CRYPTO 101

Bryce Paul & Brendan Viehman
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May 21, 2020 • 51min

Ep. 329 - Former U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency Dan Doney, CEO, Securrency

In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by eToro, we sat down with Dan Doney the CEO of Securrency. Dan has experience working with the US Defense Intelligence Agency and holds a degree from MIT. He shares so very cool insights about working with the government, as he is now working in the private sector. We talked about a term which is rising in popularity: “RegTech”. A lot of the conversation centers around the idea of two systems (regulated and unregulated) co-existing in crypto, and Dan’s vision for the future. Sponsored link: https://www.etoro.com/crypto101 https://cog.network Guest Links: https://securrency.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/ddoney/ Show Links: https://CRYPTO101podcast.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/user?u=8429526 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Crypto101Pod https://twitter.com/BrycePaul101 https://twitter.com/PizzaMind https://instagram.com/crypto_101 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/101Crypto https://www.facebook.com/CRYPTO101Podcast **THIS IS NOT FINANCIAL OR LEGAL ADVICE** © Copyright 2020 Boardwalk Flock, LLC All Rights Reserved ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Fog by DIZARO https://soundcloud.com/dizarofr Creative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0 Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/Fog-DIZARO Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/lAfbjt_rmE8 ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬Our Sponsors:* Check out Mars Men: https://mengotomars.com* Check out Quince: https://quince.com/crypto101* Check out Shopify: https://shopify.com/crypto101Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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May 19, 2020 • 29min

Ep. 328 - X-Ray Vision: How Crypto Moves Between Users and Exchanges, w/ analytics firm Valega Chain

In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by eToro, we welcome our very first guest from Finland on the show, Sven Martinsson of Valega Chain. Valega chain performs on-chain analytics and gives governments and agencies some very unique insight. It’s like X-ray vision into how cryptocurrencies are moving around between users and exchanges. We got his perspective on blockchain’s elements of privacy vs transparency, some new EU laws that went into effect, and what we should be looking for in Finland’s growing blockchain industry. Sponsored link: https://www.etoro.com/crypto101 https://cog.network Guest Links: https://twitter.com/Svenixen https://twitter.com/ValegaChain Show Links: https://CRYPTO101podcast.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/user?u=8429526 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Crypto101Pod https://twitter.com/BrycePaul101 https://twitter.com/PizzaMind https://instagram.com/crypto_101 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/101Crypto https://www.facebook.com/CRYPTO101Podcast **THIS IS NOT FINANCIAL OR LEGAL ADVICE** © Copyright 2020 Boardwalk Flock, LLC All Rights Reserved ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Fog by DIZARO https://soundcloud.com/dizarofr Creative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0 Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/Fog-DIZARO Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/lAfbjt_rmE8 ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬Our Sponsors:* Check out Mars Men: https://mengotomars.com* Check out Quince: https://quince.com/crypto101* Check out Shopify: https://shopify.com/crypto101Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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May 14, 2020 • 34min

Ep. 327 - What are "derivatives" (options & futures) & Why They Matter, w/ Phemex CEO Jack Tao

In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by eToro, we sat down with Jack Tao, the CEO of Phemex. We learned a lot about derivatives, why they play a part of healthy markets for assets, and what some of the derivative-specific terms mean. We also got some insight in how crypto is affected by macroeconomic conditions and a whole lot more! Don’t miss this one. Sponsored link: https://etoro.com/crypto101 https://cog.network Guest Links: https://phemex.com https://twitter.com/Phemex_official Show Links: https://CRYPTO101podcast.com https://CRYPTO101Insider.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/user?u=8429526 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Crypto101Pod https://twitter.com/BrycePaul101 https://twitter.com/PizzaMind https://instagram.com/crypto_101 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/101Crypto https://www.facebook.com/CRYPTO101Podcast **THIS IS NOT FINANCIAL OR LEGAL ADVICE** © Copyright 2019 Boardwalk Flock, LLC All Rights Reserved ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Fog by DIZARO https://soundcloud.com/dizarofr Creative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0 Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/Fog-DIZARO Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/lAfbjt_rmE8 ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬Our Sponsors:* Check out Mars Men: https://mengotomars.com* Check out Quince: https://quince.com/crypto101* Check out Shopify: https://shopify.com/crypto101Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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May 8, 2020 • 48min

Ep. 326 - A Conversation with IOTA founder, David Sonstebo

In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by eToro, we talk to the founder of IOTA about one of the coolest projects in the crypto space. We talk a lot about the future of automation and the future that is upon us, built around a machine-to-machine economy. The dominating news is their wallet was hacked, and David reimbursed roughly two million dollars worth of stolen tokens out of his own pocket! This signifies a huge change in philosophy in crypto, when stolen funds used to be met with a shrug and “oh well”. David clues us in on why he couldn’t sleep at night until IOTA token holders could, too. We talk a lot about the future of automation and the future that is upon us, built around a machine-to-machine economy. Sponsored link: https://www.etoro.com/crypto101 Guest Links: https://twitter.com/iotatoken Show Links: https://CRYPTO101podcast.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/user?u=8429526 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Crypto101Pod https://twitter.com/BrycePaul101 https://twitter.com/PizzaMind https://instagram.com/crypto_101 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/101Crypto https://www.facebook.com/CRYPTO101Podcast **THIS IS NOT FINANCIAL OR LEGAL ADVICE** © Copyright 2020 Boardwalk Flock, LLC All Rights Reserved ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Fog by DIZARO https://soundcloud.com/dizarofr Creative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0 Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/Fog-DIZARO Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/lAfbjt_rmE8 ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬Our Sponsors:* Check out Mars Men: https://mengotomars.com* Check out Quince: https://quince.com/crypto101* Check out Shopify: https://shopify.com/crypto101Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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May 5, 2020 • 1h 1min

Ep. 325 - eToro's Quarterly Report, w/ Josh Frank (TheTIE) and Sacha Ghebali (Kaiko)

In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by eToro, we sat down with Joshua Frank, the CEO of TheTie and Sacha Ghebali, a market analyst for Kaiko. Josh and Sacha worked hard on a quarterly report for eToro and we discussed their findings in both market and sentiment data. The link to their full report can be found here: https://www.etoro.com/en-us/crypto/quarterly-report/ Sponsored link: https://www.etoro.com/crypto101 eToro USA LLC; Investments are subject to market risk, including the possible loss of principal. https://cog.network Guest Links: https://thetie.io https://kaiko.com https://twitter.com/TheTIEIO https://twitter.com/KaikoData Show Links: https://CRYPTO101podcast.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/user?u=8429526 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Crypto101Pod https://twitter.com/BrycePaul101 https://twitter.com/PizzaMind https://instagram.com/crypto_101 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/101Crypto https://www.facebook.com/CRYPTO101Podcast **THIS IS NOT FINANCIAL OR LEGAL ADVICE** © Copyright 2020 Boardwalk Flock, LLC All Rights Reserved ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Fog by DIZARO https://soundcloud.com/dizarofr Creative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0 Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/Fog-DIZARO Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/lAfbjt_rmE8 ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬Our Sponsors:* Check out Mars Men: https://mengotomars.com* Check out Quince: https://quince.com/crypto101* Check out Shopify: https://shopify.com/crypto101Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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May 1, 2020 • 42min

Ep. 324 - Putting the Stock Market on the Blockchain w/ Ami Ben David, CEO of Ownera

In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by eToro, we sat down with Ami Ben David, the CEO of Ownera.io which is creating institutional-grade tokenization solutions. We discuss the entire tech stack that undergirds security tokens. He shared with us the differences between cryptocurrency and digital securities, as well as the advantages of tokenizing stock and fractionalizing ownership of real estate. Sponsored link: https://www.etoro.com/crypto101 https://cog.network Guest Links: https://ownera.io/ https://twitter.com/amibendavid Show Links: https://CRYPTO101podcast.com https://CryptoRevolution.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/user?u=8429526 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Crypto101Pod https://twitter.com/BrycePaul101 https://twitter.com/PizzaMind https://instagram.com/crypto_101 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/101Crypto https://www.facebook.com/CRYPTO101Podcast **THIS IS NOT FINANCIAL OR LEGAL ADVICE** © Copyright 2020 Boardwalk Flock, LLC All Rights Reserved ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Fog by DIZARO https://soundcloud.com/dizarofr Creative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0 Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/Fog-DIZARO Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/lAfbjt_rmE8 ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬Our Sponsors:* Check out Mars Men: https://mengotomars.com* Check out Quince: https://quince.com/crypto101* Check out Shopify: https://shopify.com/crypto101Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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Apr 27, 2020 • 44min

Ep. 323 - A Conversation with former JP Morgan and SEC Will Martino, Founder of Kadena

In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by eToro, we sat down with Will Martino the founder of Kadena, about his experience working at JP Morgan and the SEC, as well as what problems he is trying to solve at Kadena. In production since 2016, Kadena is finally ready to hit the spotlight, and Will tells us about Web 3.0, interoperability, and their proprietary smart contract language Pact. Sponsored link: https://www.etoro.com/crypto101 https://cog.network Guest Links: https://kadena.io https://twitter.com/_wjmartino_ Show Links: https://CRYPTO101podcast.com https://cryptorevoltution.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/user?u=8429526 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Crypto101Pod https://twitter.com/BrycePaul101 https://twitter.com/PizzaMind https://instagram.com/crypto_101 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/101Crypto https://www.facebook.com/CRYPTO101Podcast **THIS IS NOT FINANCIAL OR LEGAL ADVICE** © Copyright 2020 Boardwalk Flock, LLC All Rights Reserved ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Fog by DIZARO https://soundcloud.com/dizarofr Creative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0 Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/Fog-DIZARO Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/lAfbjt_rmE8 ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬Our Sponsors:* Check out Mars Men: https://mengotomars.com* Check out Quince: https://quince.com/crypto101* Check out Shopify: https://shopify.com/crypto101Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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Apr 21, 2020 • 50min

Ep. 322 - Taking Power Back from Governments! w/ Nym Founder Harry Halpin

In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by eToro, we sat down with Harry Halpin from Nym Technologies. Harry is one of the original “cypherpunks” who interacted with Satoshi Nakamoto in the early days. Harry shares some personal stories about his philosophy behind why he is involved in privacy preserving technologies, and cryptocurrencies. We also unpack the anti-encryption bill trying to be snuck in called the EARN IT bill, which tries to take away some fundamental human rights. Lastly, we take a look at the friendly jurisdiction of Switzerland, and the innovation they are fostering there. Sponsored link: https://etoro.com/crypto101 Guest Links: https://nymtech.net/ Show Links: https://CRYPTO101podcast.com https://CRYPTO101Insider.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/user?u=8429526 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Crypto101Pod https://twitter.com/BrycePaul101 https://twitter.com/PizzaMind https://instagram.com/crypto_101 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/101Crypto https://www.facebook.com/CRYPTO101Podcast **THIS IS NOT FINANCIAL OR LEGAL ADVICE** © Copyright 2019 Boardwalk Flock, LLC All Rights Reserved ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Fog by DIZARO https://soundcloud.com/dizarofr Creative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0 Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/Fog-DIZARO Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/lAfbjt_rmE8 ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬Our Sponsors:* Check out Mars Men: https://mengotomars.com* Check out Quince: https://quince.com/crypto101* Check out Shopify: https://shopify.com/crypto101Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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Apr 17, 2020 • 42min

Ep. 321 - A Conversation with Blockstack founder Muneeb Ali

In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by eToro, we meet with Muneeb Ali, founder and CEO of Blockstack-- a user-owned internet leveraging Bitcoin’s security! Blockstack is a decentralized computing platform that app developers can use in lieu of AWS, Ethereum, or EOS. We discuss the future of decentralized networks, privacy, and interoperability. Sponsored link: https://crypto101podcast.com/etoro Guest Links: https://blockstack.org https://twitter.com/blockstack https://twitter.com/muneeb Show Links: https://CRYPTO101podcast.com https://cryptorevolution.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/user?u=8429526 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Crypto101Pod https://twitter.com/BrycePaul101 https://twitter.com/PizzaMind https://instagram.com/crypto_101 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/101Crypto https://www.facebook.com/CRYPTO101Podcast **THIS IS NOT FINANCIAL OR LEGAL ADVICE** © Copyright 2020 Boardwalk Flock, LLC All Rights Reserved ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Fog by DIZARO https://soundcloud.com/dizarofr Creative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0 Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/Fog-DIZARO Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/lAfbjt_rmE8 ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬Our Sponsors:* Check out Mars Men: https://mengotomars.com* Check out Quince: https://quince.com/crypto101* Check out Shopify: https://shopify.com/crypto101Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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Apr 14, 2020 • 27min

Ep. 320 - Inside the Life and Mind of an Investment Banker, w/ Alex Grodnik

In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by eToro, we sat down with Alex Grodnik of Wall Street Oasis’ “Moving Up” Podcast. Alex shares with us a very candid look inside the life and mind of an investment banker. He shares how he found more joy eventually through building his own businesses, and living a life built on the premise of Rejection Therapy-- not taking “no” for an answer. Sponsored link: https://etoro.com/crypto101 Guest Links: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/moving-up/id1223825795 https://wallstreetoasis.com Show Links: https://CRYPTO101podcast.com https://CRYPTO101Insider.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/user?u=8429526 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Crypto101Pod https://twitter.com/BrycePaul101 https://twitter.com/PizzaMind https://instagram.com/crypto_101 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/101Crypto https://www.facebook.com/CRYPTO101Podcast **THIS IS NOT FINANCIAL OR LEGAL ADVICE** © Copyright 2019 Boardwalk Flock, LLC All Rights Reserved ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Fog by DIZARO https://soundcloud.com/dizarofr Creative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0 Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/Fog-DIZARO Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/lAfbjt_rmE8 ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬Our Sponsors:* Check out Mars Men: https://mengotomars.com* Check out Quince: https://quince.com/crypto101* Check out Shopify: https://shopify.com/crypto101Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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