Future Tech: Almost Here, Round-the-Corner Future Technology Podcast
1,842 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago -Future Technologies Poised to Transform Our Lives For The Better are the focus of this podcast. Almost here means these technologies are Now Here, or Just Around The Corner. Listen to the latest future tech news & interviews, featuring Artificial Intelligence, 3D printing, stem cells, regenerative medicine, Bitcoin, Blockchain & other cutting-edge stuff.
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Singularity University and Agile VC — Shuonan Chen — Solving World Problems with Blockchain, and Thoughts on VC Funding
December 21, 2017 06:54 - 33 minutes - 23.4 MBShuonan Chen is a faculty member at Singularity University, whose mission is to leverage cutting-edge technology, including blockchain, to solve some of the world's biggest problems. These problems range from environmental challenges and renewable energy to space travel and disaster response. This ties in with her work as a founding partner of Agile VC, an early-stage venture capital firm focusing on finding B2B solutions at the enterprise level. Agile VC works primarily with blockchain tech...
Vaultbank — Eric Clarke, Marketing Director — Global Investment Firm Bridging Traditional Trading Assets and Crypto
December 20, 2017 09:23 - 26 minutes - 19.7 MBIn order to solve several different problems in the cryptospace, including the legitimacy of security tokens (as opposed to utility tokens) and liquidity issues, VaultBank several different solutions, which all contribute to their goal of bridging the gap between traditional stocks and bonds, and cryptocurrency. VaultBank is currently developing their own decentralized crypto exchange with fiat gateway, which will primarily be used to launch security token ICOs. Users will also receive a deb...
Amdocs — Shannon Bell — Customer Experience Software Solutions for Telecommunication Service Providers
December 19, 2017 11:42 - 20 minutes - 14.5 MBAmdocs, a 35+ year veteran in their industry, provides a range of customer experience solutions for some of the world's most successful telecommunications, media, and entertainment companies, from digital engagement to a software-powered network. Their main focus is on digital intelligence business support, and the successful integration of AI into business roles and functions, as well as personalized and contextual customer engagement.One of their more popular solutions, which many people ma...
Synereo — Rogayeh Tabrizi — Content Creation, Publishing, and Distribution Platform for Monetizing Original Works
December 19, 2017 09:40 - 22 minutes - 16.2 MBOne of the biggest problems with content creation in today's world is that content creators receive far less monetary compensation than they should, with the majority of the profits going to distributors. Synereo hopes to change that, by allowing artists and creators to monetize their works through the Synereo platform and reward their followers directly. Synereo allows creators to broadcast their content through social media, allowing fans to send them cryptocurrency in return. Synereo also...
Shocard — Armin Ebrahimi, Founder and CEO — Mobile Digital ID Verification System Built On the Blockchain
December 18, 2017 12:21 - 22 minutes - 16.7 MBThe idea behind ShoCard is to allow its users to provide mobile digital identity verification that doesn't need to interface with other databases, which has inherent security risks–the recent data breach at Equifax is just the latest example of this. Through the mobile app, users are able to create a digital identity that is verified with a private key and stored on the blockchain, and that they can share with others whenever they wish. Use cases include finance transactions, such as by spee...
Fundcru — Duc Pham, CEO — Blockchain-Powered Fundraising Platform Focused On Promoting Social Good
December 18, 2017 11:11 - 19 minutes - 14.2 MBFundcru is a blockchain-powered fundraising platform that will be a cross between GoFundMe and Groupon. Users are able to create campaigns and then fundraise through three different methods — traditional fundraising where individuals donate directly to a cause, through cryptocurrency, and through an e-commerce platform. In this way, visitors are able to purchase discounted goods, similar to Groupon, with 25% of the gross price going directly to fund campaigns, without having to be asked dire...
CoinPayments — Alex Alexandrov, CEO — Multi-function payment processor for 75 different cryptocurrencies
December 15, 2017 12:22 - 33 minutes - 24.5 MBCoinPayments offers its users a wide range of payment processing abilities for over 75 different cryptocurrencies, including an online multi-coin wallet, merchant tools and a simple point-of-sale interface, automatic coin conversion, the ability to buy, sell, and trade coins, and more. It's easy to get started–just create an account, download the plugins you need, and you're on your way–and users have the ability to fully customize their accounts. All of their financial tools are designed to...
Etheralabs — Bryan Feinberg — Venture Capital Acceleration and Intelligence Platform for Cryptospace
December 15, 2017 08:02 - 19 minutes - 13.7 MBEtheralabs was set up as a venture capital accelerator for start-ups and companies working with early-stage innovations in the cryptospace. As advisors, they help those they work with look at various problems relating to raising capital and funding for their projects, from token design to the business's underlying data. Etheralabs also acts as an intelligence platform for institutional investors who are interested in participating in the cryptospace, but as yet are still unsure how to do tha...
Gonetwork — Rashid Khan, CEO, and Xun Cai, COO — Highly Scalable, Low-Cost Mobile Network Infrastructure For Ethereum
December 15, 2017 07:04 - 13 minutes - 10.2 MBOne of the biggest problems with blockchain currently is that it cannot handle large amounts of transactions at the same time, and such transactions are not inexpensive–for example, many blockchains cannot handle more than three or four transactions per second. As adoption of blockchain technology grows, this problem will only get larger. To solve this, GoNetwork has developed a mobile network infrastructure for Ethereum and ERC20 tokens that would allow thousands of transactions per second....
Bread — Aaron Lasher, Co-Founder and CMO, And Brent Traidman, Chief Revenue Officer — Re-Designed, Simple To Use Decentralized Bitcoin Wallet And Upcoming ICO
December 14, 2017 11:32 - 25 minutes - 17.5 MBBread's Bitcoin wallet, which has was created several years ago, has undergone a recent transformation. The newly re-designed wallet is a simple and secure way to buy, sell, send, and receive Bitcoin that is easy and intuitive for both newcomers and experts alike to use, through both iOS and Android apps. Because it is decentralized, users hold their own funds through their wallets, and Bread has no access to or control over those funds. Bread is also beginning a token sale on December 15th....
Token Report — Galen Moore, Founder and CEO — Financial Data Service about ICOs For Cryptocurrency Investors
December 14, 2017 07:34 - 24 minutes - 18.6 MBWith 5-7 new ICOs being announced every day, not all of which manage to successfully raise the amount of money needed for their projects, potential investors need access to reliable information about upcoming and current ICOs. Enter Token Report, which is dedicated to not only bringing that information to potential investors but also works to help ICOs that are less well known but have a great potential reach a larger audience. They do this through the risk summary report that they developed...
Storj — Nadine Farah, Developer and Evangelist — Global Distributed Cloud Storage Infrastructure With End-To-End Encryption
December 14, 2017 06:40 - 24 minutes - 16.7 MBStorj (pronounced storage) is a distributed cloud storage infrastructure company whose goal is to make data storage more reliable and secure. Users upload their data, which is then encrypted. After encryption, the data is “sharded,” or broken into tiny pieces. Each of those pieces is then sent to a network farmer to be stored all around the globe. Only the user has the key to decrypt the data, and only the user knows what the data being stored actually is. This system provides increased secu...
Uledger — Josh Mciver, CEO and Co-Founder, and Taulant Ramabaja, CTO and Co-Founder — Blockchain Protocol Software That Can Independently Verify Data Integrity
December 11, 2017 11:16 - 24 minutes - 17.4 MBULedger is a stateless blockchain overlay for existing technology infrastructure that was developed in order to help companies assert and prove the integrity of their data at any point in time, by allowing for independent verification of the order of important events due to date stamping. Through a patent-pending cross-merkelization process, companies are able to anchor the validity of their data with other servers or companies, thereby providing tamper-proof verification of data. You can an...
Bee Token — Jonathan Chou, CEO — Decentralized Vacation Rental Platform Utilizing Ethereum Smart Contracts
December 11, 2017 09:21 - 16 minutes - 11.7 MBBee Token's goal is to build a decentralized vacation rental and home sharing platform, similar to AirBNB, but without any of the middlemen or large commissions that are retained by the platform. In this way, Bee Token hopes to give more control and rewards back to those people who make such marketplaces a success, the homeowners, and renters themselves. Using a different tokenization revenue model, fees are not charged if users pay in Bee Token. A 1% fee is charged for using Bitcoin or Ethe...
Capitalise — Shahar Rabin, CEO — Using Natural Language To Automate Your Trading Strategies
December 11, 2017 07:14 - 20 minutes - 14.5 MBCapitalise's goal is to democratize trading, by giving individuals and day traders the ability to automate their trades. Large trading institutions already possess the ability to automate their trades. However, this is not always possible for independent day traders, due to a lack of knowledge or money. Capitalise allows its users to write sentences about the trades they would like to make, and the platform translates those into automated trading commands that are carried out when specific c...
Cryptiv — Mat Cybula, CEO — Blockchain Based Enterprise Wallet System and Private Portfolio
December 07, 2017 05:40 - 24 minutes - 17.1 MBCryptiv has created an enterprise wallet system that allows financial institutions to trade, manage, and store digital assets. They have made changes to their wallet over the last year, in order to provide better security for users. Security features in their multi-signature wallet system include limits on the amount of assets that can be traded at any time and limits on the addresses that users can send assets to, through the use of white and black labels. Within the next year, they plan to...
Trulioo — Anatoly Kvitnitsky — Global Identity Verification System That Is AML/KYC Compliant
December 06, 2017 07:50 - 19 minutes - 13.8 MBTrulioo is a global identity verification system that works through the marketplace of data. Using consumer data from 50 data partners, Trulioo is able to provide digital identity verifications for financial products to banks, financial institutions, exchanges, and other online market places. However, Trulioo doesn't own or store your data, much like Uber doesn't own cars or AirBNB doesn't own homes.They are fully AML/KYC compliant, and check verifications through multiple watchlists and che...
Lala World — Sankalp Shangari, Founder and CEO — A True Ecosystem For Unbanked Migrants and Their Families
December 06, 2017 06:21 - 26 minutes - 21.2 MBHaving seen the problems that plague unbanked migrants and their families first-hand, LaLa World has created a true ecosystem where unbanked migrants and their families can have access to financial tools, and basic employment services and education through their worldwide partners. The ecosystem is based on the LaLa Wallet, which provides each user with an ID and a LaLa score, which can be used as digital identity verification with their partner organizations. The LaLa Wallet has four basic ...
Richard Jacobs, Founder Of Future Tech Podcast and Successful Author of Bitcoin, Ethereum, Blockchain: Surprising Insights from 200+ Podcast Interviews with Industry Insiders
December 04, 2017 10:15 - 26 minutes - 19.1 MBRichard Jacobs founded the Future Tech Podcast during the contentious 2016 Election cycle–making a conscious choice to follow news and ideas that made him happy, rather than the things that didn't. The intended listeners of his podcast are those individuals who are interested in the latest and greatest, in what's just around the corner. With all the information from his hundreds of podcast interviews, he decided to write a book, “Bitcoin, Ethereum, Blockchain: Surprising Insights from 200+ Po...
Ideas By Nature — Jeffrey Vier, Director — Design And Consulting Firm For Blockchain Companies And Digital Products
December 04, 2017 08:11 - 16 minutes - 12.7 MBFor the last 6+ years, Ideas By Nature has worked with technology companies to design and develop brands, as well as to develop creative solutions with digital products. Focusing primarily on blockchain and cryptocurrency companies, they help with everything from the initial concept to a web and mobile applications, branding and marketing, and even offer blockchain consulting services. What sets them apart from similar firms is that their team is comprised of individuals who already have a t...
Iconomi — Ervin Kovac, COO — Ethereum Blockchain-Based Digital Asset Management Platform
November 30, 2017 06:52 - 24 minutes - 18.6 MBIn order to build a bridge between the old and new economies, Iconomi has developed a digital asset management platform based on Ethereum smart contracts. Users are able to create their own Digital Asset Array, or DAA, made up of various digital assets, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dash, and more. Once their asset basket is created, they are secured through a multi-level security system of hot wallets and cold storage that they developed. Assets are secured in the different levels based on t...
Foundation for Economic Education — Jeffrey Tucker, Head of Content — Online Advocates Of Free Markets, Human Rights, and Up-And-Coming Ideas
November 29, 2017 09:18 - 25 minutes - 17.8 MBThe Foundation for Economic Education was founded in 1946, with the publication of translated economics works by Ludwig von Mises, an Austrian immigrant. Since then, FEE has prided itself on its devotion to the ideals of the free market, human rights and dignity, and new ideas in the economics sphere. Today, they have new articles daily bout various topics and even free courses about economics and entrepreneurship. Having seen several economic booms and busts, Jeffrey offers his thoughts on ...
Coincircle — Erick Miller, Founder and CEO — ICO and Blockchain Advisory Firm for Established Companies
November 29, 2017 07:18 - 42 minutes - 29.2 MBIn the process of the successful launch of Unikoin Gold, a token related to sports betting, Coincircle was formed as an advisory firm for established companies who are interested in integrating cryptocurrency tokens and blockchain technology into their business practices. Coincircle chooses to work with companies whose ultimate goal is to provide additional value for both their users and themselves, not just as a fundraising tool. To that end, companies that Coincircle tends to work with ha...
Singulardtv — Zach Lebeau, Founder — Ethereum Protocol to Create Decentralized Entertainment Ecosystems Without Intermediaries
November 27, 2017 10:33 - 22 minutes - 16.3 MBSingularDTV's goal is to give artists and creators of all types of entertainment media control over their intellectual property, and the revenue and royalties that come from them. In order to do this, they have created an array of development and production distribution applications, built onto the Ethereum blockchain, where artists and creators can create their own tokens and tokenized ecosystems for fans to engage with. Through these ecosystems, fans can help directly fund artists and crea...
Vantiv — Joshua Mather, Tech Evangelist — Fastest Growing Payment Processor in the US
November 22, 2017 11:14 - 19 minutes - 15.1 MBVantiv is a publicly-traded payment processor for fiat currency, which is currently the fastest growing payment processor in the US. This is in part because of the open architecture of their website, which offers its merchants and partners access to metrics and fraud-prevention tools, as well as their focus on their relationships with their clients–Vantiv even assigns a single representative to work with each client throughout their relationship with the company. Vantiv processors are fully E...
Foam — Ryan King, CEO and Co-Founder — Open-Source Proof of Location Protocol for the Ethereum Blockchain
November 22, 2017 09:31 - 19 minutes - 13.8 MBIn order to have a trustless system that is able to verify location for smart contracts, Foam is currently developing a spatial protocol that can run on the Ethereum blockchain. This system would give users the ability to verify real-time locations through the blockchain and would be useful in various use cases, including location-based gaming or loyalty rewards programs, supply chains, IOT devices, self-driving cars, mapping functions and applications, and more. Because GPS is easily spoofed...
Augmate — Pete Wassell, Founder and CEO — Blockchain Security and Device Management Platform for IOT Devices
November 20, 2017 12:45 - 28 minutes - 20.1 MBAugmate allows enterprise corporations to manage all of their company's IOT devices, including glasses and other wearables, from a single blockchain-based platform. Blockchain and distributed ledger technology allow IOT devices to not only be secured with the latest protections, but also allow devices to work with each other, and to create standards for interoperability. In order to accurately be able to charge their consumers, Augmate functions on a fractional license access token called MA...
Messaging Lab — Karl Schmieder, CEO And Co-Founder — Bringing Life Science Stories To The Public Arena
November 20, 2017 10:07 - 25 minutes - 18.4 MBMessaging Lab is a life science communications and strategy firm dedicated to making science stories more accessible to the everyday person. They will assist companies starting with creating a business strategy, all the way through public relations, which can help companies who either want to bring synthetic organisms into their business model, or even companies that want to get involved in bio-technology but don't know where to start. Because of the interest they have received, both in helpi...
Overbond — Vuk Magdelinic, CEO — Digital Fintech Platform for Bond Origination from Start to Finish
November 15, 2017 06:47 - 17 minutes - 16.7 MBOverbond is a first of its kind fintech platform that aims to make the process of investing in bonds simpler and more efficient. Through their platform, companies looking to raise money through capital markets are paired with investors who are willing to purchase these bonds. In the past, communication between both parties throughout the lifetime of the bond origination process–including the decision to bring a bond to market, data analytics, price quoting, forming the syndicate, and ultimat...
Coinfirm — Pawel Kuskowski, CEO and Co-Founder — Solutions for Efficient and Transparent Anti-Money Laundering Compliance
November 14, 2017 06:54 - 26 minutes - 18.8 MBCompliance with anti-money laundering (AML) regulations is still one of the biggest challenges facing blockchain and cryptocurrency companies today–not only do these issues have to be dealt with on a global level, but companies have to understand what to look for in terms of high-risk transactions. Coinfirm's software tools promise to help bring cryptospace into AML compliance while streamlining the process. One of their most important tools is the creation of their AMLT network, which allow...
Lykke – Mihail Nikulin, Founder – A Global, Decentralized Crypto and Fiat Currency Exchange
November 13, 2017 09:17 - 13 minutes - 12.2 MBThe goal of Lykke, a global, decentralized exchange for both crypto and fiat currency, is to allow individuals all around the world to trade assets without any barriers. The exchange, which is fully regulated and compliant, allows users to tokenize assets and trade them through the Lykke wallet using private keys. Because Lykke doesn't take possession of traded assets, it is safe and efficient for their 30,000+ users. Users must approve each transaction with a private key, meaning that even ...
Practical VR — Michael Reed, Co-Founder — Virtual Reality Analytics for a Seamless Mixed Reality World
November 10, 2017 10:03 - 28 minutes - 25.2 MBPractical VR has set out to map the world in 3D, piece by piece. Though Google and other companies have done a good job of mapping the world with satellites and car-mounted cameras, the maps that they have created are only 2D. 3D maps of the world don't yet exist but are necessary for augmented and mixed reality applications. In order to create usable maps, not only do we need to be able to have baseline scans, but those need to be constantly updated to reflect our changing world, in a way t...
Unchained Capital – Financing For Bitcoin Holders
November 09, 2017 09:25 - 25 minutes - 17.4 MBCEO and Co-Founder of Unchained Capital, Joe Kelly, talks cash loans for individuals and businesses who want to use Bitcoin as collateral. They enable holders to keep their bitcoin assets while pursuing their dreams. About: Unchained Capital, Inc. is led by startup veterans who are building the next generation of financial products for long-term holders of digital assets. We believe successful financial institutions of the near future will connect the wealth and expertise of established finan...
Impact PPA- Using Blockchain and Ethereum to Change the Way We Use Energy
November 08, 2017 10:08 - 18 minutes - 13.1 MBIntro: Join us for a discussion with Dan Bates, CEO of ImpactPPA on how they are using a Blockchain-enabled Ethereum-based platform to provide clean energy solutions to developing countries worldwide. ImpactPPA is a decentralized power company that allows governments, communities, and individuals to finance and deploy clean energy solutions globally. Bio: Dan Bates is the CEO of ImpactPPA, a decentralized power company that allows governments, communities, and individuals around the world to...
Bionyfiken — Hannes Sjoblad, Founder — Community Of Bio-Hackers Exploring Intersection Of Technology And Biology
November 07, 2017 12:59 - 41 minutes - 46.6 MBBioNyfiken, which means “bio curiosity” in Swedish, is a community of bio-hackers who are interested in exploring how technology and biology can interact in the modern world. They are perhaps most famous for their implant parties, where individuals implant NFC microchips into their bodies and discuss the various ways that they can be used. Some of the more mainstream use cases for NCF microchips are to replace badges for offices, to log in to personal devices, or to hold information on librar...
Bioconnect — Bianca Lopes, Chief Identity Officer — Biometric Identity And Authentication Security Solutions For Enterprise Technology
November 07, 2017 12:34 - 26 minutes - 17.2 MBBioConnect is a biometrics security company with a different idea–that your identity is comprised of your unique biometric data. They believe that all individuals should be able to prove their unique identity through biometric data including their face, voice, and fingerprints, and use this to access their bank accounts and other secured information, phones, and more. To accomplish this, BioConnect works with large enterprise corporations to allow their clients to access their information usi...
Protecting Your Digital Identity by NIST Guidelines
November 07, 2017 11:24 - 22 minutes - 15.8 MBSenior Standards and Technology Advisor at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Paul Grassi, discusses digital identity, blockchain and more. Bio: Paul Grassi is the Senior Standards and Technology Advisor at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). He joined NIST in June 2014 to advance and accelerate the development and adoption of identity authentication and authorization related standards and technologies needed to implement the identity ecosystem e...
Haas Online — Raynaldo Rivera, Chief Communication Officer — AI Cryptocurrency Trading Bots and Platform
November 06, 2017 11:11 - 25 minutes - 18.1 MBHaas Online began in 2014 with the Haas bot, an AI trading bot for the cryptocurrency. Through several software updates, Hass Online is now an entire cryptocurrency trading platform with several different types of bots for users to choose from–from bots that are fully AI-based to bots that are fully configurable by users, to everything in between. Bots can arbitrage between currency pairs on a given exchange, or across exchanges with a given currency. Because they recognize the fine line bet...
OTA Insight –Gino Engels, Co-Founder–Revenue Optimization Software for Hotels in Real Time
November 06, 2017 10:26 - 22 minutes - 16.2 MBUsed in over 16,000 hotels worldwide, OTA Insight provides revenue optimization software for hotels that works in real time, by compiling pricing data pulled from online booking portals and aggregators, to show which dates hotels can increase the price of their rooms to increase revenue, or when they should decrease rates. The biggest problem is for hoteliers doing the research manually, the consumers are doing this digitally. OTA Insight will make this more efficient through the use of real-...
NYIAX — Richard Bush, Chief Technology and Product Officer — World’s First Platform for Buying, Selling, and Trading Media Contracts
November 06, 2017 10:00 - 21 minutes - 16 MBDeveloped in partnership with Nasdaq, NYIAX offers a solution to the problem of trading media contracts and advertising in real-time by proving a place for companies to buy and sell advertising space. More importantly, NYIAX will offer the ability to re-sell or trade advertising space, if it is not needed or will go unused. Sellers of advertising space will be able to complete more reliable financial forecasting, as they are able to sell advertising space on long-term contracts, and won't ha...
Richard Jacobs, Organizer of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Blockchain Superconference. What I’ve Learned From 200+ Interviews
November 03, 2017 07:21 - 8 minutes - 20.6 MBIn the midst of a contentious and stressful Presidential election, Richard Jacobs began to search for the things that actually made him happy. What he found was Bitcoin, Blockchain, and the related cryptospace. In order to help educate others about the space, he has organized the Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Blockchain Superconference in Dallas, February 16-18. There will be classes for beginners who are interested in learning, as well as talks from some of the biggest names in the cryptospace, in...
Satoshi Citadel Industries — Miguel Cuneta, Co-Founder — Bitcoin Platform For Remittance Payments To The Philippines
November 01, 2017 11:47 - 18 minutes - 13.5 MBThe Philippines is the 3rd largest remittance market in the world behind China and India, with a full 10% of its GDP coming from remittance payments. Satoshi Citadel Industries offers a way for individuals to send payments back to their families, without the standard 8-10% fee or the long wait time for people to receive their money–and with the average remittance size of $200, every penny and second counts. Users are able to send remittances either directly by bitcoin through their website, ...
Algebraix Data — Charlie Silver, Chairman And CEO — Blockchain-Based Platform To Own And Monetize Your Personal Data
November 01, 2017 10:03 - 22 minutes - 16.4 MBBased on the belief that individuals should be able to own and monetize their own personal data, and the goal of getting as many people involved in cryptocurrency as possible, Algebraix Data aims to allow its users to do just that. Users will download the mobile app onto their smartphone, and securely share as much data as they are comfortable with entertainment companies. Based on the data they share, users will be given the opportunity to watch movie or T.V. trailers, and earn Algebraix co...
Tae-Lim Oh, CEO And Founder Of Gluwa–Buy, Sell, And Pay With Bitcoin Without Worrying About Volatility
October 31, 2017 09:33 - 21 minutes - 15.9 MBGluwa is a platform that enables its users to buy and sell Bitcoin using fiat currency, and to use Bitcoin for payments, without worrying about price volatility. Buyers are connected through Gluwa to investors who are willing to loan their Bitcoin to others, to be repaid with interest. Because buyers don't actually own the Bitcoin they are using, they are protected from market volatility–that risk is entirely for investors who provide the Bitcoin to others. Most users have no desire to invest...
Identity Mind – Neil Reiter, Head of Product Development – Creating trusted digital identities to protect against fraud and money laundering
October 30, 2017 09:29 - 27 minutes - 20.1 MBIdentityMind provides back-end software to 25 cryptocurrency exchanges that helps them meet various government standards for anti-money laundering (AML) and Know Your Customer (KYC) requirements. This reduces the risk of fraud and identity theft on exchanges, which is a huge concern–if an exchange is hacked, the hacker can get large amounts of money, anywhere in the world, and no one will know who you are. The IdentityMind software can share meta data with all of the exchanges that use it, s...
Ubitquity.Io – Adrianna Mendez (VP Of Marketing), Marina Reznik (Partner), And Nathan Wosnack (Founder) – The First Blockchain Secured Platform For Real Estate Record Keeping
October 30, 2017 09:22 - 22 minutes - 16.1 MBThe current real estate record keeping system is slow, inefficient, and has very little transparency. Redressing property rights and other issues is not uniform around the world, or even within the same country. Ubitquity's blockchain record keeping hopes to change that. By recording, storing, and tracking property rights on a system that is parallel to the current paper system, Ubitquity will shorten the wait times for requested records, lower title insurance costs, and even help combat g...
Pavel Niedoba, Co-Founder Of Simple Coin–A Simple Way to Buy and Sell Bitcoin Using Fiat Currency
October 27, 2017 06:45 - 19 minutes - 14.1 MBSimple Coin is just that–a simple way to buy and sell bitcoin using Euros or other national currencies. The Simple Coin website posts their prices, to both buy and sell bitcoin, and users are guaranteed that price for 4 hours. Users then simply state how much in bitcoin they would like to either sell or receive and send their money via wire transfer–necessary, as many Czech banks will not work with bitcoin and cryptocurrency companies. The money that they have purchased is then deposited int...
Preston Smith, Community Manager at Nexus–A Cryptocurrency and Online Platform Offering a Decentralized Payment Alternative
October 26, 2017 10:54 - 27 minutes - 19.3 MBNexus is a cryptocurrency and an online platform that intends to offer an alternative to centralized payment systems and Internet. Nexus coin can be used for micro-transactions without large fees, while the Nexus platform intends to use a mesh network of satellites to create a decentralized internet that is separate from the traditional hard lines running around the world. The basis of Nexus is that once quantum computing becomes readily available, other platforms and digital currencies will...
Steve Pannifer, Director of Consult Hyperion–Technology Consulting Firm Specializing in Payment and Identity Transactions
October 26, 2017 10:54 - 25 minutes - 17.2 MBPayment and identity security and transactions are at the core of the consulting work done by Consult Hyperion. During any sort of transaction, users need to be able to pay for services, and companies or government agencies who are providing those services need to be able to verify who is completing the transaction. Identity, in particular, becomes a big issue because most people's digital identities and accounts are safeguarded by passwords only. This can become a weak link if multiple acco...
Bittunes – Changing the Way We Buy And Share Music
October 25, 2017 10:26 - 22 minutes - 13.4 MBJoin us for a discussion with the Managing Director of Bittunes, Simon Edhouse, as he explains the idea and mission of this breakthrough platform and how they are using bitcoin to transform the music industry. Bittunes is not only changing the way digital music is distributed on the internet for artists who want to do so, but also it allows fans to earn bitcoin as they participate. Company Bio: Bittunes is an Australian Start Up Company that has taken on the mission to create a new software p...