Privacy Podcast

As blockchain technology moves beyond speculation and into mainstream financial infrastructure, one question continues to shape the future of digital assets:    Can privacy and compliance coexist? In this episode of the Privacy Podcast , Ben Schiller sits down with Nikhil Raghuveera , Co-Founder and CEO of Predicate, to explore how programmable compliance is reshaping on chain finance without sacr...

As institutions move on-chain and privacy becomes a growing concern, zero-knowledge technology is emerging as a critical building block for the next generation of the internet. This week on Privacy Podcast , host Ben Schiller sits down with Eli Ben-Sasson , CEO and Co-Founder of StarkWare , mathematician, entrepreneur, and one of the pioneers behind zero-knowledge technology. Eli, one of the found...

TRM Labs researcher Liam Glennon joins Ben Schiller to explore why privacy is becoming a critical feature for institutional crypto adoption, and how the industry is working to balance confidentiality, security, and regulatory compliance. In this episode of Privacy Podcast, host Ben Schiller sits down with Liam Glennon, researcher and analyst at TRM Labs, to discuss the findings from his latest rep...

Can privacy and compliance finally coexist on blockchain networks? On this episode of The Privacy Podcast, Ben Schiller speaks with Muthu [ Muthuramakrishnan Venkitasubramaniam ], CEO and co-founder of Ligero and professor at Georgetown University, about the next evolution of zero knowledge technology and why privacy infrastructure is moving from niche cryptography research into mainstream interne...

Inside the race to rebuild blockchain before transparency becomes a liability. Crypto was supposed to protect users. Instead, it may have accidentally exposed them. In this episode of The Privacy Podcast , host Ben Schiller sits down with Azeem Khan and Bobbin Threadbare , co-founders of Miden, to unpack a hard truth: most blockchains today are not private, and that’s a massive problem. What many...

Why the future of the internet depends on owning your data and why today’s systems are already failing What if your identity didn’t belong to Big Tech… or even the government? What if it actually belonged to you? In this episode of The Privacy Podcast , host Ben Schiller talks with Wayne Chang , Founder of Spruce ID, to explore one of the most overlooked problems in tech today: identity. From logg...

Inside the shift from crypto fear to enterprise adoption and why privacy is becoming the backbone of digital commerce For years, privacy in crypto lived in the shadows, debated, misunderstood, and often avoided by institutions afraid of regulatory fallout. That changed fast. In this episode of The Privacy Podcast , host Ben Schiller sits down with Paul Brody , the founder of Nightfall Networks and...

Inside the battle between absolute privacy and real-world adoption and why zero-knowledge tech may redefine the internet. Privacy has always been framed as a binary: total anonymity or full transparency. But what if that framing is wrong? In the debut episode of The Privacy Podcast by Miden , host Ben Schiller sits down with Evin McMullen to unpack one of the most urgent debates shaping the future...

Privacy is not just a feature of blockchain. It is the foundation of what comes next. In this intro to the show, Ben Schiller , Head of Communications at Miden and former CoinDesk journalist, shares why privacy is the missing layer of the internet and the key to real blockchain adoption. From fixing the surveillance-driven internet model to enabling institutions and enterprises to operate securely...