Decrypt Asia - Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Podcast
52 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 5 years ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsDecrypt Asia aims to decode and demystify the Asian Blockchain and Cryptocurrency ecosystem by producing educational notes and interviewing investors, entrepreneurs, technologists and industry insiders on a weekly basis. We are a community of learners, seekers and doers in a post-Bitcoin world, eager to be a part of the greatest technological revolution of our lifetimes since the Internet.
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Ep. #48: Growing the Crypto Ecosystem with Ella Zhang (Binance Labs)
September 02, 2019 09:40 - 22 minutes - 31.6 MBWe managed to catch the very busy Ella Zhang, Head of Binance Labs, on the sidelines of a conference in Singapore to get all the scoop about Binance Labs, what her team has been up to and what they plan to achieve going forward. Tune in to hear about: Ella’s very interesting background and how she came to be a part of Binance Labs Mandate of Binance Labs Three key pillars - incubation, fellowship and direct investment Fellowship - https://medium.com/binance-labs/introducing-the-bina...
Ep. #47: Layer 2 Scaling with Jack O’Holleran (CEO Skale Labs)
August 18, 2019 14:46 - 30 minutes - 41.7 MBFollowing our discussion with Matic Network, we speak to the CEO of Skale Labs which is also trying to build a layer 2 solution to solve the problem of Ethereum Scalability. Tune in to hear about: Evolution of enterprise software - on-premises > cloud > open-source Importance of community for open-source software Implications of AWS going down and how Blockchain technology plays in ensuring 100% uptime Ethereum Scalability Why Skale Labs chose to go down the side-chain path What...
Ep. #46: Sharding with Nick White (Co-founder Harmony Protocol)
June 11, 2019 15:23 - 32 minutes - 44.4 MBFollowing our discussion with the Zilliqa team, we decided to speak to another Blockchain Protocol that is trying to solve the problem of Scalability through Sharding. Hear Nick White, one of the co-founders of Harmony, tell us about what is unique about their Project as well as the IEO that took place recently on the Binance Launchpad.Tune in to hear about:What is sharding?Difference between Transaction Sharding and State ShardingHow does Harmony achieve State SharingHow does the overall Har...
Ep. #45: Smart contracts on Bitcoin with Diego Zaldívar (Rootstock)
May 22, 2019 15:33 - 36 minutes - 50.3 MBWe speak to Diego Gutiérrez Zaldívar, CEO and co-founder of Rootstock or RSK (https://www.rsk.co/) and RIF Labs (https://www.rifos.org/). Rootstock, most famously, is known for putting smart contract functionality on the Bitcoin Blockchain.Tune in to hear about:Diego’s interesting background and how he got into cryptoWhat Rootstock is and the concept of Merge Mining?How Rootstock helps the Bitcoin miners by generating additional returns for them (related to the concept of Merge Mining)?Why sh...
Ep. #44: Stablecoin adoption through E-Commerce with Dan Shin (Terra)
May 13, 2019 07:42 - 32 minutes - 45.4 MBWe speak to Dan Shin, Co-founder of Terra (https://terra.money/). Prior to Terra, Dan is most notably known for being the Founder and Chairman of TMON (http://www.tmon.co.kr). TMON or Ticket Monster is a Unicorn out of South Korea which was started in 2010 and had a mobile first approach to e-commerce. Now Dan is launching a stable coin that aims to drive adoption through his experience and networks in the e-commerce industry. Tune in to hear about: Going on the mainnet and what that’s l...
Ep. #43: Crypto in India with the founders of Blockchained India
May 02, 2019 00:20 - 46 minutes - 64.1 MBGiven the recent conversations about the Government of India banning Crypto again (https://www.coindesk.com/indian-government-again-discussing-ban-on-cryptocurrencies-report), we decided to speak to the co-founders of Blockchained India (https://blockchainedindia.com/), an organisation trying to spread the word of crypto and drive conversations around crypto-regulations Tune in to hear about: How Blockchained India came about and how it’s structured What are the chapters and what are th...
Ep. #42: Sandeep Nailwal from Matic Network (Scalability Solution)
April 21, 2019 14:35 - 5 MBIn this episode, we speak top Sandeep Nailwal, Co-Founder and COO of Matic Network. Matic js one of the leading projects coming out of India and most notably, will be having its token sale on the Binance Launchpad (https://launchpad.binance.com/) in April 24, 2019 Tune in to hear about: Sandeep’s story and how Matic came about Digging into Scalability at the Layer 1 (Sharding) and Layer 2 solutions (state channels and sidechains/plasma) Where does Matic fit into the picture? Digging d...
Ep. #41: Jason Fang from Sora Ventures at Deconomy 2019
April 16, 2019 18:31 - 22 minutes - 30.4 MBFollowing our interview with #Hashed from Korea, we speak to another Asian Fund Manager - Jason Fang from Sora Ventures who shuttles between Hong Kong and Shanghai. Fascinating insights about how he went about setting up his fund and what’s happening in China Tune in to hear about: His background and starting his career at Fenbushi Capital Interest in crypto from Family Offices in Asia and fundraising efforts in crypto Transition from primary into secondary markets in late 2018/2019 ...
Ep. #40: Baek Kim from #Hashed (Crypto fund in Korea) at Deconomy 2019
April 08, 2019 15:21 - 5 MBWe record this episode in an empty locker room that we found on the sidelines of Deconomy 2019 (a Crypto and Blockchain conference in Seoul, South Korea). We speak to Baek Kim who is an Investor at one of the most widely known crypto funds globally, #Hashed. In this episode, we are also joined by John Riggins who heads up BTC Media’s (https://b.tc/) Asia efforts and who will be a regular host on the Decrypt Asia podcasts. Tune in to hear about: Baek’s background, how he got into crypto a...
Ep. #39: Zilliqa – The Sharded Blockchain with Xinshu Dong (CEO Zilliqa)
March 26, 2019 06:31 - 30 minutes - 41.7 MBIn this week’s episode, we speak to Xinshu Dong, the CEO of much talked about Blockchain protocol Zilliqa. Tune in to hear about: • Xinshu’s background, how Zilliqa came about and the backstory behind how the name came about • What sharding is and why this method was chosen to solve the problem of scalability • How Zilliqa stands relative to its competitors such as Ethereal, Dfinity and Algorand • Zilliqa’s network design and sample transaction • Discussions around the recent main net launch...
Ep. #38: Crypto-investing with Roger Lim (NEO Global Capital)
March 05, 2019 02:16 - 20 minutes - 28.3 MBRoger Lim is the Founding Partner at NEO Global Capital (NGC), one of the world’s largest and most successful cryptocurrency funds. He is advisor to some of the top crypto projects globally such as MultiVAC, Tomochain etc. He was previously a VC and Angel Investor in the ‘traditional’ startup space before making the transition to crypto. Tune in to hear about: Roger’s background and how he got into crypto How NGC came about Details about the funds: fund structure, who are the LPs, ti...
Ep. #37: Using derivatives to take crypto mainstream with Darius and Joshua (QCP Capital)
February 25, 2019 08:18 - 5 MBIn this episode, we speak to the co-founders of QCP Capital - Darius Sit and Joshua Ho. QCP Capital has quickly established itself as a leading prop trading shop and a go-to OTC agent for many in the Southeast Asian region and beyond. Tune in to hear about: Their varied backgrounds, how they got into crypto and how QCP capital came about (hint: it involves a lot of flying around the world to do arbitrage) What is QCP Capital’s business and offering Get a peek into some of the strategi...
Ep. #36: Tokenised Gold with KC Chng (Digix Global)
February 18, 2019 04:25 - 32 minutes - 44.2 MBKai is the Founder and CEO of Digix Global, the company that is tokenising gold and putting it on the Blockchain. Kai was previously an FX trader on Wall Street before getting into crypto in 2014. Digix Global holds the distinction of being the first token sale on the Ethereum Protocol Tune in to hear about:Kai’s background and what made him get into crypto so early onWhat Digix Global is trying to doColoured coins and early days of DigixExperience of doing first token sale on EthereumDGX and...
Ep. #35 Fireside chat with Ted Lin (Chief Growth Officer Binance)
February 14, 2019 08:41 - 17 minutes - 40.4 MBWe caught Ted Lin, the Chief Growth Officer at Binance, on the sidelines of the Binance Blockchain Week in Singapore recently. Prior to joining Binance, Ted has held several roles in sales and marketing across financial institutions and technology companies. Tune in to hear about: Background, how he got into crypto and Binance His role as the Chief Growth Officer at Binance on the commercial, education and growth aspects Thoughts on some key announcements from Binance - EUR, GBP fiat exchan...
Ep. #34: Fireside chat with Anthony ‘Pomp’ Pompliano – Binance Blockchain Week 2019
February 03, 2019 14:08 - 23 minutes - 31.8 MBAnthony is the Founder and Partner at Morgan Creek Digital. He also writes a popular daily newsletter analysing crypto news for institutional investors called Off The Chain (http://offthechain.substack.com) Prior to founding his fund, Pomp spearheaded Growth and Product at Snapchat and Facebook respectively along with a 6 year stint as a Sergeant in the US army. Tune in to hear about: p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'}p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px...
Ep. #33: Fireside chat with Michael Arrington (Partner at Arrington XRP Capital)
January 27, 2019 12:24 - 22 minutes - 51.9 MBWe speak to the former founder of TechCrunch and CrunchFund, Michael Arrington on the sidelines of the #BinanceBlockchainWeek in Singapore.Tune in to hear about:Background, how he got into crypto and what that journey’s been likeThoughts on Singapore!Investment thesisThoughts on different kinds of founders and what he looks out forThoughts on the dot-com bubble and lessons to be learnt for crypto-investments
Ep. #32: Former builder of Internet and early Amazon employee – Jonathan Kochmer (APAC Head RChain)
January 16, 2019 11:39 - 1 hour - 81.1 MBIn this episode, we speak to Jonathan Kochmer, who is the Founder of RChain Asia. Beyond his fascinating life story and career trajectory, he has in his own words:helped create a new treatment for palliative care of mesothelioma (extending his father’s life several years);had two original songs reach the top 40 on US AAA broadcast radio;discovered a species; andhad the unusual honor of Jeff Bezos referring to him as “a genius… and a gentleman”.Tune in to hear about:His fascinating life story ...
Ep. #31: Top 10 DApp on Ethereum with Co-Founder of Etheremon (Nedrick Ngo)
November 25, 2018 08:56 - 37 minutes - 34.3 MBIn this episode, we speak to the co-founder of the very popular game and one of the top DApp on the Ethereum Network - Etheremon (https://www.etheremon.com/). Tune in to hear about: Nedrick’s background and how he got into Blockchain/Crypto About Etheremon End to end user journey for someone playing the game Role of the EMont token Integration with Decentraland (https://decentraland.org/) and how they’re leveraging Kyber Network (https://kyber.network/) Etheremon’s business mode...
Ep. #30: Cryptocurrency/Blockchain Fund with Czhang Lin (MD JRR Crypto)
November 04, 2018 13:42 - 20 minutes - 18.5 MBIn this episode, we speak to Czhang Lin who is the Managing Director at JRR Crypto. JRR Crypto is a Swiss Cryptocurrency/Blockchain Fund with a Chinese team which invests in both Crypto projects and the Crypto Ecosystem. They are the second biggest equity shareholder in the Crypto Exchange with one of the highest trading volumes - Binance! Czhang is a Taiwanese Canadian who grew up in Poland and took his family business public on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. He is an alumnus of INSEAD and Tsin...
Korean Ep. #3: Quality storytelling by content curation optimization by Yoon Kim, Founder of Starfeed
November 01, 2018 22:33 - 17 minutes - 16.2 MBIn our 3rd episode (Korean), we invited Yoon Kim, a founder of Starfeed, a blockchain content curation media in South Korea.Yoon shares about the importance of quality storytelling around the blockchain and cryptocurrency content publishing and his vision in building a trustworthy network of people and organizations in the industry.Key insights from this episode:Too many cryptocurrencies and blockchain content…how can I help curate the most useful content?About blockchain content curation med...
Korean Ep. #2: From ‘0’ to the largest crypto asset management app in Korea, by Kain Seo, CSO and Co-founder of Coin Manager
October 31, 2018 03:30 - 32 minutes - 30.4 MBIn our Korean podcast 2nd episode, we interviewed Kain Seo, CSO and Co-founder of Coin Manager, the largest crypto asset management app in South Korea. Kain shared about his journey in developing a crypto asset management app from '0' to the largest user base in South Korea and his perspectives around the cryptocurrency and its service providers in South Korea. Key insights from this episode: From '0' to the largest crypto asset management app in Korea What is Coin Manager? Our diver...
Ep. #29: Regulations, Compliance, Security Tokens & Stablecoins with Patrick Tan (General Counsel, Compton Hughes)
October 28, 2018 16:22 - 34 minutes - 30 MBIn this epsiode, we speak to Patrick Tan (https://www.linkedin.com/in/patricktankoontat/), General Partner and Counsel at Compton Hughes. Patrick is a self professed ‘entrepreneur first and a lawyer second’. He has previously practiced law, founded companies and in his most recent role founded a Statistical Arbitrage Crypto Hedge Fund. Tune in to this episode to hear about: Patrick’s journey in the Blockchain and Cryptocurrency ecosystem Regulatory environment in general – SEC, China, M...
Ep. #28: Hedera Hashgraph, a novel Consensus mechanism with Edgar Seah (APAC Head Hedera)
October 21, 2018 09:16 - 37 minutes - 33.5 MBThe Hedera Hashgraph platform provides a new form of distributed consensus - it is a fast, secure, fair 'Blockchain' with a novel Governance mechanism. In this episode, we speak to the APAC Head of Hedera, Edgar Seah. Edgar has a very eclectic background with stints in Investment Banking, NGOs and corporates aroud the globe. Tune in to hear about: Edgar’s background and how ended up as Hedera Hashgraph’s Asia’s head History of Hashgraph (consensus mechanism) Hashgraph is leveraged in a...
Ep. #27: Email on Blockchain with George Hartley (Co-founder Sendy)
October 12, 2018 17:16 - 25 minutes - 23.6 MBOur guest for this episode is George Hartley, co-founder of Sendy. Sendy is aiming to bring about improvements to emails by rewarding the attention of email receivers through cryptocurrencies. The attention is rewarded in Sendy tokens which can be purchased by advertisers. George comes from a mixture of marketing and product background having worked with several startups and marketing agencies. Tune in to hear about: George's background and journey in the blockchain/crypto space Views ...
Korean Ep. #1: How I became the top Korean YouTube influencer by ex-head of Coinsight, Dasom Song
October 12, 2018 16:38 - 27 minutes - 25.6 MBWe are excited to announce a release of the Korean podcast at Decrypt.Asia today! Our first guest is Dasom Song, one of the top Korean YouTube influencers in the blockchain/cryptocurrency industry, an ex-head of Coinsight. She shared her journey to become the top influencer and what triggered her interest in the blockchain space. Key insights from this episode: How I got into the blockchain rabbit hole Be the 'W' The first view count of 50,000!!! A note for the beginners What I ...
Ep. #26: Infinite cash, monetary policies and synchronicity with Andrew Pantyukhin Pt. 2/2 (CEO Tangem)
September 30, 2018 17:00 - 39 minutes - 34.2 MBIn the second part of the interview with Andrew Pantyukhin, we speak about certain topics that occupy a great deal of his mindshare beyond the company that he is trying to build (Tangem - https://tangem.com/) Tune in to hear about: Concept of money as a means of communication Making cryptocurrencies ubiquitous - infinite cash for everyone (along the lines of Universal Basic Income) Optimistic and pessimistic views how the world looks like in a few years Subsistence economies and mone...
Ep. #25: Banknotes for Cryptoassets with Andrew Pantyukhin Pt. 1/2 (CEO Tangem)
September 23, 2018 13:47 - 44 minutes - 39.1 MBIn this episode, we speak to Andrew Pantyukhin, the CEO of Tangem. Tangem is aiming to make cryptocurrencies more accessible to everyday individuals by allowing people to store them in smart and secure banknotes. These banknotes can then be used to purchase items or make transactions just like how we use banknotes today. Andrew has held several roles in various tech businesses prior to founding Tangem. He is a product guy with background in technology and Venture Capital. Tune in to hear ab...
Ep. #24: Decentralized CryptoBanking with Alex Wearn (CEO Aurora/IDEX)
September 11, 2018 02:25 - 52 minutes - 49.7 MBAurora is a decentralized financial platform with IDEX, a hybrid decentralized exchange, as its first product. Subsequent products will include margin lending on the hybrid exchange and a stablecoin to support the Cryptocurrency bank (called Decentralized Capital) Our guest for this episode is Alex Wearn, CEO of Aurora DAO. He has previously worked with IBM and Adobe and is a graduate of Kellogg School of Management. Tune in to hear about: Alex’s background, introduction and journey in c...
Ep. #23: Android AppStore adopting Cryptocurrency with Tiago Alves (VP APAC AppCoins)
September 06, 2018 11:07 - 34 minutes - 30.9 MBAppCoins (https://appcoins.io/) is a blockchain-based open-source protocol for the App Economy supported by the Aptoide App Store (http://www.aptoide.com/). It proposes to move to the blockchain three of the most critical flows of App stores: (i)advertising, (ii) in-app purchases and (iii) developer’s reputation. Our guest for this show is Tiago Alves, the VP Asia Pacific of AppCoins. Tiago has held several roles in the Telecommunications industry mainly in Portugal before taking up a role a...
Ep. #22: Cryptocurrency Exchange & P2P Marketplace with Rahul Raj (CEO Koinex)
August 26, 2018 05:51 - 55 minutes - 47.9 MBOur guest for this episode is Rahul Raj, CEO and co-founder of Koinex (https://koinex.in/). Koinex is one of India’s leading cryptocurrency exchanges and peer to peer marketplaces which is backed by leading investors such as Pantera Capital (https://www.panteracapital.com/) and Beenext (https://www.beenext.com/). Rahul is a graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology and has dabbled in various startups and social entrepreneurship initiatives before starting Koinex. Tune in to hear about:...
Ep. #21: Blockchain Community/ Co-Living, Co-Working space with See Eun and Young Hoon (Co-Founders Nonce Community)
August 15, 2018 15:17 - 1 hour - 71.6 MBOur first guest for this episode is See Eun who was into breakdancing and danced professionally for more than 10 years. He served in the military, curated and wrote for a hip-hop blog and lead hip-hop education efforts before the Bitcoin bug bit him. He started ‘The Blockchainers”, the first Blockchain Cryptocurrency YouTube channel in Korea with his co-host Young Hoon who is the other guest on the show. Young Hoon majored in math and computer science at the University of Oxford and upon gra...
Ep. #20: Fintech/Blockchain Hub with Joe Seunghyun Cho (Founding CEO Lattice 80)
August 10, 2018 13:13 - 27 minutes - 31.4 MBOur guest for this episode is Joe Seunghyun Cho. Joe has been a hedge fund manager and has run an asset management company before founding Lattice 80, one of the world’s largest fintech and blockchain hubs in Singapore. Joe has been a mentor to several young companies and regularly coordinates with the government and larger corporations to support the startup ecosystem. Tune in to this episode to find out about: Joe’s background How Lattice 80, the world’s biggest fintech/blockchain hub...
Ep. #19: Decentralised Service Marketplace with JP Thor (CEO CanYa)
July 30, 2018 12:20 - 33 minutes - 29.8 MBOur guest for this show is JP Thor, CEO of CanYa, a global marketplace of peer-to-peer services with a cryptocurrency payment layer. JP is a former Air Force pilot, an early Bitcoin adopter and a Blockchain ambassador. He serves as an advisor to multiple Blockchain startups including Loki and Trust Wallet. Tune in to hear about: Background and transition from being an air force pilot to the blockchain/cryptocurrency ecosystem Why JP started a decentralised service marketplace What do...
Ep. #18: Data Provenance and Authenticity using Blockchain with Mike Davie (Founder Quadrant Protocol)
July 16, 2018 02:28 - 26 minutes - 24.7 MBMike Davie is the Founder of Quadrant Protocol, a Blockchain project that allows for easy access, creation and distribution of data. Mike was a member of the Advanced Mobile Product Strategy Division at Samsung where he developed go-to-market strategies for cutting edge technologies created in the Samsung R&D Labs. Thereafter, he founded DataStreamX, an online marketplace for real time data allowing companies that produce data to easily monetize and distribute it and allowing data consumers ...
Ep. #17: Cryptocurrency Aggregator with Sharan Nair (SVP Marketing & BD CoinSwitch)
July 03, 2018 15:52 - 27 minutes - 24.3 MBCoinSwitch is a Sequoia backed cryptocurrency aggregator. A cryptocurrency aggregator allows users to buy and sell multiple cryptocurrencies across various exchanges without creating multiple accounts while getting to choose the best prices across exchanges. Sharan is currently the Senior Vice President of Marketing and Business Development at CoinSwitch. Prior to this role, he was the Vice President of Marketing and Communications at Unocoin, one of India’s largest fiat to crypto exchanges....
Ep. #16: Tokenised Index Fund with Aditya Mishra (COO ZenPrivex/108 Token)
June 25, 2018 16:19 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBAditya Mishra is the Co-founder and COO of ZenPrivex. ZenPrivex is an umbrella company with different product offerings in the Blockchain and crypto space. One of their first products is the 108 token which is a token representing an indexed fund with the top 15 cryptocurrencies rebalanced on a monthly basis. Prior to his journey in the Blockchain space, Aditya or Adi was involved in the secondary private equity markets. Tune in to hear about: Background of the team Adi's journey in bl...
Ep. #15 Crypto investing mental models and frameworks with Meher Roy Pt. 2/2 (Host of Epicenter and Co-founder Chorus One)
June 17, 2018 17:01 - 45 minutes - 38.2 MBMeher is a fellow podcaster and host of Epicenter, one of the most well respected Blockchain podcasts in the industry with guests such as Vitalik Buterin, Adam Back, Gavin Andresen, Ralph Merkle regularly featuring on his show. He has also recently started a new company called Chorus One where his company is building validator nodes for Proof of Stake Blockchain networks such as Cosmos. Meher is a graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology or IIT and worked in the pharmaceutical and heal...
Ep. #14: Crypto Twitter, Bitcoin and Proof of Stake Nodes with Meher Roy Pt. 1/2 (Host of Epicenter and Co-founder Chorus One)
June 10, 2018 15:29 - 46 minutes - 39.1 MBMeher is a fellow podcaster and host of Epicenter, one of the most well respected Blockchain podcasts in the industry with guests such as Vitalik Buterin, Adam Back, Gavin Andresen, Ralph Merkle regularly featuring on his show. He has also recently started a new company called Chorus One where his company is building validator nodes for Proof of Stake Blockchain networks such as Cosmos. Meher is a graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology or IIT and worked in the pharmaceutical and heal...
Ep. #13: Location Data Marketplace on Blockchain with Justin Mann (Co-founder Fysical)
June 05, 2018 17:19 - 31 minutes - 28.6 MBFysical is a location data marketplace which connects location suppliers i.e you and me to location buyers which could be marketing agencies, hedge funds, insurance companies amongst others. Justin co-founded Fysical labs, from which Fysical has been spun out, in Boston in 2014. Fysical was accepted into the 500 startups accelerator in the summer of 2016. Sensing a big opportunity in Asia, Justin and his team moved to Singapore from Silicon Valley to build out Fysical. Tune in to hear about...
Ep. #12: Insurance on Blockchain with Val Yap (CEO PolicyPal Network)
May 29, 2018 14:05 - 43 minutes - 40 MBPolicyPal Network aims to leverage the Blockchain technology to make insurance more accessible for consumers by creating a peer-to-peer insurance platform. It also aims to cater to the needs of the crypto ecosystem by providing insurance services to Blockchain startups during their initial launch. Our guest for today’s show is Val Yap, the Founder and CEO of PolicyPal and the PolicyPal Network based out Singapore. After graduating, she worked in varying capacities in the Financial Services i...
Ep. #11: Authenticity of Products on Blockchain with Andrew Rasheed (CEO Devery)
May 20, 2018 08:00 - 21 minutes - 19.2 MBDevery is an Australian company that has leveraged the Blockchain to create a product verification tool. It helps to ensure that the authenticity of products is maintained which allows e-commerce players as well as other businesses to ensure that their supply chain is secure. Devery recently concluded a successful ICO reaching their hard cap in 17 seconds after the lifting of the contribution caps. Our guest for today’s show is Andrew Rasheed, Founder and CEO of Devery. Before founding Dever...
Ep. #10: E-Commerce Services (Login, payments etc.) on Blockchain with Alastair Johnson (CEO Nuggets)
May 15, 2018 05:42 - 43 minutes - 40.4 MBWe speak to Alastair Johnson, Founder and CEO of Nuggets. Nuggets is a consumer Blockchain product that helps users to login, pay and verify their identity using biometrics without the need for sharing their data and protecting their privacy. Tune in to this episode to hear about: Alastair’s background and how Nuggets came about (how his credit card was used fraudulently) What are the problems that Nuggets is addressing - data privacy in login, payment and ID verification - and its appl...
Ep. #09: Databases on Blockchain with Pavel Bains (CEO Bluzelle)
May 06, 2018 18:20 - 34 minutes - 30.6 MBThis week, we speak to Pavel Bains, CEO of Bluzelle Networks. Bluzelle is a decentralized database using Blockchain technology. Bluzelle allows individuals to rent any spare computer storage space to application developers to earn cryptotokens. Tune in to hear about: Pavel's background, journey in Blockchain and why he moved from Canada to Singapore to start Bluzelle Bluzelle's prior work with banks and insurance companies (including HSBC, OCBC, MUFG, AIA etc.) and how that lead to a fo...
Ep. #08: Decentralised Autonomous Organisations with Josh Zemel (DAOstack)
April 27, 2018 21:11 - 34 minutes - 31.5 MBIn this episode, we speak to Josh Zemel from DAOstack. DAOstack is looking to be the tech behind Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAOs) - think of a company without a management team or directors where multiple stakeholders can collaborate, take decisions, allocate capital and bring projects to fruition. Tune in to hear about: A philosophical take on Blockchain and DAOs - how it can lead to greater coherence in organisations What is a DAO Immensity of the governance problem and...
Ep. #07: Blockchain in Taiwan with Jon Jones (CEO/Founder Blockcamp, Blockcity and Taiwan Blockchain Alliance)
April 22, 2018 21:30 - 31 minutes - 29.5 MBWe get all the scoop of developments in the Blockchain space in Taiwan from Jon Jones. Jon is the founder of the Taiwan Blockchain Alliance and the CEO of Blockcamp, a Blockchain incubator and ICO consulting firm. In addition, he is also a co-founder at Blockcity, the largest Blockchain and fintech event in Taiwan. Finally, Jon is the President of the Taiwan chapter of the Government Blockchain Association, a non-profit that works for the advancement and adoption of Blockchain technology in t...
Ep. #06: (Educational) What is Blockchain in under 10 minutes
April 16, 2018 12:04 - 7 minutes - 6.97 MBBased on the feedback from our listeners, we decided to do a short episode to talk about some of the basic attributes of the Blockchain technology and how it works. We try to keep this episode relatively simple and only focus on the oldest and perhaps most popular Blockchain - the Bitcoin Blockchain.
Ep. #05: Supply Chain on Blockchain with Sid Chakravarthy (Founder StaTwig)
April 09, 2018 20:15 - 35 minutes - 31.3 MBWe speak to Sid Chakravarthy, founder of StaTwig, which uses Blockchain and IOT to track the journey of perishable products such as food and vaccines across the supply chain. We speak to Sid about the problems that exist in the 'cold' supply chain, how his company is overcoming these problems and what his views are on the use of Blockchains by corporates. In addition, we speak to Sid about how working with supply chains lead him to start working with insurance companies as well to better fac...
Ep. #04: Professional Social Network on Blockchain with Gaurang Torvekar (CEO Indorse)
April 01, 2018 17:27 - 24 minutes - 20.6 MBIn this episode, we speak to Gaurang Torvekar, founder of two Blockchain start-ups, Attores and Indorse. He is also one of the organisers of the Singapore Ethereum meetup, one of largest in the world after London and New York. Gaurang's first start-up is Attores, a Smart Contract as a Service platform which eventually lead him to co-found Indorse, a professional social network on the Blockchain, along with his partner, David Moskowitz (successfully sold Coin Republic). We talk to Gaurang ab...
Ep. #03: Wealth Management on Blockchain with Greg Van Den Bergh (CEO Bankorus)
March 25, 2018 19:09 - 45 minutes - 40.3 MBIn this episode, we speak to Greg Van Den Bergh, CEO of Bankorus. Bankorus is a China based Private Wealth Management platform powered by AI and built on the Blockchain. We discuss about Bankorus' current business and what traditional and crypto High Net Worth Individuals (HNWIs) are thinking about crypto. In addition, we tackle topics such as custody, dive into Bankorus' product offering and figure out why they are building their product on the NEM Blockchain. Telegram: https://t.me/bankoru...
Ep. #02: ICO advisory with Sukrit Khatri (Kenetic Capital)
March 18, 2018 17:49 - 29 minutes - 29.1 MBIn this episode we speak to Sukrit Khatri, an ICO advisor with Kenetic Capital (a Hong Kong based ICO advisory firm as well as a Blockchain Venture Capital and Crypto fund). Sukrit tells us about his role, what a typical day for him looks like, how much cryptocurrency he holds and his outlook on the Blockchain space in general. We dive into the typical stages of an ICO and discuss about the criteria that Kenetic deploys prior to taking on new projects. Sukrit's LinkedIn profile