The Blockchain Show

How did Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop.com come to be promoting Bitcoin? Our guest Bill Barhydt is CEO at Abra and he has this to share and new exciting information in regards to their platform.

Abra operates an app with 28 cryptocurrencies and 50 fiat currencies available. Users can buy, sell, store, and invest in cryptocurrencies, plus manage all crypto investments, in one single place. Their vision is an open, global financial system that is easily accessible to everyone.

Mark meets up with Gerrit at a London wine bar as they discus Caspian's ICO / Token Gen event, why Gerrit is in London, and more.

Our view is that if it is viewed scientifically and rationally that money should have the function of a standard of measurement and thus that it should become comparable to the watt or the hour or a degree of temperature.…this standard, as a basis for the standardization of the value of the international money unit, would remove the political roles of the “grand pardoners,…"

- John Nash, Nobel Laureate, Inventor of Game Theory

MXRT/MartialArtsCoin is a cryptocurrency token built upon the Stellar network. Given Stellar’s remarkable speed and reliability in transaction, MXRT/MartialArtsCoin’s chief purpose is to replace fiat-based, banking and remittance transactions across international borders as well as for intranational trade.

Their other, specific use-case allows for one-stop, inexpensive, nearly instantaneous transactions for event ticketing, tuition and billing use, pro-shop/concession, facility/class attendance tracking/payment, and any currency function now spread across traditional cards, bank accounts, and billing company, fee-based platforms.

They are working to become the currency of the future for all uses within the growing sphere of athletes, students, and fans in the Martial Arts ecosystem.

Looking back at some favorite moments and an insight to the show's future

LXDX is the crypto derivatives exchange

Carbon credits haven’t worked because they are illiquid, difficult to track, hard to calculate, and are not standardized. Veridium makes carbon credit usage viable with the world’s first blockchain-based marketplace and protocol.

Crypto paychecks for the average worker? We talk with Ryan the CEO of Workchain.io about this exciting opportunity.

Lightstreams - Help build tomorrow’s Blockchain applications today!

“Lightstreams truly revolutionises the manner in which information flows. By using, blockchain and decentralised storage together puts individuals back where they belong – in the driving seat. ” Diginomica.

Robert Dykes is Caspian's CEO & Co-founder. He has served as TORA CEO for the past 14 years. Prior to that Robert spent 11 years in the enterprise software and high-tech industry in Europe, North America, and Asia at such companies as WebPartner and Audiosoft. Robert holds a B.A. in Economics from Princeton University

Caspian is a full stack crypto trading platform which is said to be the gateway to institutions and hedge funds going big on crypto.   This off-the-shelf crypto-asset management platform brings together the biggest crypto exchanges in a single interface helping to overcome a number of barriers like fragmented trading platforms and custody issues; offering trading tools for crypto similar to those used in the traditional markets. Caspian has recently announced that it now connects to more than 25 exchanges and has 12 funds on its beta platform, with 8 more clients expected later this month. It also said that it will soon be adding its first Over The Counter (OTC) desk as a destination. And they have recently closed partnerships with BitMex, Gemini, Galaxy Digital and more.
Caspian is backed by long-established, leading supplier of asset management technology, Tora whose Order and Execution Management system (OEMS) averages monthly notional equity volume exceeding US$100 billion and is currently responsible for 17% of Japanese institutional equity trading volume.   to learn more and to help support the show, visit www.theblockchainshow.com