The Crypto Conversation

Kadan Stadelmann is the Komodo Platform's Chief Technology Officer (CTO). Kadan's background includes coding from an early age which led to him becoming a white-hat hacker and operations security and penetration testing at the nation-state level. Komodo has conducted the world's first web browser-based atomic swap and is expanding its decentralized exchange solution, AtomicDEX, to web browsers. Th...

Notsofast is the pseudonymous Twitter persona of a crypto OG. Notsofast was a prolific early altcoin spec miner, a dogecoin enthusiast and one of Crypto Twitter's most helpful personalities. Notsofast is a consultant to many blockchain projects and an advocate for the potential of decentralized, permissionless systems. An insightful and engaging speaker Notsofast says it's important to get friendl...

Alex Mashinsky is a successful entrepreneur best known for inventing VOIP which enables 1B people to talk over the internet for free. VOIP disrupted the Telecom companies, and now Alex wants to disrupt the banks with Money Over IP. His newest start-up Celsius Network has a massive goal - allow crypto users to unbank themselves by depositing crypto with Celsius, and receive interest rates on crypto...

Danny Kim is Head of Growth at SFOX , a crypto trading platform and prime dealer for whale traders and institutional investors. SFOX is connected to 20+ exchanges and OTC desks to provide a single point of access to the crypto markets. SFOX was one of only two crypto companies to make Y Combinator's list of the Top 100 most valuable companies to come out of its accelerator program. Key takeaway: A...

Professional trader and market analyst Josh Olszewicz joins Andy Pickering for a brain dump on the crypto news cycle. Bakkt's volume hit a new all-time-high, and Square had its sixth consecutive growth quarter - bullish for Bitcoin? Plus recent developments in China, why Libra is dead in the water, and Andy tells the story of how Kim Dotcom introduced him to Bitcoin. Key takeaway: Crypto has a sca...

BTSE is a crypto asset exchange and futures trading platform. BTSE has partnered with crypto data company Brave New Coin to create two indices - the BBCX and BBAX, around which BTSE has developed futures trading products. Brian Wong and Lina Seiche from BTSE talk to Andy Pickering about crypto futures trading, the role of marketing and social media in crypto, and we finish with the Crypto Conversa...

Tal Kol is the co-founder of Orbs, a public blockchain for enterprise. Tal is a veteran of Israel's 8200 unit, a military intelligence agency comprised of the smartest 18 - 21 year-olds in Israel. Alumni of the unit have been unusually successful in the global startup scene. Tal believes that the Dapp model is flawed, that Dapps can't compete with their centralized counterparts, and that public bl...

John McAfee speaks to us from inside a Faraday cage. A t the height of the 2017 crypto bull run John made a wild Bitcoin price prediction and bet his manhood on it coming true. John is a renegade, he's an outlaw, he may or may not be on the run from the US government and he has just launched a new decentralized exchange that he says will rival Binance in six months time.  Key takeaway: A passionat...

A crypto entrepreneur and blockchain evangelist, Fran Strajnar is the founder and CEO of Brave New Coin. Fran says his mission is to "terraform the digital asset landscape." Brave New Coin's latest product is BNC Pro - a ground-breaking all-in-one crypto portfolio management platform. Key takeaway: Information flow in today's crypto economy is fragmented, fallible and flawed. Market beating insigh...

Mark Yusko is the CEO of Morgan Creek Capital. Mark is one of the most insightful investors and most articulate Bitcoin bulls on the planet. Mark's investment thesis is that t he greatest wealth is created by being an early investor in innovation. Making that investment requires believing in something before the majority of people understand it.  Key takeaway: Being able to generate significant we...

Jake Yocom-Piatt, Decred co-founder and project lead talks about the mysterious Decred origin story and how it relates to Satoshi Nakamoto. A hybrid proof-of-work/proof-of-stake store of value asset, Decred has strong governance, good security, privacy features, and an innovative incentive alignment. If Bitcoin is about being your own bank, so is Decred - but it's also about having a say in your b...

Hedera Hashgraph is an enterprise-grade distributed ledger platform. After years of development, Hedera came out of stealth mode and launched the public beta of its mainnet in September. The Hedera team describes the Hashgraph as a 3rd generation public ledger (they refer to Bitcoin as 1st generation and Ethereum as 2nd generation). Hedera claims the Hashgraph can process up to 10,000 transactions...

The Bitcoin price has risen 300% in 2019 but the long-suffering altcoin markets have not been able to keep pace. Earlier this month, while BTC was in a range, we started to see some altcoin moves. ETH, Stellar and Dodge all made gains in USD and BTC terms. Is there an alt window opening? What are the chances of a Q4 alt season? When is the point of maximum opportunity and minimum risk for altcoins...

Bitcoin is the best performing asset on the planet across the last ten years. Modern Portfolio Theory suggests that by allocating 5% of an investment portfolio to Bitcoin, investors could generate outsized returns without taking on high levels of risk. Jack Tatar, an investor, advisor, and author talks about crypto assets as an investment class and reflects on the impact of the book he co-authored...

While the SEC drags its feet, the EU is embracing blockchain and the emerging Security Token Offering model. Monique Bachner, a Luxembourg based company law and corporate governance expert discusses the different regulatory approaches of the EU and the U.S. Key Takeaway: Blockchain friendly EU directives are creating a positive regulatory framework for Security Token Offerings.  Why you should lis...

Despite a compelling 'world computer' narrative, Ethereum has failed to deliver market-ready applications at scale. With its future no longer a foregone conclusion, Aditya Das discusses his new report that assesses the Istanbul hard fork and Ethereum 2.0. Can the roadmap deliver on the blockchain's early promise? bravenewcoin.com/ethereum-at-the-crossroads    twitter.com/bravenewcoin   twitter.com...

Ed Felten, a founder at Offchain Labs and Professor of Computer Science at Princeton who served as Deputy Chief Technology Officer to President Obama, joins Andy for a fascinating, wide-ranging discussion on the potential of smart contracts, Bitcoin's exponential growth curve, the tensions between technology and public policy, and why blockchain voting is a non-starter. https://offchainlabs.com ht...

NEM Ventures director Dave Hodgson speaks to NEM's investments in Vimba and IoDLT and  how its Catapult upgrade will accelerate the coming wave of interoperable blockchains. Also covered is the emerging Security Token Offering model - and Dave explains the differences between ICOs, STOs and IEOs, before another round of crypto hot takes.   https://nem.io/   https://nemventures.io/ https://vimba.co...

Blockstack's Brittany Laughlin joins Andy to explore Blockstack's historic SEC approval and why it's a game-changer for crypto investors around the world. Plus, why Donald Trump's tweets and Facebook's Libra are good for crypto — and another round of crypto hot-takes . https://blockstack.org/ http://www.lattice.vc/ https://medium.com/s/story/ why-decentralization-matters- 5e3f79f7638e    https://t...

Josh Olszewicz reveals the secrets behind successful crypto trading — and explains why most who attempt it end up losing their shirts. Josh also analyzes June's epic Bitcoin rally - and identifies the crucial technical indicators that signaled the bull run weeks in advance. Josh's Brave New Coin reports   Josh's Trading tips & tricks

Researcher Andrew Gillick talks about 2 new investment reports that examine negative interest rates and their effect on the economy, plus Modern Monetary Theory and what it means for Bitcoin. He covers the emergence of central bank digital currencies, why negative interest rates could provide an upwind for new forms of commodity money such as Bitcoin and Litecoin, and the likely impact of the May...