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07.24.2019
#181 - Crypto Derivatives - Interview with Sam Bankman-Fried of FTX
Trading and speculation are the engine that drives interest in blockchain technology, and the huge swings in value have captured the attention of wall street. This brave new world of digital asset trading lured Sam Bankman-Fried from his high-powered wall-street...
07.17.2019
#180 - Interview with Dom Povilauskas, CEO of NOIA
When Neal and I started this podcast 2 years ago, one of our goals was to discover interesting projects and uses of blockchain that we hadn't considered before. The Internet is core to all of our lives to the point where...
07.10.2019
#179 - Hi Max Rye, from DeepCloud A.I.!
Did ever you try To build an AI That would tinker with clouds And make them more spry? Well one person did. And his name is Max Rye And he is the founder Of DeepCloud AI. We take cloud services for granted in North America and Europe, however...
07.03.2019
#178 - Incentives for a new economy
Hey everyone! This week I'm going to be speaking at Tech Open Air in Berlin. I was invited because my company, Minespider, is involved with an interesting blockchain use case of tracking responsibly sourced minerals and metals in the supply chain. We're...
06.26.2019
#177 - Is Libra Legit + An interview with Algorand
Greetings, hashers! Everyone is talking about Libra. Is it a coin for good or for evil? Should we trust Facebook to create a cryptocurrency? Take a listen and I'll give my 2 cents. Plus, the main segment today is an interview with...
06.13.2019
#176 - Interview with Evan Kuo, Founder and CEO of Ampleforth
One of the beautiful aspects of blockchain and cryptocurrencies is the ability to experiment with new economic models without the need for a bloody revolution. We can try a different way of maneuvering wealth, managing incomes, and tweaking how currency...
05.30.2019
#175 - The End of an Era
Bitcoin hits 9000, and it feels like the crypto winter may be giving way to the crypto spring. And as the crypto winter turns into spring, the show will also change. Neal will be taking an indefinite hiatus to focus on...
05.22.2019
#174 - Crypto Spring and Demand.Film
Everyone is excited! Crypto is on the up. What's going on? Today Neal and Nathan have a chat about the factors that have led to this parabolic time of joy in the crypto price and look at wallet options if you...
05.16.2019
#173 - Interview with Jag Singh of Vid.Camera
It's been a while since we've spoken with a decentralized, utility-token-driven project on the show, but with the recent crypto spike, now is the time to start looking at exciting new projects! Jag Singh is the cofounder of Vid.Camera, a blockchain...
05.08.2019
#172 - Utility and Decentralization
Utility tokens. They were all the rage in 2017 and even 2018. Not only because people could raise millions of dollars with them really quickly, but also because they enabled blockchain protocols to work. But utility tokens were designed to be...
05.01.2019
#171 - Martin Mikeln, Cofounder at Verity
It's known as the Oracle Problem. Transactions on a blockchain are secure and trustless, but when we create smart contracts that use data that comes from sources not on the blockchain, how can we trust it is accurate? We need...
04.16.2019
#170 -Delisting and Harmony
Hello lovely listeners, today we talk with Nick White, cofounder of Harmony, a base-layer protocol that is trying to solve some of the scaling problems that come with the blockchain space. Scaling is a huge challenge in the blockchain space:...
04.09.2019
#169 - Charles Hoskinson, CEO and Cofounder of IOHK
Spring is here and there is a crypto rally around us! Crypto prices rallied last week giving everyone in the cryptoverse a bit of relief, and in the midst of that we had the opportunity to speak to Charles Hoskinson,...
04.04.2019
#168 - Interview with Beniamin Mincu, CEO of Elrond
The long crypto winter has focused the blockchain world on enterprise projects with customers and solid business models, but we should not forget the importance of Layer One protocols! Behind the hype of STOs, finance platforms, and supply chain solutions...
04.01.2019
#167 - What's at stake?
A week after the big exchange scandal and crypto seems largely unaffected, so Neal and Nathan discuss the future of Proof of Stake systems and whether staking will be the newest investment tool for large institutional investors. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ***Join us on Telegram! https://t.me/AnalysisinChains *** --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please...
03.28.2019
#166 - PositiveBlockchain.io meetup - Digital ID panel
Last week Positiveblockchain.io held a meetup in Berlin discussing the role of blockchain in digital ID and how it could make a positive social impact. Analysis in Chains was there to record it, so you didn't have to miss the...
03.26.2019
#165 - Inflated Volumes?
Bitcoin trading volumes are strong but the value, not so much. Could it be that exchanges are inflating their volumes to look more impressive to the average trader? Is it just the small exchanges or are the big ones caught...
03.21.2019
#164 - Interview with Eli-Shaoul Khedouri, Human Protocol
We've all been there. We go to a website, go to log in, and have to prove we aren't a robot. Each time we fill out a Captcha we are doing work to provide data that feeds machine learning algorithms...
03.18.2019
#163 - One more time around the circuit
We're starting to see movement. We've seen this before. Altcoins are performing well relative to Bitcoin. That means that people are getting a bit riskier, and moving to sell off their Bitcoin to explore more adventurous areas of the crypto...
03.14.2019
#162 - Discussion with Dr. Mervyn Maistry, CEO of Konfid.io
I recently had the pleasure of sitting down with my friend Dr Mervyn Maistry, CEO of Konfid.io, whose blockchain is tailor made for solving enterprise problems. We spoke about the challenge "vulture capitalism" and how blockchain can address it, as well...
03.11.2019
#161 - How can data be self-sovereign?
A lot of people are making data plays on blockchain. The concept of data self-sovereignty is the driving factor. How can I own my own data and not have a third party service make all the money by selling it? That's...
03.04.2019
#160 - Fetch and Ocean - Will ICOs come back in 2019?
Even in the middle of a crypto winter, you will still see some crypto trees pushing their way up through the snow. Last week Fetch.AI sold out their ICO in only 10 seconds. On the 6th of March, Ocean Protocol will hold...
02.28.2019
#159 - Bitbond Does an STO
Time for a walk down memory lane! One of our first guests on Analysis in Chains was Radoslav Albrecht, CEO of Bitbond, one of the most established blockchain company in the Berlin scene, giving small business loans using Bitcoin. Bitbond are...
02.25.2019
#158 - Nathan's Exchange Adventures
It is slightly embarrassing, but as one half of a blockchain and cryptocurrency podcast that has run for almost 2 years, Nathan has very little experience with trading and exchanges. So that's why last week when the price of Ether went...
02.18.2019
#157 - It's all about the metrics!
Will the crypto winter lead to an early spring? It's the question on everyone's mind but we should be careful about making predictions too quickly. There have been a number of efforts to come up with metrics we can use...
02.14.2019
156 - Interview with Bina Cho of FLETA
Fundamentally, a blockchain is a way of getting a bunch of computers to agree on what the true version of data really is. This is called the consensus algorithm and is the heart of a blockchain project. If you use...
02.11.2019
#155 - Dude, Where's my Private Key?
Neal is back and with him comes the Analysis! (without him we're just In Chains) The transaction volume is up in the Bitcoin network but does that mean crypto adoption is happening or is this a blip in the radar? And if...
02.08.2019
#154 - Interview with Cypherium's James Orbison
If we want to see crypto adoption it's important that we use the right tool for the right problem. Often projects have to make a choice to trade off between scalability and decentralization. Cypherium has a public blockchain, a private...
02.04.2019
#153 - AiC in the Cafe with Ben Clair of BetterChain
I know, I know, we've been lax. Today we make up for it with an extra cool episode. I sat down on Saturday with my good friend Ben Clair, founder of BetterChain. Ben and I have tracked together since I started...
01.28.2019
#152 - Interview with RSK's Diego Gutierrez Zaldivar
Hey everyone! I actually did have a recording for last Thursday but I ran out of editing time. To make it up here's an awesome and extra-long episode to kick off your Monday. I had a chance to sit down with...
01.21.2019
#151 - The Saga of Lambomoon
Did you know Nathan made a rap song? We probably mentioned it a few times, but didn't tell the whole story and probably didn't play it for you. Gather round and listen and be surprised, maybe Nathan is as cool as...
01.17.2019
#150 - Interview with Alex Dreyfus, CEO of Chiliz
Today we speak with Alex Dreyful, CEO of Chiliz. Their main product, Socios.com is a digital sports club membership platform based on blockchain, where you can become a member of your favourite sports team and use that membership to vote,...
01.14.2019
#149 - Ethereum Hard Fork on the Horizon
On Wednesday Ethereum will implement their Constantinople hard fork (Although it's Istanbul not Constantinople...). This is the next phase in their road map to transition from an electricity intensive proof of work system to a proof of stake system. But...
01.10.2019
148 - Interview with Antonius Link, Cofounder of Hygh AG
Everyone is expecting security tokens to be paving the way for the future. Companies don't need a completely decentralized protocol to take advantage of the benefits of token-based revenue shares and liquid equity trading. Hygh AG is doing just that. ...
01.07.2019
#147 - Incentivize This!
Blockchain is more than just digital money that we hope will go to the moon so we can get a Lambo. Blockchain is a way of creating entirely new economics and incentive structures so we can create digital platforms and...
01.03.2019
#146 - Outlook for 2019 with Sebastian Markowsky, GP Bullhound
It's a new year, but what will the new year bring? Instead of merely prognosticating, we went to someone with his finger on the pulse of all things crypto. Sebastian Markowsky is a Director at GP Bullhound, a prominent M&A and...
12.31.2018
#145 - Will 2019 be the year of Bitcoin Maximalism?
If there's one voice that has been a constant in crypto it has been the voice of Bitcoin Maximalism - the viewpoint that Bitcoin will ultimately replace all fiat currencies like the US Dollar, Euro, and others and become the...
12.27.2018
#144 - All about stablecoins
Hope your holiday is going great! In the past few months Neal and Nathan have talked a lot about stable coins and speculated on how 2019 might be the year of stable coins. But how do they work exactly, and if...
12.24.2018
#143 - Xmas Retrospectus
Happy holidays from Analysis in Chains! This year Neal wished for Bitcoin to be worth $25,000. We don't know if Santa will deliver but we took the opportunity to discuss how the crypto industry played out this past year and...
12.20.2018
#142 - Interview with Dusk.Network, Jelle Pol and Emanuele Francioni
Even in a bear market, everyone is excited for security tokens and STOs. But not everyone wants all their holdings and trades to be public. What if there was a way to maintain privacy on your Security Token Trades without...
12.17.2018
#141 - Interview with Faith Titus, CEO e Wealth Atlantic
Greetings lovelies! We are preparing for the holidays, so today we will not do the traditional Monday Neal and Nathan episode. Instead we present you with an interview Nathan conducted with Faith Titus, on his recent trip to Nigeria. Faith is the...
12.13.2018
#140 - Interview with Humayun Sheikh, CEO of Fetch.AI
Will AI Eat the world or will it benefit everyone? Fetch.AI hopes the latter. Today I chat with Humayun Sheikh, CEO and Cofounder of Fetch.AI. They are building a blockchain platform that lets developers monetize their prediction AIs with the hope...
12.10.2018
#139 - Exchanger Danger
Hash rates have gone down all around the cryptoverse with the continued downward trend of crypto prices. But another danger lurks in the corner - With lower volumes and profitability there's a possibility of consolidation in crypto exchanges as smaller...
12.06.2018
138 - Blockchain 4 Africa - APG Debrief with David Doepel
Nathan has been travelling! At the end of November 2018, Nathan was invited by former Nigerian President Obasanjo to attend the formal inauguration of the Africa Progress Group in Abeokuta Nigeria. There has been a high interest in blockchain's potential to...
12.04.2018
#137 - Hash rated, difficulty, and tinfoil hats
There's blood on the crypto floor and we all want to know why. That's why we are releasing a bonus episode this week! Some of the statistics we watch are the Bitcoin hash rates and the hash difficulty. Both are going...
12.03.2018
#136 - Real Blockchain, Real Estate!
Greetings fellow hashers! Today Nathan is travelling, so the dynamic duo pre-recorded an episode talking about the potential to tokenize real estate. Hopefully no major crypto news has broken this week! What rights should be granted to a holder of a real...
11.29.2018
#135 - Interview with Jamal Hassim of Bolt.global
Is there still utility in a utility token? Does a bear market mean no more ICOs? Jamal Hassim, CEO of Bolt.Global doesn't think so. Bolt is a decentralized, blockchain based content delivery system optimized for mobile in emerging markets. They have...
11.26.2018
#134 - The Sky is Falling!
Apparently all it takes is Nathan leaving the continent for a few minutes and bam, Bitcoin falls through the floor! Well... maybe it's not all Nathan's fault. So today our heroes try to pick up the pieces and make sense of...
11.22.2018
#133 - Interview with JP Thieriot, Universal Protocol Cofounder and Head of Strategy
Blockchains do not like to talk to each other. Universal protocol aims to change all that. Today we talk with JP Thieriot, Cofounder of Universal Protocol, allowing an exchange of assets between different blockchains. Universal wraps digital assets in an ERC-20...
11.19.2018
#132 - Fork Off, BCH!
The indicators can all be positive, but we all know that unexpected events can throw all of our projections in a tizzy. This week we were all hit by the Bitcoin Cash hard fork. Bitcoin Cash is in the middle of...

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Analysis in Chains - News and Views on Blockchain episodes:

#181 - Crypto Derivatives - Interview with Sam Bankman-Fried of FTX

#180 - Interview with Dom Povilauskas, CEO of NOIA

#179 - Hi Max Rye, from DeepCloud A.I.!

#178 - Incentives for a new economy

#177 - Is Libra Legit + An interview with Algorand

#176 - Interview with Evan Kuo, Founder and CEO of Ampleforth

#175 - The End of an Era

#174 - Crypto Spring and Demand.Film

#173 - Interview with Jag Singh of Vid.Camera

#172 - Utility and Decentralization

#171 - Martin Mikeln, Cofounder at Verity

#170 -Delisting and Harmony

#169 - Charles Hoskinson, CEO and Cofounder of IOHK

#168 - Interview with Beniamin Mincu, CEO of Elrond

#167 - What's at stake?

#166 - PositiveBlockchain.io meetup - Digital ID panel

#165 - Inflated Volumes?

#164 - Interview with Eli-Shaoul Khedouri, Human Protocol

#163 - One more time around the circuit

#162 - Discussion with Dr. Mervyn Maistry, CEO of Konfid.io

#161 - How can data be self-sovereign?

#160 - Fetch and Ocean - Will ICOs come back in 2019?

#159 - Bitbond Does an STO

#158 - Nathan's Exchange Adventures

#157 - It's all about the metrics!

156 - Interview with Bina Cho of FLETA

#155 - Dude, Where's my Private Key?

#154 - Interview with Cypherium's James Orbison

#153 - AiC in the Cafe with Ben Clair of BetterChain

#152 - Interview with RSK's Diego Gutierrez Zaldivar

#151 - The Saga of Lambomoon

#150 - Interview with Alex Dreyfus, CEO of Chiliz

#149 - Ethereum Hard Fork on the Horizon

148 - Interview with Antonius Link, Cofounder of Hygh AG

#147 - Incentivize This!

#146 - Outlook for 2019 with Sebastian Markowsky, GP Bullhound

#145 - Will 2019 be the year of Bitcoin Maximalism?

#144 - All about stablecoins

#143 - Xmas Retrospectus

#142 - Interview with Dusk.Network, Jelle Pol and Emanuele Francioni

#141 - Interview with Faith Titus, CEO e Wealth Atlantic

#140 - Interview with Humayun Sheikh, CEO of Fetch.AI

#139 - Exchanger Danger

138 - Blockchain 4 Africa - APG Debrief with David Doepel

#137 - Hash rated, difficulty, and tinfoil hats

#136 - Real Blockchain, Real Estate!

#135 - Interview with Jamal Hassim of Bolt.global

#134 - The Sky is Falling!

#133 - Interview with JP Thieriot, Universal Protocol Cofounder and Head of Strategy

#132 - Fork Off, BCH!