Crypto Hipster

Jamil interviews Cyrus Taghehchian, Founder, CEO @ Splyt Core Foundation about his positive and life changing initiative. Linkedin.com/in/taghehchian About Maker of things awesome, Executive and Lean-Agile coach, blockchain nerd, people motivator, Deloitte Consulting alum, digital hipster, business professional and kid at heart. An accomplished entrepreneur with leadership, strategy, and business execution expertise in e-commerce, digital marketing, Lean-Agile dev, and blockchain. Curious. Persistent. Courageous. I spend my time thinking of the Future of Work and my intention in life is to heal people by empowering them to follow their purpose using agile, blockchain, social media, e-commerce, and/or just believing in themselves. Purpose before profits makes the world more whole. Things I care about: youth privilege equality and sustainability. What good is it to have a unicorn exit when you’re destroying future generation’s opportunities and/or the planet? "NFTs and its immutable data nature will be the most coveted commodity in the future once we reach singularity. Blockchain preserves our reality." -me About Splyt: Splyt is an e-commerce NFT infrastructure that connects e-commerce stores, brands, and affiliates. A unique eNFT is assigned to each item providing users with a globally updating inventory. Users can also mint their products as eNFTs. There is a certificate of authenticity to prevent counterfeits, a built in smart contract that holds money in escrow to avoid scams, and a commission to incentivise affiliates and stores. The protocol is equipped with automated dispute and arbitration mechanisms, and is governed by consensus to maintain decentralization, flexibility, and user engagement. Visit Splyt Website: https://Spl.yt Follow Splyt on Twitter Follow Splyt on Medium Follow Splyt on Instagram

Jamil catches up with Dr. Leemon Baird Co-founder and Chief Scientist of Hedera, in another insightful and interesting deep dive interview. Leemon is the inventor of the hashgraph distributed consensus algorithm, and is the Co-founder and Chief Scientist of Hedera. With over 20 years of technology and startup experience, he has held positions as a Professor of Computer Science at the US Air Force Academy and as a senior scientist in several labs. He has been the Co-Founder of several startups, including two identity-related startups, both of which were acquired. Leemon received his PhD in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University and has multiple patents and publications in peer-reviewed journals and conferences in computer security, machine learning, and mathematics.

Jamil catches up with Ryan William to learn more about building the blockchain pipeline for future entrepreneurs and innovators. The Importance of Professional Certifications, Continuing Education and a "Tech Chops" Skill Set in Crypto and Blockchain Industry, with Ryan Williams Ryan Williams is an adoring husband raising three young children and running his organization, The Blockchain Academy, from Napa California.  Ryan grew up on the east coast in New York and New Jersey attending Fordham University in the Bronx for his undergrad and achieving his Masters at New York University.  When Ryan isn't working to scale skills with powerful institutions he enjoys spending time traveling around northern California to hike, and occasionally laces up the boots to play Rugby. Ryan has partnered with over 300 higher education institutions to provide business and technical instruction towards industry-recognized certifications. As an EdTech evangelist, Mr. Williams works to leverage the latest technologies in order to improve communication and reduce the friction between the students, the educators building the talent pipeline, and hiring employers.www.theblockchainacademy.com

Sonny Vu is CEO of Arevo, an advanced manufacturing technology company that uses 3D printing to automate the production of carbon fiber composite products. He is also founder of Alabaster, an investor focused on early stage companies with technology based on scientific breakthroughs that have the potential for creating positive, planet-level impact. Recurring themes include alternative protein production, new materials, and novel semiconductors. Previously he founded and sold a number of technology companies, including most recently selling Misfit to Fossil (NASDAQ:FOSL) for $260m.

This podcast is a montage of four interviews with founders and executives, from the time period of March 2021 to June 2022, as originally published at www.anchor.fm/irish-tech-news. This podcast highlights short gems from Jamil Hasan (Crypto Hipster)'s interviews with Ryan Williams (Blockchain Academy), Sonny Vu (AREVO), Dr. Leemon Baird (Hedera Hashgraph), and Cyrus Taghehchian (ShopX).

Jamil catches up with Eric Ma to learn more about this project A Deeper Dive: Building the Web 3.0 with Deeper Network's decentralized VPNs, with Eric Ma Previously a core member of CoinMarketCap, he took charge in building the groundwork of their community to what it has become today. Being front facing, Eric met with members of the community online and offline. He also played a key role in seeking strategic partnerships for CoinMarketCap helping the company to become a multimillion dollar company. Eric is an award winning public speaker and often takes to the stage to educate and share his experience with new blockchain products and ideas with the blockchain community. As the VP of Marketing at Deeper Network, Eric sees new products and innovation as key drivers to the blockchain industry. With the demand for technology growing non-stop, together with the talent at Deeper Network, Eric will help lead the company to new heights and achieve new milestones in the years ahead.

Jamil catches up with Liz Yang to cover a wide range of current trending topics and concerns. Building the Internet Computer, Web 3.0, and solving the hijacking of the Internet problem by Big Tech Liz Yang is a member of the Growth Team, is the NFT team lead, and is focused on ecosystem development at DFINITY Foundation.

Capturing the Intersection of Social, Economic and Technology Advancements with a Robust Developer Blockchain Toolkit John deVadoss leads ngd enterprise inc, in Seattle, WA, with a focus on the blockchain developer experience and tooling; he and his team build the premier developer toolkit for the blockchain industry – the N3 Blockchain Toolkit.John is a Governing Board Member of the Global Blockchain Business Council where he works on industry standards for blockchain interoperability. He was a co-founder of the InterWork Alliance, which merged with the GBBC in 2021.Earlier in his career at Microsoft, John incubated and built Microsoft Digital from zero to $0.5B in revenue. During his two-decade career at Microsoft, he built and led the architecture capability and team for .NET, Enterprise Strategy et al. He also led the team that build the Enterprise Frameworks and tools for Visual Studio.NET.

Why Your Web 3.0 Journey should be viewed as an Expedition and not as a Panic Room, with Jeremy Lindblad and Chibi Dinos About Jeremy Lindblad Prior to joining Lindblad Expeditions he was with LivingSocial, where he managed sales and business development while building out their Escapes travel division. Previous positions include Director of Sales and Customer Service on the founding team at Bloomberg Ventures and prior to that, Corporate Business Development Manager at Quintessentially, the world's leading Lifestyle Management company. From a very young age Jeremy has traveled extensively aboard the Lindblad--National Geographic fleet, which has provided him access to all aspects of global culture. Combined with his executive experience, Jeremy is ideally positioned to cultivate strategic brand partnerships and deliver a world class experience to customers on a global scale. Born and raised in New York City, he graduated from Skidmore College with a degree in Management & Business. About Chibi Dinos Chibi Dinos LLC is a blockchain gaming company providing the most innovative and entertaining utility for gamers and sports fans through NBA Street-esque gameplay with playable NFT characters. Boasting a robust in-gaming ecosystem and real world experience and prize rewards, Chibi Dinos are redefining the definition of play-and-earn. Use your Chibi Dinos NFT to play on one of the ten basketball teams in the Chibi Dinos universe to earn tokens, potions, rankings, gear, and more. Compete in tournaments, PVP games, or explore the Chibi Dinos adventure universe for rare items, unlockable content, asset advancement and staking opportunities.

This podcast is a montage of four interviews with founders and executives, from the time period of March 2021 to June 2022, as originally published at www.anchor.fm/irish-tech-news. This podcast highlights short gems from Jamil Hasan (Crypto Hipster)'s interviews with Jeremy Lindblad (Lindblad Expeditions/Chibi Dinos), Liz Yang (DFINITY), Eric Ma (Deeper Network), and John deVadoss (ngdenterprise).

This podcast is fifteen minute clip from my 100th podcast episode, from the time period of March 2021 to June 2022, as originally published at www.anchor.fm/irish-tech-news. This podcast highlights a segment from Jamil Hasan (Crypto Hipster)'s interview with Charlie Shrem (Untold Stories) that Jamil submitted for consideration for Podcast of the Year to the Irish Podcast Awards for their first annual podcast awards contest. While this submission was not short listed, no crypto podcasts in Ireland were short listed this year. At the Crypto Hipster Podcast, we love the Irish people and our audience, and will continue to support them through new and exciting podcasts going forward by interviewing founders, executives, and entrepreneurs from that country and from every country.

The Importance of Building Communities through NFTs, and 'Getting Lucky' with Lucky Maneki, with Matt StreetMatt Street is a Community Ambassador for Lucky Maneki NFT. He has 20+ years of Marketing, Business Development and Operations experience.  Has worked with companies of all sizes including Fortune 500 organizations. Matt got into NFT’s through NBATopShot and found a home with the  Lucky Maneki community.

Sleighing the Dragon's Lair, Creating Heroes, and Initial NFT Offerings with Steve Good and Dreams Quest Steve Good is co-founder of Dreams Quest and best selling author of Be Left Behind. Steve is also an accomplished entrepreneur with board level experience working with start-ups and corporates. He is also crypto veteran who started in 2016 and has worked with over 75 projects as a marketing and business development consultant. He has spent over 20 years in Fintech as a business executive working with Tier 1 banks.Prior to working in blockchain, he has worked for notable companies such as Deloitte and Infosys as well as building and selling his own FinTech firm in London, UK. He has been responsible for running major IT programs for his clients by delivering a range of IT and digital solutions and services to major Tier 1 banks across the front, middle and back office.Steve is also a public figure, keynote speaker, and has been featured in numerous articles including BuzzFeed, CNBC, and How-To Geek.

Jamil catches up with QuHarrison Terry to learn more about all things NFT related QuHarrison Terry is a growth marketer at Mark Cuban Companies, a Dallas, Texas venture capital firm, where he advises and assists portfolio companies with their marketing strategies and objectives.Previously, he led marketing at Redox, focusing on lead acquisition, new user experience, events, and content marketing. In 2015, he co-founded 23VIVI the world’s first digital art marketplace powered by the blockchain. In 2021, he sold an NFT of the Worldstar Hip-Hop Chain for 121 ETH on Opensea.QuHarrison has been featured on CNN, Huffington Post, Xconomy, Cointelegraph, MobiHealth News, MedCity News, and many others.As a speaker and moderator QuHarrison has presented at CES, SXSW, TEDx, Marquette University, and the Open Data Science Conference.QuHarrison is a 4x recipient of Linkedin’s top voices in Technology award.

Peter is a world renowned photographer who for the past 20 years has been fixated on the faces that fill his frame. He spends his days in studio unpacking the relationship between how his clients’ internal thought processes affect their outer appearances. He’s a TEDx speaker on the subject, author of The Headshot, Shabangrs NFT project co-founder and founder of the Headshot Crew, which comprises the largest group of headshot specialists globally.

This podcast is a montage of four interviews with founders and executives, from the time period of March 2021 to June 2022, as originally published at www.anchor.fm/irish-tech-news. This podcast highlights short gems from Jamil Hasan (Crypto Hipster)'s interviews with Matt Street (Lucky Maneki), QuHarrison Terry (Author of The NFT Handbook), Steve Good (Dreams Quest), and Peter Hurley (SHABANGRS).

In this episode Jamil Hasan chats with Sebnem Rusitschka Sebnem Rusitschka started her career as a computer scientist specializing in peer-to-peer networks at Siemens in 2006. The application domain was mainly in Smart Grids and Smart Cities. As senior key expert for cyber-physical systems, Sebnem founded Freeelio in 2016 as a free innovation collective to understand the paradigm shift of tokenizing real world assets such as decentralized energy resources. In June 2017 Freeelio became a founding member of German Blockchain Association, in which Sebnem led the Energy and Token Economy committees. The resulting Blockchain Strategy was adopted by the German government in 2019. During this time, Sebnem worked in networks of peers and organizations in a decentralized manner, yielding proof of concepts like Energy Solidarity Token, The Sun Protocol, and ElectraSeed Fund. In 2020, Sebnem started to curate and coordinate the community-sourced, crowdfunded book “A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Token Engineering” and design courses for the Token Engineering Academy. She is part of the DADA.art collective, co-creating the Invisible Economy with embedded incentives to protect creative spaces. Since February 2021, Sebnem joined Boson Protocol as Ecosystems Architect, co-creating the Things Economy with embedded incentives to unbundle online commerce monopolies and rewire valueflows for a more equitable and sustainable dCommerce network. Sebnem Rusitschka started her career as a computer scientist specializing in peer-to-peer networks at Siemens in 2006. The application domain was mainly in Energy Management, for existing energy automation products & services: reaching from Meter Data Management for Online Energy Marketplaces, Plug & Play Intelligent Electronic Devices in Substations, Cloud Computing as a model for Smart Grid Data Management, to the combination of Machine Learning & Control Theory for Grid Monitoring, Protection, Control. Sebnem lead multidisciplinary research & innovation project teams both for Siemens and customers Europe wide, as Senior Key Expert for Cyberphysical Systems. Twitter: @sebnem LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rusitschka/

Chilling the World Out: Monetizing Content, Dealing with Grief, Building the Metaverse and more with Jamie Goldblatt and Mind Chill 360 Media For 20 years Jamie Goldblatt has been creating, curating, and distributing digital art and creativity, whilst working with some of the world’s biggest charities, brands, telecoms, broadcasters, and film studios. After setting up one of the first digital content studios, his original digital art and content has been downloaded by over 60M. His new venture Mind Chill – Metaverse of Chill, which includes Mind Chill Coin, and Bank of Chill is on a mission to chill the world out, the next internet needs a chill space! For the last 3 years He has been organically building an engaged community over 250k, partnering with companies such as Devvio, HTC VIVE and Ceek VR. His Mind Chill 360 and VR content has been shared and seen by millions whilst also featuring some of the most innovative NFT artists like Beeple. He and his team are dedicating the next 10 years to building something that inspires and actions real change! www.mind-chill.com https://www.facebook.com/Mindchill360 https://twitter.com/Mindchill360 https://t.me/METAVERSEOFCHILL https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClIBeKLwUMOkQa1ExMzqY5A https://www.devv.io DevvESG.com

David Kvitsiani Information about me: Tech entrepreneur from Georgia, Co-Founder and CEO of CNICK, a startup developing smart rings that work as a contactless payment card and a Tesla key.  David started entrepreneurship at the age of 20. He has worked on many tech projects, including social ones, like Hand4help, a project developing high-tech and low cost hand prosthetics for kids in need. He is among Forbes Georgia 30 under 30  and TEDx speaker.About CNICK EVolution: CNICK Evolution is the world’s first agar art NFT, every artwork is hand drawn using living microbes. While the microbial art has a very short life span, which is usually up to one month, they are digitalized  first and then immortalized on the blockchain. The total supply of the collection is 500, this limit is encoded in our Ethereum smart contract, making it a very limited NFT collection. Every NFT comes with a special edition smart ring that enables Tesla lock&unlock, contactless payments and also stores NFT artwork.

How Gardening and Sculpture NFTs can make a massive difference in creating a healthy mindset, with Ken Folan, co-founder at Kildare GalleryMy name is Ken Folan and I am from Maynooth County Kildare Ireland. I am the co owner of The Kildare Gallery , an art gallery specialising in Fine Art paintings, Sculpture, Garden Sculpture and we have now stepped into the world of NFTs. I take great pride in organising art exhibitions and promoting the artists I represent The gallery was established in 2015 and it has gone from strength to strength. I have a keen interest in Art and also Cryptocurrency.

This podcast is a montage of four interviews with founders and executives, from the time period of March 2021 to June 2022, as originally published at www.anchor.fm/irish-tech-news. This podcast highlights short gems from Jamil Hasan (Crypto Hipster)'s interviews with Sebnem Rusitschka (Boson Protocol), Ken Folan (Kildaire Gallery), David Kvitsiani (CNICK), and Jamie Goldblatt (Mind Chill 360).

Pedro Torres is the Co-founder and Head of Quant at Roseon.Finance. He is a decentralized finance entrepreneur who is interested in algorithm trading, computer languages (Python, JS, SQL, Solidity, Rust), philosophy, and blockchain technology. The most important traits for Pedro is to be someone who can be performance-driven, lives at a high level of integrity, practices self-discipline and autodidactism, and is goal-oriented.

How to 'Go Public' in Crypto, the Role of Bots, and PR Insights, with Paulius Stankevicius Paulius Stankevicius is a businessman and entrepreneur who is focusing on building a next generation alternative investment banking. He is a founder and CEO of Stankevicius Group and Stankevicius companies including Stankevicius MGM, PR and advertising firm which also focuses on investor relations; Stankevicius International which is a general trading firm and Stankevicius Quant Financial which is a algorithmic e-trading service provider.

Aldemaro Fonseca is an entrepreneur based in Panama. He is currently NTL Wealth´s head advisor for LATAM and Spain Markets. He originally graduated as an Electronic Engineer and Project Manager but he devoted his entire career to business and has successfully founded and managed several companies which operate  in different fields. He has been dealing with financial licenses processing (Forex, Securities Broker, Banking, E-money, Investment Manager, Asset Management, electronic games, Cryptocurrency Exchange/wallet, Hedge Funds and Money Remittance) and is also a wealth management expert with a global approach in different jurisdictions. Aldemaro currently offers advice to several family offices worldwide and is also the CEO of a Technology Company based in Panama.

Rui Zhang, CFA, CPA, Co-founder & Managing Partner of gumi Cryptos Capital. Rui co-founded gumi Cryptos Capital (gCC) at the beginning of 2018. Through gCC, he invested in the early rounds of companies and protocols including OpenSea, Qredo, YGG, 1Inch, Agoric, Celsius, etc. Recently he launched $110million gCC Fund II, continuously investing in the early stage blockchain and crypto sector. Before gCC, Rui led the global investment of gumi Group, investing in gaming, social media, VR&AR markets, with successful investments including inXile (acquired by Microsoft), Beat Games (via VR Fund, acquired by Facebook), Theta Network, etc. Rui also had his successful entrepreneurship experience before getting into VC industry. After about 7 years banking and consulting firm experience in his early career, he co- founded Zenith Group Holdings, which successfully exited via acquisition.

This podcast is a montage of four interviews with founders and executives, from the time period of March 2021 to June 2022, as originally published at www.anchor.fm/irish-tech-news. This podcast highlights short gems from Jamil Hasan (Crypto Hipster)'s interviews with Rui Zhang (gumi Cryptos), Aldemaro Fonseca (NTL Wealth), Pedro Torres (Roseon.Finance), Paulius Stankevicius (Stankevicius MGM).

In this insightful episode Jamil catches up with David Schwartz litecoin-foundation.org gethedge.io CEO & Co-Founder of gethedge.io. Has been the Project Director for the Litecoin Foundation since October of 2018, and directly involved in projects ranging from the UFC and Miami Dolphins, to helping research the viability of cross chain interoperability with blockchains like Cardano. Retired from the US Army in 2013 as a Master Sergeant.

Dan Simerman is Head of Financial Relations at the IOTA Foundation, where he helps to support the ability of financial institutions and institutional investors to leverage IOTA’s technology and native currency.  He has a history of building software for Fortune 50 financial institutions, multinational media companies and strategic consulting firms. Dan has been a vocal advocate and supporter of IOTA since 2017. As a member of the IOTA Evangelist Network, he has worked to engage with local partners to expand awareness of our technology in North America. As co-organizer of IOTA NYC, he has contributed to one of the largest IOTA meetups in the world by developing content to support the IOTA ecosystem.

Jamil Hasan catches up with David Kay, from Liti Capital to learn more about this important topic Representing traders financially injured on Binance and the importance of Blockchain Ethics with David Kay @ Liti Capital David Kay Executive Chairman & Chief Investment Ofcer, Liti Capital NYC-based David Kay is the Executive Chairman and Chief Investment Ofcer of Liti Capital. A qualified lawyer and investment banker, and one of the most successful and in-demand litigation finance strategists in the history of the 15-year-old litigation finance industry, David joined Liti Capital in early 2021. Before joining Liti Capital, David provided board representation, corporate governance, capital raising, and strategic planning advisory services to several public and private multi-billion dollar organizations. He has proven expertise in complex conflict management and financing processes across various sectors, including but not limited to: multi-jurisdictional litigation and/or arbitration, international law issues, governmental contracts or disputes, judgement enforcement, and forensic asset-tracing. For the better part of the last decade, David was also a Founding Partner and the Portfolio Manager of a US$1 billion+ private equity fund focused on investing in complex commercial litigations and arbitrations around the globe. While at the fund, David conceived and developed an investment strategy that focused on investing in (i) international commercial litigations and arbitrations and (ii) other complex special situations. This strategy was realized by successfully raising two funds, providing the opportunity to create outsized, non-market correlated returns via strategic investments where there was both (i) a strong risk-adjusted return and (ii) an ability to directly/positively impact the outcome. David led the deployment of capital at the funds, and he was responsible for building out the entire team and executing the strategy across approximately 40 investments in more than 17 countries. Prior to that fund experience, David served in the Restructuring and Recapitalization Group at the Jeferies Financial Group. In that role, he was responsible for analyzing and facilitating corporate restructurings, with an emphasis on advising corporate clients and their creditors in large, multifaceted transactions. Representative engagements included: Nortel Networks, The Trump Organization, Verasun Energy Corporation, Delphi Corporation and Hard Rock Park. He also practiced law as an attorney at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP in the Financial Restructuring Group, where he focused on advising creditors committees and bondholder committees in complex corporate restructurings, both out of court and in Chapter 11. Representative cases included: Delta Airlines, Loral Space & Communications, Calpine Corporation, Anchor Glass Container Corporation and Vertis Communications.David earned his Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania. He earned his Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Fordham University School of Law, where he made the Dean’s List and wrote for the Urban Law Journal.

CL Curtis has over 20 years of business experience and he’s also a published author. CL Curtis was raised in an impoverished neighborhood in the city of St. Louis Missouri.  Mr. Curtis was exceptionally good in sports, particularly American Football and Baseball.  Mr. Curtis was so good in American Football that he got a scholarship offer to play in college.  Mr. Curtis never played High School football and yet a friend who was going to college on a football scholarship, he took Mr. Curtis to his coach and Mr. Curtis was offered a scholarship.However Mr. Curtis refused the scholarship offer to college.  Mr. Curtis always felt it was a better way to earn money without running the risk of getting injured.CL Curtis had his first job at the age of 12 years old, getting paid cash everyday to clean up a flower shop in St. Louis Missouri Central Westend. Mr. Curtis went on to graduate high school and to attend one year of community college studying business.CL Curtis has owned record companies, a computer company, a restaurant, nightclub and real estate investment company.Today present CL Curtis is the founder and CEO of Bolies Technology, BoliesTV and Boliecoin.CL Curtis also has a book entitled; “Boliecoin The Next Big Thing “ this book can be purchased through Amazon or LuLu, but if you purchase directly from the Boliecoin website you will receive an autograph copy from CL Curtis himself.

This podcast is a montage of four interviews with founders and executives, from the time period of March 2021 to June 2022, as originally published at www.anchor.fm/irish-tech-news. This podcast highlights short gems from Jamil Hasan (Crypto Hipster)'s interviews with David Schwartz (Litecoin Foundation), Craig Curtis (BolieCoin), Dan Simerman (IOTA Foundation), David Kay (Liti Capital).

Richard Carthon is Managing Member of Acacia Digital and Host of Crypto Current. He is on a journey to learn as much as possible about cryptocurrency while educating everyday people so they can have confidence in cryptocurrency investment opportunities. Maybe you invested in one of the various ICOs, mining or other scams that were going on during late 2017/early 2018. Let’s address the elephant in the room: cryptocurrency and blockchain technology is new and unfamiliar to most. How to Identify Early Crypto Opportunities and Build Conviction to Make Life-Changing Profits Several people invested in cryptocurrency without knowing much about the technology that is supporting the various crypto projects that are going on in the space. Knowing this, he began to research and create content, Crypto Current, to educate himself and inform others so that they could begin to make more educated investment decisions in cryptocurrency and blockchain. If you are curious in the space, he welcomes you to connect.

John Wolpert, CEO TreeTrunk John Wolpert serves as ConsenSys Mesh group executive, researching and commercializing ways to use public Ethereum to conduct business. John is co-founder and co-chair of the Baseline Protocol, an initiative focused on zero knowledge cryptography run by the standards organization, OASIS. Prior to ConsenSys, John was global product executive for IBM Blockchain and CEO of the ride hailing service, Flywheel. His writing on business model innovation can be found in Harvard Business Review and other publications.

Dilek Sezen Dilek Sezen is an interdisciplinary designer with an award-winning career. She has been focusing on incorporating cutting edge technology into her art over half-decade. Her unique approach by juxtaposing luxury, technology and circular design principles demonstrates her contemporary art degree and keen understanding of how technology has forever changed the design, art, manufacturing of fashion and everyday items. Her designs have been commissioned by local and global clientele and well-established brands including, SF Hearts Foundation, LGBT Asylum Project, Santa Barbara Art Museum, Oakland Art Museum, Four Seasons, Ritz Carlton, Montage Resorts, Inglenook and Beringer Vineyards. Selected Recent Works Recipient of two, IDA-International Design Award 2022 Selected to showcase at the largest NFT exhibition, both in virtual and physical gallery in Beijing 2021 SF Design week, selected to as one of the innovative designs 2020 SF Hearts foundation collection, “Heart2Heart” sculpture for public art 2018 Santa Barbara Museum of Art, American portraits jewelry collection, 2017 Oakland Museum of Art, History of Hip-Hop exhibition collection, 2017 Smart Hat & scarf design Wearables fashion show, Canada, 2017

Sarina Charugundla is a creative thinker with a background in mechanical engineering, marketing, telecom, and business. Prior to joining TreeTrunk, she worked as VP of business development, analyzing businesses for VC deployment at Eagle. Sarina thrives in the intersections of art and technology. Fostering relationships is at her core, she has worked to uplift communities in NFT, art, and STEM via student entrepreneurship opportunities, art events, and grants for technological advancement.

This podcast is a montage of four interviews with founders and executives, from the time period of March 2021 to June 2022, as originally published at www.anchor.fm/irish-tech-news. This podcast highlights short gems from Jamil Hasan (Crypto Hipster)'s interviews with John Wolpert (Baseline Protocol/Tree Trunk), Dilek Sezen (Tree Trunk), and Sarina Charugundla (Tree Trunk).

Howard Krieger currently serves as co-founder and CEO of unFederalReserve. Prior to founding unFederalReserve, Krieger served as Managing Director at CBIZ Valuation Group, Valuation Director at WithumSmith+Brown and was also a Senior Manager at one of the Big 4 Accounting Firms. Krieger is well-versed in intangible business valuation, intellectual property valuation, financial modeling, valuation of equity-participating instruments, and exotic financial assets and liabilities. Krieger holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from James Madison University and a MBA with a concentration in qualitative finance from Rutgers University. Twitter: @CryptoKriegerU www.UnFederalreserve.com

Rosario Ingargiola is Founder and Chief Executive of Bosonic Digital, a San Francisco based Financial Technology and Infrastructure company offering the only non-custodial, real-time clearing and settlement platform for crypto. Clients include Banks, Neo Banks, Hedge Funds, Lenders, Market-Makers, Broker-Dealers and Miners. He is a serial FinTech entrepreneur, an award-winning patent owner, published author and an Enterprise Technology Trading System SME in the fields of Algorithmic Trading, Foreign Exchange, Cryptocurrency and Low-Latency systems.

Jamil chats with Imgesu Cetin, CEO of Defy Trends in his latest interesting crypto corner conversation. Defying the Traditional Trends by Helping Investors Make Confident Crypto Decisions with Imgesu Cetin Imgesu Cetin, CEO of Defy Trends, - an AI and data driven crypto intelligence platform that helps investors and traders make confident crypto investment decisions through actionable insights and quality information- breaks the mold of the enigmatic night-owl coder with her strong leadership, people skills, and outgoing personality. After sitting on her laptop, programming, and scraping together data from all thousands of sources, she likes to unwind by being a social butterfly, bringing like-minded people together, and even DJs for fun.She was born in Turkey grew up in the States. She got her Master’s degree at UCSD for Data Science. One of her biggest accomplishments was getting a prestigious position in the UN - international organization for migration for forecasting and creating predictive modeling for migration using big data (web and social media analytics). She was selected among only 2,000 applicants for a full-time data scientist position in the UN. During all these accomplishments, she was always intensely passionate about blockchain, trading, and creating apps for herself to aid in her investment strategy. These self-help trading apps that scrapped and analyzed crypto trends ended up being the foundation of the Defy Trends Company which is now a platform for investors and traders to make confident crypto investments utilizing quality information and actionable insights!As a young entrepreneur empowering women, she has already launched her first company and is in the process of building a strong team to support her goals.

Transfer Agency as a "Good Control Location" for Cryptocurrencies, and Reverse M&A (crypto firm buys TradFi company), with Scott Harrigan Scott Harrigan is CEO of Securitize Markets, leading the business strategy and operation of the broker-dealer and alternative trading system (ATS), which assists with primary issuances and enabling secondary trading of private securities, including digital asset securities.  Securitize Markets is a broker-dealer and ATS designated by the SEC, and a member of FINRA and SIPC. Securitize Markets is the largest secondary marketplace for digital asset securities. Previously, Mr. Harrigan was at Carta as the Head of Public Markets and Chief Executive Officer of Carta Securities, where he led the public market business which included Carta’s most valuable private clients, and led Carta’s secondary exchange business which allows late stage privately held companies to provide liquidity to employees pre-IPO. Prior to Carta, Mr. Harrigan led the U.S business at Computershare where he was responsible for exponential growth in revenue and client base, as well as several key acquisitions. Mr. Harrigan also held senior roles at Merrill Lynch.

This podcast is a montage of four interviews with founders and executives, from the time period of March 2021 to June 2022, as originally published at www.anchor.fm/irish-tech-news. This podcast highlights short gems from Jamil Hasan (Crypto Hipster)'s interviews with Howard Krieger (unFederal Reserve), Imge Su Cetin (Defy Trends), Rosario Ingargiola (Bosonic), Scott Harrigan (Securitize Markets).

James Fahy, with his co-founder, Ciara Walsh are the brains behind the most flexible and robust cashless tip payment service on the market. As the Covid pandemic was at its height, James had noticed that cash was literally disappearing from sight as the whole world embraced digital and mobile based payment systems. As a result, when businesses finally started to reopen, thousands of service and hospitality staff saw their income drastically reduced because no one had any cash to tip. In addition, the customers that added a tip to the bill often did not know if their server got the tip. James realised that something had to be done and JUSTTIP™ was born in July 2021 Since then, James and Ciara have successfully on boarded over 160 locations across Ireland and built an executive management team brimming with talent and experience. But that was just the start; Justtip is now live in London and Las Vegas.

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Latest insightful episode from Jamil Hasan, who interviews Dr. Drew Miller Crypto/Blockchain, Pandemics and the Use of Utility Tokens Colonel Dr. Drew Miller is a USAF Academy honor graduate who received an academic scholarship to Harvard University where he earned a Master’s Degree and PhD in Public Policy/Operations Research. His dissertation topic was underground nuclear defense shelters and field fortifications. Drew served in the Cold War at Strategic Air Command, deployed to Germany, Bosnia, and Iraq. In addition to serving as an intelligence officer in Active, Air Guard and Reserve AF positions, retiring as a Colonel, he served in the Senior Executive Service in the Pentagon, and in many business management positions. His articles on the bioengineered viral pandemic threat and collapse have been published in leading journals. In addition to opening new Fortitude Ranch locations, Drew serves as Ranch Manager for Fortitude Ranch Colorado.

Jamil finds out more about this interesting and positive initiative Fran Strajnar is an entrepreneur and technologist in the blockchain and fintech industries. He is the Founder and CEO of Techemy, a holding company for an industry-wide blockchain enterprise ecosystem. Techemy includes Techemy Capital, an investment firm, and Techemy Advisory, which offers end-to-end deal structuring and strategy services. Fran is also the Founder and Chairman of Brave New Coin, a digital asset data company. In 2020, Fran launched BNC Pro, a low-cost, feature-rich digital wealth management platform for cryptocurrency investors. He holds an MBA from the University of Otago and is based in Auckland, New Zealand.

The Artistic Expression of War to Improve the Environment and Re-establish Masculine Identity with Bran Symondson Bran Symondson is a British photographer, artist, philanthropist, entrepreneur, and art collector. He is considered to be one of the most acclaimed reportage photographers of the 21st Century. Bran started his career in the 1990s working alongside renowned photographers such as Gavin Bond, David La Chapelle, and Nadav Kander. In 2004, Bran started the selection process to join the British Army Special Forces Reserves. After completing pre-deployment training in 2007, Bran was deployed to Afghanistan, Helmand Province. During the tour in Afghanistan, Bran continued to capture images on his camera of the civilians he met along the way, collating images of the land and people - he vowed to himself he will create some inspiring art if he ever made it back to London. He documented his life-changing experiences under gunfire with a simple Canon G9 camera, these significant images culminated in his first show “The Best View of Heaven is from Hell”. The photographs Bran took of young Afghanistan boys holding decorated AK47s with butterfly stickers and flowers gave Bran the idea to embellish the assault rifle with money and butterflies. It was during his last tour of duty training the Afghan National Police (ANP), which now patrols this province, that Symondson became fascinated with the force’s distinctive ethos. So he returned as a civilian photographer “embedded” with them to document something far more unique than the endless fields of opium. The Sunday Times decided to commission Bran to go back to Afghanistan and re-shoot the images as a civilian photographer. After being awarded the 2011 Amnesty International Media Award for his photograph “Lost Boys”, Symondson decided to develop the concept of his photographs further and he began to work on the sell-out show “AKA Peace”.

This podcast is a montage of four interviews with founders and executives, from the time period of March 2021 to June 2022, as originally published at www.anchor.fm/irish-tech-news. This podcast highlights short gems from Jamil Hasan (Crypto Hipster)'s interviews with Fran Strajnar (Techemey Capital Group), Dr. Drew Miller (Fortitude Ranch), and Bran Symondson (artist/photographer).

Jamil catches up with  Leigh Cuen, to cover the launch of Des Femmes Magazine, which is an annual magazine for women who are thriving at the intersection of tech and finance. We discuss the need for more women to join crypto not just because of gender equality but because building a diverse workforce fosters innovation. The magazine project is led by Leigh, also Camila Russo and Rosalie Lessard. We also discuss Leigh’s role as an educator on crypto wallets at Bitcoin Magazine and the importance of building a resiliency skillset learning technology and sifting through misinformation and disinformation to navigate the crypto economy and build one’s career and wealth as a freelancer. Leigh Cuen is a reporter from California. Her work has been published by TechCrunch, Vice, Business Insider, CoinDesk, Newsweek, Teen Vogue, Al Jazeera English, The Jerusalem Post, and many others. Follow her on Instagram at @leighcuen and subscribe to her newsletter at leighcuen.substack.com. Leigh Cuen, @La__Cuen Twitter: @desfemmesmag

Leveraging Virtual Data Rooms and Title Registry for Crypto Adoption, and Accounts from the PayPal Wars with Eric Jackson at TransitNet Eric M. Jackson Early-PayPal. Technology Executive and Serial Entrepreneur. Author of “The PayPal Wars.” Eric M. Jackson is a technology executive who played a critical role in building PayPal and subsequently created multiple successful businesses. An award-winning author and sought-after speaker, Jackson is part of the so-called PayPal Mafia that went on to found and develop some of the world’s top technology companies. Early in his career, after a brief stint as a financial consultant, Jackson was recruited by Peter Thiel to join the startup team at PayPal. There he served as PayPal’s first head of U.S. marketing and oversaw its initial product marketing efforts. At a critical moment when the young company was bleeding millions of dollars each month, Jackson was placed in charge of developing and implementing PayPal’s transaction-based revenue model, which helped turn around its fortunes and lead it to profitability. During Jackson’s time at PayPal, the company grew from 2,500 users to 25 million, went public, and was acquired by eBay. Currently, Jackson is the CEO and co-founder of CapLinked, a venture-backed technology company that develops cloud-based information control software. Dubbed the “go-to place for setting up and closing deals” by the Wall Street Journal, CapLinked’s diverse list of global clients include Amazon, Ernst & Young, FTI Consulting, Roche, Founders Fund, Hess, KPMG, Takeda, and many others. Jackson is also the co-founder of TransitNet, a fintech company that provides tools to assist with title verification for cryptocurrencies. The company’s title registry service allows parties to generate a trusted third-party record of ownership for crypto wallets. Additionally, following his time at PayPal, Jackson founded a venture called World Ahead Media, which he grew to profitability before it was acquired. He also served on the boards of a number of organizations and technology startups, including CritiqueIt, Inc., a collaboration software company that was acquired in 2018 by 2U, Inc. (Nasdaq: TWOU). His book, The PayPal Wars, which chronicles the tumultuous origins of PayPal, won the Writers Notes Book Award and was hailed by Tom Peters as “the best description of business strategy unfolding in a world changing at warp speed.” A frequent commentator on technology and policy, Jackson has appeared on Bloomberg, CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC, and he has been quoted in publications ranging from The Economist to the New York Times. Jackson has spoken at conferences around the world, including the World Knowledge Forum in Seoul, the Lang Di Fintech Conference in Shanghai, and the inaugural Reboot Conference in San Francisco. He also served as the keynote speaker at events hosted by the Cato Institute, the Reason Foundation, and the National Federation of Republican Assemblies. Jackson graduated with honors from Stanford University, where he was editor-in-chief of The Stanford Review, studied overseas in Moscow, and served as a student representative on the university’s Board of Trustees. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and daughter.

Dennison Bertram is a serial entrepreneur with an art background. CEO and Co-Founder of Tally, the leading DAO Governance portal. Building tools to enable the future of human organization and collaboration. Previously, founder of DappHero, and BuyBTC.cz, first Bitcoin exchange in the Czech Republic, 2012