Anthony Pompliano is partner at Morgan Creek Digital. In this chat we discuss growing up in an Italian household, getting the call for duty, adapting to life after the army, first business and defining moment in entrepreneurship, what makes a great entrepreneur, getting into the investment fund game, the current economy with respect to inflation and possible recession, the impact of Bitcoin, advising President Trump, Aliens and Bob Lazar, and the evolution of robots. Anthony Pompliano, affectionately known as Pomp, invests capital across the crypto ecosystem on behalf of institutional investors. He also runs Off The Chain, a popular podcast and email newsletter aimed at educating professional investors on the crypto industry. Morgan Creek Digital assets is backed by the institutional investment house Morgan Creek Capital, which has $1.5 billion in assets under management. The firm launched a Digital Asset Index Fund in late August, which gives accredited investors indirect exposure to Bitcoin, Ethereum and eight other large market cap assets, although not pre-mined cryptos such as Ripple (XRP) and Stellar (XLM).Sign up for Pomp's newsletter: https://offthechain.substack.com/------If you enjoyed this episode and want to support this podcast please share it with your colleagues and friends. You can easily give us a rating and review by clicking the 5 blank stars and writing in your comments.For more info visit: https://www.chaintalk.media/Follow Eric on Twitter: https://twitter.com/lil_cryp

HuiChi Man is Founder and Director of Provenance Events. In this chat we discuss current issues with blockchain events and how to fix them, the difference between blockchain startups and other types of startups, when a startup is ready to scale, the pros and cons of working in a decentralised team, product growth strategies, and the upcoming Japan Blockchain Week.I will be moderating a panel at Provenance Summit on Oct 14 in Tokyo. Use discount code TEAMZ to redeem $100 discount on Provenance Summit tickets >> http://www.provenance.events/#Provenance19 #JapanBlockchainWeekHuiChi is the Founder of Provenance Events. HuiChi enjoys working with innovative startups and transformative technology. HuiChi's goal is to help entrepreneurs, startups, enterprises and governments understand the capabilities of building with blockchain technology - meaning developing the product first. HuiChi helps startups and enterprises with hosting their events and marketing globally. Previously, founded her own tech startup Reecescribe which was accelerated through Ireland's national entrepreneurship programmes; LEO Dublin City & Enterprise Ireland's New Frontiers programme. (The youngest person to be accepted on Enterprise Ireland's programme).------If you enjoyed this episode and want to support this podcast please share it with your colleagues and friends. You can easily give us a rating and review by clicking the 5 blank stars and writing in your comments.For more info visit: https://www.chaintalk.media/Follow Eric on Twitter: https://twitter.com/lil_cryp

Mansoor Madhavji is Partner at Blockchain Founders Fund. In this chat we discuss when a token makes sense for a project, how to find your target market, best ways to keep users engaged, digital marketing strategies working right now, creating viral content, the best marketing metrics to track, overcoming bots, scaling, and how to keep investors interested in seeing the project grow.Mansoor Madhavji 穆大胜 is a Partner at Blockchain Founders Fund which invests in and venture builds top-tier Start-ups and consults companies and governmental organizations on emerging technologies. He has supported numerous projects on developing sophisticated economic models, go-to-market and branding strategies. Mansoor has created unique cost-effective growth hacks for portfolio companies and past clients that surpassed customer acquisition benchmarks. Mansoor serves as an advisor to innovative AgTech, FinTech, eSports & AI start-ups including Agryo, Pay1x, Jiang Hu, and mltrons. He previously led growth and marketing strategy as Head of Content with an innovative technology company launching secure digital currency exchanges across South East Asia and India. Mansoor is also an early stage investor in emerging technology companies including blockchain, machine learning, internet of things (IoT), and machine learning. He is a mentor with Chinaccelerator, one of the global elite accelerator programs operated by the venture fund SOSV with $500M+ AUM and the Mobile Only Accelerator (MOX) which helps the best mobile startups from around the world acquire millions of users in Southeast Asia, India, Eastern Europe and South America with 167 million users on its smartphone platform. Prior to his focus on early stage companies, Mansoor traded equities and derivatives and ran an international digital marketing and branding agency across North America and Asia.------If you enjoyed this episode and want to support this podcast please share it with your colleagues and friends. You can easily give us a rating and review by clicking the 5 blank stars and writing in your comments.For more info visit: https://www.chaintalk.media/Follow Eric on Twitter: https://twitter.com/lil_cryp

This episode starts off with a special thank you message from the host. We're starting a new fun promotion for everyone to take part in. You can get the details on the podcast. Also, the host Eric gives a little background into how he ended up in Tokyo from Toronto.As well, we included an interview Eric did with Ramak Sedigh, CEO of Plouton Mining at Futurist Conference in Toronto. In this chat we speak with Ramak Sedigh CEO of Plouton Mining at Blockchain Futurist Conference in Toronto. He gives a closer look into mining and how Plouton Mining is changing the industry.Questions answered:➤ What is Bitcoin Mining and why it's needed for the network to run?➤ Is mining power centralized into China or is starting to spread to new locations?➤ What is distributed mining and how solar power is helping move the industry forward?Plus much more!Ramak has been a life-long entrepreneur across many industries who is bringing his multi-disciplinary talents and track record of success to the cryptocurrency mining industry. Ramak began his professional life in the real estate industry by helping build acquire and operate a 1900-unit apartment portfolio in Houston in late 1980s. Later, he started, built and sold a successful online tenant screening service with one of the early nationwide criminal databases in the US.  He has been involved in ASIC mining and specifically Bitcoin mining, from selling equipment online to operating miners since 2017. Ramak has a BS in Political Science from the University of Houston and is fluent in English, Farsi, & French.Learn more: https://www.ploutonmining.com/------If you enjoyed this episode and want to support this podcast please share it with your colleagues and friends. You can easily give us a rating and review by clicking the 5 blank stars and writing in your comments.For more info visit: https://www.chaintalk.media/Follow Eric on Twitter: https://twitter.com/lil_cryp

Elena Kang is Director of Huobi Korea. In this chat we discuss day-to-day life working at a crypto exchange, Busan and becoming a regulation free blockchain zone, barriers towards cryptocurrency and not blockchain, her opinion on Bitcoin and crypto, the Kimchi Premium, the dense crypto trading industry in Korea, future and limitations of DEX, the lack of guidelines for exchanges and impacts, and much more.Elena is director of Huobi Korea where she plans strategies to survive in the Korean market as a foreign exchange in the country. She studied finance and worked in securities in New York. After working in securities she became a news broadcaster at Korea Economy TV.------If you enjoyed this episode and want to support this podcast please share it with your colleagues and friends. You can easily give us a rating and review by clicking the 5 blank stars and writing in your comments.For more info visit: https://www.chaintalk.media/Follow Eric on Twitter: https://twitter.com/lil_cryp

Chieh Liu is CEO of Overbit. In this chat we discuss the difference between working in Asia compared to North America, FX vs crypto markets, how leverage trading works, how Overbit is sourcing liquidity, what a CFD is, how derivatives can impact the crypto markets, the possibility of buying equities with Bitcoin, competing with Bitmex, and dealing with regulations.Chieh is an entrepreneur and investor. Founder of several successful technology and finance companies. He has over eight years experiences in FX trading and derivative products. He also has extensive experience in blockchain and one of the early blockchain evangelists in the professional consulting space. Throughout his career, Chieh has worked in China, Hong Kong, U.K, U.S, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. Chieh has a degree in Computer Science from Cal Poly Pomona, California, US.Sign Up For Overbit: https://www.overbit.com/a/8j34st ------If you enjoyed this episode and want to support this podcast please share it with your colleagues and friends. You can easily give us a rating and review by clicking the 5 blank stars and writing in your comments.For more info visit https://www.chaintalk.media/Follow Eric on Twitter: https://twitter.com/lil_cryp

Kevin Kelly is Co-Founder and Principal of Delphi Digital. In this chat we discuss a breakdown of Delphi's recent economic macro outlook, the implications of rate cuts, the inverted yield curve, Asian currencies being devalued compared to USD, US treasuries, the roadmap from her that could lead to a depression, the perfect storm for Bitcoin, why Gold and Bitcoin both have value, breakdown of UTXO's, and Bitcoin maximalism.Kevin comes with a background in traditional equity research. In his prior role as a U.S. Equity Strategist, Kevin provided insight on global equity markets for a vast array of institutional clients. He brings with him extensive experience in equity market data, analytics, and research, often being cited in financial journalism or discussing markets on financial media outlets (TV, radio, etc.). Kevin’s passion for this space has afforded him the opportunity to bridge the gap between traditional market analysis and blockchain-specific applications. He strives to grow institutional awareness of cryptoassets and their allocation benefits in today's unique investing environment. Kevin is a CFA charterholder with a bachelor's degree in finance and economics.Sign Up For Delphi Digital: https://www.delphidigital.io------If you enjoyed this episode and want to support this podcast please share it with your colleagues and friends. You can easily give us a rating and review by clicking the 5 blank stars and writing in your comments.For more info visit https://www.chaintalk.media/Follow Eric on Twitter: https://twitter.com/lil_cryp

Jason Choi is Head of Research at Spartan Group and host of the Blockcrunch Podcast. In this chat we discuss how to start when evaluating a project, the fundamentals of token research, what on-chain metrics are most important, equity vs token investing, economic factors when investing, risk management and diversifying a portfolio, Blockstack, and Bitcoin against government and economic uncertainty.Jason is a former venture investor and founder of The Blockcrunch Podcast.​ Jason first came across Bitcoin while a student at the Wharton School of Business. There, he helped launch Contrary Capital, a decentralized venture fund backed by executives from Facebook, Tesla, Twitch, and Reddit. As the host of the ongoing Blockcrunch Podcast, Jason partnered with 500 Startups to produce a miniseries on blockchain scaling. Prior to returning to Hong Kong, Jason was an analyst at Deloitte Consulting's New York office assisting with the firm’s fintech and blockchain initiatives, and spent time at macro fund Bridgewater Associates. He has spoken at blockchain events in New York, San Francisco, Singapore and Hong Kong, and previously contributed to The Huffington Post and Forbes on tech.Follow Jason on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi------If you enjoyed this episode and want to support this podcast please share it with your colleagues and friends. You can easily give us a rating and review by clicking the 5 blank stars and writing in your comments.For more info visit https://www.chaintalk.media/Follow Eric on Twitter: https://twitter.com/lil_cryp

Cathy Zhu is CEO of crypto exchange BW. In this chat we discuss the high efficiency of business professionals in China, the goals of the Chinese government, day-to-day life running a crypto exchange, the current challenges faced by cryptocurrency exchanges in a highly competitive market, the difference between fake and real trading volumes, crypto derivatives, decentralized exchanges, exchange tokens like BNB, and a robot waiter serving Chinese hot pot.Cathy Zhu started trading cryptocurrencies in 2015. She has extensive experience in the corporate world working with HP and also with crypto exchanges Digifinex, ZBG, and now BW. She is a strategy development professional with a focus on business operation and business development. She speaks four languages.   Visit BW: https://www.bw.com/------If you enjoyed this episode and want to support this podcast please share it with your colleagues and friends. You can easily give us a rating and review by clicking the 5 blank stars and writing in your comments. This will help us help the crypto industry.For more info visit https://www.chaintalk.media/Follow Eric on Twitter: https://twitter.com/lil_cryp

Aly Madhavji is Managing Partner at Blockchain Founders Fund. In this chat we discuss his slightly sketchy first experience with crypto, tokens vs equity investing, biggest opportunities right now to invest in, obstacles faced by blockchain companies, working with the United Nations and how blockchain is helping charities and the unbanked, the present and future of blockchain, Asia vs USA in adopting crypto, and the latest news in Asia surrounding crypto including the US China trade wars and recent currency scandal.Aly Madhavji 穆亚霖 is the Managing Partner at Blockchain Founders Fund which invests in and venture builds top-tier Start-ups and consults companies and governmental organizations on emerging technologies. He is a Senior Investment Advisor to BitBlock Capital and Fiat Capital Fund, and a Co-Founder of a digital currency exchange. He has served on various blockchain advisory roles including Polymath and traditional advisory boards including the University of Toronto’s Governing Council. He consults organizations such as the United Nations (UN) on emerging technology solutions to help alleviate poverty, support business ecosystems, and increase financial inclusion to help achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals. He is an internationally acclaimed author, publishing three books, including the award-winning book titled, “Your Guide to Succeed in University”, and a monthly columnist for the leading blockchain magazine. He is a mentor with Chinaccelerator operated by SOSV with $500M+ AUM and the Mobile Only Accelerator (MOX) with 167 million users on its smartphone platform. Aly was previously a Consultant focused on corporate turnarounds and worked on strategy for PayPal and INSEAD. He has lived and worked across 4 continents (North/South America, Europe, and Asia) with PwC, PayPal, Microsoft, Bloomberg, and INSEAD. Aly holds a Master of Global Affairs as a Schwarzman Scholar from Tsinghua University, a Master of Business Administration from INSEAD (Singapore and France), and a Bachelor of Commerce with Distinction from the University of Toronto.Visit Blockchain Founders Fund: https://blockchainff.com/------If you enjoyed this episode and want to support this podcast please share it with your colleagues and friends. You can easily give us a rating and review by clicking the 5 blank stars and writing in your comments. This will help us help the crypto industry.For more info visit https://www.chaintalk.media/Follow Eric on Twitter: https://twitter.com/lil_cryp