "Identity is the New Money", which was his book that came out in 2014. He's a public speaker, world traveler, and needless to say a consultant in the payments space and works with Consult Hyperion. We discuss the importance of identity and where it is heading with respect to payments. In our pre-show discussion, David hinted about the new book he is writing so we will have him say a few words about that as well.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Jan 26, 2017
Episode 124: Interview with Luis Buenaventura, author of "Reinventing Remittances with Bitcoin"
n this episode, Faisal Khan interviews Luis Buenaventura, author of "Reinventing Remittances with Bitcoin". Luis is one of the early pioneers in the Bitcoin Remittance space. The concise book shares his accumulated knowledge of what he has learned about Remittances+Bitcoin. This book collects stories about the pioneering startups who have been focusing on this exciting new space since 2013. From Nairobi to San Francisco to Manila, each new company brings us a little closer to the perfect solution: an affordable, safe, and universally accessible money transfer network unlike anything the world has ever seen.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Jan 23, 2017
Episode 123: The Art Of Conversation And Lessons From Ayn Rand
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Jan 22, 2017
Episode 122: Interview with Katharina Lueth, Head of Europe for Raisin.
This week, Faisal Khan interviews Katharina Lueth, Head of Europe for Raisin. This interview was conducted in November 2016 at Raisin's headquarters in Berlin, Germany.Raisin's goal is to offer savers high interest rates! As the leading platform for investments throughout Europe, we give you access to exclusive offers from all over Europe - Raise your interest with Europe's #1 deposit marketplaceSponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Jan 16, 2017
Episode 121: How Driverless Cars Will Accelerate Our Need For Basic Income
This week Mike, Faisal and Brian discuss the world where automation kills the workforce. However, before we start, a big shout out to Wikipedia that turned 16 years old today! Congratulations to Jimmy Wales, the entire team of the Wikimedia Foundation and 100,000s of contributors who donate their time and effort to make Wikipedia what it is today.Another shout out to Tobias van Schneider who put up a really great 11 most used tools list. Whilst we generally don't do list, this one was too good to pass up. Lastly, a shout out to Amit, the Co-Founder and Chief Curator of Let's Talk Payments (LTP). Amit wrote a really great article on the Fintech Story, Hits and Misses from 2013 to 2016 and the Way Forward.In addition to this, our main topic of the show was to understand how the world will transform when technologies like VR, Driverless Cards, Drones, Cryptocurrency/Bitcoin, Voice Recognition, AI and Robotics become mainstream. How do we as a society (as we are now) embrace this change, w…
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Jan 9, 2017
Episode 120: Interview with Grace Gong, author of "The Last Key To Success"
This week Mike, Brian and Faisal were honored to have Grace Gong author of "The Last Key To Success" on our show. From China to USA, we trace her journey and how she came to the US and eventually became an author of a book, that is crowd-contributed. This book is a short guide for people in their 20’s trying to create a company in America. It includes 21 successful founders. In it, each founder covers about 2 out of the 13 topics below to share their opinions and personal experiences from when they started their own business.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Jan 9, 2017
Episode 119: A Voice First CES and How Quantum Computers May Crash Bitcoin
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Jan 2, 2017
Episode 118: New Year's Edition: Our Top 5 Predictions for 2017
Happy New Year. As 2017 starts it is only fair that we give our predictions as to what will happen in the payments world in 2017. Brian and Faisal give their Top 5 predictions for the year and as we go along we will see if we were on the mark or not.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Dec 12, 2016
Episode 117: The Business of Voice Assisted, Authenticated and Activated Commerce will shape up!
This week Brian Roemmele discusses further the potential of Voice assisted, authenticated and activated commerce and how it will shape society (and not to mention payments). Mike Townsend and Faisal Khan chime in and give their viewpoint.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Dec 11, 2016
Episode 116:The €500 Note, Voice Commerce and the Presidential Election.
This week the three amigos discuss a wide variety of topics, from the €500 Note to voice interaction and the impeding voice commerce as well as the post US Presidential election discussion.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Oct 23, 2016
Episode 115: How Blockchain Really Works And Why The Internet Just Crashed
Brian, Mike and Faisal are back on the air. This week we discuss the economic impact of the DDoS attack that happened and how commerce was affected. Also, Faisal explains the blockchain in layman's terms and what it means for all of us. How will it impact you and I and society on the whole. Why it is being called the "next internet"?Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Oct 10, 2016
Episode 114: Newsflash - Samsung's acquisition of Viv - what does it mean?
Maestro Brian Roemmele and Mike Townsend put on a small show. "Newsflash" talk about the acquisition of Viv by Samsung. What does it mean, Brian lays it out with a little back story on Siri.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Sep 23, 2016
Episode 113: Interview with Jordan Lampe of Dwolla on Same Day ACH
Today, 23rd of September 2016 is a historic day in the Untied States in many ways. 40 years in the making, today marks the first day of what is being called Same Day ACH or SDA. Whilst it isn't instant settlement, it is progress nonetheless.I'm very pleased to have on our show Jordan Lampe who is the VP of Policy & Communication at Dwolla. Dwolla is payments related financial services company in Des Monies, Iowa. Dwolla also is one of the members of the Federal Reserve Task Force on Faster Payments initiative. The company already has a real-time mechanism for faster payments, aptly titled Fisync (as in Financial Sync) that enables real-time payment settlement amongst member banks.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Sep 23, 2016
Episode 112: Interview with Jack Langworthy, Founder & CEO of Ninayo
Mike interviews Jack Langworthy, Founder & CEO of Ninayo. NINAYO.com is an online trading platform targeting emerging markets, launched in Tanzania in May, 2015, and now has over 3500 users. Founder, Jack Langworthy, was in the Peace Core for years in Tanzania and during his time there he became passionate about solving problems that plague the farming industry. In a country of 50 Million people (slightly larger than California), there are about 10 Million family farms, and 40% of all the food they produce ends up rotting because of a terribly inefficient system of buying and selling. All this while 30% of the population in the country struggles with malnutrition. Jack tells us about his journey to solve it all! If you find yourself inspired by this story, please share it and help spread the word.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer e…
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Sep 20, 2016
Episode 111: New & Ideas around Apple + Developing strategies for your Career path
This week Mike and Brian warm up with news and ideas around Apple. Then we dive in talking about our experiences with developing strategies for your career path. We referred to Bret Victor's "Invent on Principal" as well as Freeman Dyson's work as a physicist and his quote: "We are but atoms analyzing other atoms".Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Sep 12, 2016
Episode 110: Apple's iPhone 7 (and 8) + Information Organization Hacks.
This week, after a break of two weeks, Brian, Mike and Faisal are back on air. This week we discuss the important of iPhone 7 and what would iPhone 8 be made of (Brian's prophesy!). In addition, in this day and age of information overload, how do you manage your online & offline content? We discuss how each one of us manages their information in our daily lives.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Aug 15, 2016
Episode 109: Challenge The Given Narrative
This week Brian, Faisal and Mike discuss challenging the given narratives. We start with the rising cost of healthcare and lead the conversation towards training your mind to break assumptions and discover new truths.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Aug 7, 2016
Episode 108: The Goal Of Education: Philosophy
This week, Mike Townsend, Brian Roemmele and Faisal Khan get back on air with another show debating the "The Goal of Education: Philosophy". Why there is a difference in being educated and education in general. How the love of wisdom comes into play. Also in the show are updates on Quip's acquisition, Yahoo! and Revel being acquired by IBM.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Jul 24, 2016
Episode 107: Business At The Speed of Pokémon
The phenomenal rise and rise of Pokémon Go has taken the world by a storm, despite being launched in only a handful of countries. This week Brian Roemmele and Faisal Khan discuss how we've entered a new age of what we are calling "Pokemon Speed". How will businesses large and small take advantage of this? How will the incumbents turn their boats to face in the same direction where Pokémon Go is heading? We discuss how it is imperative to see (literally) what is going on, and this can best be done by a tired and tested theory of Empirical Praxis - by observation! Getting out of the comfort zone and divorcing oneself from the company they work for, go out and see how the trends and patters are taking shape.In this new era, there is no standing still, for business is done at Pokémon Speed.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange t…
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Jul 19, 2016
Episode 106: Interview with Sean Safahi, CEO of Bold
This week joining us is Sean Safahi, who is the CEO of Bold. Bold is a SF payments company and to explain what they do, etc. we have Sean on the mic this week.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Jul 19, 2016
Episode 105: Pokémon GO
This week, Brian and Mike talk about Pokémon GO, and the never before seen impact it's had on small businesses by actually putting feet inside of storefronts. We discuss how Brian acted fast to write a booklet which has sold thousands of copies in the first week! It's important to look at every change in the world as opportunity, not a threat and the rapid growth of Pokemon is no exception, many people are fearful at the impact it may have, others capitalize on it... the choice is up to you.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Jul 8, 2016
Episode 104: Interview with George Harrap, CEO of Bitspark
This week joining us all the way from Hong Kong is George Harrap. George is the CEO of Bitspark, a remittance/money transfer company that specializes in building an alliance network of money transfer agents all the while using Bitcoin as its settlement mechanism at the back end.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Jul 5, 2016
Episode 103: Interview with Suneera Madhani, Founder/CEO of Fattmerchant
About Fattmerchant:Fattmerchant is a subscription-based merchant service provider offering unlimited payment processing at direct cost for a flat monthly membership and no contract. Suneera Madhani, CEO of Fattmerchant, founded the company in 2014 after working in the credit card processing industry for four years, wanting to create and sell a product that was transparent and provided value to the everyday business owner. Fattmerchant offers credit card processing for every business type, without adding mark-ups or other fees, and providing free equipment, no contract and no ancillary fees. Want to learn more about Fattmerchant: https://www.fattmerchant.com/Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Jul 4, 2016
Episode 102 - An Empathetic Perspective - Paypal, Bitcoin, and Brexit
This week, Brian, Mike & Faisal talk about the rise and rise of Bitcoin and try to make some sense out of it all. PayPal being a target of an acquisition has been a market rumor for a long time, we discuss that, as well as what Brexit means for all of us.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Jun 19, 2016
Episode 101: The insider’s take on what WWDC means for us all
This week, Brian, Faisal and Mike get back on air and discuss a myriad of topics. First up was Faisal's city-hopping tour and what he learned about the Remittance (Money Transfer) world. Brian dives into the latest WWDC (World Wide Developers Conference) that Apple recently hosted and what it means for all of us.Lastly, Mike and Brian briefly give their thoughts on Microsoft's $26 Billion acquisition of LinkedIn. Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Jun 8, 2016
Episode 100 - Voice First Revolution - Breaking It Down With Mary Meeker
Brian and Mike discuss the industrial strength report as published by Mary Meeker of Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield and Byers and the 2016 Internet Trends report she publishes every year. Brian breaks down the report on the various aspects of Voice First Revolution.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Jun 8, 2016
Episode 99 - There Is A Revolution Ahead And It Has A Voice
Today Brian and Mike discussed the news of Viv Labs launching publicly and the representative revolution in AI this represents. The core of the discussion stems from the ideas of exformation (information subconsciously filtered out to give you a seamless perception of reality) originally presented in our interview of Tor Nørretranders. We use these building blocks and the history of basic human communication and technological progress to draw predictions on the future of how tech will creep up on us and change our everyday lives. Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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May 4, 2016
Episode 98: The Serendipity of Conferences
This week Mike Townsend, Brian Roemmele and Faisal Khan discuss Conferences. How to attend them, plan for them? What to look out for and above all, the serendipity factor of conferences.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Apr 27, 2016
Episode 97: Money2020 Europe, ETA & TechStars
This week the three payment nerds Brian, Faisal and Mike are back at it again. Faisal discusses the recent Money2020 Europe Conference that was held in Copenhagen for the very first time. Brian discusses his coverage of the TRANSACT show by ETA (Electronic Transaction Association) and Mike tells us all about how HomeHero is enrolled in TechStars with Cedars Sinai Hospital.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Mar 28, 2016
Episode 96: Alexa/Raspberry Pi, Apple CareKit and Mobile Wallets!
This week the three amigos Brian, Faisal and Mike are back at it again. Brian discuss Amazon's Echo and the new Echo equivalent that one can build with Raspberry Pi. Mike explains the benefits and the potential of Apple's CareKit and Faisal discusses mobile wallets and small value transfer, why we need to reexamine the whole ecosystem. Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Mar 24, 2016
Episode 95: Voice Recognition - How it will replace APIs
This week Mike Townsend and Faisal Khan dive deep into what Brian Roemmele affectionately calls Ontological Recipes - How Voice Recognition will replace APIs, mega shift in payments and interaction.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Mar 16, 2016
Episode 94: Interview Jon Carder MOGL CEO
This week Mike interviews the CEO of MOGL.com - Jon Carder: Jon Carder is an experienced entrepreneur who has founded five internet businesses, his first at the age of 19. In college Jon founded eHeaven.com, an online e-commerce superstore that was purchased by BabyUniverse in 2002. Jon Carder then founded Client Shop inc. a website dedicated to finding consumers the lowest rates on home loans. ClientShop was San Diego's fastest growing company in 2005 (San Diego Business Journal) and was sold to Internet Brands in 2006. After a short “retirement” he realized building companies beats is more fulfilling than being retired and started his next venture, MojoPages.com, an online local search engine which received $5M (series A) from Austin Ventures and operates out of La Jolla, CA. Most recently Jon is founder and CEO of Mogl.com - a frictionless online to offline rewards program & Empyr.com - an online to offline ad platform. Mogl/Empyr has raised $35M in funding and has a partnership…
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Mar 16, 2016
Episode 93 - Where is the future of Voice Recognition and AI
This week Brian and Mike discuss where is the future of voice recognition and artificial intelligence.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Feb 28, 2016
Episode 92: Robots, Conferences, Undocumented, Currency Notes & the Historic Value of Money
This week, Brian, Faisal and Mike discuss the coming of age of Robots & AI and what it means for us. We touch upon the various conferences we will be attending, covering and speaking in. The undocumented work, couple that with the recent news of the eliminating the US $100 Bill, what does all this mean. What has history taught us about value transfer and control. Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Feb 26, 2016
Episode 91: Interview with Drew Sievers
Drew Sievers is one of North America's foremost innovators in mobile financial services.As mFoundry’s Co-Founder & CEO, Drew helped build the mBanking industry, establishing mFoundry as the industry leader with more than 900 clients. mFoundry also developed North America’s largest mPayment solution, Starbucks Card Mobile. Drew sold mFoundry to FIS for $165MM.Drew was also the President of iAgency powerhouse Semaphore Partners, which was acquired in 2002.Drew spent 5 years in Japan as Regional Director for Saatchi & Saatchi, and co-founded Saatchi & Saatchi Interactive.Drew advises and sits on the boards of Spendgo, mScripts, and Fortumo.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Feb 26, 2016
Episode 90: All You Need Is Love.
All You Need Is Love - A deep dive into decisions of government security, freedom and our responsibility as a society.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Jan 17, 2016
Episode 89: The Winter of Discontent