Best Dan Ashmore Podcasts (2024)

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S2 Ep9 'Firewalker' with chef and restauranteur Dan Ashmore 43:19

18d ago43:19

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Hello Believers. Today Chris speaks to award-winning chef and restaurateur Dan Ashmore. Dan is the owner and head chef of the Leith based fine dining restaurant Askr and has worked at a number of prestigious restaurants and chefs in his career including Dean Banks, Gleneagles, The Pompadour by Galvin, Number One at The Balmoral, Restaurant Tom Aike…

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S2 Ep12 'Aubrey' with severe weather historian Carly Anna Sisson 59:54

5h ago59:54

59:54

Hello believers. Today Chris speaks to severe weather historian Carly Anna Sisson. Carly is the creator of CarlyAnnaWX, a Youtube channel dedicated to remembering devastating weather events and the effects on their communities. She also runs Two Storms, an apparel store which aims to bring awareness of storm anxiety and natural disaster-induced tra…

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S2 Ep11 'Excelsis Dei' with therapist and writer Gerry Howell 1:05:32

4d ago1:05:32

1:05:32

Hello believers. Today Chris speaks to therapist, writer and stand-up Gerry Howell. Not that we're defined by what we do but Gerry is a BACP Registered Psychotherapist who uses humanistic, psychodynamic and cognitive behavioural in his work. Gerry is also an award-winning comedian, actor and writer known for his brilliantly inventive and surreal wo…

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S2 Ep10 'Red Museum' with Film Festival Founder and Cinema Programmer Greg Walker 58:25

11d ago58:25

58:25

Hello believers. Today Chris speaks to Cinema & Projects Manager at Manchester’s Cultplex Cinema and Founder of MoshFilm Fest, Greg Walker. Greg has also worked for Festivals such Manchester Animation Festival. Sheffield Doc Fest and and Pilot Light TV Festival. Greg talks about programming rep cinema, new audiences discovering cult films, growing …

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S2 Ep8 'One Breath' with writer and paranormal psychologist Evelyn Hollow 58:10

30d ago58:10

58:10

Hello Believers. Today Chris speaks to Scottish writer and paranormal psychologist Evelyn Hollow. Evelyn is also an expert for various TV shows and podcasts — most recently the smash-hit BBC shows The Battersea Poltergeist , The Witch Farm, and Uncanny. She is also seen in the Warner Bros. TV shows Spooked Scotland and Spooked Ireland, which stream…

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S2 Ep7 'No.3' with filmmaker and critic Robyn Adams 1:00:51

1M ago1:00:51

1:00:51

Hello Believers. Today Chris speaks to writer, filmmaker and critic Robyn Adams. Robyn is based near the Peak District and is the writer, director and star of the short films Katie & Joan Go to the Museum (2023) and The Estrogen Gospel (2024) which screened as part of SOHOME Horror Pride 2024. Robyn talks about The North (of England), folk horror, …

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S2 Ep6 'Ascension' with musician and songwriter Andrew Hung 58:14

2M ago58:14

58:14

Hello Believers. Today Chris speaks to musician, songwriter, producer and artist Andrew Hung. Andy is one of the founding members of electronic drone band Fuck Buttons. He has released three solo LPS: Realisationship, Devastations and most recently Deliverance. He co-wrote and co-produced Beth Orton's album Kidsticks and composed the soundtracks fo…

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S2 Ep5 'Duane Barry' with Head of Metis Films, Ben Metcalf 52:54

2M ago52:54

52:54

Hello Believers. Today Chris speaks to film distribution and exhibition consultant and now head of Metis Films, Ben Metcalf. Ben has worked at companies such as Curzon/Artificial Eye, Momentum, eOne and Altitude on hits such as Nightcrawler, Mr, Turner, and I, Daniel Blake, record breaking horror film Talk To Me, and awards winners Spotlight, 12 Ye…

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S2 Ep4 'Sleepless' with stand-up, musician, actor and writer Nick Helm 1:09:59

2M ago1:09:59

1:09:59

Hello Believers. Today Chris speaks to comedian, actor, writer, musician and mega myth Nick Helm. You'll know Nick from his ferocious stand-up work in shows such as Keep Hold of the Gold, the Fosters Edinburgh Comedy Award nominated Dare to Dream, This Means War and There Is Nothing You Can Do To Me That I Haven’t Already Done To Myself. You might …

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S2 Ep3 'Blood' with classical musician and teacher Tom Davies 1:04:34

2M ago1:04:34

1:04:34

Hello Believers. In this episode, Chris speaks to classical musician, teacher and (his) former comedy partner, Tom Davies. Tom studied music at The University of Sheffield and regularly performs with classical groups and bands in and around the Steel city including The Sheffield Beatles Project. Tom talks growing up in Stoke on Trent, identifying t…

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S2 Ep2 'The Host' with writer, journalist and Guardian Fashion and Lifestyle editor Morwenna Ferrier 1:09:15

3M ago1:09:15

1:09:15

Hello Believers. Today Chris speaks to writer, journalist and Guardian Fashion and Lifestyle editor Morwenna Ferrier. Morwenna has written about travel, fashion and culture for Grazia, Metro, The Daily Telegraph, The Times, The Guardian amongst others. Morwenna talks about needing to be good, her route into journalism, being motivated by revenge, a…

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S2 Ep1 'Little Green Men' with fan culture academic, writer and X Files expert Dr Bethan Jones 1:02:20

3M ago1:02:20

1:02:20

Hello Believers and welcome back. Today Chris speaks to fan culture academic, writer and X Files expert Dr Bethan Jones. Bethan is a research fellow with @mediacymru_, an honorary research fellow with @AmgueddfaCymru, on the board of @FanStudies, co-chair of @scmsFaAS, a @tandf_popcomm editor and author of the brilliant book The Truth is Still Out …

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S1 Ep24 'The Erlenmeyer Flask' with Head of Cinema Events and musician Michael Garrad 52:29

4M ago52:29

52:29

Hello Believers. Today Chris speaks to Head of Cinema Events and musician Michael Garrad. Michael was assistant manager at London's much loved Close-Up Film Centre and volunteered at Resonance FM before becoming Head of Events for Curzon Cinemas. Alongside this he is the guitarist in the band Chips for the Poor and has a disconcerting number of cop…

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S1 Ep23 'Roland' with Film Marketing Director Irene Musumeci Klein 1:05:16

4M ago1:05:16

1:05:16

Hello Believers. Today Chris speaks to film marketing director, film PHD and Bruce Springsteen fan, Irene Musumeci Klein. Irene currently works for the cinema streaming service MUBI as Director of Marketing for Europe. Prior to that, she worked at Curzon and as part of the teams at London’s Elefest and documentary film distributor Dogwoof. Irene ta…

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S1 Ep22 'Born Again' | Open Mic Legend Darren Maskell Tribute Episode 44:35

5M ago44:35

44:35

Hello Believers. Today's conversation is with the late, great UK comic Darren Maskell. Darren sadly passed away earlier this year and was a much loved presence on the UK open-mic scene with his unique brand of kitchen sink absurdism and bedazzling fishmongery. In the chat, Darren talks about growing up in Croydon, dealing with fish and the general …

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S1 Ep21 'Tooms' with comics, novels and screenplay writer and artist Jon Chandler 1:11:38

5M ago1:11:38

1:11:38

Hello Believers. Today Chris speaks to Suffolk based comics, novels and screenplay writer and artist Jon Chandler. Jon's visionary work perches on the precipice of degenerate dystopian dreams and tech noir bodily nightmares with uncategorisable outputs such as John's Worth and Another Rude World. After stints in London and Tokyo, Jon studied film u…

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S1 Ep20 'Darkness Falls' with graphic designer Natalie Clay 55:24

5M ago55:24

55:24

Hello Believers. On today's episode, Chris speaks to UK based graphic designer Natalie Clay. Natalie has been a designer for the best part of two decades and works with a massive range of clients from the Premier League to NHS, book publishers and city councils to Puma. Natalie talks about avoiding labels, bad careers advice, falling in love with t…

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S1 Ep19 'Shapes' with book blogger and Cosy Book Cult proprietor Cara Fielder 54:30

5M ago54:30

54:30

Hello Believers. On today's episode, Chris speaks to book blogger and proprietor of the Cosy Book Cult, Cara Fielder. Cara has moved from animal management to alt modelling, emo music videos to bookselling and now runs her own online store alongside reviewing the best in genre books. It's quite a shape-shifting journey. Cara talks about modelling i…

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S1 Ep18 'Miracle Man' with artist and musician Dan Davis 1:03:23

6M ago1:03:23

1:03:23

Hello Believers. On today's episode, Chris speaks to San Francisco based artist and musician Dan Davis. Dan studied at Goldsmiths College and has had solo exhibitions at Bass & Reiner in San Francisco and the FOLD Gallery in London. In addition, he has participated in the group exhibitions Pyramid Scheme (2023) and The Long Look (2019) at Bass & Re…

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S1 Ep17 'EBE' with visual artist Emma Macleod 1:00:50

6M ago1:00:50

1:00:50

Hello Believers. On today's episode, Chris speaks to Isle of Lewis born visual artist Emma Macleod. Emma's work explores absurd and uncanny qualities in a variety of ways through sculpture, video, performance, photography, drawing and model-making. Emma has exhibited at The Neverending Glen, Art Walk Porty, Hidden Door Festival, Sett Studios, Royal…

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S1 Ep16 'Young at Heart' with comedian and writer Hatty Ashdown 54:45

6M ago54:45

54:45

Hello Believers. On today's episode, Chris speaks to UK comedian, writer and podcaster, Hatty Ashdown. Hatty is a regular on the London & UK comedy circuit. She co-wrote and created the Comedy Central sitcom 'Give Out Girls', started in BBC radio 4 Sitcom 'Romance and Adventure'. She presents the Funny Mummies Podcast and hosts Screaming with Laugh…

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S1 Ep15 'Lazarus' with civil servant and creative Lazarus Tom McCaskil-Baxter 55:57

6M ago55:57

55:57

Hello Believers. On today's episode, Chris speaks to civil servant, former advertising creative, educator, guitarist, Dad of 5 and former bandmate, Tom McCaskill-Baxter. Lazarus is right! Originally from Guildford, Tom studied American Studies before winning a D&AD young creatives competition at an early stage in his career. Tom then went on to tea…

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S1 Ep14 'Gender Bender' with arts communicator Joe Crerar-Blythe 1:05:21

6M ago1:05:21

1:05:21

Hello Believers. On today's episode, Chris speaks to arts, theatre and film comms professional, X Files fan and esteemed colleague, Joe Crerar-Blythe. Joe is at the coalface of championing the transformative power of culture and has worked all over the Scottish cultural sector from running the doors at Glasgow gig nights to working with some of the…

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S1 Ep13 'Beyond the Sea' with actor and producer Simon Weir 1:00:35

7M ago1:00:35

1:00:35

Hello Believers and welcome back to the show. On today's episode, Chris speaks to Glasgow based actor and producer Simon Weir. Simon has appeared in over 50 television shows from High Road, River City, Monarch of the Glen and Target to Crime, Guilt and Patrick Melrose. You'll have seen him in films such as The Football Factory, The Acid House and T…

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S1 Ep12 'Fire' with games publicist Tom Green 50:40

8M ago50:40

50:40

Hello Believers. On today's episode, Chris speaks to Surrey-born, LA based games publicist Tom Green. Alongside an appreciation for wrestling and action cinema, Tom has worked on a whole range of major entertainment releases from comics to studio flagship film titles and now some of the biggest games on the market. We chat about how to launch a new…

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S1 Ep11 'Eve' with cabaret performer, host and trash fanatic Trixie Malicious 1:02:10

8M ago1:02:10

1:02:10

Hello Believers. In today’s episode, Chris speaks to Canadian performer, cabaret host, online cocktail connoisseur and all round trash fan, Trixie Malicious. Trixie has been a mainstay on the cabaret scene in London, working out of Bethnal Green Working Mens and is the mastermind and MC of SLEAZE Cabaret Clubnight, a brilliantly enthusiastic b-movi…

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S1 Ep10 'Fallen Angel' with broadcaster and artist Madeleine Culp 45:46

8M ago45:46

45:46

Hello Believers. In today’s episode, Chris speaks to Australian broadcaster, comedian and artist Madeleine Culp. If you’ve travelled across Oz you may have seen Madeleine’s I Heart Art TV programme or seen her pop up as a roving presenter for CTV Plus or heard her on Radio Triple J. Reviews of her stand-up shows have called her like Fark where she’…

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S1 Ep9 'Space' with content creator and comic Matthew Highton 51:47

9M ago51:47

51:47

Hello Believers. In today’s episode, Chris speaks to viral sensation, content creator, filmmaker and comedian, Matthew Highton. Matt has performed comedy all over the world, he is a member of a the Weirdos comedy collective who have in past years performed alternative pantomimes and shows on ice, you may have seen his very popular mashup videos whe…

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S1 Ep8 'Ice' with comedian Nathaniel Metcalfe 1:00:34

9M ago1:00:34

1:00:34

Hello Believers and Happy New Year. In today’s episode, Chris speaks to UK comedian and national treasure, Nathaniel Metcalfe. Nathaniel's wonderfully constructed hour shows have made him a much loved presence on the UK comedy scene and you'll no doubt have heard him on various podcasts and radio shows including Nick and Nat’s Fan Club and recently…

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S1 Ep7 'Ghost in the Machine' with product designer Russ Brown 48:14

9M ago48:14

48:14

Hello Believers and Merry Christmas. In today’s episode, Chris speaks to product designer, football coach and very good friend, Russ Brown. On his website Russ describes himself as someone who also writes about design and productivity and makes music. He ends that short paragraph by saying 'That’s it' but he is being very modest there as he’s one o…

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S1 Ep6 'Shadows' with comedian and director Stuart Laws 38:34

9M ago38:34

38:34

Hello Believers. In today’s episode, Chris has a very frank and funny conversation with comedian, filmmaker and podcaster, Stuart Laws. You will know Stuart from his many stand-up shows both at the Edinburgh Fringe and touring the UK, he’s been a tour support for James Acaster and you may have seen any of the myriad of brilliantly funny twitter vid…

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S1 Ep5 'Jersey Devil' with artist and educator Jodie Goddard 50:14

10M ago50:14

50:14

Hello Believers. In this episode, Chris speaks to Calder Valley’s finest: the artist, educator and horror fanatic Jodie Goddard. Jodie talks to us about escaping Blackpool, David Icke, early 2000s art school experiences, attending a seance and we will be speaking about The X Files Season 1 Episode 5 entitled Jersey Devil. You can follow Jodie's wor…

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S1 Ep4 'Conduit' with filmmaker Tiago Teixeira 43:03

10M ago43:03

43:03

Hello Believers. In this episode, Chris speaks to filmmaker and scriptwriter Tiago Teixeira. If you've been to a horror film festival or a short film festival recently, chances are you have seen one of Tiago's brilliantly unsettling offerings. Tiago has written for HBO and won numerous awards for his work including 'Dog Skin', 'Wrong Number' and 'M…

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S1 Ep3 'Squeeze' with photographer and designer Ed Moore 45:27

10M ago45:27

45:27

Hello Believers. In this episode, Chris speaks to award-winning photographer, designer and cat connoisseur Ed Moore. Ed has photographed everyone. Full stop (consensually). He talks to us about how his experiences at boarding school shaped him, how he captures the essence of performers on stage, the greatest segue of all time and we’ll be speaking …

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S1 Ep2 'Deep Throat' with musician and writer Danielle Goldstein 33:59

10M ago33:59

33:59

Hello Believers. In this episode, Chris has a swift chat with UK writer and musician Danielle Goldstein. Danielle writes for The Guardian, Time Out, NME and Loud & Quiet. She is the Deputy Editor of Jewish Renaissance, regularly DJs around the UK and sings and writes music with the band Collars. And we also chat a bit about S1 Ep2 of The X Files ti…

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S1 Ep1 'Pilot' with comedy promoter Henry Widdicombe 52:14

10M ago52:14

52:14

Hello Believers. In this episode, Chris speaks to comedy promoter, old friend, writer, exec producer and all round good egg, Henry Widdicombe. The former grocery based comedian talks us through how he does what he does which currently also includes being the founder the excellent Machynlleth and Aberystwyth Comedy Festivals. And we also chat a bit …

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Believe Me Trailer | Season begins 13 Nov 2023 1:03

11M ago1:03

1:03

Hello Believers and welcome along. Join cautiously optimistic northerner Chris on a lo-fi series of encounters as he catches up with uniquely talented friends, acquaintances and strangers from the worlds of film, comedy, music and theatre to discuss how they think and how art and culture has shaped their creative process. Plus up to ten minutes of …

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What is BNB Chain? 26:08

1+ y ago26:08

26:08

Alex Kim, BNB Chain's Business Development Manager, joins the podcast to chat all things BNB Chain. See on CoinJournal here. Reach out to us on Twitter: @DanniiAshmore & @CoinJournal Listen to the podcast on various platforms here Find BNB Chain on Twitter: @BNBChain Find out more at www.bnbchain.org…

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Has Avalanche solved the blockchain trilemma? 29:51

1+ y ago29:51

29:51

Avalanche is a newcomer even within the young industry of crypto, having been launched in late 2020. Despite this, it is already among the biggest projects in the space. John Nahas, Vice President of Business Development at Ava Labs, the creator behind Avalanche, joins the podcast to discuss why he thinks Avalanche has solved the blockchain trilemm…

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Leaving 7 years at Goldman Sachs for crypto 27:13

1+ y ago27:13

27:13

Elijah Tan worked in trad-fi for years. On this episode, he talks leaving Goldman Sachs for crypto after 7 years, where he worked for Binance and is now the VP of Operations at Philippines-based exchange Coins.ph Head over to Dan's article on CoinJournal here Reach out to us on Twitter: @DanniiAshmore & @CoinJournal Listen to the podcast on various…

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What is the future of DAI post-BUSD? MakerDAO join the podcast 25:17

1+ y ago25:17

25:17

Our host Dan Ashmore interviews Sam MacPherson of MakerDAO, the DAO behind the world's largest decentralised stablecoin, DAI. The duo chat about its future, and the stablecoin market as a whole, following the shocking story that BUSD will be gradually shut down amid an SEC crackdown. Head over to Dan's article on CoinJournal here Reach out to us on…

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Working at a crypto exchange amid the bear market, Gracy Chen of Bitget 26:51

1+ y ago26:51

26:51

Crypto has pulled back massively recently, with mass layoffs and cratering volumes in the industry. Despite this crypto exchange Bitget is not only avoiding redundancies, but it is hiring. We chat with Managing Director Gracy Chen on how this is the case, her journey into crypto, the bear market, the future and more. Listen on Spotify here Other pl…

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Crypto entrepreneur - Corey Wilton tells his story 30:12

2y ago30:12

30:12

A serial entrepreneur, Corey Wilton tells me his story. A kid from the Gold Coast in Australia, he failed to get into University. Today, he runs a metaverse company, Mirai Labs, out of Vietnam with 75 employees, and has some great tales from the hysteria of the last few years. Head over to Dan's article on CoinJournal here Watch on YouTube here Rea…

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DeFi & Polygon / Ethereum, with Polygon's Hamzah Khan 34:05

2y ago34:05

34:05

We chat all things DeFi, Polygon and Ethereum with Polygon's Head of DeFi & Labs, Hamzah Khan. Read up on Polygon: https://polygon.technology/ Head over to Dan's article on CoinJournal here Watch on YouTube here Reach out to Dan on Twitter here: @DanniiAshmore and @CoinJournal Read more on Polygon: https://polygon.technology/…

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All things IOTA (& DeFi) - w/ Christian Saur of IOTA 26:44

2y ago26:44

26:44

IOTA has been around quite a while in cryptocurrency terms. They do things a little differently than most, the self-proclaimed "blockchainless blockchain". CoinJournal's Dan Ashmore sits down with IOTA's Christian Saur this week to chat all things IOTA, following the launch of the Shimmer network. Beyond Shimmer, the duo also chat DeFi, the bear ma…

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Crypto Venture Capitalism - David Siemer, CEO of Wave Financial 29:27

2y ago29:27

29:27

Venture capitalism and crypto are a pair who have not been married for long, but the results have been explosive. Of course, like everything, it has taken a turn for the worst this week. Dan speaks with longtime VC David Siemer, CEO of Wave Financial, about all things VC and crypto. David was a VC for the dot com bubble and the GFC in 2008, so he h…

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Is undercollaterised crypto lending possible? Rafael Cosman, CEO of TrustToken / TrueFi 33:32

2y ago33:32

33:32

The phrase "crypto lending" is seen as a dirty one now in the post-Celsius world, as a wave of contagion spreading through the industry caused many firms to go under in a very high-profile manner. Today Dan speaks with Rafael Cosman, the co-founder and CEO of TrustToken, the firm behind the world's fifth biggest stablecoin, TrueUSD, and also the pi…

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Charmyn Ho, Head of Crypto Insights at Bybit, on the Last Month in the Markets 26:04

2y ago26:04

26:04

Charmyn Ho used to be a pre-school teacher who liked gaming. Then she came across a game called Axie Infinity, sporting a curious feature of earning while you play. Today, she's Head of Crypto Insights at Bybit, having been bitten by the crypto bug. And she joins Dan on this week's episode of the CoinJournal podcast. She works on a monthly report i…

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The Future is Interoperability - Ram Ramachandran, CEO of Router Protocol 37:17

2y ago37:17

37:17

What blockchain will win? A common question in the world of cryptocurrency. But in truth, the future is likely one of interoperability. Certain blockchains will be bigger than others, but many will exist. I sat down with Ram Ramachandran on the latest episode of the CoinJournal podcast to discuss this issue and more. Ram is the CEO of the Router Pr…

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Crypto Academic - Omid Malekan, Columbia Business School Professor and Crypto Writer 41:21

2y ago41:21

41:21

Cryptocurrency can be intimidating. Even to people with a good understanding of the financial markets or technology, wrapping their heads around blockchain can be a challenge. I sat down on the latest episode of the CoinJournal podcast with someone who can be described as a “crypto academic”, who aims to bridge that gap for people. Omid Malekan lec…

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