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Ep. 41 - Paradigm Shifts: Regulation, Programmable Money, & DAOs w. Alex Sims
Wild User Interviews Podcast (Wuipod)
English - April 26, 2023 04:31 - 1 hour - 90 MB - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsEntrepreneurship Business Technology blockchain ethereum product design crypto near protocol Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Wide ranging conversation with Alex Sims, is an Associate Professor at the Business School at Auckland University , has a PhD in DAOs, and is part of the Executive council of Blockchain New Zealand.
Some of the topics we cover:
* Being an 'unconventional academic' - shifting entire area of research after 20 years. Journey from Copyright to Crypto.
* Insights into the Regulatory landscape.
* Requirements for innovation. Scope for competition between jurisdictions?
* Response to Reserve Bank of New Zealand enquiry into CBDC
* Importance of User Experience
* Introduce Alex to NEAR tech stack
* Everything DAOs - what is decentralisation? The human challenge. NEAR Digital Collective.
* And a lot more!
Resources
Alex's Profile - University of Auckland: https://profiles.auckland.ac.nz/a-sims
PhD on DAOs - Decentralised Autonomous Organisations: Governance, Dispute Resolution and Regulation) https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3971228
Blockchain New Zealand - https://blockchain.org.nz
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) recently published an issues paper – The Future of Money: Private Innovation.
Recording Webinar 'The Future of Money' (Response to Reserve Bank of NZ issue paper) - https://blockchain.org.nz/event/webinar-the-future-of-money/
Parable of Blind Men and an Elephant - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_men_and_an_elephant
UK Law Commission on Digital Assets - https://www.lawcom.gov.uk/project/digital-assets/
Callaghan Innovation - New Zealand Innovation Agency https://www.callaghaninnovation.govt.nz
Edmund Hillary Fellowship - https://www.ehf.org
Global Impact Visa (New Zealand) - https://www.immigration.govt.nz/new-zealand-visas/options/start-a-business-or-invest/i-want-to-invest-or-do-business-in-nz/the-global-impact-visa
E.O Wilson - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Edward-O-Wilson
American Kingpin (Book) Story of Ross Ulbricht, founder of The Silk Road - https://www.amazon.com/American-Kingpin-Criminal-Mastermind-Behind/dp/1591848148
Follow on Socials
AVB - https://twitter.com/AlejandroVBeta1
Alex Sims - https://twitter.com/alexsims101