The Crypto Conversation

The NZDS is a New Zealand Dollar stablecoin backed 1:1 with physical New Zealand Dollars in cash and cash equivalents. NZDS was launched in March 2021 by Techemynt, a registered New Zealand Financial Services provider, using the FiatToken framework developed by Centre that is the basis for USD-Coin (USDC). Why you should listen As a blockchain-based stablecoin, NZDS combines the stability and value of the New Zealand Dollar with the intrinsic utility of cryptocurrency to allow arbitrage, remittance, and digital payments. After working in Traditional finance at places like Standard & Poor's in New York, and Reuters and Cantor Fitzgerald in Tokyo, Scott has spent the last four years in the digital asset space with Techemy Capital, Brave New Coin, and now with Techemynt to build out the market for the New Zealand Dollar Stablecoin. Supporting links Nootopia Techemynt Andy on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

Ari Redbord is Head of Legal and Government Affairs at TRM Labs, the blockchain intelligence company. Ari was previously the Senior Advisor to the Deputy Secretary and the Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence at the United States Treasury. Why you should listen To build a safer financial system, TRM Labs developed the first blockchain intelligence platform that combines cross-chain data with threat intelligence, advanced analytics, and intuitive visualizations to help organizations detect crypto fraud and financial crime. Fast-growing cryptocurrency businesses like Circle, FTX US and MoonPay use TRM Transaction Monitoring to detect suspicious activity and meet Anti-Money Laundering (AML) regulatory requirements. Supporting links Nootopia TRM Labs Andy on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

Jack O'Holleran is co-founder and CEO at SKALE Labs, an Ethereum Layer 2 multichain network. Why you should listen Skale aims to solve the blockchain scalability problem by facilitating processing between blockchains and decentralized applications, helping the ecosystem run hundreds of millions of smart contracts and transactions per second. SKALE is an open-source Web3 blockchain network buil on Ethereum. The SKALE Network is governed by the SKALE DAO. There are over 50 unique companies, business entities, organizations, and DAOs that work to support, run, and govern the SKALE Network. All core smart contract changes require a decentralized multisig approval held by numerous unique entities and contributors. The network is also supported by two entities, the N.O.D.E. Foundation and SKALE Labs. SKALE Labs is the core team involved in proposing technical specs, supporting with open source code contributions, and educating the public on the technical elements of the SKALE Network. The N.O.D.E. Foundation is located in Vaduz, Liechtenstein and SKALE Labs is headquartered in San Francisco, California. Supporting links Nootopia Skale Network Andy on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

Chris Zhu is the founder of Mirror World, a Game Matrix powered by an interoperability SDK layer that accelerates Web3 game development for Web2 developers. Why you should listen Mirror World is the intersection of NFTs, the metaverse, artificial intelligence, and interoperability. Chris aims to build the 'Nintendo of the Metaverse' by creating digital native beings capable of learning and communicating with their owners. Mirror World is a content matrix with AI-powered virtual life forms in each one of its games. All virtual lives are interoperable across all games, which ensures that holders will have the freedom to enter each one of the GameFi. After publishing 3 different types of games, we will publish a standard economic framework for more content producers to connect to our game ecosystem. Mirror World will be an AI-powered virtual carnival that yields crypto returns of the people, by the people, for the people. Supporting links Mirror World Andy on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

Fringe Finance is a decentralized money market designed to unlock the capital spread in crypto assets regardless of their capitalization and supported network. We talk with CTO Brian Pasfield. Why you should listen Fringe Finance is a decentralized money market designed to unlock the capital spread in crypto assets regardless of their capitalization and supported network. With a next-generation DeFi lending and borrowing ecosystem, Fringe aims to unlock the dormant capital from traditional financial markets and all-tier cryptocurrencies. The Fringe Finance Primary Lending Platform has just been released. Collateral and stablecoins have been deposited. You can deposit your $USDC to collect interest or use your $LINK, $MATIC, $REN, $BNT, $OGN, $IOTX, or $TOMOE to collateralize $USDC loans. Supporting links Fringe Finance Andy on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

Patricia Trompeter is the CEO of Sphere 3D Corp., a net carbon-neutral Bitcoin miner. Why you should listen Patricia Trompeter is the CEO of Sphere 3D Corp., a net carbon-neutral cryptocurrency miner. The Company is rapidly growing its industrial-scale mining operation through the capital-efficient procurement of next-generation mining equipment and partnering with data center operators. Sphere 3D has 6.0 EH/s of capacity under contract for deliveries this year. Currently, the Company operates a fleet of 1,000 miners and expects delivery of an additional 59,000 miners by year-end 2022 for a total hashing capacity of 6.0 exahash. "Our primary focus is growing our mining operations. Our fleet of S19j Pros is producing as expected, and we are deploying our new miners as rapidly as possible. We are laser-focused on executing our strategy of becoming a leading carbon-neutral Bitcoin mining company," said Patricia Trompeter, CEO of Sphere 3D. Supporting links Sphere Andy on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

Will Rush is the founder of Stack, an app that goes where school curricula won't, and educates the next generation about personal finance. It does this by harnessing Gen Z's interest in cryptocurrency to teach them about responsible investing habits. Why you should listen Stack is going to be the first crypto platform to welcome investors under the age of 18 (thanks to custodial accounts). Stack is a Seattle-based startup building a crypto platform for teenagers and others disenfranchised by the financial system. Stack will soon launch a gamified platform that allows teens to invest in more than 30 cryptocurrency coins. Parents co-own the account if the user is under 18. Users earn social and merchandising rewards for responsible investment activity and for watching educational videos. Supporting links Stack Andy on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

Haste Arcade is the world's first Instant Leaderboard Payout arcade. The arcade enables players globally to earn real-time, peer-to-peer rewards for simply placing on a game's leaderboard. The vision for Haste is to have the platform serve as a fun and entertaining visual representation of micro transactions, and how they can empower new business models. Why you should listen Joe De Pinto was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA. After spending 4 years playing professional baseball in the Chicago White Sox farm system, he co-founded his first venture, Barpay, in 2015 with Daniel Wagner. The company has since grown to become a leader in the mobile ordering and payment space. In January 2021, along with Wagner, he co-founded Haste, the world's first Instant Leaderboard Payout arcade. De Pinto's vision for Haste is to have the platform serve as a fun and entertaining visual representation of micro transactions, and how they can empower new business models. Haste Arcade is a developer SDK and player site with ILP Games™ or Instant Leaderboard Payout™. Games enable players globally to earn real-time, peer-to-peer rewards for simply placing on a game's leaderboard. Supporting links Haste Arcade Andy on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

Kraken is one of the OG global crypto exchanges, founded in 2011. In 2020 Kraken launched in Australia. Andy speaks to Kraken's Aussie MD, Jonathon Miller. Why you should listen Jonathon came to Kraken in 2020 as a founder of Australian crypto exchange Bit Trade and was one of the founding members of the Blockchain Association of Australia. Kraken acquired Bit Trade in 2020 and appointed Jonathan as MD of its new Australian operation. Outside of crypto, Jonathan is one half of Sydney group Magnetic Heads, a baroque blend of new wave and post-punk, cold wave and avant-pop via synths, guitars, and exquisite production. Supporting links Kraken Magnetic Heads Andy on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

Gamma is the leading marketplace for creators and digital collectors to find, list, and sell NFTs, secured by the Bitcoin blockchain. Gamma also provides a minting platform for creators to launch their NFT collections without any code, and a social platform built to become a hub for the world's web3 social identity, centered around NFTs. Why you should listen Jamil Dhanani is the founder of Gamma, the leading marketplace for creators and digital collectors to find, list, and sell NFTs, secured by the Bitcoin blockchain. Gamma was launched in September of last year as STXNFT.com. They have now rebranded as Gamma, a platform built to become a hub for the world's Web3 social identity, centered around NFTs. Gamma aims to serve as the home for collectors, creators, and investors to come together to explore, trade, and showcase extraordinary NFTs through the Bitcoin ecosystem. Supporting links Gamma Andy on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

Stacked Invest is a simple, easy-to-use platform for crypto investing. Equipped with ready-to-grow, personalized, and professionally managed portfolios, Stacked aims to be the "life jacket" that saves people from the typical pain points of crypto investing. Why you should listen Joel Birch is the CEO of Stacked Invest, a simple, easy-to-use platform for crypto investing. Equipped with ready-to-grow, personalized, and professionally managed portfolios, Stacked aims to be the "life jacket" that saves people from the typical pain points of crypto investing. Pre-built Stacks are designed to give users instant access to pre-built portfolios modeled after some of the most popular crypto indexes, hedge funds, and other investor portfolios. The platform's ready-to-grow portfolios, called Stacks, and digital advising tools make investing quick and easy for the masses, allowing the average individual to enter the crypto space without discomfort or uncertainty. Stacked has been approved by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to operate as an investment advisor. This classification makes Stacked one of the few crypto-focused entities offering investment advice while being registered with a federal regulatory agency. Supporting links Stacked Andy on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

Pollen is a DeFi 2.0 asset management protocol that allows communities to curate fully optimized and dynamically rebalanced custom asset pools. Why you should listen Frederico Teixeira is a quant analayst at Pollen. Frederico is a Mathematician and holds a PhD in Computational Modelling from ETH Zurich. He has over 15 years of experience in the numerical solution of differential equations, high-performance computing, optimisation, uncertainty quantification, meta-modelling, and machine learning. Pollen is a permissionless protocol that allows communities to launch fully backed Asset Pools that reflect their community's values. Pollen asset Pool allocations are optimized, continually rebalancing to ensure that the assets in the DAO outperform the market. Index Tokens are backed by dynamically rebalanced Asset Pools designed for markets that operate 24/7. Governance processes allow communities to launch asset pools on their terms, leveraging the collective intelligence from the Pollen protocol with the autonomy to grow, customize and develop to meet their community needs. Supporting links Pollen Andy on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

Michael Brooks is the CEO and founder of goLance, an award-winning online freelance marketplace that's used to recruit, screen, hire, manage, and pay global talent. A fast-growing segment of goLance users transacts using crypto. Why you should listen Michael Brooks is the CEO and founder of goLance, an award-winning online freelance marketplace that's used to recruit, screen, hire, manage, and pay global talent. He runs the company, which has more than 600,000 users and $94+ million in payouts, entirely with freelancers. Michael is a leading author on HackerNoon. Links goLance Michael on HackerNoon Andy on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

Anthony Ng is the Founder and CEO of Metalend, a decentralized lending and borrowing protocol for fiat-backed stablecoins. The future of Defi cannot be built by USD stablecoins alone, users need access to their local currencies to live life. A decentralized lending marketing protocol that supports a wide range of stablecoins is necessary. Why you should listen Metalend Finance is a decentralized open-source lending protocol on Ethereum. It supports local currencies and this currently includes Singapore Dollar (XSGD) and Indonesian Rupiah (XIDR) and the New Zealand Dollar Stablecoin (NZDS). "We aim to create a whole new community that is more comfortable trading in their home currency. This opportunity to use local currencies for lending brings greater access, ease, relatability, and most importantly many new investors from countries like Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, and Malaysia," said Anthony Ng. Links Metalend Techemynt Andy on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

Brent Xu is the Founder and CEO of Umee, a Cross Chain DeFi hub designed to operate seamlessly across protocols. Brent has extensive experience in blockchain and venture investments and previously held business strategy roles at ConsenSys and Tendermint and Cosmos. Why you should listen After cutting his teeth working with Tendermint to build Gravity Dex and the Gravity Bridge on the Cosmos network, Brent Xu founded Umee in April 2021 to bring cross-chain DeFi use cases to the Cosmos and Ethereum ecosystems. Umee aspires to create a DeFi experience across blockchain networks and resolve three major issues universal to all DeFi projects: detached yields, concentrated systemic risks, and isolated capital. Umee was designed to use the IBC protocol, an "internet of blockchains," created from the Cosmos ecosystem. Initially implementing a cross-chain borrowing and lending framework, Umee's vision evolved to include DeFi and open finance more broadly. To accomplish this, Umee would need to break the existing silos between blockchains with novel bridging solutions — a difficult and critical obstacle to the broad adoption of DeFi. The native UMEE token is a Proof of=Stake asset that can exist as a Cosmos SDK token and as an ERC20 token on Ethereum. Ab initio, Umee would be built to be interoperable with blockchains such as Terra, Crypto.com, Binance Chain, Osmosis, Secret Network, and many, MANY others. In plain language, users could lend, borrow, stake, delegate, and more, across dozens of chains. Umee secured its seed round funding led by Polychain, with investors including Coinbase Ventures, Alameda, Ideo CoLab, ConsenSys Ethereal, and others. Links Umee Andy on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

Powerledger develops software solutions for the tracking, tracing, and trading of renewable energy. They believe in the democratization of power, for a sustainable future. Why you should listen Anya Nova is head of blockchain development and staking at Powerledger. Powerledger platforms track and trade features help users stay on top of the provenance and flow of energy. It can give consumers choice over the energy they're using and facilitate peer to peer trading. Solar P2P energy trading can deal with excess solar in the grid without subsidy. Their platform technology is being used to ensure the trading of environmental commodities such as renewable energy certificates and carbon credits, are more transparent, secure, and efficient. Their platform TraceX is a digital marketplace and exchange for carbon and renewable energy credits. Links Powerledger Andy on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

Breno Araujo is the Founder and CEO of Boto - the no-code automation platform for creating and sharing bots that automate your crypto, NFT, and other blockchain or DeFi activities. Why you should listen Using a simple drag-and-drop platform, Boto's goal is to democratize bots by establishing a community in which both developers and non-developers can create and share automation. Before Boto, Breno was head of Revenue Intelligence for Ripple and has been in the blockchain space since 2016. Breno has been coding since he was 12 years old, and has an MBA from INSEAD and a BSc in Mechatronics Engineering from PUC-Rio (Brazil). Links Boto Andy on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

NFT Butler is an automation tool to make mass bidding requests on OpenSea. Users can create multiple tasks for several collections on Opensea and configure the task to bid on every token of their choice with a specific bid price and validity period. Why you should listen An NFT Butler license can be purchased on OpenSea. The current floor is around 1 ETH. There are only 1000 NFT Butler licenses available. Having one allows the owner to use a collection scanner to find the most profitable collections, mass bidding on OpenSea with up to 6000 bids/h, and smart bidding (outbidding, relative to floor price bidding, trait-filtered bidding). Want a free 1-week trial? It's the NFT Butler x The Crypto Conversation Promotion. Join the official NFT Butler discord: https://discord.gg/nftbutler Redeem the voucher: "!redeem 6FH1TD3R4SHO" in get-a-trial channel. This will activate your 1-week trial The team will list the NFT Butler Lifetime License with 15% discount on OpenSea for you. Supporting links NFT Butler NFT Butler on OpenSea Andy on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

Festival Pass is embracing the evolution of entertainment into Web 3. It is the world's first live events subscription service across music, film, food & wine, theater, tech, and innovation. Users can enjoy thousands of events locally and globally for one monthly fee. The Festival Family Founder NFT is a limited collection of 10,000. The Founder NFT comes with the ultimate utility and includes a lifetime founder membership to festivalPass with $1,200 worth of credits annually to redeem for over 80,000 live events in North America and 600,000 hotels globally. Why you should listen Ed Vincent is the founder and CEO of Festival Pass. The world's first live events subscription service across music, film, food, and wine, theater, tech and innovation, and more. The company was founded on the mission to inspire people to lead active and engaging lives through passion-connected member experiences. Members of Festival Pass can enjoy 80,000 plus live events from notable festivals like Coachella and ACL Music Festival, to live shows with GRAMMY-winning artists like Dua Lipa, John Mayer, Billie Eillish and more with a unique credit system. Members can also use their credits to book rooms at over 600,000 hotels at reduced rates. Festival Family is an NFT Project from festivalPass, the world's first live event subscription marketplace. The Festival Family Founder NFT is a limited collection of 10,000 total Founder NFTs that will be made available in tranches of 1,000. Each new tranche will launch when the previous one is sold out. Price will increase per tranche. Once minted out, there will be no more Founder NFTs offered. The Founder NFT comes with the ultimate utility that includes a lifetime founder membership to festivalPass with $1,200 worth of credits annually to redeem for over 80,000 live events in North America and 600,000 hotels globally. Plus access to quarterly bucket list events only available to NFT holders. Supporting links Festival Pass Festival Family NFT Andy on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

James West is the co-founder of Globe. A crypto exchange funded by Y Combinator and Pantera Capital, Globe's goal is to enable its customers to exchange everything. Globe offers new products such as volatility trading among more traditional spot and perpetuals markets, and innovative approaches to managing risk with their Unified Margin system. Why you should listen Globe co-founder and CEO James West is a technologist, digital assets pioneer, and former trader and investor. He led the quantitative team at a hedge fund for four years, growing it from a small family fund to $300m assets under management with incredible risk-adjusted returns. He earned his PhD from UCL, just across from DeepMind's Demis Hassabis, his research has now generated over 600 citations. Prior to that, he studied algebraic geometry at Cambridge University under 2018 Fields Medallist Caucher Birkar. Globe aims to be a robust and rewarding exchange platform, with market-leading performance and deep liquidity, and payouts and fee discounts for staking GDT, the token that powers Globe. They are a provider of Bitcoin security services that enable users to have total self-custody over their crypto holdings, without risk of theft or hacks like those experienced by exchanges. Supporting links Globe Andy on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

Nick Neuman is the founder of Casa – a provider of Bitcoin security services that enables users to have total self-custody over their crypto holdings, without risk of theft or hacks like those experienced by exchanges. Why you should listen Nick talks about the importance of Bitcoin self-custody and the risk of BTC loss if they don't properly secure their holdings. Most bitcoin wallets only require 1 key to send bitcoin. Casa uses multiple keys which makes your money extra safe and secure. Casa is a multi-sig, multi-device, multi-location solution with the ease of the app. If you do lose a key or have one stolen, you can swap it out for a new one. Simply transfer your bitcoin to the new, healthy set of keys using your two remaining keys from the initial set. Casa App walks you through it all, step by step. Supporting links Casa Andy on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

Crypto dev Andre Cronje is back, advising the Fantom Foundation after publically turning his back on crypto earlier this year. We speak to Fantom Foundation CEO Michael Kong to find out more... Why you should listen Fantom is a high-performance, scalable, EVM-compatible, smart-contract platform. Fantom's mainnet deployment, Fantom Opera, is built on Fantom's consensus mechanism, Lachesis. Fantom is a leaderless, asynchronous, and byzantine fault-tolerant Layer 1 blockchain protocol. Crypto dev Andre Cronje is back, advising the Fantom Foundation after publically turning his back on crypto earlier this year. We speak to Fantom Foundation CEO Michael Kong to find out more... Supporting links Fantom Andy on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

Josh Reyes is the co-founder of the Minke, a DeFi platform that aims to be the easiest way to use DeFi via an app designed for mobile. Minke offers savings rates 40x higher than big banks. Why you should listen Co-founders Josh Reyes and Marcos Teixeira met as early employees at Melbourne startup SmartrMail. Like that venture, the global team is operating remotely with early employees based in Australia, Portugal, Japan, Brazil, and the UK. Minke is a non-custodial wallet, meaning only you have access to your money, not Minke, not anyone else. Minke believes self-custody is the safest way to protect your money in the long-term. Marc Andreessen coined the famous phrase "Software is eating the world" predicting that large swathes of the economy will be taken over by software and technology. That's not a 10x improvement, it's a 38x one. Warren Buffet says compounding interest is the 8th wonder of the world. Minke see these trends as the power behind DeFi's growth. Supporting links Minke Andy on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

Sergey Nazarov is the Co-founder of Chainlink, the industry-standard oracle network for connecting smart contracts to real-world data and off-chain computation. Why you should listen In this podcast Sergey lays out his current thinking on how teams and protocols such as Chainlink are building a world powered by cryptographic truth. Sergey explains how smart contracts are becoming an increasingly important part of the global economy, and he talks about the importance of the Chainlink community as the crypto ecosystem continues to mature. Supporting links Chainlink Andy on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

Adrian Brink is the founder of Anoma, a blockchain protocol that enables private, asset-agnostic cash and bartering. Adrian founded Anoma to fight surveillance capitalism and the over-concentration of power in fiat currency, by protecting individuals' privacy through zero-knowledge technology. Why you should listen Anoma is a proof-of-stake blockchain protocol that enables multi-asset privacy and bartering among any number of parties. Adrian is a passionate advocate for embedding privacy into blockchain networks as part of the next iteration of our financial infrastructure and believes that there has been a loss of individual financial sovereignty and privacy by non-consensual usage of sensitive data by third parties. Anoma was established to address these concerns with zero-knowledge privacy built-in, and is making progress towards its goal, raising $26M in November led by Polychain Capital. Supporting links Anoma Andy on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

Andy Blood was executive creative director at Colenso BBDO and a creative strategist at Facebook. He is the creator of the multiverse series "Near Futures. Far-Fetched" an intriguing series of NFTs that are available on the Lithoverse NFT platform. Why you should listen Near Futures. Far-Fetched is a collection of six short stories with one thing in common: somewhere in the multiverse these stories will be true. The themes explored range from The Last Bitcoin (set in the year 2139), to the social network of objects, a terrorist group infiltrating CERN, our too-smart cities becoming dumb, weaponizing 'clean', and first contact with intelligent non-human life. Near Futures Far-Fetched is a continuation of the creative partnership between CENNZnet and Andy Blood that produced last September's world first 'Book As NFT' project. Each individual story NFT is available in an edition of ten. With each sale granting its owner a 1% share of the revenue of the full and final collection released as an NFT. Andy Blood is the author of 'Full Bleed' a book of 'Remarkable stories and hard-won lessons from the coalface of creativity and the bleeding edge of advertising and technology.' Supporting links Masterworks The Last Bitcoin The 1993 Group Fridge has 83 Friends Smart Cities Dumb The Golden Seashell Spore Andy on Twitter The Bloodster on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

Chiente Hsu is the ex-Managing Director and Global Head of Quantitative Investment Strategy and Research at Morgan Stanley. She is the founder of ALEX, an open-source DeFi development company built on the Stacks Blockchain. Why you should listen ALEX is an open-source DeFi development company built on the Stacks Blockchain and modeled on the world's financial markets. The ALEX mission is simple: to give customers the tools to become the masters of their own financial experience. On our platform, you can lend, earn, and borrow BTC, minimize the risks, and maximize returns with fully decentralized integrated financial solutions. Supporting links Masterworks ALEX Andy on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

IBEX believes that a well-developed system of financial markets is indispensable for the health and efficiency of a society. The combination of robust and sophisticated markets and financial institutions, as well as diversity in instruments and financial products, supply the need for people and the general economy. There is a strong correlation between the development of financial markets and socioeconomic well-being. Bitcoin can help. Why you should listen IBEX CEO, Jose Lemus talks about Bitcoin's path to mainstream adoption and his experiences on the ground in El Salvador. Supporting links Masterworks IBEX Andy on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

Dave the Wave is an investor, trader, and technical analyst. A contrarian, Dave is respected on Crypto Twitter for his objective, rational approach to technical analysis. Dave's thesis is that Bitcoin is following a Logarithmic Growth Curve model. Logarithmic growth suggests exponential gains at the beginning that slowly taper off towards a plateau in the long term. Why you should listen: Andy and Dave discuss Dave's Logarithmic Growth Curve model. Dave says that Bitcoin is a nascent currency in the process of capitalization. There are periods of volatility in both directions as new people add and subtract liquidity in adoption waves. Despite sometimes being misunderstood as bearish, Dave says that if Bitcoin follows the Logarithmic Growth Curve, Bitcoin could hit almost $1million in approximately ten years' time. Dave analyses several other Bitcoin models, such as Stock to Flow, and Lengthening Cycles, and explains why in his view, they have been invalidated, leaving Bitcoin's Logarithmic Growth Curve as the last model standing. Supporting links Masterworks Dave the Wave The Logarithmic Growth Curve Dave on Twitter Andy on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

Chris Harmse is the co-founder and MD of crypto financial services company, BVNK. The BVNK platform bridges fiat and crypto together. Combine your crypto and fiat banking into one place, with payments, trading, custody, and yield integrated into one account. Why you should listen BVNK launched in the UK last October and is primarily aimed at the massively underserved mid-market enterprise sector (high net worths, family offices, mid-sized companies) and offers treasury, payment and investment transactions together on a single platform, based on crypto and fiat currencies. The platform provides a business account for settlement, exchange and payment of crypto, access to markets for large-volume trades and a yield service where funds are deployed to earn interest. Supporting links Masterworks BVNK Andy on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

Dignity Gold is a blockchain development company creating securities tokens to establish investment opportunities in the U.S. precious metals mining and minerals sectors. Why you should listen Kent M. Swing is Chairman of Dignity Gold. Kent is an owner of several real estate operating companies as well as commercial and residential real estate properties throughout the United States. Steve Braverman is president and CEO of Dignity Gold. Steve has more than 30 years of experience in securities trading and investment management. The DIGau token is a verified gold reserve-backed security token represented by a pledge of at least $6 billion in gold reserves in tailings and alluvial placer deposits. DIGau is supported by a minimum of $6 billion of the gold reserves pledged to Dignity Corp.'s parent company, Dignity Gold, under deeds of trust and a pledge and security agreement. This was represented by 3,442,144 ounces of gold reserve or, $6 billion dollars divided by the market price of gold on the day of the agreement. Supporting links Masterworks Dignity Gold Andy on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

Dave Balter is the CEO of Flipside Crypto, the platform lets users get paid to learn about protocols and chains, and level up to become a crypto-SQL superstar. Why you should listen Flipside enables growth and strategic business insights for the blockchain industry through actionable market intelligence obtained from a community of highly skilled, highly motivated analysts. Flipside's free-to-use platform gives analysts access to an unparalleled variety of bounty programs, distributing token incentives to users for answering questions and performing tasks in campaigns tailored to their skill, experience and knowledge level. Supporting links Masterworks Flipside Andy on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

Shiv Malik is the CEO of Pool, a data platform and marketplace that wants to increase data privacy and enable individuals to monetize their own data. Why you should listen Pool's purpose is to redistribute power, value, and control in the data economy. Pool's platform supports organizations that enable ordinary people to monetize and share their data. These are called Data Unions. And because those people are positively engaged in sharing their information, data products on Pool's platform are richer, more relevant, and easier to license. It's data working for everyone. UK-based Pool, currently valued at $39m, is building a data marketplace and associated payment rails for new data-sharing entities called data unions. These new data-sharing organizations are themselves seeking to leverage shifts in privacy, the end of consumer data following Chrome's deletion of third-party cookies, and new EU rules for data portability which are due to come into effect next year. Supporting links Masterworks Pool Andy on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

We're unofficially celebrating 250 episodes of the Crypto Conversation. To celebrate, Andy is joined by Rory Manchee, CEO at Brave New Coin. Why you should listen After spending six years as Head of Business Development for Brave New Coin and Techemy, Rory has been part of the global blockchain conversation at the highest level. Rory joins Andy to unofficially celebrate three years and 250 episodes of the Crypto Conversation podcast and his appointment as Brave New Coin CEO. Supporting links Masterworks Andy on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

Nick Rose is the CEO and co-founder of Ethernity Chain - the NFT issuing platform and marketplace for athletes and celebrities. Leveraging their own IP Ethernity has launched verified artwork from Shaq, Bruce Lee, Lionel Messi, the James Dean and Marilyn Monroe estates, Nas, and Muhammed Ali. Why you should listen Earlier this year, Ethernity raised a $20 million funding round - led by Fanatics CEO Michael Rubin and founder of League of Legends Thomas Vu - and announced the launch of Ethernal Labs - a studio-style approach to producing and fostering creative ventures in the NFT space. Supporting links Masterworks Ethernity Andy on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

Kiwi tech entrepreneur Daniel Batten has an intriguing thesis. He sees Bitcoin as an unexpected superhero - his view is that Bitcoin mining can drive us to 70% renewables-based energy consumption by 2030. Why you should listen If we're unable to transition to 70% renewable energy by 2030 the earth will face runaway climate change. Bitcoin mining could be the catalyst to drive the increased adoption of renewable energy this decade. Bitcoin miners are location agnostic, time-of-day-agnostic, and have an insatiable appetite for both existing and new energy production. This lowers the economic barrier that has been preventing the faster adoption of renewables. That's why Bitcoin is an unexpected superhero. Supporting links Masterworks Daniel Batten Andy on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

SparkWorld is an innovative community-centric web3 ecosystem, powered by Fair Prediction Launches and underpinned by the SPRK token. Why you should listen Jolyon Horsfall is the founder of SparkWorld, an innovative community-centric web3 ecosystem on a mission to creatively overcome the challenges of whitelisting, randomized minting, and prelaunch NFTs through a gamified trustless marketplace that creates value for everyone. Spark facilitates Fair Prediction Launches (FPLs) through a new mechanism that distributes NFTs in the most equitable and engaging way possible using gamification and prediction markets. Supporting links Masterworks SparkWorld Andy on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

Sheldon Dearr is technical lead at Octopus Network, a multichain, interoperable crypto network and Web3 incubator designed to facilitate a new wave of web innovation. Why you should listen Sheldon is a security engineer who was referred to as the "King of Major Incidents" during his time at HP due to his ability to solve problems. Sheldon has a keen understanding of the complex world we all operate in. Octopus Network is a multichain crypto network for launching and running Web3.0 application-specific blockchains — appchains. Appchains in the Octopus Network benefit from flexible and cost-effective leased security (LPoS), out-of-the-box multichain interoperability, complete infrastructure, and a ready-to-be-engaged community. The core of the Octopus Network is the Octopus Relay — a set of smart contracts running on the NEAR blockchain, aka mainchain, that implements the security leasing market. The Octopus Network chose to build on NEAR because it offers a more cost-effective, scalable, user-friendly, and interoperable L1 solution for building appchains. The Octopus Accelerator Programme is a collection of courses and seminars available to both Substrate developers and Web3.0 teams funded by the Octopus Foundation. The Octopus Foundation will directly fund 20 appchain projects through the Octopus Accelerator Programme each year, granting them up to $1M in total per year. Supporting links Masterworks Aventus Network Andy on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

Alan Vey is the co-founder and CEO of Aventus Network, a layer-2 blockchain protocol that brings scalability, lower costs, and speed to Ethereum transactions. Why you should listen The Aventus Network (AvN) is a layer-2 blockchain protocol that brings scalability, lower costs, and speed to Ethereum transactions. It enables digital asset issuance, management, and ownership, bringing the scale of permissioned blockchains and the security and interoperability of public blockchains — without the shortcomings of either. Eth 2.0 is designed to address Ethereum's scalability and speed issues, where will this leave the scores of layer 2 solutions that have emerged over the past five years? Supporting links Masterworks Aventus Network Andy on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

Big Town Chef is a play-to-earn, NFT farming, trading and cook-off Web3 game. Powered by $BURP, the game is in partnership with celebrity chef Gino D'Acampo. Why you should listen Big Town Chef is a metaverse game that enables players to farm, trade virtual ingredients, and compete in cook-off battles. All in-game activity will take place in an immersive and engaging 3D Metaverse environment called Big Town. Big Town Chef is built on blockchain technology and allows users to earn tokens that can be traded for tangible real-world rewards and valuable digital assets. Powered by the $BURP token on the Polygon network, Big Town Chef is the next generation of interactive online decentralized gaming. Users can steer the narrative, shape the experience, and vote on the direction of the wider organization. Those looking to learn more about the crypto space can enjoy the process of growing virtual foods and competing with other players while earning in-game credits that equal real-world revenues. Supporting links Masterworks Big Town Chef Andy on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

Last week the Bitcoin 2022 conference took place in Miami with announcements coming from some of the most prominent Bitcoin speakers and companies. Did it deliver? Why you should listen The Bitcoin 2022 Conference in Miami took place April 6-9 with speakers including Jordan Peterson, Jack Malles, Adam Back, Cathie Wood, and Peter Thiel. Supporting links Masterworks Bitcoin 2022 Andy on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

Medha Parlikar is the Co-Founder and CTO of CasperLabs, a blockchain built for enterprise adoption. The CasperLabs mission is to lead the era of distributed computing by giving every organization access to state-of-the-art technologies and services. Why you should listen CasperLabs is the team behind the development of the Casper Network. It provides services and support for organizations of all sizes, from enterprise to startup. Guided by open source principles, CasperLabs is committed to supporting the next wave of blockchain adoption among businesses and providing developers with a reliable and secure solution. The Casper Network is the first live proof-of-stake blockchain built off the Casper CBC specification. Casper is designed to accelerate enterprise and developer adoption of blockchain technology today and evolve to meet user needs in the future. Supporting links Masterworks CasperLabs Andy on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

Zaki Manian is the Co-Founder of Sommelier Finance, a DeFi platform and coprocessor for the EthereumVM. Why you should listen Zaki believes that regulators can be supportive of the incredible innovation going on in the DeFi space by developing a regime of awards rather than punishments for DeFi projects that move the industry towards reasonable integration with financial safeguards that regulators are bound to pursue. Sommelier is a bet that Ethereum will be a dominant player in the global economy. Sommelier consists of the Cosmos Stargate SDK, its Tendermint-based consensus layer, and a decentralized, bi-directional Ethereum bridge, managed by a global network of validators. Liquidity Providers (LPs) will be able to use the Sommelier to author and execute complex, and automated financial transactions, such as portfolio rebalancing, limit orders, batched orders, as well as a host of other features that traders have come to expect from CeFi, but that are not currently available in DeFi. Supporting links Masterworks Sommelier Finance Andy on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

With Bitcoin holding steady at $46,000, and both whales and shrimps accumulating, is Bitcoin warming up again? Why you should listen The 19,000,000 Bitcoin has been mined, whales and shrimps are accumulating, and anticipation is mounting that we'll hear some big Bitcoin news out of this weeks Bitcoin 2022 conference. Supporting links Masterworks Bitcoin 2022 Andy on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

Christian Keroles is Managing Director of Bitcoin Magazine and a passionate Bitcoiner who thinks Hyperbitcoinization is going to happen faster than anyone thinks. Why you should listen Founded in 2012, Bitcoin Magazine was the first ever magazine dedicated solely to covering the cryptocurrency space. Its reporting focus is on Bitcoin, its underlying blockchain technology and the industry that has built up around it. The team is organizing the Bitcoin 2022 Bitcoin Conference in Miami. This takes place April 6-9 with speakers including Jordan Peterson, Jack Malles, Adam Back, Cathie Wood, Peter Thiel, Eric Weinstein, and many more. Supporting links Masterworks Bitcoin 2022 Andy on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

Arie Trouw is Chief Executive Officer, Chief Technology Officer, and Chairman of the Board of Directors at XY Labs, building the XYO Network. The network is described as a reality oracle that empowers people to participate in the world's data economy through the validation of anonymous and secure geospatial data. Why you should listen The XYO Network is a reality oracle that empowers people to participate in the world's data economy through the validation of anonymous and secure geospatial data. The world is full of data producers and data consumers. XYO connects both parties and provides a token economy to encourage data flow and value. With over 4 million nodes and counting, XYO is one of the largest operating blockchain node networks in the world. Supporting links XYO Network Andy on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

Brett Herskope aka Eliherf is a project lead for Stacks Parrots, a collection of Parrot NFTs on Stacks. Eliherf is also head of community for several NFT communities in the Stacks ecosystem. Why you should listen Eliherf has a background in education, and he has found that these skills have helped him to become a strong advocate for NFT communities. He says the best community managers are like a concierge or a barista. They are welcoming and know eveyone's name. Stacks Parrots is a collection of 402 unique and talking parrots NFTs secured by Bitcoin living in the metaverse. As well as leading the Stacks Parrots team, Eliherf is an advocate for the entire Stacks ecosystem of projects, NFT teams and communities. Everyone knows Eliherf and Elihef knows everyone. He says it's important to look after your mental health and don't stop having fun with it. Supporting links Stacks Parrots Stacks Foundation Andy on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

Brian Bondy is the co-founder, CTO, and lead developer for Brave Software, developer of Brave, the open-source, privacy-by-default web browser with a blockchain-based digital advertising platform and crypto wallet. Why you should listen Brave is an open-source, privacy-by-default web browser with a blockchain-based digital advertising platform and crypto wallet. Brave Wallet, a crypto wallet built into the Brave desktop browser, and mobile apps, enables Brave users to store, manage, grow, and swap crypto from a single wallet. Unlike most crypto wallets, the Brave Wallet does not require extensions; it's browser-native, reducing security risks and reliance on extra CPU and memory. Users can transact with almost any crypto asset with superior safety and performance, as well as connect with other wallets and Web3 DApps. The Brave Wallet supports all EVM compatible chains and L2s, and unlike other wallet extensions, the Brave Wallet is built with an open MPL license, enabling developers to make contributions easily. Brave believes that the crypto ecosystem should not only be open source, but should also be enabled via tools and wallets with an open license. Brave will soon integrate the Solana blockchain into the Brave browser, providing default Solana ecosystem support to Brave's 42 million monthly active users and 1.3 million verified Creators. Brave will soon default to Solana for cross-chain and Solana native DApps. The Solana blockchain enables faster low-fee transactions which help in the adoption of DeFi and Web3. Supporting links Brave Andy on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

Cody Willard, an American investor and hedge fund manager and ex-anchor on the Fox Business Network is a co-founder of SKTLs ("Sky's The Limit"). The SKTL Space Tokens will be airdropped free-of-charge to U.S. and Canadians on May 6th, Space Day, 2022. Why you should listen The SKTL ERC20 token project is a cryptocurrency token for space enthusiasts. SKTL tokens are designed to capitalize on the future of the space economy while at the same time providing funds to clean up space debris. Space debris is an ever-growing problem that has the potential to severely affect the space economy and the ease of access to outer space. Morgan Stanley predicts that the global space industry could surpass a total value of $1T by 2040. The designers of the SKTL token believe this estimate is conservative and expect the space economy to become a multi-trillion dollar economy within the next ten years and become perhaps the single largest economic revolution in history over the next decades. There is a cloud of more than 9,000 tons of space debris flying around in space at more than 10x the speed of a bullet that poses a huge risk to satellites, rockets, and anything else needed for the space economy. The SKTL cryptocurrency token is a smart contract that is intended to reward holders for humanity's progress in developing and exploring space while also providing a fund to help with ensuring that Space remains open to humanity. This token provides a way for token holders to benefit from the incredible potential growth that the Space economy offers while also supporting the very necessary social good of space cleanup. Supporting links SKTL Andy on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

Megapont is a pixel art nft project on Stacks. Megapont is a fictional universe in which advanced scientific mutations accelerated the evolutions of every species on Earth. Earth is currently a thriving, bustling paradise that has been at peace for a generation. Megapont Ape Club is a celebration of the more scenic members of the Megapont world. Why you should listen Stacks is an open-source network of decentralized apps and smart contracts built on Bitcoin. Stacks unleashes Bitcoin's full potential by bringing scalable transactions and general-purpose smart contracts to Bitcoin without doing any modification. The Megapont Ape Club is the #1 NFT collection on Stacks by trading volume. Mark McKenzie is the founder of Megapont. His next NFT collection the MegaKongs will mint on Ethereum in April. Mark is building Apes Together an NFT community that provides chain-agnostic tooling for NFT collections. Supporting links Megapont Andy on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.