Proof-of-PR
106 episodes - English - Latest episode: 9 days ago - ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsAbout Proof-of-PR: Your passport to the world of public relations and communications strategy for Bitcoin and Web3. An inside look into the future of finance, technology, and entrepreneurship from those driving innovation in the space. Join us as we learn how they generate headlines, cut through the noise and grow their brand awareness through media placements, press mentions and thought leadership. These are the stories behind their success. This --- is Proof-of-PR.
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Proof-of-PR Season 2 Episode 9: Bringing Math to Market with Aztec Protocol CMO Claire Kart
June 25, 2024 00:03 - 43 minutes - 41.9 MBWelcome back to season 2 of Proof-of-PR, your passport into the world of Public Relations for Bitcoin and Web3. Aztec Protocol CMO Claire Kart joins Melrose PR CEO Kelley Weaver this week to discuss her journey from fintech to web3 marketing, how traditional marketing differs from web3, her efforts in harnessing the power of community to drive results, and more! To stay up-to-date on upcoming guests and news follow us on Twitter at @ProofOfPR.
Proof-of-PR Season 2 Episode 8: The Art of Media Relations with Co-Founder of Opening Bell Daily Phil Rosen
June 11, 2024 16:00 - 24 minutes - 23.9 MBWelcome back to season 2 of Proof-of-PR, your passport into the world of Public Relations for Bitcoin and Web3. Award-winning journalist, author, Co-Founder of Opening Bell Daily, and Founder of Journalists Club Phil Rosen joins Melrose PR COO Kili Wall this week to discuss his transition out of Business Insider, the inspiration behind Opening Bell Daily, why in-person meetings shouldn’t be overlooked even in a remote world, insights into the relationship between journalists and PR profes...
Proof-of-PR Season 2 Episode 7: The Defiant Founder and CEO Camila Russo On Trailblazing DeFi Reporting
May 28, 2024 16:46 - 33 minutes - 33 MBWelcome back to season 2 of Proof-of-PR, your passport into the world of Public Relations for Bitcoin and Web3. The Defiant Founder + CEO Camila Russo joins Melrose PR CEO Kelley Weaver this week to discuss her journey from reporting at Bloomberg to founding The Defiant, the inspiration behind her book ‘The Infinite Machine’, the types of guests and content she’s most interested in for The Defiant, and so much more! To stay up-to-date on upcoming guests and news follow us on Twitter at...
Proof-of-PR Season 2 Episode 6: Crypto Beyond Bloomberg: From Traditional Reporting To Decential Media With Matt Leising
May 14, 2024 15:55 - 38 minutes - 37.1 MBWelcome back to season 2 of Proof-of-PR, your passport into the world of Public Relations for Bitcoin and Web3. Co-Founder and Editor in Chief at Decential Media Matt Leising joins Melrose PR CEO Kelley Weaver this week to chat through his journey from Bloomberg to founding his own media company Decential Media, how Web3 tech is disrupting the entertainment industry, the importance of personalizing a pitch, his book “Out of the Ether” and much more! To stay up-to-date on upcoming guest...
DL News Asia Correspondent Callan Quinn on Key Differences in APAC Reporting + Interviewing
April 30, 2024 15:55 - 23 minutes - 23.7 MBWelcome back to season 2 of Proof-of-PR, your passport into the world of Public Relations for Bitcoin and Web3. This week, Kelley Weaver, CEO at Melrose PR, sits down with DL News Asia Correspondent Callan Quinn to discuss reporting on the APAC landscape, how interviews differ in the West, trends she’s seeing across Asia, and much more! To stay up-to-date on upcoming guests and news follow us on Twitter at @ProofOfPR.
Proof-of-PR Season 2 Episode 5: DL News Asia Correspondent Callan Quinn on Key Differences in APAC Reporting + Interviewing
April 30, 2024 15:55 - 23 minutes - 23.7 MBWelcome back to season 2 of Proof-of-PR, your passport into the world of Public Relations for Bitcoin and Web3. This week, Kelley Weaver, CEO at Melrose PR, sits down with DL News Asia Correspondent Callan Quinn to discuss reporting on the APAC landscape, how interviews differ in the West, trends she’s seeing across Asia, and much more! To stay up-to-date on upcoming guests and news follow us on Twitter at @ProofOfPR.
Proof-of-PR Season 2 Episode 4: 10 to 1 Public Relations President and Founder Josh Weiss on the Art of Storytelling
April 16, 2024 15:55 - 45 minutes - 43.2 MBWelcome back to season 2 of Proof-of-PR, your passport into the world of Public Relations for Bitcoin and Web3. Kelley Weaver, CEO at Melrose PR, sits down with PR mogul Josh Weiss, President and Founder of 10 to 1 Public Relations to discuss his approach to comms strategy and media relations, the “10 to 1” magic, how he’s built out his firm + niche, and so much more! To stay up-to-date on upcoming guests and news follow us on Twitter at @ProofOfPR.
Proof-of-PR Season 2 Episode 3: Unlocking Web3 Talent with Founder of Up Top Search Founder Dan Eskow
April 02, 2024 16:30 - 50 minutes - 47 MBWelcome back to season 2 of Proof-of-PR, your passport into the world of Public Relations for Bitcoin and Web3. Alongside the market, we’re so back!! Kelley Weaver, CEO at Melrose PR, sits down with the legendary Founder of Up Top Search, Dan Eskow, to dive into all things hiring in the crypto landscape, effective networking, how he utilizes his podcast to source talent, and so much more! To stay up-to-date on upcoming guests and news follow us on Twitter at @ProofOfPR.
Proof-of-PR Season 2 Episode 2: Coinbound CEO Ty Smith on Marketing Magic + Resilience
March 19, 2024 15:50 - 36 minutes - 57.9 MBWelcome back to season 2 of Proof-of-PR, your passport into the world of Public Relations for Bitcoin and Web3. Alongside the market, we’re so back!! Kelley Weaver, CEO at Melrose PR, sits down with Ty Smith, CEO of Coinbound to discuss all things marketing and PR for Web3 projects, why you shouldn’t sleep on SEO, biggest marketing mistakes, and so much more! To stay up-to-date on upcoming guests and news follow us on Twitter at @ProofOfPR.
Proof-of-PR Season 2 Episode 1: Blockworks Opinion Editor on the Key Ingredients to a Strong Op-Ed + How She Sources Content
March 05, 2024 17:00 - 26 minutes - 26 MBWelcome to Season 2 of Proof-of-PR, your passport into the world of Public Relations for Bitcoin and Web3. We’re so excited to be back! Nikki Brown, Chief Strategy Officer at Melrose PR, kicks off our first episode of season 2 with Molly Jane Zuckerman, Opinion Editor at Blockworks. They dive into what it takes to break into the opinion section at Blockworks, Molly’s experience covering the FTX trial, how Molly utilizes social media to source content, and so much more! To stay up-to-da...
Proof-of-PR Episode 10: Bitcoin Communications Powerhouse Aubrey Strobel On The Art of Social Strategies
September 26, 2023 16:00 - 35 minutes - 51.6 MBWelcome to Proof-of-PR, your passport into the world of Public Relations for Bitcoin and Web3. In our tenth episode, our host Kelley Weaver, CEO of Melrose PR sits down with PR and communications maven Aubrey Strobel to discuss her journey to Bitcoin, how she’s grown her social and editorial networks, the need for more robust social strategies in the digital age, the humanitarian side of Bitcoin, and so much more! To stay up-to-date on upcoming guests and news follow us on Twitter at ...
Proof-of-PR Episode 9: Josh Hubberman on the Intersection of Culture and Blockchain
September 12, 2023 16:00 - 45 minutes - 106 MBWelcome to Proof-of-PR, your passport into the world of Public Relations for Bitcoin and Web3. In our ninth episode, our host Kelley Weaver, CEO of Melrose PR sits down with fellow entrepreneur Josh Hubberman, CTHDRL Co-Founder / Partner to discuss building the bridge between Web3 tech that can solve Web2 problems, visual identity for a brand, how blockchain tech is like a new paintbrush, the creative intersection of tech and digital design, and so much more! To stay up-to-date on upco...
Proof-of-PR Episode 8: TechCrunch Reporter Jacquelyn Melinek on Autonomy in Journalism & the Symbiotic Relationship with PR
August 29, 2023 16:00 - 46 minutes - 86.1 MBWelcome to Proof-of-PR, your passport into the world of Public Relations for Bitcoin and Web3. In our eighth episode, our host Kelley Weaver, CEO of Melrose PR sits down with Jacquelyn Melinek, Senior Crypto Reporter at TechCrunch to chat through the importance of knowing what makes a good story versus being assigned a story, why having a good read on people is paramount in journalism, being a free bird when it comes to social media, and so much more! To stay up-to-date on upcoming gue...
Proof-of-PR Episode 7: Joe Nakamoto on Covering Bitcoin Only at CoinTelegraph and BTC Adoption IRL
August 15, 2023 16:00 - 49 minutes - 91.8 MBWelcome to Proof-of-PR, your passport into the world of public relations for Bitcoin and Web3. In our seventh episode, our host Kelley Weaver, CEO of Melrose PR, sits down with Joe Nakamoto, Bitcoin journalist at Cointelegraph. Kelley and Joe dive into his old-school approaches to journalism, why trust between reporters and PR professionals is paramount, the ethical fine lines of using ChatGPT/other AI tools, and why loads of salt water is the key to great hair. You won’t want to miss this...
Proof-of-PR Episode 6: Kelsey McGuire on Marketing in the Web3 Space and Transitioning from Web2
August 01, 2023 16:00 - 31 minutes - 59.3 MBWelcome to Proof-of-PR, your passport into the world of public relations for Bitcoin and Web3. In our sixth episode, our host Kelley Weaver, CEO of Melrose PR, sits down with Kelsey McGuire, CGO at Shardeum. Kelsey started her Web3 journey in 2018 at Consensys, where she led experiential marketing efforts before joining Shardeum. Kelley and Kelsey dive into the challenges of marketing and PR in an ever-changing media landscape and how titles can pigeonhole career trajectories. Tune int...
Proof-of-PR Episode 5: Cory Klippsten on Using PR and Twitter to Drive a Strong Media Presence
July 18, 2023 16:30 - 49 minutes - 114 MBWelcome to Proof-of-PR, your passport into the world of public relations for Bitcoin and Web3. In our fifth episode, our host Kelley Weaver, CEO of Melrose PR sits down with Cory Klippsten, CEO of Swan.com who has been featured in CNBC, Bloomberg, Yahoo! Finance, NYT, WSJ, and more. Kelley and Cory dive into how he’s developed strong relationships with reporters and become a go-to resource when there’s breaking news across the crypto and Bitcoin industries. Tune into this episode to als...
Proof-of-PR Episode 4: Isabel Foxen Duke on the Press Launch of Bitcoin Ordinals
July 04, 2023 16:00 - 50 minutes - 117 MBWelcome to Proof-of-PR, your passport into the world of public relations for Bitcoin and Web3. In our fourth episode, our host Kelley Weaver, CEO of Melrose PR sits down with Isabel Foxen Duke, Ordinals Advisor and previously Comms Director for the Ordinals Core team to discuss the unique PR tactics Isabel leveraged to make Ordinals the most talked about Bitcoin story in years. Kelley and Isabel discuss how to harness the power of passionate communities on both sides of the crypto divide,...
Proof-of-PR Episode 3: Cam Thompson on How to Build Effective Reporter Relationships in the Space
June 20, 2023 17:07 - 44 minutes - 102 MBWelcome to Proof-of-PR, your passport into the world of public relations for Bitcoin and Web3. In our third episode, our host Kelley Weaver, CEO of Melrose PR sits down with Cam Thompson, Web3 Reporter at CoinDesk. Kelley and Cam discuss objective reporting, crypto being here to stay, why you shouldn’t ghost reporters who DM you, the importance of maintaining reporter relationships, and much more! To stay up-to-date on upcoming guests and news follow us on Twitter at @ProofOfPR.
Proof-of-PR Episode 2: Hailey Lennon on Building Twitter Influence in Bitcoin & Web3
June 07, 2023 18:40 - 39 minutes - 73.4 MBWelcome to Proof-of-PR, your passport into the world of public relations for Bitcoin and Web3. In this episode, our host Kelley Weaver, CEO of Melrose PR sits down with Hailey Lennon, Partner at Brown Rudnick, President of Crypto Connect and renowned crypto Twitter persona. Kelley and Hailey discuss working in the Bitcoin space for several years, navigating challenges on a professional and personal level, and the opportunities associated with building a strong personal brand on Twitter. ...
Proof-of-PR Episode 1: Abram Smith on How to Effectively Navigate a Crypto PR Crisis
June 06, 2023 20:00 - 54 minutes - 101 MBWelcome to Proof-of-PR, your passport into the world of public relations for Bitcoin and Web3. In our first episode, host Kelley Weaver, CEO of Melrose PR, sits down with Abram Smith, Vice President at Greenbrier Partners, who leads their crypto division. Kelley and Abram discuss common mistakes and PR tips for navigating a crisis, how social media plays an important role in crisis comms, devising policies to navigate new territory presented by AI, and much more! To stay up-to-date on ...
Episode 311: Mina Co-Founders on Changing Power Dynamics on the Web
October 08, 2020 15:33 - 25 minutes - 23.8 MBIn today’s episode, Nikki Del Principe is joined by guests Evan Shapiro and Izaak Meckler. CEO Evan and CTO Izaak are both Co-Founders of O(1) Labs, the team behind Mina. Mina (formerly Coda Protocol), the world's lightest blockchain powered by participants, deploys recursive zk-SNARKs to ensure the blockchain remains the same size—22 kb—enabling anyone to sync the chain in seconds, ushering in a new era of blockchain accessibility. We hear how Evan and Izaak became interested in crypto...
Episode 310: Tram Vo on Green Cities and the Future of Transportation
September 17, 2020 10:47 - 17 minutes - 16 MBIn today’s episode, Nikki Del Principe is joined by Tram Vo. Tram is Founder and COO of MOBI (Mobility Open Blockchain Initiative), a company dedicated to improving and supporting the development of an efficient digital, multi-sided mobility marketplace. With a varied background in academics and non-profit, Tram came to blockchain in 2015 when she and her husband began to consider the possibilities of tracking and tracing using the nascent technology. In 2018, MOBI was founded and Tram beg...
Episode 309: Regulatory Tensions and Forecasts with Carol Van Cleef
September 03, 2020 14:00 - 27 minutes - 25.3 MBIn today’s episode Kelley Weaver is joined by Carol Van Cleef, Founder and CEO of Luminous Group and pioneer in legal issues involving cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. Additionally, she is Chair of the Blockchain and Digital Assets practice with Bradley, based in Washington, D.C. With Luminous Group, Carol offers general blockchain consulting with a speciality in compliance. As a certified AML specialist, Carol’s expertise is invaluable to her clients, which include banks, secur...
Episode 308: Connecting Wall Street to Mainstreet with Sunayna Tuteja of TD Ameritrade
July 02, 2020 14:00 - 30 minutes - 27.5 MBIn today’s episode, Kelley Weaver is joined by Sunayna Tuteja, Head of Digital Assets at TD Ameritrade. Sunayna begins by telling us her background in finance and how she ended up in the cryptocurrency sector. TD Ameritrade aims to aid clients with adoption of cryptocurrency and lead the industry in technological innovations. We hear how Sunayna joined TD Ameritrade to spearhead their digital transformation while looking at emerging technology to continually add value for customers and the...
Episode 307: Crypto Crimes with CipherTrace
June 18, 2020 14:00 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MBToday, guest host Nikki Del Principe is joined by Dave Jevans, CEO of CipherTrace. Dave begins by telling us how he first discovered crypto in 1999 when he got involved in the Cypherpunk movement and how that led him to become a founder of CipherTrace. The goal of CipherTrace is to make cryptocurrencies globally available and safe for everyone, including banks and other financial institutions. CipherTrace provides services to crypto exchanges to ensure that their customers are not using thei...
Episode 306: Blockchain Education with Hercode
June 04, 2020 14:00 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBToday we’re joined by three very talented ladies from Hercode: Nicky Campa, Avalon Barrie, and Heidi Pease. The three begin by telling us their backgrounds and what led to their involvement in the blockchain industry, each bringing unique qualities and experiences to the team. Hercode is an initiative within LA Blockchain Lab that focuses on women and diversity in the blockchain space. Over the past year, Hercode has worked with the USC Viterbi School of Engineering to provide courses to t...
Episode 305: Special on Communications During Crisis
May 14, 2020 14:00 - 31 minutes - 28.5 MBNikki Del Principe, Director of Content Strategy at Melrose PR, hosts this special episode of Crypto Token Talk focused on "Communications During Crisis" in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. Kelsey McGuire, Co-Head of Experiential Marketing at ConsenSys, and Kelley Weaver, CEO of Melrose PR and usual host of Crypto Token Talk, join this episode as guests. We begin with Kelley and Kelsey sharing best practices for PR and marketing during periods of crisis. Key points include: Know You...
Episode 304: ScaDe with Emre Tekisalp of Coda Protocol
May 07, 2020 14:00 - 22 minutes - 20.6 MBIn today’s episode Melrose PR Director of Content Strategy Nikki Del Principe guest-hosts Emre Tekisalp. Emre is the Head of Business Development at O(1) Labs, the team behind Coda Protocol. Before joining O(1) Labs, Emre was at Coinbase, the largest exchange in the U.S., and found his way into crypto back in 2015 through roles at Ripple and a few other projects. When you look at blockchains in general, starting with Bitcoin, one of the biggest struggles is how to make these virtual machin...
Episode 303: The Blockchain Trilemma with Michelle Chuang of Asensys
April 16, 2020 14:00 - 18 minutes - 16.6 MBIn today’s episode of Crypto Token Talk our guest is Michelle Chuang, COO of Asensys. She spent 20 years in marketing consumer brands before moving into crypto and blockchain. The lack of data security online is what originally sparked her interest in uses of blockchain technology to improve the digital economy. She discusses why decentralization is key to the security of blockchain systems, but that, historically, these networks have had difficulty achieving high performance while retaining...
Episode 302: Crypto Lending with Alex Mashinsky of Celsius Network
April 02, 2020 14:00 - 24 minutes - 22.3 MBOur guest for today is Alex Mashinsky, Founder and CEO of Celsius Network. He came to the US as an immigrant 30 years ago and became a serial founder in the tech space. A colleague showed Alex Satoshi Nakamoto’s Bitcoin Whitepaper in 2009, but it took him until 2013 to understand the brilliance of decentralized networks. We all need banks, but they charge fees for everything. Celsius Network offers an alternative. The company now has over 600 million dollars from over 77,000 global users ...
Episode 301: Data and Digital Assets with Tongtong Gong of Amberdata
March 19, 2020 14:00 - 23 minutes - 21.4 MBOur guest for today is Tongtong Gong, COO and Co-founder of Amberdata. She moved to the U.S. from Beijing, China when she was 17 years old, and her inability to speak English properly influenced her to choose Computer Science as an area of study because programming languages actually felt less intimidating to her. She started learning about crypto in 2013 and kept diving deeper from there. Amberdata is a data infrastructure company that provides blockchain network data and market data in a...
Season 2 Finale: Bitcoin Cashback with Will Reeves
December 19, 2019 15:00 - 29 minutes - 26.7 MBIn the Season 2 finale, CEO of Fold Will Reeves is our special guest. Prior to dedicating himself full-time to Fold, he worked in consumer tech and payments in Silicon Valley. He has experienced the challenges and rewards involved with both running his own startups and working for massive companies. Will credits his first time hearing about bitcoin to a friend he met when he was living in Argentina who explained why it could be useful as a global currency. Will organized a pilot called Lig...
Episode 216: GiveBitcoin with Cory Klippsten
December 05, 2019 15:00 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MBThe Founder of GiveBitcoin, Cory Klippsten, is our guest on today’s podcast. He has had a long career in big technology, having worked for the likes of Microsoft and Google. After leaving Google in 2013, Cory became involved with startups as an investor, advisor, and occasionally an operator. Cory got involved with Bitcoin in May of 2017 and recalls that the price and social signaling from his professional network were large factors in attracting him. There is a lot of noise in the cryptoc...
Episode 215: Crypto Yelp with Kevin Ting
November 21, 2019 15:00 - 18 minutes - 16.9 MBKevin Ting, Co-founder of CryptoCanary, joins us in this episode. He is a crypto entrepreneur who has a background in engineering. After graduating, Kevin went to Silicon Valley to join the startup space and got involved on the business side tech before diving into crypto. After first discovering Bitcoin in 2013, Kevin learned about Ethereum in 2017 and all of its possibilities. These days, Kevin educates new crypto users through the media group, Bitcoin For Beginners. On the YouTube chann...
Episode 214: Cryptopreneurs with Dennis Lewis
November 07, 2019 17:46 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MBIn this episode, Kelley Weaver chats with Dennis Lewis, author of Behold the Cryptopreneurs: How to thrive in the new blockchain economy without feeling slimy. Dennis got into the space a few years ago when a friend called him up who needed help marketing an initial coin offering (ICO). Dennis has seen many projects fail, prompting him to identify areas in which crypto companies should improve. He expresses changes that need to be made so that cryptocurrency doesn’t end up as a speculative...
Episode 213: Breaking a Record with the Women of CryptoMondays
October 24, 2019 14:00 - 59 minutes - 54.1 MBToday’s episode was recorded on-site at the Crypto Mondays LA meetup co-hosted with crypto consulting, business solutions, and investing firm BitPros. At this event, Crypto Token Talk Host Kelley Weaver and other attendees set out to break the record for most women to ever attend a crypto meetup. An all-star panel drew a packed room of both women and men, leading the group to shatter the existing record. Kelley fills listeners in on the context of the event before launching into a panel feat...
Episode 212: Dan Conway on Confessions of a Crypto Millionaire
October 10, 2019 14:00 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MBDan Conway is our guest in this episode. He is the author of Confessions of a Crypto Millionaire: My Unlikely Escape from Corporate America. Dan discovered Ethereum when he was working as an executive with a large company at a time when his job was unstable. When first reading about Ethereum, Dan believed that it had the power to take on big corporations someday. He shares his views on what Ethereum will become but admits that it is not ready for scaling yet. In the future, Dan believes th...
Episode 211: Digital Gold with Cynthia Blanchard and Julie Mei
September 26, 2019 14:00 - 32 minutes - 29.5 MBTwo guests from the AnthemGold and Hercules projects join us for this episode. Cynthia Blanchard is the Co-Founder and President of these companies, while Julie Mei is the Chief Technology Officer. Cynthia’s husband, Anthem Blanchard, was adopted into a family with a deep history involving gold. She shares the story of how her father-in-law, James U. Blanchard III, led the charge in lifting laws restricting ownership of gold in the United States. AnthemGold aims to build on Blanchard’s vis...
Episode 210: Dash Payments with Michael Seitz
September 12, 2019 14:00 - 22 minutes - 20.6 MBToday’s guest is Michael Seitz, Marketing Manager at Dash Core Group. He lives in San Diego and first learned of cryptocurrency in 2012. Dash is a payment-focused cryptocurrency whose team introduced the idea of master nodes to the crypto landscape. Master nodes work by having major stakeholders park their Dash on a second server and earn Dash for providing the essential network service of verifying transactions. Michael began researching crypto seriously in 2014, and actually made his fir...
Episode 209: Bitcoin Pizza with Sam Radocchia
August 22, 2019 14:00 - 35 minutes - 32.5 MBSam Radocchia is back for her second appearance on the podcast in today’s episode. She is part of the Chronicled team, a company which builds blockchain protocols for supply chain management in the pharmaceutical industry. Because of the misinformation that exists in the blockchain space, Sam wrote the book Bitcoin Pizza to educate newcomers about it. She says that writing this book was one of the hardest things she has ever done. We hear about an interesting method that Sam used to write...
Episode 208: Blockchain For Everyone with Sir John Hargrave
August 08, 2019 14:00 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MBSir John Hargrave, author of the book Blockchain for Everyone, is here on today’s episode. He is also the CEO of Media Shower, a blockchain media company that publishes Bitcoin Market Journal for about 100,000 readers each month. Media Shower is all about explaining cryptocurrency in simple terms and having fun with it. Because of John’s focus on helping new users get started with crypto, he is able to provide insight on the best way to join the community and begin investing. John explains...
Episode 207: Zuck Bucks with Colin Fausnaught
July 25, 2019 06:59 - 28 minutes - 65.8 MBToday’s guest is Colin Fausnaught, the founder of Zuck Bucks. He is a recent graduate of the Rochester Institute of Technology and worked on JP Morgan’s Quorum blockchain for his senior project. Colin begins by giving an overview of issues that Facebook has come under fire for this year. He believes that political advertising practices on the social network are being taken advantage of by malicious parties. This brings up Facebook’s announcement of their own cryptocurrency, Libra. Colin g...
Episode 206: Crypto Law with Rebecca Rettig and Marc Boiron
July 18, 2019 14:00 - 29 minutes - 26.9 MBRebecca Rettig and Marc Boiron, both partners at FisherBroyles, join us for this episode. The two work together on a daily basis, with Rebecca having more litigation expertise and Marc having more technical expertise. Rebecca discusses how the origins of crypto were based in anarchist/cypherpunk ideas but that crypto is now becoming much more mainstream. She says crypto functions like cash but is better than gold. Marc adds that he thinks one of the best aspects of crypto is that it brings...
Episode 205: Crypto Hedge Funds, Mining, and More with Rena Shah
June 27, 2019 14:00 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBToday Rena Shah, Head of Operations at Ember Fund, joins the podcast. Ember Fund, a mobile investment app where you essentially can invest like a crypto hedge fund, aims to provide outsized returns for everyone with little money and a few steps. Ember Fund is the only mobile, non-custodial, managed cryptocurrency portfolio on the market. Rena believes she got into crypto in the weirdest possible way, so she takes us through how that happened, which started with evaluating a deal for a pee...
Episode 204: The BitBus and the Future of Bitcoin by CryptoStache
June 06, 2019 14:00 - 31 minutes - 28.5 MBShea Newkirk, also known as “The Stache” in the cryptocurrency world, is today’s guest. He is a crypto educator and enthusiast, and the founder of The CryptoStache, which began in 2017 about four years after Shea first invested in bitcoin. Shea brings us through his beginnings in cryptocurrency, starting with when he first heard about bitcoin but did not invest. He was later inspired to begin blogging because his friends didn’t want to listen to his thoughts about this emerging currenc...
Episode 203: Special Joint Episode with The Coin Boys
May 30, 2019 14:00 - 57 minutes - 52.5 MBIn this special joint episode recorded with Crypto Token Talk host Kelley Weaver and guest-host Nikki Brown with The Coin Boys hosts Andy Steig and Daniel Gutierrez, the podcast hosts come together for a lively discussion of all things blockchain and crypto. Each host tells the story of how he/she got into crypto in the first place and shares thoughts on how blockchain can achieve mass adoption. As a first course of action, crypto enthusiasts need to use decentralized applications. Equally e...
Episode 202: Make Bitcoin Fun Again with David Bailey
May 16, 2019 14:00 - 23 minutes - 21.3 MBEpisode 202: Make Bitcoin Fun Again with David Bailey Sitting down with us today is David Bailey, Co-founder and CEO of BTC Inc. Kelley describes him as one of the original lovers of bitcoin and one of the first people that got her interested in the currency. David starts by telling us how he discovered bitcoin and his transition from skeptic to proponent. His company began as a publication under a different name but became BTC Inc after multiple acquisitions and now becoming the blockc...
Episode 201: Ken Brook (MetaX), Nash Foster (Pyrofex), and Tijana Damjanovic Gertner (Anchor) on Achieving Mass Adoption
May 02, 2019 14:00 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MBKicking off season two, this episode was recorded at the Crypto Invest Summit 2019 in Los Angeles. Joining Kelley Weaver are Tijana Damjanovic Gertner (Chief Marketing Officer of Anchor), Nash Foster (CEO of Pyrofex), and Ken Brooke (CEO of MetaX). The panel gives an explanation of their projects before getting into the focus of the discussion: mass adoption of blockchain technology. The three guests are first asked about what their favorite use cases of blockchain are and how they are app...
Episode 159: Bryce Bladon on the Impact of CryptoKitties
January 10, 2019 15:00 - 25 minutes - 23 MBThis week we feature Bryce Bladon, Founding Team Member of CryptoKitties and Director of Communications at Dapper Labs. For the past decade, he has been a communications consultant specializing in finding use cases for emerging technology. Bryce tells us about the launch of CryptoKitties in 2017, explains the game and its significance. He discusses the possibility of CryptoKitties being interoperable with other blockchain-based games in the future and how CryptoKitties may improve adoption g...
Episode 158: Ian Balina on Trading Strategy
January 03, 2019 19:53 - 32 minutes - 30.1 MBOur guest today is Ian Balina, a full-time cryptocurrency investor who has travelled to 20 countries this year alone to research blockchain projects. He first became interested in blockchain while working at IBM. After making a humble investment into Bitcoin and Ethereum, Ian conducted additional research into blockchain, before finally quitting his job to invest full-time. He began by creating a spreadsheet of investment requirements to help him choose projects, a skill he had garnered in t...