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Leigh Cuen is a journalist at Coindesk and joins us today to talk about the intersection of cryptocurrency and the sex industry.

Both of these spaces have many misconceptions from people outside of the industries, and Leigh is here to help quash them.

One of the most important things Leigh points out is that if the service is lawful, using crypto to pay is lawful. Pornography, exotic dancing, escorting, and other adult services are perfectly legal and regulated in many areas, therefore they should not carry a negative connotation, and nor should cryptocurrency simply for being a method of payment.

In fact, cryptocurrency can help the end workers in these industries become more financially independent. Despite being legal, one issue that adult services sometimes face is discrimination from banks and payment processors simply because of a stigma or moral grounds.

Leigh explains the challenges faced by those in the sex industry, and how blockchain and cryptocurrencies can help - all while remaining completely legal and compliant with regulations.

Topics covered:

- Misconceptions surrounding the sex industry and cryptocurrencies.

- The need to reduce stigmas surrounding the sex industry.

- It is lawful to pay with crypto for any lawful service.

- Challenges faced by those in the adult and sex industry.

- How blockchain and cryptocurrencies can help sex industry workers with decentralized payments and platforms.

Links:

https://www.coindesk.com/author/lcuen/

https://twitter.com/La__Cuen

https://www.linkedin.com/in/leighcuen/

The Truth Machine: The Blockchain and the Future of Everything

https://swop.org.au/

Parker McCurley

Parker McCurley is an Ethereum programmer and co-founder of the company Decent. He is a firm believer in open source software, access to free education materials, and the general sentiment of the decentralization movement. He hopes by focusing on the technical, hard facts of how blockchain systems function and can be applied to practical problems, him and his company Decent can promote a focus on technical innovation and real value in the blockchain community.

Show Highlights:

- Parker's experience in the crypto industry.

- What got him industry in blockchain tech.

- How Decent helps others adapt to a decentralized world.

- Why open source software is so important to Blockchain tech.

- Services offered by Decent: software development, crowd sales, smart contracts, security audits, consulting, mining.

Links:

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.decentcrypto.com

Emma Channing is the founder and general counsel of Statis group, a premier ICO advisory group. The Satis Group provides end-to-end ICO advisory services including token and offering structuring, legal and tax advice coordination, token / smart contract creation, and investor outreach.

Statis is able to be selective in the companies they decide to work with, so Emma explains what they look for when making these decisions, along with her thoughts on ICOs including recent trends and advantages vs. disadvantages.

Regulations on ICOs in the U.S. have been encouraging most to go offshore. Emma tells us whether she thinks this will continue, shares about her experience as a female leader in the blockchain space, along with advice for people looking for a career in blockchain or crypto.

Topics covered:

- How Statis Group chooses which companies to work with.

- Recent trends in ICOs.

- Advantages and disadvantages to ICOs.

- Predictions for the blockchain and crypto industry.

- Regulations surrounding ICOs in the U.S.

- Emma's experience as a female leader in the blockchain industry.

- Advice for people looking to get a career in the blockchain & crypto space.

Links:

http://satisgroup.io/

https://www.amazon.com/Digital-Gold-Bitcoin-Millionaires-Reinvent/dp/0062362496

https://www.nytimes.com/by/nathaniel-popper

https://www.wsj.com/news/author/7296

https://www.coindesk.com/

John Wise is the CEO & Chairman of the Board of Loci, software is the poised to be the leader of the next generation of search engines, specifically allowing the claim and discovery of patents, inventions, and ideas using the Ethereum blockchain.

John has extensive technical and engineering management experience and is also an experienced inventor in auto racing technologies with around 1000 inventions.

Show Highlights:

- When and where John encountered cryptocurrencies for the first time.

- What is the company Loci and what does it do?

- How using Blockchain can make IP discovery of patenting smoother.

- What is "Invent"

Links for resources mentioned:

www.loci.io

Loci Linkedin

Loci Twitter

John Wise Linkedin

Holochain is a team full of ambition, with the goal of reinventing the internet so there's no company sitting between us or supporting us and anything we want to do. They believe in the power of a truly peer-to-peer internet, and are building a distributed cloud.

Joining us today from Holochain are Matthew Schutte, director of communications, and Sami Van Ness, director of digital marketing.

Topics covered:

- Holo's vision and how the "Crowd is the Cloud."

- How something like Amazon Web Services compares to what Holo is trying to achieve.

- Efficiency and cost of Holo Fuel compared to Ethereum Gas.

- Details on the Holo ICO and how you can get involved.

- Why they believe that the way companies work will be fundamentally different in coming years.

Links for resources mentioned:

https://holo.host/

Tim Lloyd is a crypto journalist, Anti-Money Laundering (AML) expert, and CEO of Rogue Capital Media, a content marketing consulting firm with a core focus on Fintech.Tim joins Kelley for an in-depth, technical discussion focusing on ICOs and regulations in the crypto space. A previous knowledge of ICOs would be a good thing before listening to this episode, so if you're a beginner, you may wish to check out some of our previous episodes first!AML is an extremely important element to financial services compliance. It ensures criminals are unable to bring illicit proceeds into the legitimate financial system. With the new and rapidly changing crypto space, digital technology and old-school financial crime can blend, but regulators are trying to keep up. Tim explains how ICO crowdfunding works, the favorable jurisdictions that ICOs are gravitating towards, securities law, regulatory attitudes of different countries, and more. Whether you're considering launching an ICO or would like to invest in one, you'll find this episode full of valuable content. Show highlights: - How much bitcoin and crypto use is linked to crime? - How crowdfunding and raising capital through an ICO works.- The skyrocketing amount of money being raised through ICOs and the challenges that come with it.- Characteristics of favorable jurisdictions for launching ICOs.- Global regulatory attitudes towards crypto & ICOs.- Things to know whether you're thinking about launching an ICO or investing in one.- Challenges keeping up with such a rapidly expanding space.Links:https://www.linkedin.com/in/timoalloyd/ https://cryptovalley.swiss/codeofconduct/ http://novumcoin.com/https://www.technologyreview.com/

Samantha Radocchia is a Serial Entrepreneur, Technologist, Founder of Two Previous Supply Chain Companies. Forbes 30 under 30 List. MA Symbolic Systems and Human Computer Interaction, NYU. Her current project is Chronicled, a San-Francisco based supply chain company, one of the most prominent blockchain-based companies outside of the cryptocurrency space. Chronicled was founded in 2014 with the early idea of using a blockchain for non-financial assets. Samantha tells us about the experience of securing funding for a blockchain company in the early days, blockchain use-cases for supply chains, and how Chronicled has been applying blockchain tech in the real world.Topics covered: - The story of securing funding for Chronicled as a blockchain company in 2014.- Using a blockchain for non-financial assets and supply chains.- How blockchain can help verify authenticity with valuable and luxury goods. - The importance of infrastructure for blockchain use cases to actually work.- Considerations regarding interoperability between blockchains and algorithms.- What needs to happen for blockchain tech to go mainstream.- Room for improvement to user-friendliness in cryptocurrency.- Samantha's' experience in the crypto and blockchain community as a woman.Links: https://chronicled.comhttps://twitter.com/iamsamsterdam

Ira Herman joins us from WeAreLATech podcast. Ira discusses all things podcasting, including WeAreLATech's new segment, Crypto Fridays, which Crypto Token Talk host, Kelley Weaver was a recent guest on. Ira is a teacher, CTO of Coinbot, crypto enthusiast, and has a special knack for explaining tough to understand concepts in this confusing industry! Thanks for joining us Ira!

Topics Discussed Include:

-LA's growing crypto and blockchain industry

-Silicon Beach is out. Welcome in Blockchain Beach.

-Simple explanations of blockchains most confusing terminology

-Incentives for miners and nodes

-Mining and Servers

Links for resources mentioned:

https://coinbot.co/

http://wearelatech.com/connect

@IraHerman

www.IraHerman.com

Diana Adachi is the CEO of Pegasus Fintech, a full-service blockchain, technology, and token accelerator that supports regulatory compliant public initial blockchain offerings. Since the late '90s, she has worked in the development and launch of multiple payment innovations, including blockchain and distributed ledgers.Today, Diana shares her expertise on ICOs, their regulations and challenges, and the importance of launching an ICO with the proper guidance.

Continuing with our interviews from UCLA Cyber Days, this episode packs 4 interviews with some brilliant minds from the crypto space!Chris Eberle is with Swarm Fund, which uses blockchain to facilitate access to investment opportunities that are traditionally less accessible. Les Borsai's career started in the music business, and has since evolved into a plethora of tech-related activities, including being an advisor to Ripple Labs and other blockchain projects. Jason Robert is another person in the crypto space who comes from a background in the music industry. He taught himself some coding, and got more into the tech space. Now he's the co-founder and CEO of HelloSugoi, a smart contract protocol for the live entertainment industry. Piper Moretti is the CEO of Crypto Realty Group. She originally came from the entertainment industry, moved into real estate, and things changed when she got a client who wanted to buy a house using bitcoin. Since then, Piper has started a business that specializes in helping people buy and sell property using cryptocurrency, and her phone is ringing constantly with other people looking to learn from her experience.Show Highlights:- Swarm: the first security token blockchain.- Legality of using Swarm in the U.S. and other areas.- Swarm's time period for returns.- Recommendations for getting started in crypto.- Industries blockchain has the potential to disrupt.- Blockchain use cases for music industry and artists.- Problems with present event ticking models and how HelloSugoi hopes to solve them.- Dealing with constraints of building on the Ethereum platform.- How a real estate agent worked with her first client wanting to use Bitcoin.- Dealing with home sellers who are fearful of accepting bitcoin.- Current state of bitcoin and crypto acceptance in the real estate industry.Links for resources mentioned:Chris:https://www.linkedin.com/in/creberle/ https://www.swarm.fund/https://twitter.com/theswarmfund http://unchainedpodcast.co/https://a16z.com/category/blockchain-cryptocurrencies-bitcoin-ethereum/ https://www.theinvestorspodcast.com/ Les: https://www.linkedin.com/in/les-borsai-3560398/ https://twitter.com/lesborsai https://www.rightmesh.io/https://www.propsproject.com/ Jasonhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/hello-jason-robert/ https://www.hellosugoi.com/https://twitter.com/hellosugoi https://www.youtube.com/user/aantonop https://twitter.com/crypt0snews Piper Morettihttps://www.linkedin.com/in/pipermoretti/ https://bitpay.com/http://www.thecryptorealtygroup.com/about/