Best Cefi Podcasts (2024)

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Zack Pokorny, Blockchain Researcher at Galaxy Digital 42:53

17d ago42:53

42:53

In this episode discuss Liquid Staking, Restaking and Eigenlayer with Zack Pokorny, Blockchain Researcher at Galaxy Digital. Zack walks us through liquid staking and restaking. We discuss the journey it took for the restaking landscape to come into existence. We cover Ethereum's move from proof of stake, the growth of liquid staking, and new opport…

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Vijay Chetty, CEO of Eclipse Labs 33:32

1M ago33:32

33:32

In this episode we are joined by Eclipse CEO, Vijay Chetty. Eclipse is an innovative Layer 2 solution that is using the Solana Virtual Machine (SVM) to help scale Ethereum. We dive in to how the SVM can be used to help scale the Ethereum Layer 2 Ecosystem and how it is working to become the backbone of high throughput applications while still lever…

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Sean Parsons, Co-Founder and CEO of Kettle Finance 31:52

2M ago31:52

31:52

In this episode, we dive deep into the world of physical real-world asset tokenization with Sean Parsons, CEO and Co-Founder of Kettle Finance. Kettle Finance focuses on tokenizing high-value items, starting with luxury watches, to unlock liquidity and provide new financial opportunities. Kettle Finance has already done over $20,000,000 in trade vo…

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Hugh Karp, Founder of Nexus Mutual 40:11

2M ago40:11

40:11

In this episode of the Amberdata Podcast, Amberdata Researcher Pat Doyle interviews Founder of Nexus Mutual, Hugh Karp. Nexus Mutual is a decentralized insurance alternative that allows members to join and share risk. The Nexus Mutual protocol is built on Ethereum and provides the infrastructure for members to buy cover, underwrite risk, assess cla…

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Reid Cuming, Co-Founder and COO of Superstate 29:18

4M ago29:18

29:18

In this episode of the Amberdata Podcast, Amberdata Researcher Pat Doyle interviews Superstate Co-Founder and COO Reid Cuming. Superstate is at the forefront of innovative investing, specializing in tokenized real-world financial products. Their first product, USTB, has already amassed over $90 million in assets under management. Reid brings a weal…

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Uniswap v3 Impermanent Loss Featuring Amberdata's Research Team 23:59

6M ago23:59

23:59

Welcome to the Amberdata Podcast! Join Amberdata's Director of Research, Chris Martin, and the Amberdata research team, Pat Doyle and Christian Manaog, as they dive into the nuances of Uniswap v2, v3, and the upcoming v4. Explore the differences in liquidity management, impermanent loss, and innovative features like Uniswap hooks, providing insight…

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Chapter 11: Bonus - Whatever I Want 6:59

7M ago6:59

6:59

Chapter 11: Bonus - Whatever I Want 11.1 Why You Must Write 11.2 No Idols 11.3 Must Read 11.4 Tips & Productivity Tricks 11.5 Life Advice (End: Disclaimers)By Messari

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Chapter 10: 10 Peer-to-Peer Tools & DAOs 33:55

7M ago33:55

33:55

Chapter 10: Top 10 Trends in Peer-to-Peer Infrastructure Wallet-Centric Future: MPC Upgrades Wallet-Centric Future: Smart Contract Accounts Wallet-Centric Future: Embedded “Wallets-as-a-Service” vs. SuperApps The Ledger Recover Debacle DePIN Storage Wars Decentralized Databases Decentralized Wireless Networks DePIN’s AI Machines Select DAO Dysfunct…

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Chapter 9: Top 10 Trends in Consumer Crypto 28:25

7M ago28:25

28:25

Chapter 9: Top 10 Trends in Consumer Crypto 9.1 Decentralized Social 9.2 Identity & pfp’s 9.3 NFT Marketplaces 9.4 pfp Project Updates 9.5 Bitcoin & Inscriptions 9.6 The The Institutions are Here 9.7 Co-Creation & UGX 9.8 Bet-To-Play Gaming & Information Markets 9.9 Network States 9.10 Token Curated Info Markets…

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Chapter 8: Top 10 Trends in DeFi 29:12

7M ago29:12

29:12

Chapter 8: Top 10 Trends in DeFi 8.1 DEX Platform Updates 8.2 Trading Aggregators & Front-Ends 8.3. Payments! 8.4. On-Chain Perps 8.5 DeFi Lending 8.6 LSTs 8.7 Bridges & Messengers 8.8 Oracles 8.9 RWA Diversification 8.10 Stacks & BRC-20sBy Messari

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Chapter 7: Top 10 Trends in Layer-1 Networks 26:27

7M ago26:27

26:27

By Messari

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Chapter 6: Top 10 Trends in CeFi 32:48

7M ago32:48

32:48

By Messari

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Chapter 5: Top 10 Crypto Policy Trends for 2024 1:06:24

7M ago1:06:24

1:06:24

By Messari

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Chapter 4: Top 10 Crypto Monies of 2024 35:49

7M ago35:49

35:49

Chapter 4: Top 10 Crypto Monies of 2024 4.1 Bitcoin is the Godzilla of Finance 4.2 Bitcoin Security Model & Assumptions 4.3 Bitcoin Mining More Important Than Ever 4.4 Private Transactions: Protocols, Coins, or Pools? 4.5 The New TINA Trade: Stablecoins 4.6 USDT 4.7 USDC 4.8 Paxos, Binance & PayPal Dollars 4.9 Crypto-Collateralized Stablecoins 4.10…

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Chapter 3: Top 10 Products of 2024 15:33

7M ago15:33

15:33

Chapter 3: Top 10 Products of 2024 3.1 USDT on Tron 3.2 Base from Coinbase 3.3 Celestia 3.4 Firedancer 3.5 Farcaster 3.6 GBTC 3.7 Lido 3.8 CCIP 3.9 Blur 3.10 Project GuardianBy Messari

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Chapter 2: Ten People to Watch in 2024 29:05

7M ago29:05

29:05

Chapter 2: Top 10 People to Watch in 2024 2.1 Larry Fink (BlackRock) & Cathie Wood (ARK Invest) 2.2 Jeremy Allaire & Dante Disparte (Circle) 2.3 Kristin Smith (The Blockchain Association) & Michael Carcaise (Fair Shake PAC) 2.4 Senator Elizabeth Warren (and her Minions) 2.5 Elon Musk (and his Stans) 2.6 Michael Sonnenshein & Craig Salm (Grayscale) …

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Chapter I: Top 10 Investment Trends for 2024 33:48

7M ago33:48

33:48

Chapter 1: Top 10 Investment Trends for 2024 1.0 Investment Trends 1.1 BTC & Digital Gold 1.2 ETH & The World Computer(s) 1.3 The (Liquid) Field 1.4 The Resurgence of Private Crypto Markets? 1.5 IPOs and M&A 1.6 Policy Meta 2 1.7 Can Devs Do Something?! 21 1.8 AI & Crypto: Money for the Machines 22 1.9 Three New De’s: DePIN, DeSoc, DeSci 23 1.10 Me…

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Intro: 2024 Theses 2:36

7M ago2:36

2:36

By Messari

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Eleni Steinman and Shane van Coller of Loop Crypto 39:22

12M ago39:22

39:22

Amberdata's Head of Research Chris Martin is joined by Eleni Steinman and Shane van Coller, co-founders of Loop Crypto. Loop Crypto is changing the face of payment processing in the crypto industry, introducing pull mechanisms and bringing the industry closer to traditional payment services. This podcast focuses on how payments work and the benefit…

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Theo Powers of Merkle 33:47

1y ago33:47

33:47

Amberdata's Head of Research Chris Martin interviews Theo Powers, CEO and founder of Merkle. The pair discusses everything MEV and mempools, including how mempools and private mempools work, why MEV is important, and the key difference between good and bad MEV. For more information on Merkle, go to https://merkle.io/. Disclaimer: This podcast is fo…

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Colton Conley, Founder and CEO of Prime Protocol 42:27

1y ago42:27

42:27

Colton Conley, Founder and CEO of Prime Protocol, joins Amberdata's Head of Research Chris Martin to discuss how DeFi can enable traditional financial markets, emerging L2s and chain trends, and the present and future of Prime Protocol. Prime Protocol is a decentralized prime brokerage of the future that offers stablecoin loans backed by a user's p…

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Elias Simos, Co-Founder and CEO of Rated 55:15

1y ago55:15

55:15

Elias Simos, Co-Founder and CEO of Rated, joins Amberdata's Chris Martin to discuss founding Rated, the use cases of validator ratings, applying inequality metrics like Gini coefficients to staking on Ethereum, and the future of Rated. Rated is building a reputation for machines, starting with Ethereum validators. Their mission is to instill greate…

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Soups Ranjan, CEO of Sardine 40:53

1y ago40:53

40:53

Soups Ranan, CEO of Sardine, joins Amberdata's Director of Analytics Chris Martin to discuss the history and founding of Sardine, how FinTech uses fraud programs to combat attackers and improve user experiences, and how to avoid scams in the crypto space. Sardine enables companies to improve risk management with fraud detection, compliance within f…

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Nakul Gupta of Brine Fi 43:30

1y ago43:30

43:30

Nakul Gupta, Head of Business for Brine, joins Chris Martin and discusses Brine Fi, metrics and learning across the DeFi/web3 space, and investing in web3 startups. Nakul is also the author of Cryptechie, a blog on all things crypto which covers insights and perspectives on crypto, product management, finance, and growth investing in the United Sta…

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Peter Wang, CEO and Founder of 57blocks 43:26

1y ago43:26

43:26

Amberdata's Analytics Engineer Christopher Martin is joined by Peter Wang, CEO and Founder of 57blocks. This episode follows the development side of crypto and explores the engineering aspects of building new projects in Web3. 57blocks is a Venture Studio investing and supporting engineering teams around the world, providing R&D services and accele…

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Jamie Holmes of Perpetual Protocol 43:05

1+ y ago43:05

43:05

Jamie Holmes, content manager at Perpetual Protocol, joins Chris Martin, Amberdata's Principal Analytics Engineer, to talk about Perpetual Protocol and current trends across decentralized exchanges. Jamie's extensive experience in the crypto industry as a researcher and content strategist began as a reporter and Editor in Chief for BTC Manager. Jam…

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Blake West, CTO and Co-Founder of Warbler Labs and Goldfinch 30:46

1+ y ago30:46

30:46

Chris Martin, Amberdata's Principal Analytics Engineer, interviews Blake West, CTO and Co-Founder of Warbler Labs and Co-Founder of Goldfinch. Warbler Labs is building the tools and technology for crypto to reshape the global economy and expand access to capital worldwide and is behind the core development team supporting the growth and success of …

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Bryce Ferguson, Co-Founder of Turnkey 30:40

1+ y ago30:40

30:40

Chris Martin, Amberdata's Principal Analytics Engineer, interviews Bryce Ferguson on Turnkey and private key management. Bryce is the co-founder of Turnkey, a simple API for developers to securely manage their private keys. He was previously the head of crypto at Trade Republic in Berlin, bringing crypto trading to millions of consumers across Euro…

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The State of DeFi with Coinbase Institutional's David Duong, CFA 32:03

1+ y ago32:03

32:03

Amberdata's podcast host and Principal Analytics Engineer, Chris Martin interviews David Duong on the state of DeFi. David leads cryptocurrency research efforts for institutional clients of Coinbase as Head of Institutional Research. He was previously the Head of Latin America FX Strategy and Research at HSBC managing the research coverage for Braz…

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Greg Magadini, Director of Derivatives at Amberdata 23:15

1+ y ago23:15

23:15

Our first-ever guest is Amberdata’s Director of Derivatives Greg Magadini. Greg is the founder of AD Derivatives (formerly Genesis Volatility) and the host of the AD Derivatives podcast. In our debut episode, Greg speaks about how he founded AD Derivatives, trends he noticed in the market during the FTX collapse, and resources for those interested …

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EP33 Josh Fraser - Origin Protocol - Bringing DeFi and NFT to the masses 44:13

2y ago44:13

44:13

Josh Fraser, the Co-Founder of Origin Protocol, founded the company in 2017 to bring NFTs and DeFi to the masses. Josh started coding at the age of 10. Prior to Origin, he co-founded 3 other venture-backed companies: EventVue, Torbit (acquired by Walmart Labs) & Forage. Today, Origin Story has powered multiple record-breaking NFT sales for top crea…

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EP32 Tayo and Tansaya - Bank of Thailand - Central Bank Digital Currency 34:55

2y ago34:55

34:55

Tayo Koonprasert and Tansaya Kunaratskul are Senior Specialists at the Central Bank Digital Currencies team at the Bank of Thailand. Both of them have been instrumental in creating the Central Bank Digital Currency. We’ll cover all about the use cases for CBDC, different models of CBDC and it will be used in the future at #FrontierFintech Podcast. …

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EP31 Yoshi Yokokawa - Alpaca - Democratizing Equity Investing for Every Person on Earth 54:34

2y ago54:34

54:34

“History Rhymes But Never Repeats” Yoshi Yokokawa is the CEO & Co-founder of Alpaca, a company that powers more than 100 fintech applications around the world. When Robinhood came out in 2013, Yoshi, in Japan at the time, couldn’t download the app or invest in U.S. stocks. Ten years later, nothing’s changed. Alpaca is based on the idea that every s…

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EP30 Sherry Jiang - Bluejay Finance - What Local Stablecoins Need is a DeFi Summer Moment 32:46

2+ y ago32:46

32:46

Sherry Jiang is the Co-Founder & CEO of Bluejay Finance, a protocol that creates stablecoins pegged to Asian currencies. By providing local currency stablecoins, Bluejay is laying the infrastructure to support the next billion users to use Web3 products. Sherry has always been passionate about building products for people in emerging markets. She h…

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EP29 Amrita Vir - Grab - Financial system isn’t fair to people who are just making a living 35:32

2+ y ago35:32

35:32

Amrita Vir is the Head of Driver Lending at Grab. She manages over 20 financial programs, including cash loans, BNPL, and fuel financing, for Grab drivers across 6 markets in Southeast Asia. She’s also the host of The Greenroom, a SEA fintech podcast. Amrita found her passion for fintech from a young age. She founded a non-profit microfinance compa…

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EP28 Jason Tay - M-DAQ - Heads you win, tails you don't lose 49:45

2+ y ago49:45

49:45

"Foreign exchange will always be here to stay" Jason Tay, the Regional Director of Business Development at M-DAQ, talks to us about how M-DAQ uses data and algorithms to allow merchants around the world to sell goods in foreign currencies and not lose out when the FX rate changes. M-DAQ is creating the world without currency borders. The 11-year ol…

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EP27 [Bonus!] 3 Peas in a Pod-Cast: NFT Party 43:55

2+ y ago43:55

43:55

Welcome to “NFT Party”, the inaugural episode of 3-Peas in a Pod-Cast where we dissect current events and big themes in the world of fintech & crypto. This episode is hosted by Nat Wittayatanaseth, Diana Shih and Jason Tay. As Russia is invading Ukraine, all our financial portfolios have gone red. While Diana keeps a strict Warren Buffett’s philoso…

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EP26 Iwan Kurniawan - Funding Societies - What’s next for P2P lending in SEA 41:38

2+ y ago41:38

41:38

Iwan Kurniawan, the Co-Founder & COO of Funding Societies (Modalku), has spent the past 6 years building Funding Societies into the largest SME lender in SEA. The company’s raised funds from top-tier investors, including SoftBank and Sequoia India. He also serves as the Vice Chairman of Indonesia Fintech Association. We talked about *What’s next fo…

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EP25 Samir Chaïbi - Insignia Ventures Partners - We do need banking, but we don’t need banks 45:37

2+ y ago45:37

45:37

“We do need banking, but we don’t need banks.” Samir Chaïbi, Principal at Insignia Ventures Partners, talked to us about the fintech landscape in Southeast Asia, from banking API, lending, to insurance business. Samir, a French Algerian, went to the U.S. to explore the startup and VC landscape before joining Insignia, a $450M+ AUM SEA-based VC fund…

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EP24 Bala Subramanian - Brankas - Scaling teams from 20 to 100 38:03

2+ y ago38:03

38:03

“When you make your passion your profession, it’s not your job anymore.” Bala Subramanian, Chief of Staff at Brankas, talks to us about scaling teams from 20 to 100. Since the pandemic started, Brankas has 5x its team in a remote first culture. We dig into frameworks on how to suss candidates for remote first culture, how to augment your process to…

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EP23 Ryan Chew - Tribe Accelerator - Crypto & defi could be the backbone of the metaverse 43:11

2+ y ago43:11

43:11

Ryan Chew is the Co-Founder of Tribe Accelerator, Singapore’s first government-backed blockchain accelerator. Tribe was founded in 2018 because Ryan and his co-founder noticed that funding opportunities for blockchain startups were very limited. Fast forward to 2021, Tribe has now supported startups with over $300 million in funding and it is in th…

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EP22 Raymond Hsu - Cabital - Earn High Yields from Crypto without the Crazy 47:53

2+ y ago47:53

47:53

Raymon Hsu is the Co-Founder and CEO of Cabital, a simple elegant platform that allows anyone anywhere to earn passive income as much as 12% APY from crypto without the crazy. Raymond started his career helping people access mobile payments in Kenya at a global bank. Having witnessed first hand how hard it is for people in Africa to send and receiv…

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EP21 Brian Ma - Iterative Capital - My KPI is how many peoples’ lives have I changed 53:13

2+ y ago53:13

53:13

“My life is not that long and the only thing I want to do is making a big impact” Brian Ma is the Managing Partner of Iterative Capital, a YC-style accelerator focusing on increasing Southeast Asia’s GDP. He is also the Founder of Divvy Homes, a $2B company that allows customers to build equity credits as they rent. This episode is so special as we…

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EP20 U-Zyn Chua - Co-Founder of DeFi Chain - Building DeFi infrastructure on Bitcoin blockchain 45:08

2+ y ago45:08

45:08

U-Zyn Chua is an early pioneer of Bitcoin (fun fact: he interacted with Satoshi back when Bitcoin originated!). He also designed, developed and launched the world's first retail Central Bank Digital Currency for the Central Bank of the Bahamas. Today, he’s the Co-Founder & CTO of DeFi Chain and Cake DeFi, a non-Turing complete blockchain that enabl…

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EP19 Jeffery Liu - CEO & Co-founder of Xanpool - Anyone can turn themselves into money changers and earn fees 49:37

2+ y ago49:37

49:37

Jeffery Liu, CEO & Co-founder of Xanpool, talks to us about decentralized market makers. Anyone can turn themselves into money changers and earn 25%APY on idle money on their bank accounts and crypto wallets. Xanpool was created to be a payment or liquidity network (think Visa or Mastercard), but instead of being a close network, it’s an open netwo…

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EP18 - Vidit Agrawal - CEO and Co-founder of Gajigesa - Solving financial challenges for blue-collar workers 31:23

2+ y ago31:23

31:23

Vidit Agrawal is the CEO and Co-Founder of Gajigesa, a financial health platform that provides Indonesian employees with financial education and early access to their salaries. Vidit was the first hire at Uber Asia and he’s also a technology veteran with experiences across many leading startups, including Uber, Stripe, and Carro. Together with his …

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EP17 Stephane de Baets - Founder of Elevated Returns & XSpring - Hedge your future spending with tokenized assets 40:47

3y ago40:47

40:47

Stephane de Baets is the Founder of Elevated Returns & XSpring. He is the first person to launch the world’s first real estate tokenization, Aspen Coin, and Thailand’s first real estate tokenization, SiriHub. He foresees that we’re going to see the biggest hyper-inflation we’ve ever seen. Money depreciates all the time. That is why this is the righ…

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EP16 - Samuel Rhee - Founding Partner & CIO of Endowus - Cost is what you should focus on if you invest for the long-term 46:13

3y ago46:13

46:13

Samuel Rhee is the Founding Partner & CIO of Endowus, a Singapore-based wealth platform that lets you invest towards your life goals and provides you exclusive access to best-in-class funds from around the world at low costs. Samuel has been in finance his whole life, 27 years to be exact. He spent most of his time in the public equity market at Mo…

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EP15 - Michael Shaulov - CEO of Fireblocks - We’re in the Early Adopters phase of institutional adoption 45:58

3y ago45:58

45:58

Michael Shaulov is the CEO and co-founder of Fireblocks, an all-in-one platform that helps enterprises store, transfer, and issue digital assets without getting hacked. Michael was an expert in cybersecurity before he founded Fireblocks. North Korean hackers, the Lazarus Group, stole $7M from Bithumb, a South Korean exchange in 2017. Michael, along…

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EP14 - Ian Lee - Associate Director of Merkle Science - There’s no way to stop people from using Bitcoin 55:10

3y ago55:10

55:10

Ian Lee is the Founding Team and Associate Director of Merkle Science, a provider of blockchain transaction monitoring and intelligence solutions. Ian started out as a capital markets lawyer. During that time, many people came to him to ask about how to engage with crypto in a legally compliant way. He saw the vision of what crypto can become and d…

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