
Central Banker Decrypts Blockchain Buzz, Jim Cunha of Boston Fed
Episode 50 | April 19, 2019
This is our central banking perspectives, featuring guest Jim Cunha, SVP of the Treasury and Financial Services Group at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. Cunha is a lifetime central banker, but not your typical one. For several decades at the Fed, his job has been overseeing financial rails that…
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Amazon Documentaries Are Rizqi
Episode 51 | May 5, 2019
Alain and Jeff interview Calvin Tran, director of the Amazon documentary “Rizqi Presents: Blockchain.” In today’s episode we discuss: - A lot of people still think cryptocurrency and blockchain are the same thing (why haven’t people gotten this by now?) - How blockchain can dramatically stimulate developing economies by creating…Continue reading » -
Into the Crypto Trenches, Adrian Baschuk
Episode 43 | March 4, 2019
Adrian Baschuk is a documentary filmmaker, award winning journalist and producer. His reporting career took him from Miami to various developing countries and conflict regions. Baschuk has previously reported from North Korea, disguised as a businessman. He shares with us how his media experience in rough terrains, coupled with a rebel spirit, preps…Continue reading » -
On Castles, Power, and Social Impact With Jeremy Gardner
Episode 42 | February 19, 2019
We interview Jeremy Gardner, creator of Crypto Castle where tech never sleeps, founder of Distributed Magazine, the blockchain education network, Augur (a prediction market to bet on future events), and now launching a hybrid hedge fund for blockchain and social impact. In today’s episode we discuss: -How Miami is a…Continue reading » -
Getting exponential under the archway
Episode 39 | January 15, 2019
In this episode we speak with business and blockchain expert Brian Dixon, who is CEO of Off the Chain Capital, a company that manages blockchain assets portfolios. Brian is also COO of Capital Innovators, which is a tech accelerator helps startups being their ideas to market (invests in energy, consumer…Continue reading » -
Disrupting Nightlife With Darryll DiPietro
Episode 41 | February 13, 2019
We interview Darryll DiPietro, President and CEO of Coincierge Club, a FinTech point-of-service solution for blockchain transactions, aka anyone with a brick and mortar business can use this system to conduct transactions with customer. We discuss the uniqueness of the San Francisco Bay Area, why Bitcoin will never get shutdown,…Continue reading » -
News on the block with Civil
Episode 37 | December 17, 2018
News media and role of the free press face many headwinds in the digital era. When tech empires Facebook and Google upend the economic model of traditional news outlets, can they turn to blockchain to bring new life to the declining news market? Dan Kinsley, head of tech at Civil,…Continue reading »