Faisal is finally back on this episode with Encrypted alongside Ahmed. They are joined by this week’s special guest; Chris Fernandez, CEO of Block Gemini, a blockchain focused developer shop based in the UAE. The show kicks off with Chris explaining his background and the history of Block Gemini and its growth trajectory. They go…
On episode 18 of Encrypted, Ahmed and Aniket discuss recent developments that have been happening in the blockchain world! Ahmed first starts off by talking about his experience at the Sora Summit in Macau and explains his takeaways from the investment focused event. The two then go on to discuss the recent news of the…
On episode 18 of Encrypted, Ahmed and Aniket discuss recent developments that have been happening in the blockchain world! Ahmed first starts off by talking about his experience at the Sora Summit in Macau and explains his takeaways from the investment focused event. The two then go on to discuss the recent news of the…
The world is at the at the forefront of the token revolution. With the invention of non-fungible tokens, we have seen a lot of innovations and developments to find solutions to complex real-world problems. In the episode, Ahmed sits down with Aniket, and they discuss the current happenings in the Non-Fungible Token (NFT) world. The…
The world is at the at the forefront of the token revolution. With the invention of non-fungible tokens, we have seen a lot of innovations and developments to find solutions to complex real-world problems. In the episode, Ahmed sits down with Aniket, and they discuss the current happenings in the Non-Fungible Token (NFT) world. The…
Ahmed is at the World Blockchain Summit where he records episode 16! He is joined by Loauy Al-Doory from Kambio Ventures and Saeed Al-Darmaki from Binary Financial to take a deep dive into the world of security tokens. The three distil the concept of security tokens; what they are, how they operate, the problems it…
Ahmed is at the World Blockchain Summit where he records episode 16! He is joined by Loauy Al-Doory from Kambio Ventures and Saeed Al-Darmaki from Binary Financial to take a deep dive into the world of security tokens. The three distil the concept of security tokens; what they are, how they operate, the problems it…
Ahmed sits down with Kris Bennet, also known as the Blockchain Beard Guy, who is on the road non-stop to educate the masses on blockchain. Kris shares his experiences in educating people from different backgrounds about the technology, and his experiences in helping enterprises deploy blockchain solutions. Ahmed digs a bit deeper to understand the…
Ahmed sits down with Kris Bennet, also known as the Blockchain Beard Guy, who is on the road non-stop to educate the masses on blockchain. Kris shares his experiences in educating people from different backgrounds about the technology, and his experiences in helping enterprises deploy blockchain solutions. Ahmed digs a bit deeper to understand the…
Paul Massara, CEO of Electron, joins Ahmed for the 14th episode of Encrypted. On today’s show, Ahmed explores an interesting application of blockchain technology: Energy! Paul first talks about the challenges and pain-points that currently face the energy industry, before moving on to how these challenges can be solved. Existing players in the blockchain market…
Paul Massara, CEO of Electron, joins Ahmed for the 14th episode of Encrypted. On today’s show, Ahmed explores an interesting application of blockchain technology: Energy! Paul first talks about the challenges and pain-points that currently face the energy industry, before moving on to how these challenges can be solved. Existing players in the blockchain market…
In this episode, your hosts Ahmed and Faisal, discuss 3 interesting articles; first off is a thought leadership piece from USV around what is needed at this stage of the blockchain cycle and the overall tech cycle by looking at past trends: a killer app or well built infrastructure? The hosts have a couple of…
In this episode, your hosts Ahmed and Faisal, discuss 3 interesting articles; first off is a thought leadership piece from USV around what is needed at this stage of the blockchain cycle and the overall tech cycle by looking at past trends: a killer app or well built infrastructure? The hosts have a couple of…
Ahmed and Faisal sit down with the Tarik Mohammed, Chief Compliance Officer of OTC Supply. Firstly, Ahmed brings up the Wall Street Journal’s article of identifying that $90 million in suspected criminal proceeds that flowed through intermediaries such as Shapeshift over two years. The discussion goes into how Monero, and more specially how these private…
Ahmed and Faisal sit down with the Tarik Mohammed, Chief Compliance Officer of OTC Supply. Firstly, Ahmed brings up the Wall Street Journal’s article of identifying that $90 million in suspected criminal proceeds that flowed through intermediaries such as Shapeshift over two years. The discussion goes into how Monero, and more specially how these private…
Ahmed and Faisal sit down with Irina Heaver, a technology lawyer based in Dubai. First up they discuss XRP, a cryptocurrency created by Ripple, and its short ascension to number 2 in coinmarket cap and the conversation quickly goes into the concept of decentralisation as big question marks hang over Ripple’s centralised approach. The three…
Ahmed and Faisal sit down with Irina Heaver, a technology lawyer based in Dubai. First up they discuss XRP, a cryptocurrency created by Ripple, and its short ascension to number 2 in coinmarket cap and the conversation quickly goes into the concept of decentralisation as big question marks hang over Ripple’s centralised approach. The three…
Ahmed has an exciting line up on this episode of Encrypted. First up, Ahmed interviews the CEO of the ADGM Financial Services Regulatory Authority, Richard Teng. They talk about the 3-year-old financial free trade zone, Abu Dhabi Global Markets (ADGM), and how it differs itself as a financial and fintech hub for the region. Richard…
Ahmed has an exciting line up on this episode of Encrypted. First up, Ahmed interviews the CEO of the ADGM Financial Services Regulatory Authority, Richard Teng. They talk about the 3-year-old financial free trade zone, Abu Dhabi Global Markets (ADGM), and how it differs itself as a financial and fintech hub for the region. Richard…
Faisal sits down with Hans Christensen, VP of Dubai Technology Entrepreneur Centre, to talk all things blockchain and crypto. Hans first introduces the pillars and model of DTEC and then explains how it aims to support the startup ecosystem when it comes to blockchain based projects. He also shares insights on a couple of blockchain…