Marc Krisjanous is a cyber security turned crypto auditor that been working with the C4 cryptocurrency consortium to develop the new cryptocurrency auditor certification course (CCSSA). Marc is presently undertaking the first ever audit of a business using the standard to asses their crypto security practices. In this conversation we talk about where the standards fit into a business, what they consist of, and touch on best practices both for businesses and for people getting into crypto. 

Acronyms(!)

• QSA - Qualified Security Assessor

Timestamps:

Some notes from the show:

• Marc's writing 

Contact Marc:

• LinkedIn 

Find Jeff:

• Twitter

The BCNZ Pod:

• Website https://podcast.blockchain.org.nz/

Sponsor:

The Blockchain New Zealand podcast is brought to you by EasyCrypto

Media & Sponsorship Enquires:

• [email protected] 

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Paul Stonham is the General manager of the DLT division at the Australian Stock Exchange. For the last few years the ASX has been developing an enterprise DLT that uses VMware's blockchain and runs the DAML smart contract language. In this conversation we talk traditional finance getting into distributed leger tech and some of the use cases. Paul is a technologist always looking to improve efficiency; and we get into tokenisation of assets and the utility of NFTs. 

Timestamps:

Some notes from the show:

• CHESS replacement with DLT 

Contact Paul:

• LinkedIn

Find Jeff:

• Twitter

The BCNZ Pod:

• Website https://podcast.blockchain.org.nz/

Sponsor:

The Blockchain New Zealand podcast is brought to you by EasyCrypto

Media & Sponsorship Enquires:

• [email protected] 

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Bryan Ventura is here for our first roundtable; Bryan is a lawyer specializing in blockchain and Web3. Today we're covering two main topics:

• Tornado cash - what is it and why was it sanctioned - and the downstream effects of platform level censorship along with freedom of expression and how open source code fits in.

Timestamps:

Some notes from the show:

• What is Tornado Cash 

Contact Bryan:

• LinkedIn

Find Jeff:

• Twitter

The BCNZ Pod:

• Website https://podcast.blockchain.org.nz/

Media & Sponsorship Enquires:

• [email protected] 

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Stephen Macaskill is the CEO of Dasset, a trading platform for buying bitcoin and other digital assets. Before digital assets Stephen ran a precious metals company helping people maximize their savings and financial literacy.

In this conversation we talk about:

• precious metals and gold's role in recent monetary history including Bitcoin;

Timestamps: 

Some notes from the show:

• what happened in 1971? https://wtfhappenedin1971.com/

Contact Stephen:

• Dasset https://dassetx.com/ 

Find Jeff:

• Twitter

The BCNZ Pod:

• Website https://podcast.blockchain.org.nz/

Media & Sponsorship Enquires:

• [email protected] 

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Tak Suzuki is the co-founder of Senkusha, a funding platform looking to support and grow emerging artists, musicians, and athletes through NFT sales. Tak is soon to be a physiology graduate from the University of Auckland, he loves experimenting with new tech, and has an impressive CV at a young age.

In this conversation we talk about: 

• Music labels and the motivation for a crowd funding platform

Timestamps:

• 00:00 Intro

Some notes from the show:

• Banksy NFT 

Contact Tak:

• LinkedIn 

Find Jeff:

• Twitter

The BCNZ Pod:

• Website https://bcnz.podbean.com/

Music: Liféstyle Freéstyle by Ash Supé

• Spotify

Media & Sponsorship Enquires:

• [email protected] 

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Jit Maharaj is a former commercial pilot turned crypto co-founder of Pay it Now, a payments network that uses a custom layer 2 built on the Binance smart chain (now BNB) that makes it easy for merchants and businesses to accept cryptocurrency payments. Jit is also a long time web developer, an Ethereum miner, and a Solana critic. 

In this conversation we talk about: 

• Payments networks and providers,

Timestamps:

• 00:00 intro

Some notes from the show:

• Pay it Now

Contact Jit:

• Pay it Now

Find Jeff:

• Twitter

The BCNZ Pod:

• Website https://bcnz.podbean.com/

Media & Sponsorship Enquires:

• [email protected] 

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Liz Izmailova is a Ukrainian New Zealander that has been working in blockchain for the past five years, she is a marketing manager at CENNZnet which is part of the Centrality ecosystem.

In this conversation we talk about: 

• Financial Inclusion and the monetary situation in Ukraine, both before the war and presently.

Timestamps:

• 00:00 Intro

Some notes from the show:

• Letter criticizing financial innovation https://concerned.tech/

• UNICEF https://www.unicef.org.nz/donate-in-crypto

Heart Kids via the Giving Block https://thegivingblock.com/donate/heart-kids-nz/

• https://metahistory.gallery/

Contact Liz:

• LinkedIn

Find Jeff:

• Twitter

The BCNZ Pod:

• Website https://bcnz.podbean.com/

Media & Sponsorship Enquires:

• [email protected] 

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Paul Quickenden is the current Head of New Zealand for EasyCrypto. He's been active in the blockchain and Crypto sector for a number of years, consulting to numerous projects and helping them with successful capital raises and commercial launches.  Prior to that Paul was the CEO of Putti Apps, and held numerous roles in Product Marketing and Strategy within Spark New Zealand.  Paul is passionate about growing New Zealand businesses, helping us to stand out on the global stage, and make a difference to the lives of New Zealanders.

In this conversation we talk about: 

• Recent market activity: everything's down but people are still buying

Timestamps:

• 00:00 Intro

Some notes from the show:

• EasyCrypto’s expansion overseas https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/452991/easy-crypto-secures-17m-backing-from-investors

Contact Paul:

• LinkedIn

Find Jeff:

• Twitter

The BCNZ Pod:

• Website https://bcnz.podbean.com/

Media Enquires:

• [email protected] 

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Kia Ora and welcome to the very first episode of the Blockchain New Zealand Podcast. I’m Jeff Nijsse and today I’m talking to Jonty Kelt. Jonty is the Founder of Fantail Ventures, a venture capital business that has invested in some of the biggest names in crypto, including Kraken, Ledger, Stacks, Yield Guild Games, and Uniswap, just to name a few.

In this conversation we talk about: 

• Jonty coming out of Otago University and getting his start in finance; and the role of education in tech;

Timestamps:

• 01:47 From Otago to NYC
  

Some notes from the show:

• Peter Thiel Fellowship https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiel_Fellowship

Contact Jonty:

• Fantail Ventures

Find Jeff:

• Twitter

The BCNZ Pod:

• Website https://bcnz.podbean.com/

Media Enquires:

• [email protected] 

Recorded at blockheight 734642. The BCNZ Podcast was founded in 2022 by Jeff Nijsse and Bryan Ventura.