Decrypt Asia - Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Podcast

Ep. #48: Growing the Crypto Ecosystem with Ella Zhang (Binance Labs) Sep 02, 2019

We managed to catch the very busy Ella Zhang, Head of Binance Labs, on the sidelines of a conference in Singapore to get all the scoop about Binance Labs, what her team has been up to and what they plan to achieve going forward.

Tune in to hear about:

Ella’s very interesting background and how she came to be a part of Binance Labs
Mandate of Binance Labs
Three key pillars – incubation, fellowship and direct investment
Fellowship – https://medium.com/binance-labs/introducing-the-binance-labs-fellowship-270521d2e99d
How does the incubation program work?
Season 1 of Binance Labs incubation: https://medium.com/binance-labs/season-1-binance-labs-incubation-program-buidlers-season-1-ec34b601ccd
Season 2 of Binance Labs Incubation: https://www.binance.com/en/blog/342988062870470656/Binance-Labs-Reveals-13-Startups-in-its-Incubation-Program
What is the investment focus and how has the team’s investment thesis evolved over a period of time
How does Ella think about overall portfolio construction
Drawing from the lessons of the popping of the 2000 internet bubble and outlook on the industry going forward

Ep. #47: Layer 2 Scaling with Jack O’Holleran (CEO Skale Labs) Aug 18, 2019

Following our discussion with Matic Network, we speak to the CEO of Skale Labs which is also trying to build a layer 2 solution to solve the problem of Ethereum Scalability.

Tune in to hear about:

Evolution of enterprise software – on-premises > cloud > open-source
Importance of community for open-source software
Implications of AWS going down and how Blockchain technology plays in ensuring 100% uptime
Ethereum Scalability
Why Skale Labs chose to go down the side-chain path
What is a network of side chains and what are elastic side chains?
Consensus mechanism for each of the network of side chains
Interactions between the side chains and the main chain
DApps building on Skale Labs and Skale Innovator Program
Plans for Asia
Competitive landscape for scalability projects

Ep. #46: Sharding with Nick White (Co-founder Harmony Protocol) Jun 11, 2019

Following our discussion with the Zilliqa team, we decided to speak to another Blockchain Protocol that is trying to solve the problem of Scalability through Sharding. Hear Nick White, one of the co-founders of Harmony, tell us about what is unique about their Project as well as the IEO that took place recently on the Binance Launchpad.

Tune in to hear about:

What is sharding?
Difference between Transaction Sharding and State Sharding
How does Harmony achieve State Sharing
How does the overall Harmony Network look like?
How does Staking work in the Harmony ecosystem, what are the rewards and what does it take to be validator?
Governance
What DApps are building on Harmony, what is the process to port over from Ethereum or another Blockchain to Harmony?
Binance token sale and roadmap
Plans for Asia

Ep. #45: Smart contracts on Bitcoin with Diego Zaldívar (Rootstock) May 22, 2019

We speak to Diego Gutiérrez Zaldívar, CEO and co-founder of Rootstock or RSK (https://www.rsk.co/) and RIF Labs (https://www.rifos.org/). Rootstock, most famously, is known for putting smart contract functionality on the Bitcoin Blockchain.

Tune in to hear about:

Diego’s interesting background and how he got into crypto
What Rootstock is and the concept of Merge Mining?
How Rootstock helps the Bitcoin miners by generating additional returns for them (related to the concept of Merge Mining)?
Why should DApps build on RSK?
What is RIFOS and how did it come about?
Why is RIFOS important – note, it integrates things like storage, name service, data feeds, etc to make it easier to develop DApps
Rootstock’s plans in Asia
Diego’s mantra for surviving in crypto – The rougher the weather is, the calmer you have to be

Ep. #44: Stablecoin adoption through E-Commerce with Dan Shin (Terra) May 13, 2019

We speak to Dan Shin, Co-founder of Terra (https://terra.money/). Prior to Terra, Dan is most notably known for being the Founder and Chairman of TMON (http://www.tmon.co.kr). TMON or Ticket Monster is a Unicorn out of South Korea which was started in 2010 and had a mobile first approach to e-commerce.

Now Dan is launching a stable coin that aims to drive adoption through his experience and networks in the e-commerce industry.

Tune in to hear about:

Going on the mainnet and what that’s like (funnily, we spoke a couple of hours after Terra hit mainnet)
Different kinds of stable coins why Terra took the algorithmic route
How Terra is trying to drive REAL ADOPTION
How Terra maintains price stability and the role that Luna token plays in that
What is Seigniorage and how Terra is benefiting from it
Go-to market strategy through Terra Alliance comprising Carousell (https://sg.carousell.com/), Qoo1o (https://www.qoo10.sg) etc. + incentives to use Terra
How the user journey for using Terra token would look like on e-commerce platforms
Tech aspects – Building on Tendermint (https://www.tendermint.com/), on boarding validators
Dealing with Regulatory aspects including the failed Basis project (https://www.basis.io/)
Partnerships with Tomochain (https://tomochain.com/), Klaytn (https://www.klaytn.com/) etc

Ep. #43: Crypto in India with the founders of Blockchained India May 02, 2019

Given the recent conversations about the Government of India banning Crypto again (https://www.coindesk.com/indian-government-again-discussing-ban-on-cryptocurrencies-report), we decided to speak to the co-founders of Blockchained India (https://blockchainedindia.com/), an organisation trying to spread the word of crypto and drive conversations around crypto-regulations

Tune in to hear about:

How Blockchained India came about and how it’s structured
What are the chapters and what are their mandates
What is India DApp Fest and how that came about
Key projects based out India including Nuo (https://www.nuo.network/), InstaDApp (https://instadapp.io/), Matic (https://matic.network/)
Update on crypto regulations in India and the stance taken by the Government of India and Supreme Court of IndiaNotable things taking place in the Indian Crypto Ecosystem

FYI Blockchained India is also organising India Dapp Fest (https://www.indiadappfest.com/) which seems like a promising event

Ep. #42: Sandeep Nailwal from Matic Network (Scalability Solution) Apr 21, 2019

In this episode, we speak top Sandeep Nailwal, Co-Founder and COO of Matic Network. Matic js one of the leading projects coming out of India and most notably, will be having its token sale on the Binance Launchpad (https://launchpad.binance.com/) in April 24, 2019

Tune in to hear about:

Sandeep’s story and how Matic came about
Digging into Scalability at the Layer 1 (Sharding) and Layer 2 solutions (state channels and sidechains/plasma)
Where does Matic fit into the picture? Digging deep into sidechains, plasma including the difference between the two
How does Matic’s consensus mechanism work
USABILITY – big focus for Matic and how they’ve leveraged Wallet Connect (https://walletconnect.org/) – open protocol for connecting Wallets to Dapps
Kind of DApps Matic foresees being built on their platform and some existing partnerships including with Decentraland (https://decentraland.org/)
The very frustrating and difficult journey of being one of the first few projects coming out of India especially from a fundraising perspective
What that means for Indian entrepreneurs working in this space

Ep. #41: Jason Fang from Sora Ventures at Deconomy 2019 Apr 16, 2019

Following our interview with #Hashed from Korea, we speak to another Asian Fund Manager – Jason Fang from Sora Ventures who shuttles between Hong Kong and Shanghai. Fascinating insights about how he went about setting up his fund and what’s happening in China

Tune in to hear about:

His background and starting his career at Fenbushi Capital
Interest in crypto from Family Offices in Asia and fundraising efforts in crypto
Transition from primary into secondary markets in late 2018/2019
Structuring of the fund
Investment thesis and portfolio construction
Focus – Gaming, Entertainment, Incubation of one project every year
Concept of sidepockets in hedge funds to do illiquid investments
What’s happening in China?
What the brand Sora Ventures stands for?
Work with https://alphaslot.io and https://mith.io

Ep. #40: Baek Kim from #Hashed (Crypto fund in Korea) at Deconomy 2019 Apr 08, 2019

We record this episode in an empty locker room that we found on the sidelines of Deconomy 2019 (a Crypto and Blockchain conference in Seoul, South Korea). We speak to Baek Kim who is an Investor at one of the most widely known crypto funds globally, #Hashed.

In this episode, we are also joined by John Riggins who heads up BTC Media’s (https://b.tc/) Asia efforts and who will be a regular host on the Decrypt Asia podcasts.

Tune in to hear about:

Baek’s background, how he got into crypto and how Hashed came about
Involvement with Kakao’s Blockchain subsidiary called GroundX and their Blockchain called Klaytn (https://www.klaytn.com/)- note Kakao has 50m+ users for their banking, mobility, beauty verticals with more than 95% penetration rate in South Korea (total population of South Korea around 52m)
Involvement with the hugely successful messaging app Line’s Blockchain initiative called Link (https://link.network/)
Difference in #Hashed’s strategy in Asia and USA
Fund structure of #Hashed and investment strategy
Key priorities and goals of #Hashed in the near term
Thoughts on where the industry is headed

Ep. #39: Zilliqa – The Sharded Blockchain with Xinshu Dong (CEO Zilliqa) Mar 26, 2019

In this week’s episode, we speak to Xinshu Dong, the CEO of much talked about Blockchain protocol Zilliqa. Tune in to hear about:

• Xinshu’s background, how Zilliqa came about and the backstory behind how the name came about
• What sharding is and why this method was chosen to solve the problem of scalability
• How Zilliqa stands relative to its competitors such as Ethereal, Dfinity and Algorand
• Zilliqa’s network design and sample transaction
• Discussions around the recent main net launch including performance, who is building on Zilliqa and how to port over to Zilliqa
• General outlook on the Blockchain and cryptocurrency ecosystem

Ep. #38: Crypto-investing with Roger Lim (NEO Global Capital) Mar 05, 2019

Roger Lim is the Founding Partner at NEO Global Capital (NGC), one of the world’s largest and most successful cryptocurrency funds. He is advisor to some of the top crypto projects globally such as MultiVAC, Tomochain etc.

He was previously a VC and Angel Investor in the ‘traditional’ startup space before making the transition to crypto.

Tune in to hear about:

Roger’s background and how he got into crypto
How NGC came about
Details about the funds: fund structure, who are the LPs, time horizon, investment thesis
Portfolio construction for a crypto fund
Investment approach (including tackling a bear market)
Mental models and philosophies transferred from ‘traditional’ VC investing
Outlook for the crypto and blockchain ecosystem longer term

FOLLOW US!

BLOG: https://decrypt.asia
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/decryptasia
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/DecryptAsia
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/decryptasia

Ep. #37: Using derivatives to take crypto mainstream with Darius and Joshua (QCP Capital) Feb 25, 2019

In this episode, we speak to the co-founders of QCP Capital – Darius Sit and Joshua Ho. QCP Capital has quickly established itself as a leading prop trading shop and a go-to OTC agent for many in the Southeast Asian region and beyond.

Tune in to hear about:

Their varied backgrounds, how they got into crypto and how QCP capital came about (hint: it involves a lot of flying around the world to do arbitrage)
What is QCP Capital’s business and offering
Get a peek into some of the strategies that the smarter money is deploying (great for retail investors)
The huge uptick in OTC trades in 2018 despite the market going down 80-90%
How a crypto-banking layer has been formed on top of the traditional banking layer
Regulatory compliance
Impending Bakkt launch
Outlook on the crypto ecosystem and derivative instruments as a way to incentivise institutional players to build balance sheets in crypto

FOLLOW US!

BLOG: https://decrypt.asia
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/decryptasia
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/DecryptAsia
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/decryptasia/

Ep. #36: Tokenised Gold with KC Chng (Digix Global) Feb 18, 2019

Kai is the Founder and CEO of Digix Global, the company that is tokenising gold and putting it on the Blockchain. Kai was previously an FX trader on Wall Street before getting into crypto in 2014. Digix Global holds the distinction of being the first token sale on the Ethereum Protocol

Tune in to hear about:

Kai’s background and what made him get into crypto so early on
What Digix Global is trying to do
Coloured coins and early days of Digix
Experience of doing first token sale on Ethereum
DGX and DGD token including how the governance of the DAO would work Outlook on the crypto ecosystem including STOs and the #DeFi movement
RAPID FIRE (thoughts on the 400k ETH locked up, Monetary Authority of Singapore, 1.25m Seed Funding)

FOLLOW US!

BLOG: https://decrypt.asia
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/decryptasia
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/DecryptAsia
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/decryptasia/

Ep. #35 Fireside chat with Ted Lin (Chief Growth Officer Binance) Feb 14, 2019

We caught Ted Lin, the Chief Growth Officer at Binance, on the sidelines of the Binance Blockchain Week in Singapore recently. Prior to joining Binance, Ted has held several roles in sales and marketing across financial institutions and technology companies.

Tune in to hear about:

Background, how he got into crypto and Binance
His role as the Chief Growth Officer at Binance on the commercial, education and growth aspects
Thoughts on some key announcements from Binance – EUR, GBP fiat exchange, Binance DEX and Chain
Binance Academy
Growth of use cases for BNB

Ep. #34: Fireside chat with Anthony ‘Pomp’ Pompliano – Binance Blockchain Week 2019 Feb 03, 2019

Anthony is the Founder and Partner at Morgan Creek Digital. He also writes a popular daily newsletter analysing crypto news for institutional investors called Off The Chain (http://offthechain.substack.com)

Prior to founding his fund, Pomp spearheaded Growth and Product at Snapchat and Facebook respectively along with a 6 year stint as a Sergeant in the US army.

Tune in to hear about:

Background, how he got into crypto and what that journey’s been like
About Morgan Creek Digital, who are LPs, fund structuring etc
Investment thesis – Bitcoin, tokenised securities, infrastructure
Lessons from ‘traditional’ for crypto-investing
Thoughts on Stablecoins
How he grew his Twitter following

Ep. #33: Fireside chat with Michael Arrington (Partner at Arrington XRP Capital) Jan 27, 2019

We speak to the former founder of TechCrunch and CrunchFund, Michael Arrington on the sidelines of the #BinanceBlockchainWeek in Singapore.

Tune in to hear about:

Background, how he got into crypto and what that journey’s been like
Thoughts on Singapore!
Investment thesis
Thoughts on different kinds of founders and what he looks out for
Thoughts on the dot-com bubble and lessons to be learnt for crypto-investments

Ep. #32: Former builder of Internet and early Amazon employee – Jonathan Kochmer (APAC Head RChain) Jan 16, 2019

In this episode, we speak to Jonathan Kochmer, who is the Founder of RChain Asia. Beyond his fascinating life story and career trajectory, he has in his own words:

helped create a new treatment for palliative care of mesothelioma (extending his father’s life several years);
had two original songs reach the top 40 on US AAA broadcast radio;
discovered a species; and
had the unusual honor of Jeff Bezos referring to him as “a genius… and a gentleman”.

Tune in to hear about:

His fascinating life story – he’s been an evolutionary biologist, helped to build out the internet, was one of the first 10 employees at Amazon.com, started a music record label and now works with a Blockchain project
We go deeper into each of the different phases and work in his life –
- Parallels between Animal, Tech, Linguistic and Organizational behaviour
- Work with NSF (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Science_Foundation_Network)
One of the last guides to the Internet written by Jonathan – https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0963528106
How it was to work with Jeff Bezos in the early days of Amazon, what the recruitment process was like
Parallels between the Internet and Blockchain technology in terms of user adoption

Quick note: Around the 42nd minute mark, Jonathan mentions that he thinks that mass Blockchain adoption is one month away. He meant one year away.

Ep. #31: Top 10 DApp on Ethereum with Co-Founder of Etheremon (Nedrick Ngo) Nov 25, 2018

In this episode, we speak to the co-founder of the very popular game and one of the top DApp on the Ethereum Network – Etheremon (https://www.etheremon.com/).

Tune in to hear about:

Nedrick’s background and how he got into Blockchain/Crypto
About Etheremon
End to end user journey for someone playing the game
Role of the EMont token
Integration with Decentraland (https://decentraland.org/) and how they’re leveraging Kyber Network (https://kyber.network/)
Etheremon’s business model
New game being developed called CubeGo (https://www.cubego.io/)
Issues with Ethereum Blockchain and how they’re dealing with it
EMont Alliance and longer term vision
Other games mentioned: MyCryptoHeroes (https://www.mycryptoheroes.net/), CryptoKitties (https://www.cryptokitties.co/), Gods Unchained (https://godsunchained.com/)
Other resources projects mentioned Dapp (https://www.dapp.com/), OpenSea (https://opensea.io/)

Ep. #30: Cryptocurrency/Blockchain Fund with Czhang Lin (MD JRR Crypto) Nov 04, 2018

In this episode, we speak to Czhang Lin who is the Managing Director at JRR Crypto. JRR Crypto is a Swiss Cryptocurrency/Blockchain Fund with a Chinese team which invests in both Crypto projects and the Crypto Ecosystem. They are the second biggest equity shareholder in the Crypto Exchange with one of the highest trading volumes – Binance!

Czhang is a Taiwanese Canadian who grew up in Poland and took his family business public on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. He is an alumnus of INSEAD and Tsinghua University.

Tune in to hear about:

Czhang’s very interesting background and how he got involved in Crypto/Blockchain
JRR Crypto – structure of the fund, investment thesis, areas of focus etc
Crypto ecosystem investments (70% of portfolio): Incubation, Consultancy, Investment banks, Media, Exchanges, Wealth Management, Fund of Funds
Crypto projects reperesent 30% of portfolio
JRR is the 2nd biggest equity shareholder in Binance
Quick overview of the Chinese Crypto/Blockchain ecosystem
Reason for the success of the Chinese Exchanges (OKEx, Huobi etc)
JRR’s acceleration arm: Super advisor (light involvement) and Co-founder (heavy involvement)
JRR’s roadmap
Views on a dual token system (utility + security tokens)

Korean Ep. #3: Quality storytelling by content curation optimization by Yoon Kim, Founder of Starfeed Nov 01, 2018

In our 3rd episode (Korean), we invited Yoon Kim, a founder of Starfeed, a blockchain content curation media in South Korea.

Yoon shares about the importance of quality storytelling around the blockchain and cryptocurrency content publishing and his vision in building a trustworthy network of people and organizations in the industry.

Key insights from this episode:

Too many cryptocurrencies and blockchain content…how can I help curate the most useful content?
About blockchain content curation media
Quality storytelling, how can you define it?
Now and the future; Collective expert knowledge-based curation, and data analysis
How do we monetize it?
Our network bridging people and organizations

Thanks for listening. For Korean interview enquiries, please email at yuree@ampliv.com

About the host:

Featured on Forbes and CNBC, Yuree is a growth-oriented visionary passionate about the future of decentralised network and alternative financing methodologies. She founded Ampliv, deep tech communications consultancy and SHE Blockchainers, the first women in blockchain initiative in Asia in 2017.

Yuree has ten years of working experience in APAC and the US. Her key skillset covers tech startup marketing and communications, blockchain tech research and training, and tokenisation consulting. She founded SHE Blockchainers Asia in 2017 with her passion for female inclusion in the blockchain industry. Ampliv is where the deep tech involving blockchain meets alternative financing methodologies and currently has a multimedia knowledge sharing platform Ampliv.io and Ampliv TV, YouTube channel. She is passionate about working with tech startups, who can leverage her experiences from top brands to the ground. She worked at Korean Telecom, Brandtology (Microsoft, Citibank, Estee Lauder), Omnicom Media Group (Intel, Visa) and technology startups.

She’s born in South Korea and lived in Australia, UK & Singapore. She’s a learning geek and very curious person.

Follow her on Twitter @yureehong17

Korean Ep. #2: From ‘0’ to the largest crypto asset management app in Korea, by Kain Seo, CSO and Co-founder of Coin Manager Oct 31, 2018

In our Korean podcast 2nd episode, we interviewed Kain Seo, CSO and Co-founder of Coin Manager, the largest crypto asset management app in South Korea.

Kain shared about his journey in developing a crypto asset management app from ‘0’ to the largest user base in South Korea and his perspectives around the cryptocurrency and its service providers in South Korea.

Key insights from this episode:

From ‘0’ to the largest crypto asset management app in Korea
What is Coin Manager?
Our diverse collaboration model from multiple angles
What is crypto wallet, and who is it for?
What matters to us the most
Deep dive into the secure, decentralized crypto wallet
Macro perspectives on the blockchain industry in South Korea

About Kain Seo

Kain is chief strategy officer (CSO) and co-founder in CoinManager, No.1 blockchain wallet and portfolio tracker in Korea. Prior to launching CoinManager, he founded/worked in various Korean IT start-ups for 9 years. He is specialized in connecting UX-Product-Business strategy with the customer needs, that is what he wants to do in Blockchain industry.

Thanks for listening. For Korean interview enquiries, please email at yuree@ampliv.com

About the host:

Featured on Forbes and CNBC, Yuree is a growth-oriented visionary passionate about the future of decentralised network and alternative financing methodologies. She founded Ampliv, deep tech communications consultancy and SHE Blockchainers, the first women in blockchain initiative in Asia in 2017.

Yuree has ten years of working experience in APAC and the US. Her key skillset covers tech startup marketing and communications, blockchain tech research and training, and tokenisation consulting. She founded SHE Blockchainers Asia in 2017 with her passion for female inclusion in the blockchain industry. Ampliv is where the deep tech involving blockchain meets alternative financing methodologies and currently has a multimedia knowledge sharing platform Ampliv.io and Ampliv TV, YouTube channel. She is passionate about working with tech startups, who can leverage her experiences from top brands to the ground. She worked at Korean Telecom, Brandtology (Microsoft, Citibank, Estee Lauder), Omnicom Media Group (Intel, Visa) and technology startups.

She’s born in South Korea and lived in Australia, UK & Singapore. She’s a learning geek and very curious person.

Follow her on Twitter @yureehong17

Ep. #29: Regulations, Compliance, Security Tokens & Stablecoins with Patrick Tan (General Counsel, Compton Hughes) Oct 28, 2018

In this epsiode, we speak to Patrick Tan (https://www.linkedin.com/in/patricktankoontat/), General Partner and Counsel at Compton Hughes. Patrick is a self professed ‘entrepreneur first and a lawyer second’. He has previously practiced law, founded companies and in his most recent role founded a Statistical Arbitrage Crypto Hedge Fund.

Tune in to this episode to hear about:

Patrick’s journey in the Blockchain and Cryptocurrency ecosystem
Regulatory environment in general – SEC, China, Malta, Gibraltar etc
Regulatory arbitrage
ETFs
How does a company approach an ICO from a legal perspective? An STO?
Patrick’s new venture: A Statistical Arbitrage Crypto Fund and his role as General Counsel
Strategies that his fund is deploying and what makes them unique
Process for client onboarding into a Crypto Fund in a compliant manner
Security tokens and Stablecoins: https://medium.com/predict/security-tokens-versus-stablecoins-2d33b91e2fd

Ep. #28: Hedera Hashgraph, a novel Consensus mechanism with Edgar Seah (APAC Head Hedera) Oct 21, 2018

The Hedera Hashgraph platform provides a new form of distributed consensus – it is a fast, secure, fair ‘Blockchain’ with a novel Governance mechanism.
In this episode, we speak to the APAC Head of Hedera, Edgar Seah. Edgar has a very eclectic background with stints in Investment Banking, NGOs and corporates aroud the globe.
Tune in to hear about:

Edgar’s background and how ended up as Hedera Hashgraph’s Asia’s head
History of Hashgraph (consensus mechanism)
Hashgraph is leveraged in a private manner by a company called Swirlds and in a public manner by Hedera
Background on Swirlds and Enterprise clients on Swirlds (e.g. Credit Union Consortium)
Motivation behind creating a public ledger in addition to the private ledger
Properties of Hashgraph – Speed, Security (aBFT – Asynchronous Byzantine Fault Tolerance), Fairness
Governance and a deep dive into how Hedera is trying to solve this problem – Council Governance (off-chain governance) and Consensus Model (on-chain governance)
Discussion and views on the claim that Hedera is a private Blockchain and not a public one
Regulatory compliance and the path Hedera is taking to achieve mainstream adoption
Hedera Hashgraph’s roadmap and the 20 or so projects building on top of it etc
Specific areas of focus in Asia
Twitter: https://twitter.com/hashgraph
Website: https://www.hedera.com/
Hedera 18 Hackathon website: https://www.hedera18.com/

Ep. #27: Email on Blockchain with George Hartley (Co-founder Sendy) Oct 12, 2018

Our guest for this episode is George Hartley, co-founder of Sendy. Sendy is aiming to bring about improvements to emails by rewarding the attention of email receivers through cryptocurrencies. The attention is rewarded in Sendy tokens which can be purchased by advertisers.

George comes from a mixture of marketing and product background having worked with several startups and marketing agencies.

Tune in to hear about:

George’s background and journey in the blockchain/crypto space
Views on email marketing
What Sendy is about (https://sendy.network/)
Problems that exist in email marketing today and how Sendy is trying to address those
Stakeholders in the Sendy ecosystem and role of the token
How the current business (https://www.smartrmail.com/) is going to be leveraged/affected?
Sendy’s roadmap

Korean Ep. #1: How I became the top Korean YouTube influencer by ex-head of Coinsight, Dasom Song Oct 12, 2018

We are excited to announce a release of the Korean podcast at Decrypt.Asia today!

Our first guest is Dasom Song, one of the top Korean YouTube influencers in the blockchain/cryptocurrency industry, an ex-head of Coinsight.

She shared her journey to become the top influencer and what triggered her interest in the blockchain space.

Key insights from this episode:

How I got into the blockchain rabbit hole
Be the ‘W’
The first view count of 50,000!!!
A note for the beginners
What I do as a YouTuber
My experience at Coinsight

Thanks for listening. For Korean interview enquiries, please email at yuree@ampliv.com

About the host:

Featured on Forbes and CNBC, Yuree is a growth-oriented visionary passionate about the future of decentralised network and alternative financing methodologies. She founded Ampliv, deep tech communications consultancy and SHE Blockchainers, the first women in blockchain initiative in Asia in 2017.

Yuree has ten years of working experience in APAC and the US. Her key skillset covers tech startup marketing and communications, blockchain tech research and training, and tokenisation consulting. She founded SHE Blockchainers Asia in 2017 with her passion for female inclusion in the blockchain industry. Ampliv is where the deep tech involving blockchain meets alternative financing methodologies and currently has a multimedia knowledge sharing platform Ampliv.io and Ampliv TV, YouTube channel. She is passionate about working with tech startups, who can leverage her experiences from top brands to the ground. She worked at Korean Telecom, Brandtology (Microsoft, Citibank, Estee Lauder), Omnicom Media Group (Intel, Visa) and technology startups.

She’s born in South Korea and lived in Australia, UK & Singapore. She’s a learning geek and very curious person.

Follow her on Twitter @yureehong17

Ep. #26: Infinite cash, monetary policies and synchronicity with Andrew Pantyukhin Pt. 2/2 (CEO Tangem) Sep 30, 2018

In the second part of the interview with Andrew Pantyukhin, we speak about certain topics that occupy a great deal of his mindshare beyond the company that he is trying to build (Tangem – https://tangem.com/)

Tune in to hear about:

Concept of money as a means of communication
Making cryptocurrencies ubiquitous – infinite cash for everyone (along the lines of Universal Basic Income)
Optimistic and pessimistic views how the world looks like in a few years
Subsistence economies and monetary policies
Synchronicity in the world
Why speculation in crypto could be a good thing?

Ep. #25: Banknotes for Cryptoassets with Andrew Pantyukhin Pt. 1/2 (CEO Tangem) Sep 23, 2018

In this episode, we speak to Andrew Pantyukhin, the CEO of Tangem. Tangem is aiming to make cryptocurrencies more accessible to everyday individuals by allowing people to store them in smart and secure banknotes. These banknotes can then be used to purchase items or make transactions just like how we use banknotes today.

Andrew has held several roles in various tech businesses prior to founding Tangem. He is a product guy with background in technology and Venture Capital.

Tune in to hear about:

Andrew’s introduction, background and about early days of crypto
Projects Andrew was excited about in the relatively early days of crypto (21/earn.com – https://earn.com/ and ZCash – https://z.cash/)
What Tangem does
How does on acquire a Tangem Note and how to use it?
What does the customer journey look like for using a Tangem Note
Details about the Tangem note – Is the card reusable? How to top up the card? How much does Tangem Note cost to the distributor and customer?
Tangem’s business model
Tangem’s roadmap and ambitions
Website: https://tangem.com/

Ep. #24: Decentralized CryptoBanking with Alex Wearn (CEO Aurora/IDEX) Sep 11, 2018

Aurora is a decentralized financial platform with IDEX, a hybrid decentralized exchange, as its first product. Subsequent products will include margin lending on the hybrid exchange and a stablecoin to support the Cryptocurrency bank (called Decentralized Capital)

Our guest for this episode is Alex Wearn, CEO of Aurora DAO. He has previously worked with IBM and Adobe and is a graduate of Kellogg School of Management.

Tune in to hear about:

Alex’s background, introduction and journey in crypto
What is Aurora? (Decentralised financial institution)
Problems with the current financial system that Aurora is trying to address
Concept of free banking
Bundling of stable coins: https://www.tokensets.com/
1st product of Aurora ecosystem – IDEX which is a hybrid centralised/decentralised exchange
Decentralised aspect – custody and settlement
Centralised aspect – dispatch of trades to the blockchain
Liquidity providers / market makers on IDEX?
Key challenges during setting up IDEX and how they were overcome – acquisition of users, operating on Ethereum network
Fee structure on IDEX
ETH gas prices – https://ethgasstation.info/
Understanding Mempool (pending transactions) – https://99bitcoins.com/what-is-bitcoin-mempool/
Margin lending on IDEX
2nd product of Aurora ecosystem – Cryptocurrency bank (Decentralised Capital)
Stablecoin (Boreals) and how it’ll work
AURA token – staking token of IDEX network
IDXM token – membership token (3 years of free trades) to bring forth revenues for the company
Daily trading volume – highest was about 20-25m, average is 3-7m
Aurora’s roadmap
Views on the Blockchain and Cryptocurrency ecosystem in general
Website: https://auroradao.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Aurora_Dao
Discord: http://bit.ly/AuroraDiscord

Ep. #23: Android AppStore adopting Cryptocurrency with Tiago Alves (VP APAC AppCoins) Sep 06, 2018

AppCoins (https://appcoins.io/) is a blockchain-based open-source protocol for the App Economy supported by the Aptoide App Store (http://www.aptoide.com/). It proposes to move to the blockchain three of the most critical flows of App stores: (i)advertising, (ii) in-app purchases and (iii) developer’s reputation.

Our guest for this show is Tiago Alves, the VP Asia Pacific of AppCoins. Tiago has held several roles in the Telecommunications industry mainly in Portugal before taking up a role as Aptoide’s/AppCoins’ VP of APAC.

Tune in to hear about:

Tiago’s background and intro
What is Aptoide? (Android App Store)
What are the App Stores beyond Google Play on Android Phones today?
The problems for smaller App Stores today – payments (lack of ability to monetise in-app purchase)
Appcoins – reducing the cut from in-app purchases from 30% (for Google Play Store) to 15%
5B fine for Google in the EU recently
Other problems – advertising inside App Stores, Application approvals and security
Solution – reward users in Appcoins for getting exposed to ads, sharing of information about viruses and malware to make apps more secure
How Aptoide’s current business is going to be affected and how dies it affect the various investors involved
How the native token works
How does the platform look like today?
Roadmap
Development of the AppStore Foundation
Telegram: https://t.me/appcoinsofficial
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AppCoinsProject

Ep. #22: Cryptocurrency Exchange & P2P Marketplace with Rahul Raj (CEO Koinex) Aug 26, 2018

Our guest for this episode is Rahul Raj, CEO and co-founder of Koinex (https://koinex.in/). Koinex is one of India’s leading cryptocurrency exchanges and peer to peer marketplaces which is backed by leading investors such as Pantera Capital (https://www.panteracapital.com/) and Beenext (https://www.beenext.com/).

Rahul is a graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology and has dabbled in various startups and social entrepreneurship initiatives before starting Koinex.

Tune in to hear about:

Rahul’s background and intro
How Koinex (India’s first KYC compliant multi currency exchange) came about
Why Koinex initially decided to have only fiat to crypto pairs for all cryptocurrencies
Customer journey for transacting
Different steps involved in setting up a crypto exchange
Three important pillars of setting up an exchange: scalability, security, customer support
Other factors to consider while setting up an exchange: UI/UX, liquidity, ecosystem development
Building an exchange in house vs. using a white label solution/third party integrations – pros and cons
Where does an exchange source their crypto from?
How Koinex built liquidity on the platform
Highest daily trading volume that Koinex saw – USD 265m
Why BTC was trading at a premium in India
Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) current stance on crypto and way going forward
How the crypto-exchanges responded to the RBI directive
Koinex Loop (https://koinex.in/loop) – the crypto marketplace
Improvements of Koinex Loop over LocalBitcoin and LocalEthereum
Challenges with Koinex Loop as far as fiat is concerned
Koinex’s roadmap and plans beyond an exchange
Views on the Blockchain and Cryptocurrency ecosystem in India
Projects beyond Koinex that Rahul is excited about: Ethereum, BAT

Ep. #21: Blockchain Community/ Co-Living, Co-Working space with See Eun and Young Hoon (Co-Founders Nonce Community) Aug 15, 2018

Our first guest for this episode is See Eun who was into breakdancing and danced professionally for more than 10 years. He served in the military, curated and wrote for a hip-hop blog and lead hip-hop education efforts before the Bitcoin bug bit him. He started ‘The Blockchainers”, the first Blockchain Cryptocurrency YouTube channel in Korea with his co-host Young Hoon who is the other guest on the show.

Young Hoon majored in math and computer science at the University of Oxford and upon graduation had short stints in McKinsey and Macquarie before also serving in the military in Somalia for a counter-piracy mission for the Korean army.

Together, they also started and currently run Nonce Community, an open-source co-working, co-living Blockchain/Cryptocurrency space based on Proof-of-Work. Nonce community started as a few people who worked in this ecosystem living together in a 3 bedroom apartment and has since grown to a whole building which can currently accommodate upto 100 Blockchainers.

Tune in to hear about:

Their fascinating background and what got them into crypto
First Korean Blockchain Youtube channel they started – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsH44G5T4hHXYrb1aGUB1Gw
Nonce Community – Blockchain community – co-living, co-working, open-source Blockchain community based on Proof-of-Work
How they went from a 3 bedroom apartment to a building that can accommodate a 100 people
Decentralised governance model for the community – decentralised way to make decisions including deciding who gets to stay
How the environment was like initially
An essay that inspired them (Tyranny of Structurelessness): https://www.jofreeman.com/joreen/tyranny.htm
Different verticals at Nonce Community: Tokeneconomics consulting, smart contract auditing, media and community management, fund and research arm
Studio Decentral (Media arm): http://www.studiodecentral.org/
See Eun’s views on the current perverse media model in the Blockchain/crypto ecosystem
Other resources mentioned: Epicenter Podcast (https://epicenter.tv/), Let’s talk Bitcoin (https://letstalkbitcoin.com/)
Gary Vee! – https://www.garyvaynerchuk.com/
Fund – arbitrage, market making and ICOs – due diligence process and fund structuring
Research – Whitepaper.foundation
Scalability solutions and their trade-offs: Plasma, state channels and sharding
Thoughts on scalability through centralisation of block production
Thoughts on move from Proof of Work to Proof of Stake consensus mechanism
Store of Value vs Tokens of protocols becoming store of value
Bitcoin: Store of value vs medium of exchange
Using Blockchain and Cryptocurrency to help society and the planet

Ep. #20: Fintech/Blockchain Hub with Joe Seunghyun Cho (Founding CEO Lattice 80) Aug 10, 2018

Our guest for this episode is Joe Seunghyun Cho. Joe has been a hedge fund manager and has run an asset management company before founding Lattice 80, one of the world’s largest fintech and blockchain hubs in Singapore. Joe has been a mentor to several young companies and regularly coordinates with the government and larger corporations to support the startup ecosystem.

Tune in to this episode to find out about:

Joe’s background
How Lattice 80, the world’s biggest fintech/blockchain hub by size, came about
Government involvement in building out the startup ecosystem and getting all stakeholders involved
Expansion of Lattice 80 beyond Singapore, with the ultimate vision to open Lattice 80 in 100 cities eventually
Value add beyond a co-working space by getting multiple stakeholders involved – startups, financial institutions / corporates, government, public
Evolution of fintech companies in Singapore
Kaya network: connecting all stakeholders locally physically and globally to collaborate and do business and reducing the time required to take care of legal and due diligence issues
Kaya network database and mini social database to eliminate travel costs
Utility of the Kaya token
Use of token beyond the Lattice 80
Why Kaya is being built on the NEM Blockchain
Diving in to a ‘staggered’ ICO
First few locations that Lattice 80 is going to focus on
Joe’s plans beyond the co-working space
Link to Lattice 80 website: http://www.lattice80.com/

Ep. #19: Decentralised Service Marketplace with JP Thor (CEO CanYa) Jul 30, 2018

Our guest for this show is JP Thor, CEO of CanYa, a global marketplace of peer-to-peer services with a cryptocurrency payment layer.

JP is a former Air Force pilot, an early Bitcoin adopter and a Blockchain ambassador. He serves as an advisor to multiple Blockchain startups including Loki and Trust Wallet.

Tune in to hear about:

Background and transition from being an air force pilot to the blockchain/cryptocurrency ecosystem
Why JP started a decentralised service marketplace
What does the customer journey look like as a service provider or user
Use of the token (CAN) on the platform and the tokeneconomics
How the hedged escrow function works to ensure that the service provider gets paid fairly and not be subject to price fluctuations
Thoughts on most people in the world not investing or buying cryptocurrency but getting into crypto by earning it
How CanYa plans to cope with the learning curve required for anyone to store crypto assets
Why CanYa took the strategy of being centralised in the beginning and over time move towards greater decentralisation – with the eventual goal to be a DAO (decentralised autonomous organisation)
How CanYa aims to achieve decentralisation over a period of time
How CanYa is developing infrastructure around having a decentralised marketplace as well
On-chain governance
Ethereum 2.0
Layer 1 vs Layer 2 discussion
Projects mentioned: Digix, Origin Protocol, uPort, OmiseGo, Humaiq, Trust wallet, Loom Network amongst others

Ep. #18: Data Provenance and Authenticity using Blockchain with Mike Davie (Founder Quadrant Protocol) Jul 16, 2018

Mike Davie is the Founder of Quadrant Protocol, a Blockchain project that allows for easy access, creation and distribution of data.

Mike was a member of the Advanced Mobile Product Strategy Division at Samsung where he developed go-to-market strategies for cutting edge technologies created in the Samsung R&D Labs. Thereafter, he founded DataStreamX, an online marketplace for real time data allowing companies that produce data to easily monetize and distribute it and allowing data consumers to source their data requirements in one place.

With the emergence of the Blockchain technology, Mike sought to further improve what he was trying to do at DataStreamX and as a result, Quadrant Protocol was born.

Tune in to hear about:

Mike’s background and how Quadrant Protocol was born
What problems Quadrant Protocol is seeking to address
How Quadrant Protocol is a data stamping protocol and the value that brings
Different stakeholders in the Quadrant ecosystem and their roles (‘nurseries’ are where the data is born, ‘pioneers’ who create the data into products, ‘elons’ who can be innovative companies and individuals who try to create more value of the data products)
How the different stakeholders are incentivised in the ecosystem
Quadrant Protocol’s consensus mechanism (mix of Proof of Authority and Proof of Work)
Quadrant Protocol’s roadmap
Key things Quadrant is looking for – partnerships, data providers and data consumers
Major partnership with IMDA (Govt of Singapore) – https://medium.com/quadrantprotocol/singapores-info-communications-media-development-authority-imda-partners-with-datastreamx-and-be4b1ba94cd9
Quadrant Protocol website, Medium

Ep. #17: Cryptocurrency Aggregator with Sharan Nair (SVP Marketing & BD CoinSwitch) Jul 03, 2018

CoinSwitch is a Sequoia backed cryptocurrency aggregator. A cryptocurrency aggregator allows users to buy and sell multiple cryptocurrencies across various exchanges without creating multiple accounts while getting to choose the best prices across exchanges.

Sharan is currently the Senior Vice President of Marketing and Business Development at CoinSwitch. Prior to this role, he was the Vice President of Marketing and Communications at Unocoin, one of India’s largest fiat to crypto exchanges.

Tune in to hear about:

Sharan’s background, his work with Unocoin (a fiat to crypto exchange in India) and how he started working at CoinSwitch
CoinSwitch – is an exchange aggregator supporting 300 coins and 45000 exchange pairs where users do not need to create accounts at multiple exchanges and use the CoinSwitch platform to get access to best pricing
Current exchanges integrated on Coinswitch: ShapeShift, Bittrex, Changelly, KuCoin, Changer and Cryptopia
Roadmap: Integrate with IDEX, a decentralised exchange and the challenges with integrating with a decentralised exchange
End-to-end customer journey for using Coinswitch
Coinswitch’s business model
CoinSwitch’s customer base and its distribution across the globe
CoinSwitch’s roadmap
CoinSwitch’s value added services such airdrop tracker, tax calculator etc
Business risks for CoinSwitch
Sharan’s view on the Blockchain and Cryptocurrency ecosystem in India
Twitter

Ep. #16: Tokenised Index Fund with Aditya Mishra (COO ZenPrivex/108 Token) Jun 25, 2018

Aditya Mishra is the Co-founder and COO of ZenPrivex. ZenPrivex is an umbrella company with different product offerings in the Blockchain and crypto space. One of their first products is the 108 token which is a token representing an indexed fund with the top 15 cryptocurrencies rebalanced on a monthly basis.

Prior to his journey in the Blockchain space, Aditya or Adi was involved in the secondary private equity markets.

Tune in to hear about:

Background of the team
Adi’s journey in blockchain and cryptocurrency
ZenPrivex – the parent company behind the 108 token. Other ventures include a research arm and a decentralised exchange on top of ZRX (“relayer”)
108 token – tokenised fund holding the top 15 cryptocurrencies by market cap and rebalanced monthly
Why the name ‘108’ (https://108token.com/)
Investment concepts in the crypto space that investors should consider: supply adjusted market cap versus only considering circulating supply (https://onchainfx.com/)
Why Adi and his team decided to work on this project? Why the ZenPrivex decided to tokenise this index fund versus taking on USD/SGD (or fiat currency straight)?
Who should buy the 108 token? How to buy the 108 token?
How the 108 token could trade at a discount or premium to the underlying assets
Target clients for 108 tokens (including treasury management for companies who have done ICOs)
Things that Adi is excited about in the Blockchain space
Telegram, Blog

Ep. #15 Crypto investing mental models and frameworks with Meher Roy Pt. 2/2 (Host of Epicenter and Co-founder Chorus One) Jun 17, 2018

Meher is a fellow podcaster and host of Epicenter, one of the most well respected Blockchain podcasts in the industry with guests such as Vitalik Buterin, Adam Back, Gavin Andresen, Ralph Merkle regularly featuring on his show. He has also recently started a new company called Chorus One where his company is building validator nodes for Proof of Stake Blockchain networks such as Cosmos.

Meher is a graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology or IIT and worked in the pharmaceutical and healthcare industry prior to making a switch to the Blockchain world.

Tune in to hear about:

His mental models and philosophies behind investing
Strategy – identify investments that may grow 10x over 10 years with relatively high odds and 100x over 10 years but with relatively lower odds
Strategy – identifies fundamentally good projects and holds them long term
How to identify these investment opportunities that one can hold for 10 years
How he held Ether through the DAO and Parity hacks
Strategy – try to find opportunities through identifying what the key problems that exist today (e.g. scalability, smart contract safety) and find good projects that are addressing those
However, the projects that may ‘win’ may not necessarily be the inventors of that technology which leads to further complexity
How to determine ticket size or position sizing
Books mentioned – Fortune’s formula
What Meher’s personal portfolio looks like currently
Meher’s outlook on the Blockchain ecosystem in general

Link to Epicenter Podcast: https://epicenter.tv/

Youtube link to Epicenter podcast: https://www.youtube.com/user/epicenterbtc

Link to his new company: http://chorus.one/

Ep. #14: Crypto Twitter, Bitcoin and Proof of Stake Nodes with Meher Roy Pt. 1/2 (Host of Epicenter and Co-founder Chorus One) Jun 10, 2018

Meher is a fellow podcaster and host of Epicenter, one of the most well respected Blockchain podcasts in the industry with guests such as Vitalik Buterin, Adam Back, Gavin Andresen, Ralph Merkle regularly featuring on his show. He has also recently started a new company called Chorus One where his company is building validator nodes for Proof of Stake Blockchain networks such as Cosmos.

Meher is a graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology or IIT and worked in the pharmaceutical and healthcare industry prior to making a switch to the Blockchain world.

Tune in to hear about:

Crypto Twitter and why he went off Twitter
His background and journey in the Blockchain space
How he came across Bitcoin in 2012, was unsuccessful in being able to purchase it
The thesis that made him purchase Bitcoin in 2013/14 and how that thesis has turned out wrong
The power of compound interest
First alt coin he purchased – Ether in 2015
His company (Chorus One) and what they are trying to do – Proof of Stake (PoS) validator node for the Cosmos project
How validation in PoS networks is the beginning of the fixed income in the cryptocurrency market
What will be the total size of the staking market and what percentage of the tokens would Chorus One look to be staked with them
What would be the differentiators for validator nodes to capture a greater market share
How PoS can lead to greater ‘centralisation’ but why that’s not necessarily a bad thing

Link to Epicenter Podcast: https://epicenter.tv/

Youtube link to Epicenter podcast: https://www.youtube.com/user/epicenterbtc

Link to his new company: http://chorus.one/

Ep. #13: Location Data Marketplace on Blockchain with Justin Mann (Co-founder Fysical) Jun 05, 2018

Fysical is a location data marketplace which connects location suppliers i.e you and me to location buyers which could be marketing agencies, hedge funds, insurance companies amongst others.

Justin co-founded Fysical labs, from which Fysical has been spun out, in Boston in 2014. Fysical was accepted into the 500 startups accelerator in the summer of 2016. Sensing a big opportunity in Asia, Justin and his team moved to Singapore from Silicon Valley to build out Fysical.

Tune in to hear about:

Justin’s background and how Fysical came about
Why Fysical decided to relocate from Silicon Valley to Singapore
What is location data?
The problems with location data and location data marketplaces
What are the use cases presently and in the future – hedge funds, marketing firms, commercial real estate firms, smart cities, disaster recovery, health insurance companies
Who analyses the location data?
Role of the FYS token in the ecosystem
Fysical is live on the Ethereum main net – what that experience has been like
How users can get paid from their location data
Medium, Telegram and Twitter

Ep. #12: Insurance on Blockchain with Val Yap (CEO PolicyPal Network) May 29, 2018

PolicyPal Network aims to leverage the Blockchain technology to make insurance more accessible for consumers by creating a peer-to-peer insurance platform. It also aims to cater to the needs of the crypto ecosystem by providing insurance services to Blockchain startups during their initial launch.

Our guest for today’s show is Val Yap, the Founder and CEO of PolicyPal and the PolicyPal Network based out Singapore. After graduating, she worked in varying capacities in the Financial Services industry including stints at Aberdeen Asset Management, PricewaterhouseCoopers and OCBC Bank. She was recently included in the Forbes 30 under 30 list for Finance and Venture Capital.

Tune in to hear about:

Val’s background and how PolicyPal (‘traditional’ business) came about
What PolicyPal does and how PolicyPal Network came about
PolicyPal Network’s partnership with FWD insurance company and new partnership with WeWork Asia
The two products that PolicyPal Network is building – crypto protect insurance helping blockchain companies (wallets/exchanges etc.) and a P2P insurance marketplace
Partnership with NEM and QTUM on the crypto protect insurance side
Tech stuff – why they are building on Ethereum currently and why they’ll be launching their own blockchain network in the future
Launch of PolicyPal’s testnet next month
Some other interesting developments that are taking place at PolicyPal
Importance of community in the cryptocurrency space
Twitter, Telegram, Medium

Ep. #11: Authenticity of Products on Blockchain with Andrew Rasheed (CEO Devery) May 20, 2018

Devery is an Australian company that has leveraged the Blockchain to create a product verification tool. It helps to ensure that the authenticity of products is maintained which allows e-commerce players as well as other businesses to ensure that their supply chain is secure. Devery recently concluded a successful ICO reaching their hard cap in 17 seconds after the lifting of the contribution caps.

Our guest for today’s show is Andrew Rasheed, Founder and CEO of Devery.Before founding Devery, Andrew was heavily involved in the e-commerce space. He was the founder of several e-commerce stores on Amazon and Shopify, and also created the first Ethereum-only online store, ethstall.com. Devery was created due to issues with counterfeiting and duplication that Andrew experienced and saw in the market during this period. He recognized that digital product verification would greatly reduce these problems and provide greater transparency and confidence to online shoppers.

Tune in to hear about:

Andrew’s background and his side projects in the Blockchain space including a coniwatch touch bar for Mac users
How Devery came about and the problems it solves?
How Devery is creating the base protocol for third party verification services to build on top of their protocol and why Devery is taking this approach
Role of the EVE token for multiple stakeholders in the ecosystem
Bokky Token Transportation Protocol and how this allows users to interact with the application without incurring gas costs (the only other project using this Gaze Coin)
How Devery plans to incentivise developers to build application on top of their protocol
Devery’s work with the Tunisian Government and United Nations World Food Program
Current developments and roadmap
Devery’s involvement with the JD.com accelerator
Andrew’s outlook on the Blockchain space – scalability and interoperability issues
Medium, Twitter, Telegram

Ep. #10: E-Commerce Services (Login, payments etc.) on Blockchain with Alastair Johnson (CEO Nuggets) May 15, 2018

We speak to Alastair Johnson, Founder and CEO of Nuggets. Nuggets is a consumer Blockchain product that helps users to login, pay and verify their identity using biometrics without the need for sharing their data and protecting their privacy.

Tune in to this episode to hear about:

Alastair’s background and how Nuggets came about (how his credit card was used fraudulently)
What are the problems that Nuggets is addressing – data privacy in login, payment and ID verification – and its application in e-commerce
Customer journey and the points where there will be interaction with the Nuggets app
How does Nuggets work from a merchant’s point of view
Role of the token from the consumer’s and merchant’s perspective
Tech stuff:
- Biometrics to capture the data
- Data Encryption
- Data storage in a private blockchain and using the public Ethereum Blockchain to power transactions
Scalability issues (transactions per second) problem with Ethereum and how that may force Nuggets to move to another more scalable platform
Why the data is stored on a private blockchain and why its not a point of concern
How Nuggets will leverage some interoperability projects like Polkadot and Cosmos
Nuggets’ go-to market strategy to drive adoption of use of Nuggets
Competition
Selected for the inaugural JD.com Blockchain accelerator based out of Beijng
Leading the UK-China tech mission – https://medium.nuggets.life/nuggets-newsletter-week-11-were-leading-the-uk-china-tech-mission-plus-alpha-whitelist-news-7f2b181ea0f5
Selected for the Access India Program – https://medium.nuggets.life/weve-been-selected-for-the-prestigious-access-india-programme-f3e250b78181

Ep. #09: Databases on Blockchain with Pavel Bains (CEO Bluzelle) May 06, 2018

This week, we speak to Pavel Bains, CEO of Bluzelle Networks. Bluzelle is a decentralized database using Blockchain technology. Bluzelle allows individuals to rent any spare computer storage space to application developers to earn cryptotokens.

Tune in to hear about:

Pavel’s background, journey in Blockchain and why he moved from Canada to Singapore to start Bluzelle
Bluzelle’s prior work with banks and insurance companies (including HSBC, OCBC, MUFG, AIA etc.) and how that lead to a focused effort on decentralised databases
What is a decentralised database and how it different from decentralised file storage (examples of file storage projects include Filecoin, Storj and Sia)
Tech stuff: where the data sits, how consensus is maintained
Stakeholders in the ecosystem: producers and consumers (including how to become a producer/node)
Why Bluzelle decided to have two tokens: BLZ and BNT
Competition with the ‘traditional’ players like Amazon Web Services, IBM, Oracle etc and within the Blockchain space (BigChainDB)
ICO journey: experiences and challenges
Bluzelle’s roadmap (Alpha in June 2018 and beyond)
Pavel’s outlook on the Blockchain space
Projects Pavel is excited about/partnering with: Zilliqa, Sentinel Protocol, 0x

Ep. #08: Decentralised Autonomous Organisations with Josh Zemel (DAOstack) Apr 27, 2018

In this episode, we speak to Josh Zemel from DAOstack. DAOstack is looking to be the tech behind Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAOs) – think of a company without a management team or directors where multiple stakeholders can collaborate, take decisions, allocate capital and bring projects to fruition.

Tune in to hear about:

A philosophical take on Blockchain and DAOs – how it can lead to greater coherence in organisations
What is a DAO
Immensity of the governance problem and how DAOstack is addressing it
Holographic consensus mechanism and how the DAOstack governance mechanism works including the role of the token
DAOstack’s tech stack (libraries of smart contracts for governance, Dapps etc.)
Regulatory aspects to consider in a DAO
Details about their upcoming token sale

Projects and other resources mentioned in this episode:

Vitalik’s blog on how coin holder voting leads to a plutocracy: https://vitalik.ca/general/2018/03/28/plutocracy.html
Aragon
Matan Field’s ETHCC keynote

DAOstack’s social media presence: Telegram, Twitter, YouTube, Medium

Ep. #07: Blockchain in Taiwan with Jon Jones (CEO/Founder Blockcamp, Blockcity and Taiwan Blockchain Alliance) Apr 22, 2018

We get all the scoop of developments in the Blockchain space in Taiwan from Jon Jones. Jon is the founder of the Taiwan Blockchain Alliance and the CEO of Blockcamp, a Blockchain incubator and ICO consulting firm. In addition, he is also a co-founder at Blockcity, the largest Blockchain and fintech event in Taiwan. Finally, Jon is the President of the Taiwan chapter of the Government Blockchain Association, a non-profit that works for the advancement and adoption of Blockchain technology in the public sector.

In this episode, we discuss:

How Jon landed up in Taiwan and how started the Taiwan Entrepreneur Club
How that lead to Jon finding out about Bitcoin Ethereum and the Blockchain technology
Blockcamp incubator – the kind of projects they take on and the projects they have worked with
Blockcity event (Taiwan Blockchain festival) – participants, the projects that participated and topics discussed
Views of the Government of Taiwan and how Jon is working together with one of the legislators from the Taiwan Government to speed up the process to create the right regulatory environment
Taiwan as a strategic location for Blockchain projects (proximity to China)

Links to the projects run by Jon:

Blockcamp (LinkedIn)

Taiwan Blockchain Alliance (LinkedIn)

Jon’s LinkedIn

Ep. #06: (Educational) What is Blockchain in under 10 minutes Apr 16, 2018

Based on the feedback from our listeners, we decided to do a short episode to talk about some of the basic attributes of the Blockchain technology and how it works. We try to keep this episode relatively simple and only focus on the oldest and perhaps most popular Blockchain – the Bitcoin Blockchain.

Ep. #05: Supply Chain on Blockchain with Sid Chakravarthy (Founder StaTwig) Apr 09, 2018

We speak to Sid Chakravarthy, founder of StaTwig, which uses Blockchain and IOT to track the journey of perishable products such as food and vaccines across the supply chain. We speak to Sid about the problems that exist in the ‘cold’ supply chain, how his company is overcoming these problems and what his views are on the use of Blockchains by corporates.

In addition, we speak to Sid about how working with supply chains lead him to start working with insurance companies as well to better facilitate claims management and enable microinsurance. Tune in to also find out why StaTwig deploys a SaaS model and has not gone down the ICO route yet.

Projects mentioned in the interview:

Ep. #04: Professional Social Network on Blockchain with Gaurang Torvekar (CEO Indorse) Apr 01, 2018

In this episode, we speak to Gaurang Torvekar, founder of two Blockchain start-ups, Attores and Indorse. He is also one of the organisers of the Singapore Ethereum meetup, one of largest in the world after London and New York. Gaurang’s first start-up is Attores, a Smart Contract as a Service platform which eventually lead him to co-found Indorse, a professional social network on the Blockchain, along with his partner, David Moskowitz (successfully sold Coin Republic).

We talk to Gaurang about his journey in the Blockchain ecosystem, how he signed his prenup on the Blockchain for fun, the companies he has co-founded and the growth of the Singapore Ethereum meetup over the last few years.

Projects mentioned in this episode:

Ep. #03: Wealth Management on Blockchain with Greg Van Den Bergh (CEO Bankorus) Mar 25, 2018

In this episode, we speak to Greg Van Den Bergh, CEO of Bankorus. Bankorus is a China based Private Wealth Management platform powered by AI and built on the Blockchain. We discuss about Bankorus’ current business and what traditional and crypto High Net Worth Individuals (HNWIs) are thinking about crypto. In addition, we tackle topics such as custody, dive into Bankorus’ product offering and figure out why they are building their product on the NEM Blockchain.

Telegram: https://t.me/bankorus

Website: https://www.bankorus.com/

NEM Blockchain website: https://nem.io/

Bankorus will be a part of JD.com’s inaugural AI/Blockchain accelerator: https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/26/jd-coms-new-accelerator-focuses-on-blockchain-startups/

Ep. #02: ICO advisory with Sukrit Khatri (Kenetic Capital) Mar 18, 2018

In this episode we speak to Sukrit Khatri, an ICO advisor with Kenetic Capital (a Hong Kong based ICO advisory firm as well as a Blockchain Venture Capital and Crypto fund). Sukrit tells us about his role, what a typical day for him looks like, how much cryptocurrency he holds and his outlook on the Blockchain space in general. We dive into the typical stages of an ICO and discuss about the criteria that Kenetic deploys prior to taking on new projects.

Sukrit’s LinkedIn profile

Ep. #01: Electricity on Blockchain with Martin Lim (COO Electrify Asia) Mar 11, 2018

We speak to Martin Lim, COO of Electrify Asia, about his journey in the Blockchain ecosystem and how he is using the Blockchain technology to power a Decentralised Smart Contract Electricity Marketplace 2.0. He also sheds light on his learnings from a recently concluded very successful ICO raising 30m USD.

Visit Electrify Asia’s website: https://electrify.sg/

Follow Electrify’s developments on Telegram: https://t.me/electrifyasia

Ep. #00: Who we are Mar 08, 2018

In this short episode, we will talk about the motivations behind starting this podcast, who should listen, and what you can expect to gain out of Decrypt.

Our TOPPODCAST Picks

Follow Us

Stay Connected

Decrypt Asia – Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Podcast

Related Podcasts

Links

Stay Connected