Join the Crypto Hipster every Friday for a weekly recap of news, insights, analysis and commentary from around the world of crypto and blockchain.

Join the Crypto Hipster each Friday for crypto news, insights, analysis, and commentary from around the world of blockchain and crypto.

Julian Deschler is a co-founder of Elusiv - Web3's modular privacy stack. After beginning his career in TradFi, he delved into the blockchain scene, working at several web3 startups during his University studies. Recognized with a scholarship from Europe's largest entrepreneurship center UnternehmerTUM, Julian co-founded Elusiv while still in Uni, and now passionately champions the evolution of privacy in the Web3 ecosystem by leading the business strategies of Elusiv.

Lasha Antadze is the co-founder of Rarify Labs, a company advancing Rarimo, the interoperability protocol for digital social identities. In 2022, Rarify Labs received US$10 million in a Series A funding round from Pantera Capital at a $100 million valuation. As a serial founder, Lasha has close to a decade of experience in the blockchain industry. Prior to Rarify Labs, Lasha co-founded decentralized auction platform Shelf Network, which was recognized by the 2018 Frontier Innovations Awards as the best blockchain use-case for the real world, and was acquired by the Aurora Group in 2022.

As early as 2015, Lasha has also led projects with the Ukrainian government to transition various state processes on to the blockchain.

Michael O’Rourke,  CEO and Co-Founder at Pocket Network

Michael O’Rourke is Co-Founder of Pocket Network. Prior to building Pocket Network, he owned and operated a blockchain development agency, and was on the ground level of Tampa Bay’s largest Bitcoin/Crypto meetup and consultancy, Blockspaces, with a focus on teaching developers Solidity. Michael first got into bitcoin in 2013, and his interests quickly grew much deeper. In 2016, writing smart contracts and making discoveries in API services for Ethereum gave Michael a unique perspective on what is required to provide a vertically and horizontally scalable infrastructure service in a decentralized manner.

Join the Crypto Hipster for a weekly walk through the regulatory and legal landscape of crypto and blockchain around the world, including news, insights, analysis and commentary.

Kitty Horlick is a Director at Rarify Labs, a company advancing Rarimo, the interoperability protocol for digital social identities.

Prior to Rarify Labs, Kitty founded Blackwood, a consultancy firm focused on onboarding traditional businesses into Web3. She has been involved in blockchain since 2016 and has provided communications services for a range of web3 and traditional tech companies including Cardano Foundation, Unit London, and Institut. Outside of web3, she is also a seasoned multimedia journalist, and has written for outlets including The Sunday Times, and produced award-winning documentaries and podcasts.

This twenty-second episode of Crypto Hipster's Mysticals is a

Sean Lee–Co-founder and Executive Director at Odsy Foundation

Tommy Johnson–Founder at PsyFi DAO

Joshua Kagan–Co-founder and CEO at Bonfire

Akash Mahendra–Director at Haven1 Foundation

Pedro Isaac Lopez–Chief Growth Officer at THORWallet DEX

All original podcasts can be listened to in their entirety on the Crypto Hipster Podcast channel on your favorite medium, including Apple, Spotify, Amazon and others.

This twenty-first episode of Crypto Hipster's Mysticals is a short

This episode comprises a podcast segment from Crypto Hipster's podcast interview entitled A Father's Journey for Humanity; and a Criminal Complaint to the U.S. Department of Justice, originally published on September 21, 2022, with:

James Ryan–Founder of Omgeneum and Jimmy's Justice DAO

All original podcasts can be listened to in their entirety on the Crypto Hipster Podcast channel on your favorite medium, including Apple, Spotify, Amazon and others.

This twentieth episode of Crypto Hipster's Mysticals is a short

This episode comprises a podcast segment from Crypto Hipster's podcast interview entitled Making Peace More Fashionable Than War, and Insights from the International Peace Sanctuary originally published on April 20, 2023, with

Shyalpa Tenzin Rinpoche–His Eminence

Bundeep Singh Rangar–CEO at Fineqia

James Bowater–Co-founder at City A.M. in London

All original podcasts can be listened to in their entirety on the Crypto Hipster Podcast channel on your favorite medium, including Apple, Spotify, Amazon and others.