Blockchain Rock

We recently came across LBRY - a #blockchain-based digital library that’s a free, open, community-controlled digital wonderland, and the first decentralised media network out there!

This week we caught up with Jeremy Kauffman (CEO and founder at LBRY) to bring us insight on the up and coming platform and what we can expect from it💥

In this episode we touch upon:

✅ Jeremy’s background and the initial idea behind LBRY

✅ Creative control and how to take it back

✅ Different use cases for LBRY

✅ The issue of third-party generated content, censorship and accountability

✅ Blockchain and IP rights

✅ Upcoming technologies and/or trends

Thank you Jeremy for coming on Blockchain Rock!

NOTE: Going forward we’ll also be posting all Blockchain Rock content on LBRY. Should any viewers want to see what it’s all about or if you want to join the LBRY community, you can support us by joining through our invite link:

https://lnkd.in/de3zDRv

🔥🔥🔥 What do pyramids, ₿itcoin and revolutionary products all have in common? Our next guest!

Introducing Adam Norrie - Founder and CEO of Astralis AI, an upcoming force in the #fintech space with the mission to develop innovative products by facilitating #crypto adoption and encourage a cultural shift.

In this incredible and wide-ranging episode we talk about:

✅Adam’s background, what got him into bitcoin and crypto, and how he joined Bitstocks

✅The idea/execution dichotomy

✅#AncientHistory and #EconomicFreedom

✅The #math behind bitcoin… and the #pyramids

✅Virtual ownership through the use of #blockchain

✅Increased computing power and the risks of #centralisation

✅Government, Banks and the financial system

A massive thanks to Adam and, although a bit late, happy birthday and best wishes for yesterday!!!🎂🎊🎉

You can find more information on Astralis at this link: https://astralis.ai/

A Crypto & Blockchain networking event that includes curry and drinks?!🌶 We’re in!

This week BCR welcomes Erica Stanford for episode #17 ✨ Erica is the founder and CEO of the Crypto Curry Club - the UK’s most popular networking and educational events for crypto, blockchain and emerging tech.

We catch up with Erica about:

✅ Her background and where her interest in cryptocurrency came from;

✅ The many use-cases of cryptocurrency and its enormous potential (including that of Facebook’s Libra project);

✅ Privacy when it comes to cryptocurrency & economic freedom;

✅ How the Crypto Curry Club came to be (& how the CCC is keeping its growing community together through the current lockdown restrictions);

✅ Tips on running events and creating a community; and

✅Plans for AI and Tech for Sustainability events, as well as what’s next for the Crypto Currency Club.

A massive thanks to Erica for coming on Blockchain Rock!

Find out more:

https://www.linkedin.com/company/cryptocurryclub

Let us know if you’ve been to a Crypto Curry Club event 👇🏼

From creating the world’s largest trading platform and innovating the financial services industry, to inspiring the name of our very Blockchain Rock - our next guest is a bright rock star of the financial industry.

Without further ado, please welcome Yoni Assia on Blockchain Rock! Yoni is the founder and CEO at eToro, the largest social trading network in the world with 14 million registered users from more than 100 different countries.

On this episode we speak about:

- Yoni's background, from his early interest in the financial markets to establishing eToro with his brother Ronen Assia

- Disrupting industries

- Blockchain, its potential, and its different applications

- Immersive technologies, and challenges with adoptions

- Expectations about the future vs reality

- What's next for eToro

- Differences between traditional financial service providers and hi-tech providers

- Cultural differences, and the importance of building an 'all-round' company capable to learn and draw from the strengths of each culture

Thank you Yoni for giving us some of your time and coming on Blockchain Rock!

This week on Blockchain Rock, the one and only On Yavin - CEO at Cointelligence, Keynote Speaker and Blockchain Educator, known in the space for his commitment to creating a healthy industry by calling out crypto-scammers!

In this episode we talk about:

✔️ On's background and work in the fintech industry - including his efforts in calling out scammers within the crypto world, and the consequences of that 💼

✔️ Crypto-assets & economic freedom 🕊️

✔️ Blockchain in video games & virtual ownership 🎮

✔️ Immersive technologies 🤖

Thank so much for giving us some of your time On! We really enjoyed having you on Blockchain Rock and we look forward to chatting with you again soon!

What do blockchain and agriculture have in common? That’s simple, FoodChain and David Proenza!

This week we had the pleasure to speak with David Proenza, CEO at Urban Farms Global and FoodChain. In this episode, we talk about current issues affecting the agriculture and food production industry, and how FoodChain addresses these issue by applying blockchain and other cutting edge technologies to the production of food.

David explains FoodChain's strategy and how it is positioning itself through research and strategic partnerships with relevant multi-lateral organisations and official bodies to realise the ultimate goal of an efficient ecosystem for the production of food.

However, that is not all, we also get a chance to speak about vertical farming, from research to adoption, and how this concept and technology can contribute to a better future.

New week, new episode! This Tuesday we are joined by Damiano Di Maio - an Italian lawyer, working in the financial services sector in Milan at Nunziante Magrone. Damiano has co-authored the first Italian book on cryptocurrencies and blockchain and has been awarded the blockchain prize by the Italian Parliament for his work and contribution to the fintech space in Italy.

In this episode, we chat about the approach that Italy and, to a lesser extent, Switzerland take when it comes to fintech.

We are joined by Sam Buxton, MBA, Chartered Banker, MCIBS, and this interview is all about sweet cryptos, entrepreneurship, basketball, and even music! Sam is the Co-founder and CEO of Digital Asset Management Ltd, a fintech company providing over the counter, cold storage, advisory services and, as the name suggests, digital asset management services.

As it is custom at Blockchain Rock, we cover Sam's journey, from getting a scholarship to play basketball in Missouri (USA), his experience in banking, and his move to crypto (including buying bitcoin at a beach bar in Tarifa).

However, the episode main focus is on entrepreneurship, which is why we enjoy it so much. We dig down on the challenges that come with running a startup and Sam's experiences setting up Briefcase Vinyl, a venture focused around vinyls, and as a co-founder and CEO of DAM.

We also talk about the benefits that Gibraltar has to offer such as, for example, banking, accounting firms, legal firms as well as the other savvy business service providers dedicated to the fintech industry.

Finally, we also talk about the impact that COVID-19 has on the crypto market, particularly the B2B space, and the benefits of adopting crypto-assets in multiple industries such as online gaming and esports.

We are back, and we open this new season with an outstanding guest: Jon Matonis! 

Jon is a legend of the crypto-world, and you’ll know why by the end of this episode. 

Jon is the Chief Economist of Cypherpunk Holdings, a Forbes recurrent author, Editorial Board Member at CoinDesk, a Founding and Executive Director at The Bitcoin Foundation, and the author of "How I Met Satoshi", a known Medium article within the fintech community.

In this episode, we discuss the Crypto Arms Race, the end game for bitcoin and the three primary functions of money, as well as financial privacy and its importance to economic and political freedom. In addition, we also explore Jon’s story as well as the story of digital cryptography: starting from encrypted email, to VERISIGN, digicash, E-Gold, and the work of the Bitcoin Foundation.   

A big thank you to Jon for coming on BCR and for giving us your time - we look forward to having the chance to record another episode with you soon.

We are delighted to share with you the last episode of Season 1 Blockchain Rock! 🎉🚀 👾

If you want to hear about videogames development, crypto brokerage, forks, and the challenges that come with establishing a fintech business at a young age, then definitely tune in to this Episode 10 with Arsen Torosian, founder and CEO of Tap Global with a successful past in mobile game development and crypto brokerage!