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How Gardening and Sculpture NFTs can make a massive difference in creating a healthy mindset, with Ken Folan, co-founder at Kildare GalleryMy name is Ken Folan and I am from Maynooth County Kildare Ireland. I am the co owner of The Kildare Gallery , an art gallery specialising in Fine Art paintings, Sculpture, Garden Sculpture and we have now stepped into the world of NFTs. I take great pride in organising art exhibitions and promoting the artists I represent The gallery was established in 2015 and it has gone from strength to strength. I have a keen interest in Art and also Cryptocurrency.

This podcast is a montage of four interviews with founders and executives, from the time period of March 2021 to June 2022, as originally published at www.anchor.fm/irish-tech-news. This podcast highlights short gems from Jamil Hasan (Crypto Hipster)'s interviews with Sebnem Rusitschka (Boson Protocol), Ken Folan (Kildaire Gallery), David Kvitsiani (CNICK), and Jamie Goldblatt (Mind Chill 360).

Pedro Torres is the Co-founder and Head of Quant at Roseon.Finance. He is a decentralized finance entrepreneur who is interested in algorithm trading, computer languages (Python, JS, SQL, Solidity, Rust), philosophy, and blockchain technology. The most important traits for Pedro is to be someone who can be performance-driven, lives at a high level of integrity, practices self-discipline and autodidactism, and is goal-oriented.

How to 'Go Public' in Crypto, the Role of Bots, and PR Insights, with Paulius Stankevicius Paulius Stankevicius is a businessman and entrepreneur who is focusing on building a next generation alternative investment banking. He is a founder and CEO of Stankevicius Group and Stankevicius companies including Stankevicius MGM, PR and advertising firm which also focuses on investor relations; Stankevicius International which is a general trading firm and Stankevicius Quant Financial which is a algorithmic e-trading service provider.

Aldemaro Fonseca is an entrepreneur based in Panama. He is currently NTL Wealth´s head advisor for LATAM and Spain Markets. He originally graduated as an Electronic Engineer and Project Manager but he devoted his entire career to business and has successfully founded and managed several companies which operate  in different fields. He has been dealing with financial licenses processing (Forex, Securities Broker, Banking, E-money, Investment Manager, Asset Management, electronic games, Cryptocurrency Exchange/wallet, Hedge Funds and Money Remittance) and is also a wealth management expert with a global approach in different jurisdictions. Aldemaro currently offers advice to several family offices worldwide and is also the CEO of a Technology Company based in Panama.

Rui Zhang, CFA, CPA, Co-founder & Managing Partner of gumi Cryptos Capital. Rui co-founded gumi Cryptos Capital (gCC) at the beginning of 2018. Through gCC, he invested in the early rounds of companies and protocols including OpenSea, Qredo, YGG, 1Inch, Agoric, Celsius, etc. Recently he launched $110million gCC Fund II, continuously investing in the early stage blockchain and crypto sector. Before gCC, Rui led the global investment of gumi Group, investing in gaming, social media, VR&AR markets, with successful investments including inXile (acquired by Microsoft), Beat Games (via VR Fund, acquired by Facebook), Theta Network, etc. Rui also had his successful entrepreneurship experience before getting into VC industry. After about 7 years banking and consulting firm experience in his early career, he co- founded Zenith Group Holdings, which successfully exited via acquisition.

This podcast is a montage of four interviews with founders and executives, from the time period of March 2021 to June 2022, as originally published at www.anchor.fm/irish-tech-news. This podcast highlights short gems from Jamil Hasan (Crypto Hipster)'s interviews with Rui Zhang (gumi Cryptos), Aldemaro Fonseca (NTL Wealth), Pedro Torres (Roseon.Finance), Paulius Stankevicius (Stankevicius MGM).

In this insightful episode Jamil catches up with David Schwartz litecoin-foundation.org gethedge.io CEO & Co-Founder of gethedge.io. Has been the Project Director for the Litecoin Foundation since October of 2018, and directly involved in projects ranging from the UFC and Miami Dolphins, to helping research the viability of cross chain interoperability with blockchains like Cardano. Retired from the US Army in 2013 as a Master Sergeant.

Dan Simerman is Head of Financial Relations at the IOTA Foundation, where he helps to support the ability of financial institutions and institutional investors to leverage IOTA’s technology and native currency.  He has a history of building software for Fortune 50 financial institutions, multinational media companies and strategic consulting firms. Dan has been a vocal advocate and supporter of IOTA since 2017. As a member of the IOTA Evangelist Network, he has worked to engage with local partners to expand awareness of our technology in North America. As co-organizer of IOTA NYC, he has contributed to one of the largest IOTA meetups in the world by developing content to support the IOTA ecosystem.

Jamil Hasan catches up with David Kay, from Liti Capital to learn more about this important topic Representing traders financially injured on Binance and the importance of Blockchain Ethics with David Kay @ Liti Capital David Kay Executive Chairman & Chief Investment Ofcer, Liti Capital NYC-based David Kay is the Executive Chairman and Chief Investment Ofcer of Liti Capital. A qualified lawyer and investment banker, and one of the most successful and in-demand litigation finance strategists in the history of the 15-year-old litigation finance industry, David joined Liti Capital in early 2021. Before joining Liti Capital, David provided board representation, corporate governance, capital raising, and strategic planning advisory services to several public and private multi-billion dollar organizations. He has proven expertise in complex conflict management and financing processes across various sectors, including but not limited to: multi-jurisdictional litigation and/or arbitration, international law issues, governmental contracts or disputes, judgement enforcement, and forensic asset-tracing. For the better part of the last decade, David was also a Founding Partner and the Portfolio Manager of a US$1 billion+ private equity fund focused on investing in complex commercial litigations and arbitrations around the globe. While at the fund, David conceived and developed an investment strategy that focused on investing in (i) international commercial litigations and arbitrations and (ii) other complex special situations. This strategy was realized by successfully raising two funds, providing the opportunity to create outsized, non-market correlated returns via strategic investments where there was both (i) a strong risk-adjusted return and (ii) an ability to directly/positively impact the outcome. David led the deployment of capital at the funds, and he was responsible for building out the entire team and executing the strategy across approximately 40 investments in more than 17 countries. Prior to that fund experience, David served in the Restructuring and Recapitalization Group at the Jeferies Financial Group. In that role, he was responsible for analyzing and facilitating corporate restructurings, with an emphasis on advising corporate clients and their creditors in large, multifaceted transactions. Representative engagements included: Nortel Networks, The Trump Organization, Verasun Energy Corporation, Delphi Corporation and Hard Rock Park. He also practiced law as an attorney at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP in the Financial Restructuring Group, where he focused on advising creditors committees and bondholder committees in complex corporate restructurings, both out of court and in Chapter 11. Representative cases included: Delta Airlines, Loral Space & Communications, Calpine Corporation, Anchor Glass Container Corporation and Vertis Communications.David earned his Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania. He earned his Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Fordham University School of Law, where he made the Dean’s List and wrote for the Urban Law Journal.