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#Ep. 81: DIFCs take on building Fintech and Crypto success in MENA

EpisodesBy encryptedJune 20, 2021

In this episode we speak with Christian Kunz, Head of Group Strategy at DIFC Authority, a leading financial center based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates In his capacity as Head of Group Strategy at DIFC Authority, Christian is responsible to develop and continuously evolve the strategic agenda and initiatives of DIFC in line with the…

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#Ep. 80: NFTs – The Direct to Avatar Economy & The Open Metaverse

EpisodesBy encryptedMarch 28, 2021

In this episode we speak with Ryan Gill, founder at Crucible. Did you hear about that $69 million NFT sale on Christie’s? Well, we just dove right into NFTs! NFTs or non-fungible tokens are unique digital items that are not interchangeable. We are beginning to see the rise and value of NFTs take off, mostly…

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#Ep. 79: Scalability and Advancement of Enterprise Blockchain

EpisodesBy encryptedFebruary 8, 2021

In this episode we speak with Saqr Ereiqat, consultant at IBM and Akbar Farook, founder of Just Chain, a justice in the public blockchain space solution. We start off speaking about what blockchain applications are currently live in the region and where enterprise utilizes blockchain for the betterment of business. Saqr and Akbar both share…

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#Ep. 78: Tech Scoop on Bitfinex and Tether from Stablecoins to Global Decentralised Liquidity

EpisodesBy encryptedJanuary 26, 2021

In this episode, we hear from one of the most influential figures in the space, Paolo Ardoino who is the CTO of Bitfinex and Tether. In the beginning we discuss Paolo’s background and his vision for the space. We then delve into the rise of DEXs and how decentralised vs centralised exchanges will fair in…

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#Ep. 77: The rise of institutional adoption in crypto and blockchain

EpisodesBy encryptedJanuary 10, 2021

This is another excellent episode from the Future Blockchain Summit which was part of GITEX in Dubai, one of the only in-person events that has taken place during COVID times. Our guests for this episode are Thamim Ahmed from UCL Center for Blockchain Technologies and Dotun Rominiyi from the emerging technology division at the London…

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#Ep. 76: The humble beginnings of crypto art and its meteoric rise

EpisodesBy encryptedDecember 21, 2020

We’re super excited to be recording this episode live at the Future Blockchain Summit which was part of Gitex 2020 in Dubai, one of the only in-person events that took place in this crazy 2020 year. Our guest for this episode is Vesa, a Finnish artist who has had a unique journey following his interests…

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#Ep. 75: Crypto Communications – How PR can make or break projects

EpisodesBy encryptedNovember 30, 2020

In this episode we talk public relations and the blurring lines of promoting, community engagement and shilling. Our guests are Mohanned Halawani, founder of Crypto-PR.io and David Wachsman Founder and CEO of WACHSMAN. Both our guests are leaders in the Crypto and Blockchain space for communications. This was a great episode for us, both Ahmed…

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#Ep. 74: Build it and they will come – How one firm is designing chain infrastructure to enable you to scale

EpisodesBy encryptedOctober 26, 2020

In this episode we have special guest Joe Lallouz, CEO and Co-founder of Bison Trails. In this talk, we deep dive into what running a remote company is like, the transition from physical to remote, how to maintain strong leadership virtually, and more importantly how to retain talent (and how to peacefully allow your good…

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#Ep. 73: Blending Securities and Defi – Bringing reg tech into CEFI & DEFI

EpisodesBy encryptedOctober 5, 2020

Todays episode is a great mix of enterprise scaling of tokenised securities and the blending with DeFi. We have the co-founders from Securrency, a leading blockchain and crypto technology platform helping transform the digital securities industry. Having started this journey long before ICOs/IEOs and many of form of security or utilities tokens starting gaining steam,…

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#Ep. 72: Connecting Africa to the World with Danny Oyekan

EpisodesBy encryptedSeptember 7, 2020

We’re super excited to have Danny Oyekan on this episode today. He has been slowly and quietly building his own blockchain empire and ecosystem through a variety of ventures he is spearheading, one of which is CoinsApp, which is one of the sponsors of this show! In this episode, we hear more about CoinsApp and…

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#Ep. 71: The Nod of Approval – How Bitt pioneered the world's first concept of a blockchain Central Bank Digital Currency

EpisodesBy encryptedJuly 30, 2020

In this episode, we uncover the story of how Barbados set its sights on creating a digital dollar and how this set the course for a legal central bank digital currency across the Caribbean. We speak to 3 amazing guests, Dr. Delisle Worrell (the Former Governor of the Barbados Central Bank), Gabriel Abed (Founder of…

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#Ep. 70: AI Generated Content – The Why, What and How

EpisodesBy encryptedJune 30, 2020

  We speak to Arif Khan, CEO and Founder of Alethea.AI, which is a blockchain marketplace for synthetic media. We discuss all things under the sun related to synthetic media, specifically AI generated content. With the drop in costs of computing power, according to Moore’s Law, this allows people to experiment with new technology and…

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#Ep. 69: A World Divided – Covid19 is the World's Chief Digital Officer

EpisodesBy encryptedJune 10, 2020

In this episode we have special guests Maja Vujinovic, Ex CIO of Emerging tech globally for GE Digital and Vinny Lingham, Founder and CEO of Civic. With the world living through a pandemic, economic uncertainty and political upheaval through the Black Lives Matter movement in the U.S., we discuss how the world is becoming divided…

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#Ep. 69: A World Divided – Covid19 is the World’s Chief Digital Officer

EpisodesBy encryptedJune 10, 2020

  In this episode we have special guests Maja Vujinovic, Ex CIO of Emerging tech globally for GE Digital and Vinny Lingham, Founder and CEO of Civic. With the world living through a pandemic, economic uncertainty and political upheaval through the Black Lives Matter movement in the U.S., we discuss how the world is becoming…

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#Ep. 68: Digital Keynote – A Global Economic Crisis is Looming, Now the Time for Blockchain to Leave Self Isolation

EpisodesBy encryptedMay 31, 2020

  Encrypted is excited to partner up with the Future Blockchain Summit who have recently held their first ever Digital Keynote! Digital Keynote, a live webinar series dedicated to tackling and exploring the world of Blockchain. Join us as we discuss with foremost experts from around the globe and break down topics such as Blockchain…

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#Ep. 67: Web3 + Egypt + Global Users = Next Gen Privacy Email

EpisodesBy encryptedMay 25, 2020

  Ahmed sits down with Mohamed Abdou, the founder and CEO of Pravica where they discuss a wide range of topics ranging from privacy centric apps being accessible to millions, the opportunities blockchain represents, how it is perceived in emerging countries like Egypt, where do we expect to see adoption coming from and all the…

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#Ep. 66: Mike Dudas on how Covid19 is growing attention in the crypto and digital assets space

EpisodesBy encryptedApril 13, 2020

  Mike Dudas is the founder and CEO of The Block, the leading research, media & information brand in the digital asset marketplace. In this episode, Ahmed and Mike discuss the global impacts Covid19 is currently having on the tech industry and the chain of events that is happening in Silicon Valley tech companies so…

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#Ep. 65: Covid19 Special – A Pandemic of Fake News

EpisodesBy encryptedMarch 25, 2020

  In this Covid19 special, we have an interesting discussion on how this pandemic became widespread with the advent of lies and fake news. Our special guest, Arwen Smit, walks us through a few eye opening topics in times like this: Three questions regarding lies: How strong is a lie? Who can the lie reach?…

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#Ep. 64: How Orchid is revolutionizing the VPN space through blockchain and crypto!

EpisodesBy encryptedMarch 3, 2020

  Ahmed was in Denver, Colorado speaking with Dr. Steven Waterhouse from Orchid Protocol. Dr. Steven (or as he’d like to be called Seven), is quite an experienced individual who can do loads of English accents as well as researching and implementing AI before the dotcom boom, built companies and sold them, and was also…

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#Ep. 63: Scale matters, Localization doesn't

EpisodesBy encryptedFebruary 14, 2020

Nic had the opportunity to speak with Hussein Khanji, partner at Hoxton Ventures during ArabNet Riyadh in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Hussein walks us through his theory on venture capital, searching for unicorns and avoiding copycats. Plus he discusses why business models should be able to transcend borders and why it plays to their…

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