BlockHash

For episode 751 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Quinten van Welzen, leading growth at Zano. Zano is an open-source cryptocurrency and ecosystem with enterprise-grade privacy, security, and scalability that operates as a robust foundation for confidential assets and decentralized applications (dApps).   📣 This episode is brought to you by Sumsub.   Sumsub is a le...

For episode 750 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Aigerim Omarbekova, the Head of Ecosystem at Fasset, a banking and investment platform focused on financial inclusion in emerging markets. At Fasset, Aigerim leads the platform’s full stakeholder and community ecosystem, spanning investor relations, regional market development across Southeast Asia and MENA, and outreac...

For episode 749 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Chris Loeffler, CEO & Co-founder of Caliber Wealth Management.   📣 This episode is brought to you by Sumsub.   Sumsub is a leading full-cycle verification platform purpose-built for the crypto industry, chosen by 8 out of 10 of the biggest global exchanges. It helps VASPs, exchanges, and DeFi platforms prevent fraud, sta...

For episode 748 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Brian Oakes, an IT escalation engineer, early crypto miner, and author of Undermined, a gripping firsthand account of losing over $150 million in cryptocurrency through a devastating SIM swap attack.    Since his last appearance on BlockHash, Brian has been targeted in a second hack that wiped him out of crypto enti...

In this episode, we discuss the state of the AI market and what to expect heading into July of 2026.📣 This episode is brought to you by Sumsub. Sumsub is a leading full-cycle verification platform purpose-built for the crypto industry, chosen by 8 out of 10 of the biggest global exchanges. It helps VASPs, exchanges, and DeFi platforms prevent fraud, stay compliant, and scale globally. From instan...

For episode 747 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Bret Kenwell, a US Investment and Options Analyst at eToro. eToro is a retail brokerage platform offering access to crypto and traditional asset classes to 40 million users globally. They allow users to trade diverse financial assets like stocks, cryptocurrencies, and ETFs.   📣 This episode is brought to you by Sumsub....

For episode 746 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Tristan Thompson to discuss the intersection of Sports, Tech and Capital at Bitcoin 2026 and becoming a Founding partner of Introduction.com.   📣 This episode is brought to you by Sumsub.   Sumsub is a leading full-cycle verification platform purpose-built for the crypto industry, chosen by 8 out of 10 of the bigge...

Stellar (XLM) has been one of the best-performing cryptocurrencies in recent weeks, fueled by growing speculation surrounding its role in the future of tokenized finance and digital asset infrastructure. I break down the recent surge in XLM, the significance of the DTCC announcement, and why institutional adoption narratives are once again putting Stellar in the spotlight.   We discuss tokeni...

For episode 745 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Ilies Larbi, CEO of Ouinex, a next-generation financial trading platform designed to bridge the gap between decentralized and institutional finance.   Before founding Ouinex, Ilies was Managing Director and Head of Global Partnerships at one of the world's leading brokerages. There, he managed global capital markets, reg...

For episode 744 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Sebastian Salomon, CGO and Co-Founder of oneBanking, one of Europe's most exciting fintech ventures (est. 2024), and co-founder of oneBots, an AI-powered automation platform making intelligent banking accessible to everyone.   📣 This episode is brought to you by Sumsub.   Sumsub is a leading full-cycle verification...

For episode 743 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Andrej Bencic, CEO and Co-Founder of Tenderly, the simulation company for onchain institutions. An engineer by background, he co-founded Tenderly in 2018 and has spent the last eight years building it into the operational layer beneath crypto's most sophisticated protocols, enabling engineering, finance, and risk teams to mod...

For episode 742 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Chi Zhang, co-founder and CEO of Kite, which is building the base layer for the agentic internet. Her extensive background encompasses AI, big data, and product management. 📣 This episode is brought to you by Sumsub.   Sumsub is a leading full-cycle verification platform purpose-built for the crypto industry, chosen by 8 out...

For episode 741 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Keith Zubchevich, President and CEO of Conviva. Keith Zubchevich is president and CEO of Conviva, where he helps digital businesses understand what their customers actually experience — not just what dashboards say is happening. He leads Conviva’s work at the intersection of agentic AI, real-time analytics, and customer exper...

For episode 740 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Kenny Wood, CEO of Sleepagotchi, a next-generation AI health data platform that started with sleep and is rapidly expanding into the broader wellness economy. The company just closed a $6.5M raise backed by Sfermion, Inception, 6th Man, and 1kx and launched its first personalised AI Sleep Coach on 19 May. Before joining Sleep...

For episode 739 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by David Lucatch, the Chair of nGRND, the Gold Protocol that converts stranded in-ground gold into liquid, reward-bearing digital assets, without extraction or environmental cost.   David brings 40+ years of global entrepreneurial experience to this moment. He was an early architect of eCommerce payment infrastructure in Ca...

For episode 738 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Sergii Gerasymovych, the Co-Founder and CEO of EZ Blockchain, a bootstrapped data center and computing infrastructure company he founded in 2017. He pioneered flare gas Bitcoin mining, invented the world's first mobile immersion cooling mining container, and is now transitioning his infrastructure to power AI workloads. F...

For episode 737 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Jesse Shrader, CEO & Co-founder of Amboss, where they are building the backbone for enterprise Lightning adoption and decentralized finance through several key initiatives.   📣 This episode is brought to you by Sumsub.   Sumsub is a leading full-cycle verification platform purpose-built for the crypto industry,...

For episode 736 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Beau Turner, CEO of Abundant Mines, a vertically integrated, U.S. based Bitcoin mining and hosting company built on transparency, uptime, and investor trust. They help individual investors, high-net-worth individuals, family offices, and business owners transform their portfolios through Bitcoin-denominated cash flow, with fu...

For episode 735 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Bobby Shell of Voltage, an enterprise-grade cloud infrastructure platform that specializes in "Lightning-as-a-Service" (LaaS). It allows businesses, fintechs, and financial institutions to easily set up, manage, and scale Bitcoin and Lightning Network nodes without the burden of maintaining physical servers.   📣 This ep...

For episode 734 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Morgan Lekstrom, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman at Streamex. He is a seasoned mining executive and corporate strategist with over 17 years of experience building and transforming resource companies. As Chairman and Co-Founder of Streamex, he brings deep expertise in capital markets, strategic M&A, and commodities to gu...

For episode 733 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Wasim Ahmad, CEO of Vault12. Vault12 is a non-custodial crypto security and digital inheritance platform. It enables cryptocurrency owners to protect and back up their wallet seed phrases, private keys, and digital assets (like NFTs) by distributing encrypted data shards across a decentralized network of trusted friends, fami...

For episode 732 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Miles Paschini, CEO and Co-founder of FV Bank. FV Bank is a fully licensed and regulated U.S. digital bank and qualified custodian designed to bridge the gap between traditional banking and digital asset management. They provide banking services to businesses, fintech companies, and individuals globally.   📣 This episod...

For episode 731 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Sumsub at Bitcoin 2026 in Las Vegas. Tailored to your risk appetite, market demands, and use cases, Sumsub is powered by adaptive AI intelligence to support global scale while keeping your business compliant and future-ready. 📣 This episode is brought to you by Sumsub.   Sumsub is a leading full-cycle verification platform p...

For episode 730 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Stepan Uherik, CFO of Trezor. Trezor is a pioneering brand of cryptocurrency hardware wallets. Known for launching the world's first hardware wallet, Trezor provides "cold storage" solutions and physical devices that keep private keys offline to protect digital assets from online hackers, malware, and data leaks...

For episode 729 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Przemek Kowalczyk, Co-founder & CEO of Ramp Network, where he has spent the past eight years tackling the challenges of crypto onboarding. With a background in physics and computer science, Przemek has led high-performing product and tech teams, shaping user-centric solutions in the Web3 space.    Ramp Network is a financ...