BlockHash

For episode 556 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Gregg Bell, Chief Business Officer of the Hedera Foundation. Gregg brings over 15 years of experience bridging traditional and digital finance, including senior roles at two multi-billion-dollar hedge funds, co-founding A3 Financial Investments, and leading operations and investment at Salt Blockchain. Now at Hedera Foundatio...

For episode 555 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Aliyyah Koloc, a Professional Race Car driver serving as an Ambassador for Raphael Coin. Aliyyah Koloc is an off-road rally and endurance driver, competing with Buggyra ZM Racing. She is the current GT4 champion in the European 24h Series.   ⏳ Timestamps:   0:00 | Introduction 0:58 | Who is Aliyyah Koloc? 2:14 | Web3 journey...

For episode 554 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Sam Sandiford, Head of Product for BitMEX. BitMEX is a popular cryptocurrency derivatives exchange and trading platform. It allows users to trade cryptocurrency-based financial products, including perpetual contracts, futures contracts, and options contracts, with high leverage.   ⏳ Timestamps:   0:00 | Introduction 1:00 | W...

For episode 553 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by James Slusser, Senior Ambassador for Polkadot while at Permissionless 4. Polkadot is the most scalable, secure, and resilient blockchain platform—designed for builders pushing boundaries and users who demand true ownership. Engineered for mass adoption, Polkadot brings Web3 to the world.   ⏳ Timestamps:   0:0...

For episode 552 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Venket Naga   Serenity is dedicated to revolutionizing data security by offering multi-chain solutions tailored for both Web2 and Web3 users. Our platform enables secure storage, archiving, recovery, and transfer of sensitive data—ensuring confidentiality, decentralization, and control at your fingertips.   Le...

For episode 551 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Shady El Damaty CEO & Co-founder of Holonym while at Permissionless 4. Holonym Foundation launched human.tech to establish a framework for digital natural rights to privacy, security, and data ownership. The Foundation created human.tech as an open participatory ecosystem to make the internet a safer and more prosperous p...

For episode 550 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Callan ‘Sap' Sarre the Co-Founder and CPO of tBTC while at Permissionless 4.   tBTC is the Bitcoin Standard for DeFi with battle-tested security since 2020. Live on 8 chains: ETH L1, BOB, Sol, Arbitrum, Optimism, Base, Polygon, and Starknet.   Learn more at https://threshold.network     ⏳ Timestamps...

For episode 549 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Rowan Stone, CEO of Sapien. Data is the biggest opportunity in AI. That's why Sapien has built a global community where anyone can contribute to AI development through engaging tasks. On Sapien, AI Workers are automatically matched with optimal tasks based on their skills and preferences.   Learn more at https://earn.sap...

For episode 548 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Artur Kononov, Business Development Manager for COLIBRIX ONE. Artur Kononov is an accomplished fintech professional, currently serving as Business Development Manager at COLIBRIX, a fast-growing global payments provider. With a strong background in business development, client success, and compliance, Artur has built a reputa...

For episode 547 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Tad Nelson, Founder of Tad Nelson & Associates. At the law firm of Tad Nelson & Associates, they proudly serve the people of Texas. Attorney Tad Nelson, being a lifelong Texas Gulf Coast resident, has developed deep care for his fellow Texans. Their experienced Texas family law and criminal defense firm represents tho...

For episode 546 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Hugh Njemanze, Founder and President of Anomali.   Hugh brings over 30 years of experience in enterprise software, having co-founded ArcSight and served as its CTO and EVP of R&D. He later led engineering for HP’s Enterprise Security Products group following ArcSight’s acquisition. Hugh has also served as...

For episode 545 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Michael Chen, COO of Bless while at Permissionless 4.   Bless is the world’s first shared computer, turning every consumer device— laptop, desktop, and mobile phone—into participants in a massive edge compute network with over 5 million live nodes. Bless is purpose-built for real-time inference and agen...

For episode 544 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Harry Donnelly, CEO and Co-Founder of Circuit at Permissionless 4.   Circuit is a breakthrough startup developing cutting-edge technology that makes digital asset recovery secure and reliable. Under his leadership, Circuit has pioneered patented transaction-layer recovery technology that preserves institutional access for dig...

For episode 543 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Aleks Artamonovskaja, Head of Art at Trilitech.   Aleks Artamonovskaja is a leader in the intersection of art and technology, with extensive experience in Web3 art projects. She is a prominent speaker, writer and educator on the role of decentralized technologies in the creative sector.    As the Ambassador and former Directo...

For episode 542 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Jacob Phillips, Co-founder of Lombard Finance. Lombard is on a mission to expand the digital economy by transforming Bitcoin’s utility from a store of value into a productive financial tool with LBTC.   ⏳ Timestamps:   0:00 | Introduction 0:30 | Who is Jacob Phillips? 2:25 | What is Lombard Finance? 6:16 | De...

For episode 541 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Howard Wu Founder of Aleo Labs, a company focused on developing products for compliant, confidential payments and creating tools for developers to deploy and manage applications on the Aleo blockchain.   ⏳ Timestamps:   0:00 | Introduction 0:57 | Who is Howard Wu? 2:58 | What is Aleo? 4:22 | AleoBFT 7:09 | Aleo Eco...

For episode 540 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Mike Lieberman CTO and Co-Founder of Kusari. Kusari began in 2022 with the goal to secure the software supply chain. They are passionate about this problem, as they constantly faced the same issue: identifying the software they’re using and protecting against threats to that software. This led to slow response to security vul...

For episode 539 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Ran Hammer to discuss how Orbs is bringing CeFi-level execution to DeFi. Ran currently leads Business Development, Marketing and Communities for Orbs as well as being in charge of Legal and Compliance. Prior to joining Orbs and after specializing as a corporate lawyer in the fields of high-tech, venture capital and cross bord...

For episode 538 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Luke Barwikowski, Founder of Pixels while at Permissionless 4. Pixels is a captivating, open-ended world of farming and exploration, built one pixel at a time. Gathering resources, advancing skills, and building relationships while exploring the story and quests woven throughout the Pixels Universe.   ⏳ Timestamps: &nbs...

For episode 537, Brandon Zemp is joined by Yuval Rooz, Co-founder of Digital Asset, the leading network for tokenized real-world assets. Digital Asset provides the platform, tokenization accelerators and services to join, build, run and connect regulatory-grade digital asset solutions, in a unified network.   Learn more at digitalasset.com   ⏳ Timestamps:   0:00 | Introduction 1:00 | Who is Yuval...

For episode 536, Brandon Zemp is joined by Scott Stuart, Founder of Kava, a decentralized blockchain that combines the speed and interoperability of Cosmos with the developer power of Ethereum. Under Scott’s leadership, Kava has been rolling out AI-powered tools that automate multi-chain yield strategies, streamline on-chain asset management, and remove the trial-and-error guesswork from DeFi. He...

For episode 535, Matthew Asbell joins Brandon Zemp to discuss IP protections on Blockchain. Matthew D. Asbell, a partner at Lippes Mathias LLP, has decades of experience advising clients globally on trademark and patent matters. As an intellectual property attorney, he’s uniquely positioned to help small businesses navigate this pivotal moment in IP law. He assists clients in clearing, obtaining,...

For episode 534 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Jawad Ashraf, CEO of Vanar Chain to discuss how they are the intelligent chain for real world finance. Vanar Chain is working on their innovative Neutron AI Compression technology. Neutron introduces advanced AI-driven compression, enabling a 50MB file to fit into a mere 25-50 character seed stored directly on-chain. This inn...

For episode 533, Brandon Zemp is joined by Bundeep Singh Rangar, CEO of Fineqia, a digital asset business that builds and targets investments in early and growth-stage technology companies.    Fineqia provides investors with institutional grade exposure to opportunities emanating from convergence of blockchain based Decentralized Finance (DeFi) and Traditional Finance (TradFi).   Bu...

For episode 532, Brandon Zemp is joined by Ted Santos, a bold strategist who trains and develops CEOs and executives to stop solving problems and start creating them to fuel breakthroughs that redefine industries.   As the creator of the Disruptive Leadership Model, Ted flips conventional wisdom on its head, proving that chaos isn’t a threat. It’s the catalyst for transformation....