BlockHash

For episode 631 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Wesley Ellul, President & Head of Strategy at Technotainment Wesley is a serial entrepreneur and digital strategist with 20+ years in entertainment, media, and gamification. He co-founded Quizando, one of the first live crowd-engagement platforms, and has worked alongside Steven Spielberg and Ron Howard. Recognized by For...

For episode 630 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Ramees PS, Founder & CEO of PlayAI. Ramees PS is a multi-talented entrepreneur whose background spans product management, marketing, leadership, and design, combining creativity with strong execution.    Before founding PlayAI, he co-founded Dehidden, a venture-backed product studio generating $1M+ ARR and delivering proj...

For episode 629 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Jay Rogers, CRO & Co-founder for Infineo. Infineo is digitizing the $3+ trillion life insurance industry using blockchain technology to provide friction-free access to one of the most stable assets in the world for both institutional and retail investors at scale. The total addressable market (TAM) is virtually unlimited...

For episode 628 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Jonathan Morgan, Lead Crypto Analyst for Stocktwits. Jonathan breaks down insights on crypto market trends and how community-driven sentiment shapes trading behavior across Stocktwits’ 10M+ retail investing network.   ⏳ Timestamps:   (0:00) Introduction (0:55) Who is Jonathan Morgan? (2:22) Stocktwits at Blockchain Futurist...

For episode 627 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Sara Madden, CISO of Convera. Convera is a global leader in commercial payments. With an unrivaled regulatory footprint and a financial network spanning more than 140 currencies and 200 countries and territories, they’re reimagining the future of business payments to better serve their customers.    Their tech-led payment sol...

For episode 626 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Andrew Begin, CSO at Galoy. Galoy is building banking software for the Bitcoin Age. Its cloud-native products help banks, fintechs and startups get to market quickly with solutions like bitcoin backed lending, bitcoin deposit accounts, on-chain & lightning payments and more.   ⏳ Timestamps:   (0:00) Introduction (1:20) W...

For episode 625 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Rodrigo Coelho, CEO of Edge & Node.   Autonomous agents across blockchain ecosystems are beginning to transact, communicate, and collaborate independently, yet there is no standardized way to manage agent to agent interactions (payments).Edge & Node, the founding team behind The Graph, is solving this problem by provi...

For episode 624 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Kelsey Nicol, Director of Corporate Legal for Thomson Reuters. Thomson Reuters (TSX/NDAQ: TRI) informs the way forward by bringing together the trusted content and technology that people and organizations need to make the right decisions. We serve professionals across legal, tax, accounting, compliance, government, and media....

For episode 623 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Scott Meadows, Head of Business Development at Coinbase. Scott discusses Coinbase’s plans around stablecoin infrastructure at both a consumer and institutional level, the role of the base network and how Coinbase plans to expand its product offerings heading into 2026.   ⏳ Timestamps:   (0:00) Introduction (0...

For episode 622 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Eli Danziger, Head of Product for North America for Xero to discuss their new superagent called JAX.   ⏳ Timestamps:   (0:00) Introduction (1:04) Who is Eli Danziger? (3:13) Superagent JAX (5:32) How customizable is JAX? (7:32) JAX built into Xero ecosystem (8:18) JAX use-cases (9:47) Ensuring JAX is safe for users...

For episode 621 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Smitha Purohit, Senior Director of Crypto Product at PayPal to discuss how PayPal is positioning itself in the age of Stablecoins with PYUSD, their new product called Payment Links, the future of Agentic Ecommerce and the Fintech trends they see heading into 2026.   ⏳ Timestamps:   (0:00) Introduction (0:55) Who is...

For episode 620 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Rens Troost, Founder & CTO of Rational Exponent. Their flagship platform, RE:Agent, empowers customers to adapt quickly to evolving regulatory requirements with actionable intelligence, dynamic controls, and strategic risk insights embedded directly into operational workflows. Purpose-built for scalability, transparency,...

For episode 619 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Markus Levin, Co-Founder of XYO.   After 7+ years on Ethereum, XYO, the first DePIN project established in 2018 and predating the term, is officially launching XYO Layer One, its own L1 blockchain. Designed for DePIN, RWA, AI and other data-heavy industries, this new dual-token blockchain solves the issues holding back b...

For episode 618 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Christian Davies, Global Head of Distribution and Innovation for Relm.   Christian Davies has over 12 years of experience in the insurance industry as a worldwide brokerage executive director and founder. He drives Relm’s global distribution strategies and fosters innovation to enhance product reach and market impa...

For episode 617 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Toby Gilbert, Co-Founder at Pact Swap. Toby Gilbert is a seasoned entrepreneur with a track record of building exciting technology ventures across telecom and Web3. Before co-founding PactSwap, a cross-chain DEX built on Coinweb and co-founded by Tether’s Brock Pierce, he launched and exited three telecom companies across Eur...

For episode 616 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Michael Stroev, CEO & Co-founder of Venga.   Venga is the next go-to crypto app in Europe with the mission of making innovative blockchain technologies accessible to the masses, empowering people to effortlessly discover, invest in, and navigate the world of Web3.    Before joining Venga, he was the COO &am...

For episode 615 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Doug Colkitt, initial contributor to Fogo, the fastest layer 1 blockchain.   Fogo is an SVM chain running the Firedancer client in its purest form to achieve real-time experiences at scale. Fogo unleashes the full potential of Firedancer by making innovative design choices on architecture and consensus. They are enabling inst...

For episode 614 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Max Sandy, Head of Product for Ramp Network.   Max Sandy oversees Ramp’s industry-leading fiat–to–crypto on-ramp, off-ramp and crypto-to-crypto swap products, and is driving the launch of a new global payment app for stablecoins and remittances. His work blends rapid product execution with a long-term v...

For episode 613 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Lynn Nguyen, CEO of Saros. Saros DEX is a liquidity hub on Solana, uniting traders, LPs, and builders in a single ecosystem built for sustainable growth.   ⏳ Timestamps:   (0:00) Introduction (1:00) Who is Lynn Nguyen? (3:32) Web3 in Vietnam (5:30) What is Saros? (6:54) Trading, Staking and more (7:46) Liquidity en...

For episode 612 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Scarlett Sieber, Chief Strategy and Growth Officer for Money20/20.   ⏳ Timestamps:   (0:00) Introduction (1:39) Who is Scarlett Sieber? (3:30) What is Money20/20? (4:56) FinTech trends in 2025 (7:54) What to look forward to at Money20/20 in Las Vegas (10:05) AI Trends in TradFi (11:48) Stablecoin Trends in TradFi (...

For episode 611 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Tim Lewis, Co-founder of tea.xyz. Tea Protocol's CoinList token launch comes at a pivotal moment as critical open-source infrastructure faces a funding crisis. With Shipyard ceasing support for libp2p, the networking backbone powering Ethereum, IPFS, and $100B+ worth of blockchain networks, on September 30th due to resour...

For episode 610 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Austin Seiberlich, Chief Web3 Officer at Global Gold. Austin Seiberlich is a leading Web3 economy designer, specializing in building scalable, decentralized ecosystems that bridge Web2 and Web3. He has worked with over 40 companies, including Heale, Anyone (formerly ATOR), Kino, Ready Games, and Pangea (formerly Superchain),...

For episode 609 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Co-founders Roman Georgio & Caelum Forder to discuss Coral. Roman is Ex-Eigent AI and CAMEL-AI, where he built multi-agent systems and synthetic data engines for AGI research. Previously helped scale one of G2’s top 20 fastest-growing startups as part of its growth team. Now leading Coral to define the infrastructure laye...

For episode 607 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Michael Heinrich, CEO of 0G Labs. Michael Heinrich is a Stanford graduate who previously worked at Garten as a Founder and CEO. A Top 100 Entrepreneur of 2022, Michael has had his work published in journals ranging from Harvard Business Review to Hacking Consciousness.    While at Stanford he was nominated to work w...

For episode 608 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by RJ Holder, Senior Director & Digital Product Management for NAF. RJ Holder, based in Atlanta, GA, is the Senior Director, Digital Product Management at NAF, which is an education nonprofit that supports career-focused high school academies. These academies focus on fields like IT, Finance, Accounting, and Health Science....