The Blockchain Show

Venn, Daniel, and Ethan share their experiences with Coinbase and offer advice for those ready to make their first crypto purchase. Use this LINK to get $10 of free bitcoin and also to help support this show.  If you've been listening for a while and don't need this guide, please share with a friend who may.

Dr. Markus Franke is a partner at cLabs working on Celo, an open source, global platform that aims to facilitate secure and efficient cross border payments to anyone with a mobile device.

Zach Bradford is CEO at CleanSpark. In this episode we identify some problems with electricity production in relation to Bitcoin mining but also society as a whole. CleanSpark has several solutions to address these problems and some innovative ideas for   renewable energy beyond the blockchain space. 

James Wo is an experienced investor and entrepreneur in blockchain technology and digital assets; delivering a 200% return on investment in less than 2 years. Mr. Wo is also the Chairman of Matrix, the first regulated virtual assets multilateral trading facility (MTF) & custodian under the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) VA policy framework. He is a board member of LedgerX, and an Executive Committee member of the Chamber of Digital Commerce.  DFG is a global blockchain and digital asset investment firm with more than $1B Assets Under Management. DFG’s portfolio includes an actively-managed trading fund which has earned returns of more than 400% over the last five years.

A lot has changed since Alexander Blum bought his first Bitcoin for $9 in 2012. Alex has been professionally involved with the industry ever since. He previously founded digital investment group Atomic Capital, worked as a technology advisor for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and The World Economic Forum, and served as an economic development specialist for the Peace Corps. He is also a Fellow at the University College London Centre for Blockchain Technologies and Chair of the Nexus Global Lab on Blockchain and Systems Change. Two Prime is a digital assets investment firm specialized in bitcoin and ethereum. By bringing traditional economic theory and financial strategy to the crypto space, Two Prime is uniquely positioned to hedge against risk and volatility and deliver successful financial outcomes to their clients. They are the trusted investment partner to high net-worth individuals, family offices, institutions, and corporate treasuries seeking intelligent exposure to digital assets. Get 20% OFF

Cameron Hejazi is the CEO of Cent. Cameron explains how Cent is utilizing Polygon to minimize the energy requirements for a more sustainable blockchain minting solution of their NFTs. He also helps host Ethan understand the power of NFTs and some cool uses that are yet to be fully realized.   Cent is a platform that provides the tools to create, curate, and collaborate for a living through the use of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). They're building a digital economy based on ownership, community, and identity. Polygon is a protocol and framework for building and connecting Ethereum-compatible blockchain networks. Cent has been using Polygon to sustainably mint NFTs and also reduce the environmental impact of minting and trading on the blockchain by almost 99%.   Get 20% OFF + Free Shipping with promo code BLOCKCHAIN at MANSCAPED.com https://polygon.technology/ https://v.cent.co/ www.cent.co  

Dr. Kruse is a member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, the Congress of Neurological Surgeons and Age Management Medicine Group.  He has helped pioneer a totally new medical field - Quantum Mitochondrial Health. Building on his deep medical expertise, he has also built a vibrant community while being a bitcoin maximalist; he is dedicated to helping people build critical thinking skills. He continues to challenge our currently implemented systems and look for more feasible solutions to benefit everyone. In this episode Dr. Kruse joins host Ethan for a look into how Decentralized finance and healthcare can help us live better lives. Some more topics covered in this episode: How to Optimize Time, Health & Wealth Building Wealth now to Compound & Take Care of Your Health in the Future How the Thermodynamics of Currencies & the Thermodynamics of Your Cellular Biology Are Related   Get 20% OFF + Free Shipping with promo code BLOCKCHAIN at MANSCAPED.com

Jack Ottman is Chief Operating Officer at Minds. Jack is welcomed back for a look into recent updates on the Minds social network platform.    Get 20% OFF + Free Shipping with promo code BLOCKCHAIN at MANSCAPED.com

Dan Edlebeck is Co-founder and CEO of Exidio, Sentinel’s development arm. He joins host Ethan for an informative episode concerning the need for decentralized virtual private networks, or dVPNs. With recent hacks into centralized VPNs, this development comes at a crucial time for internet freedom. Dan outlines how they are building on the Cosmos blockchain and how individuals can get involved and even be rewarded for their efforts as a node and/or validator.  theblockchainshow.com Connect via Social Media: Minds.com – Join with referral link Facebook Twitter

Steve and Ethan look back at the last five years of the podcast.  Other topics include: the switch to Ethereum 2.0, staking, Elon Musk’s tweets, committing to crypto, and what we’re looking forward to in the near future.

Nick Saponaro is an entrepreneur, crypto enthusiast, and keynote speaker who is passionate about helping Crypto achieve its vision to deliver a truly decentralized financial services paradigm that benefits everyone. As Divi’s CIO, he deploys his programming and functional design skills to achieve the company’s core aim; to make crypto easy and drive its mainstream adoption. Media appearances include Cheddar, CNBC, Quartz, Investing.com, Nasdaq.com, and CoinTelegraph. The Divi Project was established in 2017 to accelerate crypto’s mainstream adoption. Through Divi Labs, the company’s fintech innovation center, the company is developing world-class decentralized solutions that make cryptocurrency faster, more secure, and accessible to people at all levels of technical expertise.   Main Divi Project Website: https://diviproject.org/ Divi Wallet Microsite: https://wallet.diviproject.org/ Nick Twitter Profile: https://twitter.com/NSapProductions?s=20 Divi YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCihooU0cr

We hosted Jack O’Holleran, SKALE’s CEO back in February of 2019. We discussed Proof of Stake Blockchains and SKALE. A lot has happened at since then. SKALE is currently going through a big and exciting network upgrade that will bring multichain to Ethereum.  Jack talks about the Ethereum Ecosystem Development and the role of L2s like SKALE - which is a center of the conversation at the moment. Jack also shares some great advice and information for new crypto and blockchain enthusiasts.

Prabhakar is the Co-Founder of FalconX. He exited his last venture to an Accel Partners portfolio company, prior to joining Accel as an investor. At Accel, one of the largest and most successful VC firms in the world, Prabhakar focused on Blockchain, B2B, and Enterprise SaaS investments. Prabhakar is a serial entrepreneur with over nine years of experience running successful digital media and online video platforms, having scaled his first startup into the top 100 most visited websites in the world within three years of inception, and successfully exited his second startup to BookMyShow, India's largest entertainment platform, prior to joining Accel. An electronics engineer by background, Prabhakar also has an MBA from Harvard Business School. FalconX is a cryptocurrency financial services company, providing institutions trading, credit, and clearing across all major crypto pairs. Fortune 1000 companies, family offices, and asset managers turn to FalconX as a trusted partner in the cryptocurrency market. Falc

William Quigley is co-founder of the first-ever stablecoin and most traded cryptocurrency in the world, Tether. He is also the co-founder of WAX, the world’s leading decentralized NFT ecosystem. NFTs are very popular currently, and have moved  into sports, art, design, and more. William explains to host Ethan how NFTs and the blockchain will completely transform the way we do modern business and collect items in the next 10 years.  Some other topics in this episode include: Bitcoin predictions for the rest of 2021 The adoption of blockchain technology across other industries Cryptocurrency’s market fluctuation   Aside from co-founding Tether and WAX, William is currently managing director at Magnetic Capital, a top investment and incubation firm that has launched the most innovative businesses in the blockchain and cryptocurrency sectors under William’s guidance and decades of expertise. Magnetic has funded successful players like OpSkins, Tether, WAX and StrongBlock, and many more, with an estimated $500

Aaron Kaplan is the founder and co-CEO of Prometheum, Inc., a NYC based fintech company building a Federal Securities Law compliant, blockchain native, public market infrastructure servicing the entire digital asset lifecycle. Aaron is also of counsel at Gusrae Kaplan Nusbaum, where since 2013 he has focused his practice on the applications of distributed ledger technology in the securities industry. In this episode hosted by Ethan, Aaron offers extensive insights into the legalities around blockchain and the future of digital asset securities. Articles referenced in the episode: Ethereum Homestead Doc: https://ethdocs.org/en/latest/ Prometheum Architecture Paper: https://info.prometheum.com/papers 

Lihan Lee is the Co-CEO / Founder at Xangle.io. We talk about the need for standardized disclosure practices in blockchain projects, investor relations best practices for crypto startups, what South Korean crypto investors are looking for, how they're helping expose and avoid scams, and the state of the crypto market in South Korea.

Marc Grens is the Co-Founder & President of DigitalMint. He is a serial entrepreneur with more than 15 years of experience in the investment industry. Prior to DigitalMint, Grens held senior positions at Charles Schwab, HighTower Advisors, and Alpha Strategies. He received his M.B.A. from the Kellstadt Graduate School of Business at DePaul University in 2010, and a B.A. from Illinois State University. Grens is an active angel investor and serves on multiple advisory boards of companies in the Chicago tech community. DigitalMint is the leading Bitcoin point-of-sale provider in the nation with more than 325+ Bitcoin ATM and teller locations across the U.S. The company enables financial service centers, convenience stores, grocery chains, gas stations, and retail locations to sell cryptocurrency through physical kiosks and point-of-sale solutions. https://www.digitalmint.io/

Justin Rice is the Head of Ecosystem for the Stellar Development Foundation, the nonprofit supporting Stellar’s growth, and has a wide variety of topics that interest him. Some of those topics include: Community Development - As Head of Ecosystem, Justin specializes in working closely with the developers that are building on Stellar’s network. Stellar Ecosystem - Another key focus of Justin’s role is on how to effectively create and maintain an ecosystem that will continue to grow in future years.  Music and Film - Before joining the Stellar team, Justin worked in the arts, leading the band Bishop Allen and starring in several popular indie films.  

Steve interviews Jack Leahy from the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance. The EEA enables organizations to adopt and use Ethereum technology in their daily business operations.  Visit https://entethalliance.org/news/ to find current news and upcoming events