Around The Coin

In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Simon Yu, CEO and Co-Founder of StormX, a mobile app and browser extension that allows anyone to earn Crypto Cashback when they shop online in the form of Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, DAI, and StormX's native token (STMX). Simon is an entrepreneur and crypto expert who has 10+ years of experience building products in the crypto industry. His entrepre...

In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Darren Camas who is the CEO of IPOR Labs. Darren has been a blockchain entrepreneur since 2011 across exchanges, payments, protocol, and investments in Latin America, Asia, and Europe. He was formerly Sr. Advisor for the Cardano blockchain venture wing Emurgo and led business development for one of the world's first multi-currency crypto exchanges Tr...

Leon Lee is the founder of Only1 - the first web3 social platform on Solana, backed by Alameda Research and Animoca Brands. He was a genetic engineer and have entered the blockchain space since 2017, now he aims to revolutionise the creator economy through NFTs and DeFi. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Luke was responsible for building the products that now supports enterprise business. He spends his time working with clients and stakeholders gathering critical feedback that can improve HFD's products and message. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ganesh is a co-founder of Covalent – a blockchain data indexing company. Covalent is indexing all of the world's blockchain information and making it queryable via a simple API. Ganesh is a serial entrepreneur and has over a decade of experience in big data analytics. He started his career in building protein simulation algorithms to solve cancer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megap...

Deepak is on a mission of Building long-term investing tools for mission-oriented degens. He is a rare combination of Web3 native, community builder, and cybersecurity expert -- all traits that are essential in building a successful DeFi platform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe has over 20 years of experience in software architecture focusing on security and scalability. He has created and led multiple technology startups since the mid 1990s. He is a visionary and thought leader in blockchain technology having led or contributed to projects in the space since 2010 at companies such as Overstock, Coinbase, Lockheed Martin, & the Walt Disney Company. Learn more abo...

Sebastian builds technical solutions that empower the individual. As founder of the private data exchange infrastructure HOPR, he contributes to establishing full stack privacy for the web3.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mark has over 20 years of experience building large-scale data, AI, blockchain, and distributed software initiatives for the government, enterprise, and tech startup sectors. He founded Itheum 2 years ago to build technology that empowers personal data sovereignty with a focus now on making Itheum the core personal data protocol for the Metaverse era. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaph...

Suji Yan, founder, and CEO of Dimension & Mask Network. Dropped out of UIUC (the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Computer Engineering Department to start a business. Former independent reporter of Qdaily & Caixin Media, former engineer of the autonomous driving company; currently a mentor of RadicalxChange Fellowship; co-authored articles by amateur and “Radical Market” / Radic...

Mance is an experienced technology executive and entrepreneur with more than 20 years of strategic leadership experience in multi-national corporations, government agencies, and high-tech startups, and is Co-founder and CEO of Hedera. His prior experience includes serving as the Head of Architecture and Labs at Ping Identity, Founder and CEO of two tech startups, the senior executive for product s...

David Hanson is the founder and CEO of Ultra, a next-generation gaming and entertain platform powered by blockchain. David has decades of experience founding companies, including operating as CEO for a 100+ million dollar game console project that was later acquired by Kingsoft. His latest project, Ultra, has been in development since 2017 and the platform has been designed to bridge the gap betwe...

Andrew Gazdecki is a 4x founder with 3x exits, former CRO, and founder of MicroAcquire. Gazdecki has been featured in The New York Times, Forbes Wall Street Journal, Inc. Magazine, and Entrepreneur Magazine, as well as prominent industry blogs such as Axios, TechCrunch, and VentureBeat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bitrefill is the largest store in the world for people to buy things with their coins. Bitrefill sells gift cards that let you shop at all the top e-commerce sites in 100 countries, and a few weeks ago Bitrefill announced availability of Bill Payments. Now you'll be able to pay your credit card bills, mortgage, utilities, even taxes with crypto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megapho...

Monty Metzger is CEO and Founder at LCX, the Liechtenstein Cryptoassets ExchangeMonty is an internet veteran and serial entrepreneur - he found his first Internet company back in 1998. He studied at Universities in Switzerland and at Harvard Business School. Monty has been attending the famous World Economic Forum in Davos for more than 10 years and is actively involved in shaping crypto policies...

Roger is the Founder and CEO of Market Forecasting Academy, a training and mentorship program for market participants looking for low risk, consistent, market-beating performance. He is most known for developing an innovative, industry-first methodology that eliminates the uncertainty, inconsistency and large drawdowns traditionally experienced in the financial markets. He calls it Demand Imbalanc...

Anji is the co-founder and CEO of Finnt, a DeFi app built for families around the world. Prior to starting Finnt, Anji founded and ran DOZ.com, a Marketing SaaS during 8 years; and also built Varanida, a personal data wallet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rafael Cosman is the CEO and a co-founder of TrustToken, developers of the decentralized lending protocol TrueFi. Prior to TrustToken, Rafael helped build StreetCode, a nonprofit that teaches East Palo Alto youth technical skills, and worked at Google Brain (Google’s AI research division), Palantir and Kernel. Rafael graduated from Stanford University with a Bachelor’s degree in computer science....

Harsh Rajat is the Founder and Project Lead of Ethereum Push Notification Service (EPNS). He has over 11 years entrepreneurial experience in various spectrum of tech; including architecting, development and design in different tech fields (Mobile, Web Services, SaaS, Blockchain).Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ph. D. in Physics and Mathematics, working in a blockchain since 2015Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ben is President and CEO of Verituity. He is an entrepreneur and senior executive with a proven track record of building unique digital products and businesses that address scalable challenges. He has extensive experience in P&L management, product management, customer experience, and data productization, and has served 25+ years as a technology executive across a variety of markets. Learn mor...

Founder and CEO of Horde, Norway's most popular personal finance management app. He is a well-established figure in the Norwegian fintech community and a regular speaker on all things fintech. Alf Gunnar started Horde with a simple goal, to remove the unnecessary complexity inherent in personal finance management by connecting people with actionable data and insights and combining this with i...

Uri Klarman is the Co-Founder and CEO of bloXroute Labs. He earned his PhD in Computer Science at Northwestern University with a focus on interdisciplinary networks research. His work encompasses innovative uses of Computer Networks, disruptive blockchain networking schemes, alternative content distribution networks, trustless peer coordination, and security. Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...

Giorgi is a Dallas-based entrepreneur leading one of the few fast-growing companies that is navigating the burgeoning world of DeFi trading. Aurox is an all-in-one desktop cryptocurrency trading terminal that integrates data with tailored tools and strategies to help make better trades. Think Bloomberg Terminal for crypto trading. Prior to Aurox, Giorgi served as CEO of WhichAdsWork and Advertisin...

Sathvik Vishwanath, an MBA from Melbourne Business School, is now a successful entrepreneur and has always put his heart into innovative & disruptive technology! His journey started in 2008 with VentureNext offering scripting services in a virtual world called SecondLife. After being acquainted with bitcoin in 2013, he launched a bitcoin buy/sell service called Unocoin which has now evolved in...