Around The Coin

In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Julian Liniger who is the co-founder and CEO of Relai, Europe's easiest Bitcoin App and one of the fastest growing Bitcoin Startups in Europe. Julian is a young serial entrepreneur in the fintech and crypto space based in Switzerland. He is into Bitcoin and Crypto since 2015 and has raised more than $5M in Venture Capital so far, before even turning...

In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Justin Newton, CEO of Netki. Justin Newton is an early internet pioneer and a startup veteran - a serial entrepreneur, thought leader, and innovator with a reputation for driving companies to unicorn valuations while exemplifying the ideals that defined the internet revolution - free speech, anonymity, decentralized ownership, open infrastructure, and per...

In this episode, Mike Townsend interviews Chris Swenor, CEO of Reach. Chris Swenor managed technical teams across the globe for over 15 years before leading the blockchain development platform to a $48 million valuation in May of 2021. With multiple exits under his belt, Swenor serves as mentor at Harvard Business School, TechStars, and MassChallenge. Reach has amassed over 6,000 developers as of...

In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Michael Bentley, co-founder and CEO of Euler, a non-custodial lending protocol built on Ethereum that allows users to lend and borrow almost any crypto asset. Deployed on mainnet last year, Euler offers a new approach to lending and borrowing markets due to its tiered risk management framework. Prior to founding Euler, Michael was a postdoctoral research...

In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Thijs Maas, Founder and CEO of Onramper. Thijs went from studying law to teaching to helping blockchain start-ups to founding his own startup. With Onramper, he provides wallets, exchanges and web3 parties with easy access to fiat on-ramps. He's on a mission to make access to crypto as easy as possible. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megapho...

In this episode, Mike Townsend interviews Fred Thiel, Chairman and CEO of Marathon Digital Holdings. Prior to serving as Marathon’s chief executive officer, Thiel co-founded and served as chairman of Sprocket, a blockchain and cryptocurrency technology and financial services company whose mission is to reduce the risk and friction of cryptocurrency trading across marketplaces, regions, and exchang...

In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with David McDonough, the founder and CEO of CommonStock, a social investment platform designed to amplify the knowledge of the best investors, thereby improving the world’s overall financial health. He became interested in investing after graduating during the 2008 financial crisis when he started an investment club. David fell in love with investing and real...

In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Jonathan Silver, who is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Engage People. Jonathan is responsible for managing all facets of the business. He leads the long-term corporate strategy, marketing, and sales at one of the fastest-growing technology companies in Canada, according to Profit Magazine. Jonathan has a proven executive management track record and...

In this episode, Mike Townsend interviews Peter Zhou, who is the co-founder and CEO of Rutter, a Universal API for eCommerce platforms, marketplaces, accounting systems, and payment processors. Rutter has raised $30M from investors like a16z, the CEO of Plaid, BasisSet Ventures, Haystack, Comma Capital, and more. Peter met his co-founder Eric at Yale University and they went through Y Combinator i...

In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Sergey Jakimov who is a founding partner of LongeVC, a crypto-friendly venture capital firm backing visionary biotech. Sergey is a serial entrepreneur, having co-founded 3 deep-tech ventures and raised more than $25 million in venture funding. He has advised several other startups in the therapeutics space on fundraising, IP protection, and clinical trial...

In this episode, Mike Townsend interviews Kirill Gertman, who is the Co-Founder and CEO of Conduit. Conduit is building an API that connects businesses with decentralized finance products. Prior to starting Conduit, Kirill led Product at Eco and at BRD, before it was acquired by Coinbase. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Sean Moss-Pultz the co-founder and CEO of Bitmark - a startup working to extend traditional property rights to the digital age by creating tools that give individuals control over their own digital assets and data. His passion is developing technologies that empower humans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks to Benedetto Biondi the CEO of Folks Finance -one of the most exciting and relevant DeFi projects on Algorand. He is an Engineer and Blockchain Project Manager with 3 years of experience at the Italian software house Blockchain Italia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Kenton Prescott, who is the Co-founder & CEO of Sense, a decentralized permissionless  fixed income protocol, where teams can build and develop new yield primitives for DeFi, such as fixed income assets and yield curves. Kenton comes from MakerDAO where he was a part of its integration team and graduated from the University of Florida in Aerospace Eng...

Mike Cagney is the Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Figure, where he leads corporate strategy and development. Mike brings decades of experience in the financial industry to his leadership of the company, previously serving as CEO, chairman and co-founder of SoFi, a leading marketplace lender providing student loan refinancing, mortgages, and personal loans, as well as a range of wealth m...

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...