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For episode 790 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Michael Treacy, Director of Marketing and Business Development at OpenPayd, a financial infrastructure company providing businesses with access to global payments, banking services, and digital asset connectivity through a unified platform. Throughout the episode, Brandon and Michael explore how financial infrastructure is evolving to support the growing digital economy, the role of stablecoins in modern payments, and how businesses can move money more efficiently across borders. They also discuss the challenges of connecting traditional banking systems with blockchain-based financial services, the importance of reliable payment infrastructure for fintech and digital asset companies, and what the future holds for global money movement.

📣 This episode is brought to you by Sumsub.

Sumsub is a leading full-cycle verification platform purpose-built for the crypto industry, chosen by 8 out of 10 of the biggest global exchanges. It helps VASPs, exchanges, and DeFi platforms prevent fraud, stay compliant, and scale globally. From instant KYC and KYB to automated crypto transaction monitoring, as well as full Travel Rule compliance. With over 1,800+ VASPs in their Travel Rule ecosystem, their no-code platform adapts to evolving threats, market demands, and global regulations.

Trusted by over 4,000 clients in fintech and crypto, Sumsub combines blockchain intelligence, identity verification, and behavioral fraud detection in a single orchestration layer. This allows you to screen, score, and monitor at every step of the customer journey without adding friction for trusted users.

You can learn more about Sumsub at https://sumsub.com  
Check out the Sumsub Crypto Report here: https://sumsub.link/les 

Check out Sumsub’s YouTube channel here: https://bit.ly/SubscribeToSumsub   

⏳ Timestamps:

(0:00) Introduction

(2:04) Who is Michael Treacy?

(2:36) What is OpenPayd?

(4:43) Why is a global payments network important?

(5:47) OpenPayd use-cases?

(6:40) Navigating global regulations in payments industry

(7:41) What policy change do we need?

(8:15) Sumsub

(8:59) Global network to support RWAs

(10:05) Stablecoins and Agentic commerce

(12:55) Identification for AI agents

(13:53) Which technologies will have the biggest impact on the payments industry?

(14:50) Openpayd roadmap

(15:45) Openpayd website & socials

🎙️ OpenPayd & Michael Treacy Links:

🔗 Website: https://www.openpayd.com/ 

🔗 LinkedIn (OpenPayd): https://www.linkedin.com/company/openpayd/ 

📢 Disclaimer:

None of our content constitutes, nor is intended to act as financial advice. It’s important to always do your own research and due diligence before making any investment decision. Digital Assets and Cryptocurrencies are highly volatile and carry a considerable amount of risk.

For episode 789 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Fernando Castellanos, Global Head of Digital Assets and Sponsor Banks at Prove, a leading digital identity verification and authentication platform helping businesses prevent fraud and establish trust across financial services. Throughout the episode, Brandon and Fernando explore how digital identity is becoming essential to the adoption of stablecoins, tokenized assets, and blockchain-based financial infrastructure.

📣 This episode is brought to you by Sumsub.

Sumsub is a leading full-cycle verification platform purpose-built for the crypto industry, chosen by 8 out of 10 of the biggest global exchanges. It helps VASPs, exchanges, and DeFi platforms prevent fraud, stay compliant, and scale globally. From instant KYC and KYB to automated crypto transaction monitoring, as well as full Travel Rule compliance. With over 1,800+ VASPs in their Travel Rule ecosystem, their no-code platform adapts to evolving threats, market demands, and global regulations.

Trusted by over 4,000 clients in fintech and crypto, Sumsub combines blockchain intelligence, identity verification, and behavioral fraud detection in a single orchestration layer. This allows you to screen, score, and monitor at every step of the customer journey without adding friction for trusted users.

You can learn more about Sumsub at https://sumsub.com  
Check out the Sumsub Crypto Report here: https://sumsub.link/les 

Check out Sumsub’s YouTube channel here: https://bit.ly/SubscribeToSumsub   

⏳ Timestamps:

(0:00) Introduction

(2:00) Who is Fernando Castellanos?

(6:38) Importance of identity verification for AI

(8:12) Achieving continuous identity

(10:19) What needs to change in AI regulations?

(13:01) Need for a new identification layer in agentic age

(16:30) Future of payments in the near future?

(19:54) Sumsub

(20:38) Will AI use stablecoins more than humans?

(23:40) Contact Prove

🎙 Prove Links:

🔗 Website: https://www.prove.com/ 

🔗 X: https://x.com/ProveIdentity 

🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/castellanosfernando/ 

🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/proveidentity/home/
🔗 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAJWP5yKF7zEPc5kbcIPvGA 

📢 Disclaimer:

None of our content constitutes, nor is intended to act as financial advice. It’s important to always do your own research and due diligence before making any investment decision. Digital Assets and Cryptocurrencies are highly volatile and carry a considerable amount of risk.

For episode 788 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Ilya Brovin, Chief Growth Officer at Sumsub, a leading global verification platform helping businesses prevent fraud, streamline compliance, and securely onboard customers. 

Throughout the episode, Brandon and Ilya explore how artificial intelligence is transforming the landscape of financial crime, the growing threat of deepfakes and AI-powered identity fraud, and how financial institutions and crypto exchanges are adapting to increasingly sophisticated cybercriminals. They also discuss the evolution of Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) compliance, the rise of reusable digital identities, the challenges of balancing security with user experience, and what the future holds for identity verification as AI agents become more prevalent across the digital economy.

📣 This episode is brought to you by Sumsub.

Sumsub is a leading full-cycle verification platform purpose-built for the crypto industry, chosen by 8 out of 10 of the biggest global exchanges. It helps VASPs, exchanges, and DeFi platforms prevent fraud, stay compliant, and scale globally. From instant KYC and KYB to automated crypto transaction monitoring, as well as full Travel Rule compliance. With over 1,800+ VASPs in their Travel Rule ecosystem, their no-code platform adapts to evolving threats, market demands, and global regulations.

Trusted by over 4,000 clients in fintech and crypto, Sumsub combines blockchain intelligence, identity verification, and behavioral fraud detection in a single orchestration layer. This allows you to screen, score, and monitor at every step of the customer journey without adding friction for trusted users.

You can learn more about Sumsub at https://sumsub.com  
Check out the Sumsub Crypto Report here: https://sumsub.link/les 

Check out Sumsub’s YouTube channel here: https://bit.ly/SubscribeToSumsub   

⏳ Timestamps:

(0:00) Introduction

(1:38) Who is Ilya Brovin?

(3:35) Trust online is disappearing

(6:12) Detecting Bot vs. Human

(6:50) Transitioning to AI for Merchants and Consumers

(9:06) Identity verification for Agentic AI

(11:14) Where AI is heading over next few years

(13:01) Sumsub

(13:46) Intersection on Crypto and AI

(15:50) Use-cases around reusable credentials

(16:47) Most common client questions

(18:07) Sumsub’s focus for end of 2026

(19:22) Sumsub at Money2020

(20:04) Contact Sumsub

🎙 Sumsub Links:

🔗 Website: https://sumsub.com/ 

🔗 X: https://x.com/sumsub 

🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ilya-brovin/ 

🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sumsub/posts/ 

📢 Disclaimer:

None of our content constitutes, nor is intended to act as financial advice. It’s important to always do your own research and due diligence before making any investment decision. Digital Assets and Cryptocurrencies are highly volatile and carry a considerable amount of risk.

For episode 787 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Denis Kurilchik, Founder of BoBe, an algorithmic trading engine designed to make automated trading more accessible to everyday crypto holders without requiring them to become professional traders. Throughout the episode, Brandon and Denis explore how BoBe's automated trading engine works, how holders of the $BOBE token can receive cashback, and what makes the platform different from traditional copy-trading services. They also discuss BoBe's spot-only trading approach, which avoids the liquidation risks associated with leveraged positions, and the project's reported performance after more than 10 months of operation, including $24.9 million in cumulative spot trading volume. Denis also shares his vision for the future of automated trading and how algorithmic strategies could become more accessible to the broader digital asset community.

Learn more at https://bobe.app! 

📣 This episode is brought to you by Sumsub.

Sumsub is a leading full-cycle verification platform purpose-built for the crypto industry, chosen by 8 out of 10 of the biggest global exchanges. It helps VASPs, exchanges, and DeFi platforms prevent fraud, stay compliant, and scale globally. From instant KYC and KYB to automated crypto transaction monitoring, as well as full Travel Rule compliance. With over 1,800+ VASPs in their Travel Rule ecosystem, their no-code platform adapts to evolving threats, market demands, and global regulations.

Trusted by over 4,000 clients in fintech and crypto, Sumsub combines blockchain intelligence, identity verification, and behavioral fraud detection in a single orchestration layer. This allows you to screen, score, and monitor at every step of the customer journey without adding friction for trusted users.

You can learn more about Sumsub at https://sumsub.com  
Check out the Sumsub Crypto Report here: https://sumsub.link/les 

Check out Sumsub’s YouTube channel here: https://bit.ly/SubscribeToSumsub   

⏳ Timestamps:

(0:00) Introduction

(2:06) Who is Denis Kurilchik?

(8:45) What is BoBe?

(11:28) Combining retail and algo trading 

(14:40) What makes the BoBe platform function?

(21:26) Biggest advantages to automated trading for retail

(28:43) Problems with trading leveraged

(34:18) Sumsub

(36:47) Trading education

(45:40) Robots replacing jobs

(47:06) Bobe website & socials

🎙 BoBe Links:

🔗 Website: https://bobe.app/ 

🔗 X: https://x.com/BobeApp 

🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/denis-kurilchik/ 

🔗 Medium: https://bobeapp.medium.com/
🔗 Telegram: https://t.me/BoBeApp_Chat 

📢 Disclaimer:

None of our content constitutes, nor is intended to act as financial advice. It’s important to always do your own research and due diligence before making any investment decision. Digital Assets and Cryptocurrencies are highly volatile and carry a considerable amount of risk.

For episode 786 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Gregg Bell, Chief Investment Officer at Hashgraph, the enterprise software company advancing the development and adoption of Hedera technology. Throughout the episode, Brandon and Gregg explore how blockchain technology is transforming traditional financial markets, the growing institutional demand for tokenized real-world assets, and the infrastructure needed to bring trillions of dollars in financial assets onchain.

📣 This episode is brought to you by Sumsub.

Sumsub is a leading full-cycle verification platform purpose-built for the crypto industry, chosen by 8 out of 10 of the biggest global exchanges. It helps VASPs, exchanges, and DeFi platforms prevent fraud, stay compliant, and scale globally. From instant KYC and KYB to automated crypto transaction monitoring, as well as full Travel Rule compliance. With over 1,800+ VASPs in their Travel Rule ecosystem, their no-code platform adapts to evolving threats, market demands, and global regulations.

Trusted by over 4,000 clients in fintech and crypto, Sumsub combines blockchain intelligence, identity verification, and behavioral fraud detection in a single orchestration layer. This allows you to screen, score, and monitor at every step of the customer journey without adding friction for trusted users.

You can learn more about Sumsub at https://sumsub.com  
Check out the Sumsub Crypto Report here: https://sumsub.link/les 

Check out Sumsub’s YouTube channel here: https://bit.ly/SubscribeToSumsub   

⏳ Timestamps:

(0:00) Introduction

(1:52) Who is Gregg Bell?

(3:55) Intersection of AI and Stablecoins

(4:40) Hashgraph and tokenization

(6:30) DTCC and institutional tokenization

(7:40) Sumsub

(8:45) Infrastructure needed to support tokenized assets

(11:25) How Agentic AI is reshaping finance

(15:16) What institutions should prioritize as technology evolves

(17:27) Hedera Hashgraph at Money2020

(21:17) Hedera website & socials

🎙 Hedera Links:

🔗 Website (Hashgraph): https://hashgraph.com/ 

🔗 Website (Hedera): https://hedera.com/ 

🔗 LinkedIn (Hashgraph): https://www.linkedin.com/company/hellohashgraph/ 

🔗 LinkedIn (Gregg Bell): https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregg-bell-38b5389/ 

📢 Disclaimer:

None of our content constitutes, nor is intended to act as financial advice. It’s important to always do your own research and due diligence before making any investment decision. Digital Assets and Cryptocurrencies are highly volatile and carry a considerable amount of risk.

For episode 785 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Mike Oswin, Global Head of Market Structure and Innovation at the World Gold Council, to discuss the future of gold in an increasingly digital financial system. Throughout the episode, Brandon and Mike explore how blockchain technology and tokenization could transform the global gold market, the challenges of connecting physical gold ownership with digital assets, and the importance of transparency, custody, and trust in modernizing gold infrastructure.

📣 This episode is brought to you by Sumsub.

Sumsub is a leading full-cycle verification platform purpose-built for the crypto industry, chosen by 8 out of 10 of the biggest global exchanges. It helps VASPs, exchanges, and DeFi platforms prevent fraud, stay compliant, and scale globally. From instant KYC and KYB to automated crypto transaction monitoring, as well as full Travel Rule compliance. With over 1,800+ VASPs in their Travel Rule ecosystem, their no-code platform adapts to evolving threats, market demands, and global regulations.

Trusted by over 4,000 clients in fintech and crypto, Sumsub combines blockchain intelligence, identity verification, and behavioral fraud detection in a single orchestration layer. This allows you to screen, score, and monitor at every step of the customer journey without adding friction for trusted users.

You can learn more about Sumsub at https://sumsub.com   Check out the Sumsub Crypto Report here: https://sumsub.link/les 

Check out Sumsub’s YouTube channel here: https://bit.ly/SubscribeToSumsub   

⏳ Timestamps:

(0:00) Introduction

(2:05) Who is Mike?

(3:18) How do we make Gold digital?

(7:12) Building trust around digital Gold ownership

(12:19) Can Gold still compete as money in a digital world?

(14:31) Sumsub

(15:17) Does digital Gold need infrastructure?

(17:06) Gold and Agentic AI

(19:04) World Gold Council at Money2020

(20:32) World Gold Council website and contact

🎙 World Gold Council Links:

🔗 Website: https://www.gold.org/ 

🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeoswin/ 

🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/world-gold-council/home/ 

🔗 Gold as a service: https://www.gold.org/gold-as-a-service 

🔗 Recently published digital gold market research: https://www.gold.org/goldhub/research/digital-gold-market-report 

📢 Disclaimer:

None of our content constitutes, nor is intended to act as financial advice. It’s important to always do your own research and due diligence before making any investment decision. Digital Assets and Cryptocurrencies are highly volatile and carry a considerable amount of risk.

Caius and Julius break down Tuesday's tech news: Meta's plan to raise up to $95 billion and SpaceX's $40 billion chip lease, the leaked GPT-6.1 Terra model surfacing in Microsoft and GitHub code, Congress's AI Cyber Defense Act, Galaxy Research's call that Bitcoin's bear market ended in June, the Gamdom breach, humanoid robots clocking in at GXO warehouses, and a record SpaceX launch from Vandenberg.

Brought to you by BlockHash.

CHAPTERS:
00:00 Intro
00:39 Meta's $95B Raise and SpaceX's $40B Chip Lease
02:34 Leaked GPT-6.1 Terra Model
03:59 AI Cyber Defense Act
04:55 Galaxy Says Bitcoin's Bear Market Is Over
06:05 Gamdom Breach
06:51 Humanoid Robots Clock In
08:12 Record SpaceX Launch from Vandenberg
08:51 Quick Hit: Grok vs GPT Political Lean Study
09:12 Outro

For episode 784 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Maximillian Schwartz, the CEO of Anvil Research Labs to discuss the evolution of decentralized finance and the infrastructure needed to bring institutional financial products onto the blockchain. 

Throughout the episode, Brandon and Maximillian explore how Anvil is building infrastructure for collateralized financial agreements, the role of smart contracts in modernizing traditional finance, and the growing demand for secure and efficient onchain financial services. They also discuss Anvil's approach to institutional adoption, the importance of capital efficiency and risk management in DeFi, and how blockchain technology could reshape the way financial institutions manage collateral, liquidity, and financial agreements.

📣 This episode is brought to you by Sumsub.

Sumsub is a leading full-cycle verification platform purpose-built for the crypto industry, chosen by 8 out of 10 of the biggest global exchanges. It helps VASPs, exchanges, and DeFi platforms prevent fraud, stay compliant, and scale globally. From instant KYC and KYB to automated crypto transaction monitoring, as well as full Travel Rule compliance. With over 1,800+ VASPs in their Travel Rule ecosystem, their no-code platform adapts to evolving threats, market demands, and global regulations.

Trusted by over 4,000 clients in fintech and crypto, Sumsub combines blockchain intelligence, identity verification, and behavioral fraud detection in a single orchestration layer. This allows you to screen, score, and monitor at every step of the customer journey without adding friction for trusted users.

You can learn more about Sumsub at https://sumsub.com   Check out the Sumsub Crypto Report here: https://sumsub.link/les 

Check out Sumsub’s YouTube channel here: https://bit.ly/SubscribeToSumsub   

⏳ Timestamps:

(0:00) Introduction

(2:35) Who is Max?

(5:14) How Anvil approaches bring collateral onto blockchain

(13:30) Problems with Buy Now Pay Later

(24:39) Sumsub

(25:38) Institutional-ready SDK

(30:06) Governance token holders of Anvil

(32:52) Institutional adoption and future of Anvil

(37:48) Agentic AI economy

(40:30) Anvil website and contact

🎙 Anvil Links:

🔗 Website: https://www.anvil.xyz/ 

🔗 X (Anvil): https://x.com/anvil_xyz 

🔗 X: https://x.com/@m_at_anvil

🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maximillianschwartz/ 

🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/anvil-research-labs/home/ 

📢 Disclaimer:

None of our content constitutes, nor is intended to act as financial advice. It’s important to always do your own research and due diligence before making any investment decision. Digital Assets and Cryptocurrencies are highly volatile and carry a considerable amount of risk.

Caius and Julius break down Friday's tech news: Chinese state-aligned hackers used AI agents to breach ConnectWise and hit 2,250 organizations, Bitcoin fell below $82,000 on $635M in ETF outflows, Ethereum delayed the Glamsterdam testnet fork, China cleared DeepSeek and MiniMax for overseas rollout while drafting AI export controls, Reliance unveiled a 1 GW solar-powered AI data center, HPE is sending an AI computer to the Moon, and Reliable Robotics crossed a $1B valuation.

Brought to you by BlockHash.

CHAPTERS:
00:00 Intro
00:24 ConnectWise breach
02:05 Bitcoin below $82K
03:01 Ethereum Glamsterdam delayed + Aave V4
04:21 China clears DeepSeek, MiniMax
05:41 Reliance 1 GW AI data center
06:42 HPE AI computer to the Moon
07:49 Reliable Robotics $115M
08:43 Rapid fire: Railway, Quest, Barclays
09:50 Outro

#BlockHashMorningBrief #TechNews #AINews #CryptoNews #Cybersecurity #Bitcoin #SpaceTech

Caius and Julius break down Thursday's tech news: Apple Intelligence finally heads to China after more than a year of regulatory delays, Nvidia pushes AI into chip factories and funds UK AI safety research, banks go deeper into crypto while Washington counts its bitcoin, France proposes taxing stablecoin swaps, and a Starshield throttling controversy erupts in Ukraine.

Brought to you by BlockHash.

CHAPTERS:
0:00 Intro
0:31 Apple Intelligence finally heads to China
2:18 Nvidia's AI chip-fab push and UK safety research
3:23 Banks go deeper into crypto, Washington counts its bitcoin
4:37 France's stablecoin tax proposal and Thailand's ETF rules
5:49 Cybersecurity: AI on both sides of the fight
6:54 Starshield throttling controversy in Ukraine
8:19 Quick hits and week ahead
9:33 Outro

#BlockHashMorningBrief #TechNews #AINews #CryptoNews #Cybersecurity