The Encrypted Economy

On this week’s episode of The Encrypted Economy, our guest is Kokila Alagh, founder of KARM Legal Consultants. We discuss the regulatory hurdles facing digital assets in the UAE and how they differentiate themselves from other jurisdictions. Be sure to subscribe to The Encrypted Economy for more coverage of the frameworks paving the way for global adoption of blockchain technologies.  Topics Cover...

On this week’s episode of The Encrypted Economy, our guests are Elena Nadolinski and Craig Timm of Iron Fish. Iron Fish is a decentralized, proof-of-work based, censorship-resistant, and publicly accessible blockchain project that aims to become the universal privacy layer for all of Web 3. We dive into the project and discuss the role of privacy in the evolution of blockchains. Be sure to subscri...

On this week’s episode of The Encrypted Economy, our guest is Daniela Barbosa, Executive Director of the Hyperledger Foundation. We explore the collection of Hyperledger projects and discuss how organizations around the world are utilizing this revolutionary tech. Be sure to subscribe to The Encrypted Economy for more coverage of the open-source solutions and frameworks that will change our world....

On this week’s episode of The Encrypted Economy, our guest is Jason Schwartz, Partner at Fried Frank. We discuss tax challenges with digital assets as well as their permanent place in the next age of the economy. Be sure to subscribe to The Encrypted Economy for more coverage of the regulation and taxation creating a better landscape for digital assets.  Topics Covered:          ·       Introducti...

On this week’s episode of The Encrypted Economy, our guest is Michael Feng, Founder of Hummingbot. We discuss the decentralization of the market maker function and giving an edge back to smaller traders with the software. Be sure to subscribe to The Encrypted Economy for more coverage of the innovative products creating a better landscape for digital assets.  Topics Covered:          ·       Intro...

On this week’s episode of The Encrypted Economy, our guest is Kaitlin Asrow, Executive Deputy Superintend of New York’s Department of Financial Services. We discuss the process of obtaining proper licensure to operate a digital assets business and the balancing act of incentivizing innovation while crafting better-tuned regulations. Be sure to subscribe to The Encrypted Economy for more perspectiv...

On this week’s episode of The Encrypted Economy, our guest is Patrick O’Meara, CEO and Founder of Inveniam. We discuss how Inveniam creates a data layer that allows data to be credentialed and fed into smart contracts on a daily basis, as well as the range of use cases seen with the technology. Be sure to subscribe to The Encrypted Economy for more insights on the revolutionary products that will...

On this week’s episode of The Encrypted Economy, our guest is Benedikt Bünz, Chief Scientist at Espresso Systems. We discuss the state of crypto and the place for innovative technology like Zero Knowledge Proofs in the next era of the economy. Be sure to subscribe to The Encrypted Economy for more perspective on the revolutionary products that will help build a better world. Topics Covered:       ...

On this week’s episode of The Encrypted Economy, our guest is Todd Eskelsen, Partner at Eskelsen Law Group. We discuss the potential use cases for decentralized autonomous organizations and the coming data revolution emerging in agriculture. Be sure to subscribe to The Encrypted Economy for more perspective on the revolutionary models that will propel us into the next era of business. Topics Cover...

On this week’s episode of The Encrypted Economy, our guest is Stuart Levi, Partner at Skadden Arps. We discuss different forms of licensing as well as IP issues associated with NFTs and the growing complexity of the legal environment surrounding them.  Be sure to subscribe to The Encrypted Economy for more insight on securing your individual data and the legal tools that help us to do so. Topics C...

On this week’s episode of The Encrypted Economy, our guest is Suha Mohamed of the Aapti Institute. The Aapti Institute is a policy research organization focused on examining lived experiences at the intersection of technology and society. Suha joins us to discuss Aapti's initiatives that are helping to build out data stewardship models while promoting inclusion and representation. Be sure to...

On this week’s episode of The Encrypted Economy, our guest is Raphael Belchior, Ph. D. Student and R&D Engineer at Blockdaemon. We explore the extensive research that Raphael has done on different interoperability solutions and discuss developments in the space. Be sure to subscribe to The Encrypted Economy for more insight on revolutionary technologies in web 3.0. Topics Covered:          · ...

On this week’s episode of The Encrypted Economy, our guests are Brandon Ferrick and Jordan Schwartz, co-members of the LeXpunK Army. LeXpunK is a collaborative legal advocacy group that analyzes the state of the regulatory environment surrounding decentralized technologies. We give a brief introduction of Reg ATS and an analysis of the LeXpunK comment letter that followed. Be sure to subscribe to...

On this week’s episode of The Encrypted Economy, our guests is Zohar Hod, founder and CEO of One Creation Corporation. One Creation Corporation is a privacy solution leveraging several different encryption technologies for organizations. Be sure to subscribe to The Encrypted Economy for more insight on the innovations in privacy-enhancing technology and its adoption around the globe.  Topics Cover...

On this week’s episode of The Encrypted Economy, our guests are Nadim Kobeissi, Co-founder of Capsule. Social and Anastasia Sazonova, Ukrainian Blogger. We explore Nadim’s platform Capsule. Social, and the decentralized, censorship-resistant “Blogchain.” Be sure to subscribe to The Encrypted Economy for more insight on the innovations in Web 3.0 and tools that reinforce the free exchange of perspe...

On this week’s episode of The Encrypted Economy, our guests is Dylan Dewdney, Co-founder of NFT 3. We explore Web 3.0 and the issues associated with the concept of decentralized identities. Be sure to subscribe to The Encrypted Economy for more insight on the innovations in NFT technology and its adoption around the globe.  Topics Covered:          ·       Introduction ·       Dylan’s Background ·...

On this week’s episode of The Encrypted Economy, our guests are Ross Campbell and Jordan Teague of Kali DAO. Kali DAO is a legal resource that helps to guide new companies through the preparation of appropriate forms and documentation to get up and going. Be sure to subscribe to The Encrypted Economy for more insight on the innovations in governance structures and legal tools in Web 3.0.  Topics C...

This week’s episode of The Encrypted Economy, our guest is Alistair Muir, CEO of Vanteum. Vanteum provides advisory services for privacy enhancing technologies, and Alistair shares his perspective into how thought leaders are approaching these innovations outside the United States. Be sure to subscribe to The Encrypted Economy for more insight on the innovations in privacy technology and its adopt...

This week’s episode of The Encrypted Economy, our guest is Carla Reyes from Southern Methodist University School of Law. We discuss the Uniform Commercial Law and security interests in crypto. Be sure to subscribe to The Encrypted Economy for more insight on the regulatory frameworks in blockchain and perfecting security interests in digital assets. Topics Covered: ·       Introduction ·       Car...

This week’s episode of The Encrypted Economy, our guests are Jennifer Cobbe from the University of Manchester and Dr. Heleen Janssen from the University of Amsterdam. We discuss what effective legal frameworks would look like in the face of rapidly changing technologies and changing interdependencies among people. Be sure to subscribe to The Encrypted Economy for more coverage of the innovations i...

This week’s episode of The Encrypted Economy, we have another conversation with Two Ocean Trust CEO Joel Revill. We discuss updates in Wyoming legislature regarding covering digital assets in estate law, and explore possible future developments in the state. Be sure to subscribe to The Encrypted Economy for more coverage of the innovations in blockchain that can reshape how our businesses function...

This week on The Encrypted Economy, our guest is Brett Hemenway Falk, Research Professor at the University of Pennsylvania. We discuss Brett’s recent research on oblivious ram, data leakage, and other concepts that are critical to our understanding of privacy-enhancing technology. Be sure to subscribe to The Encrypted Economy for more insight into privacy preservation and the progress we have made...

This week on The Encrypted Economy, we continue our conversation with Professor Yuliya Guseva from Rutgers Law School. Yuliya gives her insights on the SEC and its recent regulatory proposals, security registration issues, the importance of gatekeeper’s disclosures, amongst many more topics that give listeners a snapshot of the legal environment in the blockchain economy. Be sure to subscribe to T...

This week on The Encrypted Economy, our guest is CyberToothKat, Creator of the NFT game Book Alchemy. In this episode, we discuss Web 3, NFT gaming in the metaverse, the integration of digital assets into games, among many other topics. Be sure to subscribe to The Encrypted Economy for more coverage of the evolution of the internet and the innovative technologies that reshape how we think of enter...

This week on The Encrypted Economy, our guest is Thorsten Dittmar, founder of the data cooperative polypoly. In this episode, we discuss a range of topics all tackled head-on by the co-op. Be sure to subscribe to The Encrypted Economy for more coverage of revolutionary business models and innovative systems for data management.   Topics Covered: ·       Introduction ·       Thorsten’s Background ·...