Fahmi Syed
President of the Midnight Foundation, focused on building a privacy-forward public blockchain; responsible for Midnight's mainnet launch and explaining the network's privacy, composability, and roadmap.
Top 3 podcasts with Fahmi Syed
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Mar 25, 2026 • 17min
Monument Bank Taps Privacy-Focused Midnight to Tokenize £250M in Retail Deposits
Fahmi Syed, President of the Midnight Foundation, who led Midnight's privacy-forward mainnet launch. Mintoo Bhandari, Founder of Monument Bank, building regulated tokenized deposit products. They discuss tokenizing retail deposits on a privacy-first public chain. They cover programmable privacy, hiding blockchain complexity for customers, GDPR-friendly proofs, and phased rollout and banking-as-a-service plans.
Feb 25, 2026 • 8min
Inside Midnight's Mainnet Launch
Fahmi Syed, President of the Midnight Foundation and a blockchain exec focused on privacy-preserving infrastructure. He discusses Midnight’s federated mainnet launch and strategic partnerships with Google Cloud and Telegram. He walks through Midnight City, a SimCity-style privacy simulation, and explains the concept of rational privacy for protecting data and enabling private on-chain trading.
Feb 3, 2026 • 2h 5min
Solving Online Privacy, Censorship & Surveillance w/ Midnight’s President
Fahmi Syed, president of the Midnight Foundation and ex-Parity/finance pro, talks about programmable privacy for blockchain apps. He breaks down rational privacy, risks of financial surveillance, and how privacy can be built at the app level. Conversation covers tokenomics, developer UX like TypeScript-style contracts, and practical use cases for privacy-first digital identity and payments.
