Best The UBRI Podcast from Ripple Podcasts (2024)

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Reshaping the Auto Industry | Alex Rawitz DIMO 36:07

2M ago36:07

36:07

Tech-savvy listeners who are excited about cars, IoT, data, crypto, Web3, and software development can benefit from listening to this conversation between Alex Rawitz, Co-Founder and COO at DIMO and President of Cornell Blockchain, Leah Valente. How does owning more data collected by your car provide more value to you? And can you leverage this dat…

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Applying Blockchain to the HBW Project | Ayesha Hardison & Drew Davidson 25:39

4M ago25:39

25:39

The History of Black Writing project is an excellent example where an internationally renowned source for information converted from a distributed online database to a blockchain. A conversation with English Professor Ayesha Hardison, the Director of the History of Black Writing, and Engineering Professor Drew Davidson who implemented the technolog…

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Novel Blockchain Applications in the Energy Sector | Soheil Saraji 24:00

9M ago24:00

24:00

Continuing our conversation about using blockchain on our global path toward sustainability. Listen to this rich discussion with Soheil Saraji, University of Wyoming’s Associate Professor of Energy and Petroleum Engineering in the College of Engineering and Physical Science. Audience will learn how we are utilizing blockchain for potential forward …

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Tokenizing Transportation | Jimmie Lenz 28:20

9M ago28:20

28:20

We have the technology to improve payment terms, without the use of selling invoices to 3rd parties, for millions of small trucking firms. Tokens can return 100 cents on the dollar to these businesses and improve economies for more than just profits and growth. Catch this rich discussion on how small businesses can take better control over their fi…

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How Blockchain Will Save The Climate | Ando Shah 35:10

1y ago35:10

35:10

Are you following the most critical, vital, existential fight of our planet? The potential application of blockchain to decarbonize our economy and our world so that we can avoid catastrophic temperature rise is happening. Discover along with others in our field how blockchain, may actually be a suitable technology. A compelling conversation betwee…

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Blockchain Application for Identity Management | Nick Dazé 39:27

1+ y ago39:27

39:27

Proving something about yourself in a digital world should be fast, easy and secure. How are blockchains useful in managing verifiable credentials, decentralized IDs and other tokenized assets? Nick Dazé, founder and CEO of Heirloom, discusses the no-code tools his team is creating for a trusted and tamper-proof environment for identity verificatio…

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The Personalization of Finance | Emmanuel Daniel 42:24

1+ y ago42:24

42:24

How does highly personalized FinTech change how institutions, markets, & societies run? Columbia Professor, Agostino Capponi, explores how crypto and blockchain are altering the financial industry while expanding observations beyond finance to how transitions are taking place in society with the personalization of finance in a deep conversation wit…

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Interactive Sports Marketplace for Collectable Tokens | VO2 23:26

1+ y ago23:26

23:26

How much fun would it be to become a stakeholder in your favorite athlete? Sports lovers can now interact with chosen players and get rewarded. Join UPenn scholars Arham Habib and Arpan Bagui talking about their journey creating an NFT Marketplace for athletes and their fans; VO2. This blockchain start-up that advanced through the Cypher Accelerato…

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Empowering Investors | NFT Valuations 17:24

1+ y ago17:24

17:24

We are at the very beginning of NFT's becoming a meaningful percentage of art, collectables, gaming, and community markets and yet NFT's are already a multi billion dollar market. It can be intimidating for first-timers to invest in NFT's as an alternative investment class. This is why Co-Founders Mahan Fathi and Aristotelis Charalampous have creat…

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NFT Credentialing | Klitos Christodoulou 16:12

2y ago16:12

16:12

Whether you are just dipping your toes into Web3 and looking to take a free MOOC to advance your understanding or interested in diving all in to get a Master's degree in Digital Currencies and Blockchain Technology - University of Nicosia Institute for the Future is a great resource. They not only entered into teaching and researching blockchain ea…

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NFT Home Sales | Geoffrey Thompson & Sanjay Raghavan 27:53

2y ago27:53

27:53

Buying or selling a home? Blockchain cuts the transaction process and cost of buying a single family home down dramatically. Welcome to the next-generation for real-estate investments. Real Estate experts Geoffrey Thompson and Sanjay Raghavan from Roofstock share their revolutionary journey with this web3 PropTech leader. We also hear how they bene…

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Bringing Web3 forward with authentic data transit | Eric Falk 21:01

2y ago21:01

21:01

Learn about new ways of storing documents, multimedia, sensor telemetry (all kinds of data) on the internet to never lose it again and new ways of sharing it through real-world objects as digital twins online (mirrored NFT tokens with attached data). Dr. Eric Falk, Co-Founder of Filedgr, talks all about this Digital Twin Datahub…

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Universal Access to Central Bank Digital Currencies | Co-Pierre Georg 37:42

2+ y ago37:42

37:42

Many humans on our planet remain DIGITALLY excluded. Those who are excluded can be limited or unable to participate fully in society. This divide between those with digital skills and those with barriers to access and use continues to widen. Co-Pierre George, who holds the South African Reserve Bank Chair in Financial Stability Studies, and his tal…

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Shaping Blockchain Certification - DEC Institute | Arno Pernthaler 24:19

2+ y ago24:19

24:19

You want to jump on the hot new tech wave. Maybe you are starting your career or are thinking about changing industries to join the blockchain revolution. How do you prove your acumen in this fast moving space? A conversation with Arno Pernthaler, co-founder of the DEC Institute, an association launched and backed by leading academic institutions w…

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Renewable Energy Certificates using DLT | Iván Razo 19:27

2+ y ago19:27

19:27

CELEBRATING EARTH DAY 2022 * Sustainability is an increasingly important topic of conversation and we'll dive into how the rise of new technologies like blockchain can help. What about blockchain technology makes it so appealing for addressing challenges related to climate action? Hear all about this from Computer Scientist Iván Salvador Razo Zapat…

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Cryptocurrency Regulation | Yuliya Guseva 43:13

2+ y ago43:13

43:13

Digital Asset regulation is a controversial subject, but most experts argue that a framework is necessary to protect investors and outline clear guidelines for innovation. Rutger's Law Professor, Yulia Guseva, guides us through US crypto-regulation, and sheds light on global environments to navigate various legislative positions toward cryptocurren…

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Transforming Business with Blockchain | André Salem 24:56

2+ y ago24:56

24:56

We've been hearing of all the benefits to using blockchain across various sectors. How can companies who know nothing about blockchain implement this technology into their business? Blockforce Founder/CEO André Salem has a solution for sellers to easily use blockchain without any previous knowledge. Learn how merchants can accept digital assets lik…

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Hollywood Meets Blockchain NFTs | Michelle Munson 30:35

2+ y ago30:35

30:35

Ready for the new web3 content experience? Look to the minting of derivative NFTs. You can exclusively view The Walking Dead's final season and join the drop of limited edition NFTs of Dolly Parton's new album! Learn how the Entertainment Industry is turning to Blockchain for Content Ownership with Eluvio CEO Michelle Munson. She discusses how Eluv…

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Diversity and Inclusion in the Blockchain - Crypto Space | Ali Emdad 25:40

2+ y ago25:40

25:40

How do we lower the barriers to people of color having access to strong education on blockchain? How do we train people to better qualify for this space flooding with job opportunities? Holding annual competitions like "Battle for Crypto” that actively teach students how to buy, sell, and trade digital assets in an engaged learning lab is one step …

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Blockchain Power for Innovative Economy | Wladimiro Navarro 23:23

2+ y ago23:23

23:23

A conversation between Navin Gupta, Ripple’s MD, South Asia & MENA, and Finweg’s CTO, Wladimiro Navarro. Finweg went through NYU Abu Dhabi’s startAD FinTech accelerator program and came out a winner. Audience will learn about blockchain through this emerging start-up in Spain and Latin America and dive deeper into tokenizing assets.…

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Fintech -> Key Driver to Sustainability | Thomas Puschmann 22:24

2+ y ago22:24

22:24

How does Fintech and blockchain drive the economy toward more sustainable development? A conversation with Dr. Thomas Puschmann, Director of Swiss FinTech Innovation Lab, University of Zurich. He has studied hundreds of global start-ups focused on sustainability and financial technology, providing solutions for environmental, social and governance …

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Protecting Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies | Victor Fang 38:04

3y ago38:04

38:04

Can we trust blockchain? How can we be more confident interacting with the developing digital economy? Anchain.ai is a start-up passionate about facilitating legitimacy and security in the crypto industry. Co-founder and CEO, Victor Fang, works with a wide variety of public and private chains so that industry stakeholders can be secure AND we share…

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AuditChain: Trading Audit Platform over Blockchain | Guy Vishnia 22:24

3y ago22:24

22:24

When it comes to financial regulation systems, how can we make recording the flow of information more clear? How can we keep up with the expense of self-regulating, especially when there are monthly changes? Newly emerged electronic trading practices call for new auditing protocols - why not build them with tech advances that help enhance market tr…

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Blockchain Adoption in Supply Chains | Nikhil Vadgama 32:38

3y ago32:38

32:38

The pandemic disrupted supply chains. Constraints will affect delivery of goods around the globe this upcoming holiday. How do we fix this? Nikhil Vadgama, Deputy Director of UCL's Centre for Blockchain Technology, reviews ten sectors and hundreds of projects over the last decade that incorporate blockchain to provide better supply chain systems. L…

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Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Education and Adoption | Ariel Zetlin-Jones 30:10

3y ago30:10

30:10

How do you engage students to brainstorm ideas about how they might use a cryptocurrency on campus? Ariel Zetlin-Jones, Associate Professor of Economics at the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University, has been teaching courses on blockchain like “Developing Blockchain Use Cases”. He engages all background of students to discover why…

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FoodChain; Blockchain 4 Good | Leigh Jin 21:52

3y ago21:52

21:52

Blockchain has far-reaching disruptive potential often focused on charitable works. Explore the humanitarian efforts of SFSU students leveraging this emerging technology for multiple blockchain projects, all related to blockchain for social good; applying blockchain technology to promote volunteer participation, and food safety monitoring for healt…

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Blockchain Based Election Systems | Arnab Ghosh 24:46

3y ago24:46

24:46

What if we could increase voter participation and election credibility via secure, verifiable online voting for elections? Researchers are building systems to utilize the immutability, transparency and distributed consensus properties of blockchain. We are finding that a blockchain based voting system could solve many of the current day election ch…

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The Power of DeFi | Ishaan Hiranandani 25:54

3y ago25:54

25:54

Are you captivated by the endless possibilities of how we can interact with money? Students are creating real world solutions using fintech tools to provide additional capacity in under-resourced communities. There are industry programs that help turn their visions into reality by providing resources that advance their prototypes, apps and ideas. I…

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Tech solutions that ADDRESS things that we NEED | Atefeh Mashatan 27:00

3+ y ago27:00

27:00

Decentralization puts power in the hands of the consumer* Let's bring in the Enterprise Blockchain Award winner who has brought more transparency to the Real Estate sector and beyond Named Canada's top tech titan, Dr. Atefeh Mashatan, is the Director of the Cybersecurity Research Lab and an Associate Professor at Ryerson University. This renowned c…

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Blockchain for the Public Good | Camille Crittenden 28:06

3+ y ago28:06

28:06

How do we amplify the positive effects of blockchain innovation? Influencing policy makers on technological capabilities and wider implications on society is a good place to start. Camille Crittenden, Executive Director of UC Berkeley's Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS), envisions many possible use cases…

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Revolutionary Lending and Trading Platform for Local Business | Seth Goldstein 24:51

3+ y ago24:51

24:51

How do we increase availability of capitol to small and traditionally disadvantaged borrowers? How can we invest in businesses we care about while purchasing products/services we want, especially during pandemic closures? Carnegie Mellon Professor Goldstein has been investigating the interaction of technology, work and money with his computer scien…

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Dapps: Selecting a Blockchain for Your Project | Radu State 27:15

3+ y ago27:15

27:15

We are seeing more and more applications being built on blockchain. And there are thousands of blockchains for developers to choose from. What do you look for in a blockchain to support your application development? Chief Scientist Dr. Radu State and his team from University of Luxembourg’s Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Tru…

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Galvanizing the Construction Industry with Blockchain | SangHyun Lee 21:46

3+ y ago21:46

21:46

How can blockchain help the construction industry? Think blockchain as your back office, matching purchase orders with actions, a system that generates a payment automatically without accounting approval. Or a single source of truth, created by all the participants on a given project, that’s plain for everyone to see. Blockchain keeps everyone hone…

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Blockchain as an Art Medium | Joey Orr 30:47

3+ y ago30:47

30:47

How can artwork be the blockchain itself? Joey Orr runs the Integrated Arts Research Initiative at the Spencer Museum of Art. He commissioned leading artists Stephanie Dinkins and Simon Denny to explore the emergence of blockchain technology in collaboration with science and humanities researchers at The University of Kansas. They are pushing to th…

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Achieving Food Security With Smart Contracts | Joanne Luciano 22:44

3+ y ago22:44

22:44

According to the UNs' Food and Agriculture Organization, residents of the US Virgin Islands import more than 97% of their food. Nutritional content is not what it could be farmed locally and sometimes transported food arrives rotten or cannot arrive at all when container ships can't get into port during seasonal storms. Food quality and shortage is…

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All About Blockchain Season 2 Promo 1:23

3+ y ago1:23

1:23

All About Blockchain is a Ripple-produced podcast featuring University Blockchain Research Initiative (UBRI) partners to showcase utility of this innovative technology. Host Lauren Weymouth returns for season 2 with global guests discussing how they will use this tech to solve challenges and innovate in farming, art, construction and public infrast…

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Finance Applications: Real Estate Tokenization | Simon Sive 27:02

4y ago27:02

27:02

Why do we want digital assets to represent real world property? Tokenization of securities is still an area that is early in development and adoption but we can start to learn from enterprise solutions already on the market. Computational finance expert, Simon Sive, identifies practical challenges and discusses the ecosystem players already solving…

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Embracing Sustainability Goals with Blockchain Technology | Dorit Aviv 20:09

4y ago20:09

20:09

How can we individually improve our energy consumption? We might think about reducing our carbon footprint, but to improve our behavior, we need to effectively measure our individual usage. Architect Dorit Aviv is doing just that with a distributed energy monitoring and environmental sensing network using blockchain technology, which she is leading…

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Using Blockchain For Asset Management | Vishwas Patil 26:21

4y ago26:21

26:21

How does blockchain help assets maintain their value? Senior Research Scientist, Vishwas Patil, discusses LandCoin: A Simple Asset Management Protocol. He helps us understand that blockchains provide methods to encapsulate transfer of not only a value but any asset class that can be digitally represented. The use case discussed is an asset-transfer…

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Leveraging Blockchain to preserve the Amazon Rainforest | Marcos Simplicio 24:53

4y ago24:53

24:53

A deep look into how researchers in Brazil can create value out of biodiversity by connecting it to advanced technological innovation. Engineering Professor Marcos Antônio Simplício Júnior, from the Polytechnic School of University of São Paulo, talks us through the concepts with a high level technical perspective of the applied research architectu…

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Hackers build unique apps on blockchain | Nathan Nichols 21:30

4y ago21:30

21:30

Q Have an idea to solve a unique challenge? A Build a demo on blockchain SDKs (Software Development Kits) are open source tools available to developers, students, and anyone who wants to learn to build prototypes for their ideas. Nathan gives real life advise on how to get plugged into blockchain, describes the cool use cases that landed him a job …

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Tokenizing Real World Assets | Scott Chamberlain 25:49

4y ago25:49

25:49

Scott Chamberlain is keen to solve all kinds of challenges using blockchain technology—including digitizing cows to make meat production more efficient and consumers better educated.By The UBRI Podcast from Ripple

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Blockchain Applications to the Energy Sector | Kate Tomlinson 33:39

4y ago33:39

33:39

We care more and more about clean energy, but challenges still exist with how it is being tracked, bought and sold. How can blockchain help the energy sector? Energy consultant Kate Tomlinson has experience across the energy value chain, including working as a wind turbine engineer in China, advising energy clients at McKinsey and leading multiple …

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A Future for Blockchain in Global Healthcare | Dr. Anjum Khurshid 24:01

4y ago24:01

24:01

How can blockchain help homelessness? What special features of blockchain technology make it better for storing patient data than current systems? Join Director of Data Integration at Dell Medical School’s Department of Population Health, Dr. Anjum Khurshid, discuss overcoming the practical challenges for homelessness with a blockchain-application …

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All About Blockchain Promo | Lauren Weymouth 1:45

4y ago1:45

1:45

All About Blockchain is a Ripple-produced podcast featuring University Blockchain Research Initiative (UBRI) partners to highlight what is being built on this innovative technology. Host Lauren Weymouth shares a sneak peek of topics and guests...By The UBRI Podcast from Ripple

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