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Denellel Dixon, CEO and Executive Director of the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF), explains how SFD is using blockchain to unlock the world’s economic potential. According to Dixon, SFD is making money more fluid, markets more open, and empowering more people that didn’t have access to a financial system previously. Dixon also explains her journey into the blockchain space, while sharing her thoughts on being a woman executive in a male dominated industry.   

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VP of Marketing and Community at Uphold, Michelle O’Connor, explains how cryptocurrency can be used as money without borders. The platform functions as a cryptocurrency wallet, while also connecting its users to crypto lending apps, crypto tax services, invoicing systems and more. O’Connor also discusses why Uphold has removed all exchange fees, mentioning how the company is still able to generate revenue. O’Connor ultimately explains how Uphold provides users everywhere access to financial services, that otherwise may be unattainable.

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CEO and Co-Founder of Coinmine, Farbood Nivi, explains how consumers can mine cryptocurrency at home through Coinmine. Nivi also announces that Coinmine is capable of mining Handshake, a new cryptocurrency tied to decentralized domain names. In addition, Nivi explains why cryptocurrency is monumental to society as a whole.

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Executive Chairman of Bitcoin.com, Roger Ver, explains the benefits of Bitcoin Cash. He explains how Bitcoin Cash is being used as a payment method, mentioning that it’s solving financial problems in countries like Venezuela. Roger also discusses the important role of stable coins, explaining what they can provide when built on top of Bitcoin Cash. Moreover, Roger expresses his frustrations around Bitcoin adoption, noting that Bitcoin Cash is the only crypto that allows individuals to control their own money. Finally, Roger explains how and why Bitcoin Cash is expanding to other countries like Asia and Turkey, also mentioning that Bitcoin Cash will be accepted at 15,000 locations across the US.

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Charles is a Colorado-based technology entrepreneur and mathematician. He attended Metropolitan State University of Denver and the University of Colorado Boulder to study analytic number theory before moving into cryptography through industry exposure.
He has founded three cryptocurrency-related start-ups: Invictus Innovations, Ethereum, and IOHK, and he has held posts in both the public and private sectors. He was the founding chairman of the Bitcoin Foundation’s education committee and established the Cryptocurrency Research Group in 2013.
 
His current focus is on cryptocurrency education, encouraging decentralization, and introducing cryptographic tools to the mainstream. This includes leading the research, design, and development of Cardano, a third-generation cryptocurrency that launched in 2017.

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In episode 25 of The Crypto Chick Podcast, Alex Tapscott, a globally-recognized writer, speaker, investor and advisor, explains the next trend in the blockchain space - the financial services revolution. Alex also explains how he transitioned from a traditional financial background over to the blockchain industry and why he wrote his first book, Blockchain Revolution, with his father, Don Tapscott. Alex comments on how all this has been related to the creation of the Blockchain Research Institute and the piece of a bigger puzzle for predicting and keeping up with blockchain and financial trends.

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Marie Weick, IBM Blockchain General Manager, mentions that the best use cases for enterprise blockchain focus on data sharing, noting that data being immutable across a blockchain network makes this is a great solution for provienance tracking, handling documents across different entities and for eliminating third party intermediaries that are inefficient. She explains specific use cases, such as the IBM Food Trust network and Verified.Me. Marie also touches on the future of enterprise blockchain and what trends to expect next.

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Brian Behlendorf, Executive Director of the Hyperledger Foundation, gives an overview of The Hyperledger Greenhouse, explaining the different distributed ledgers within the Hyperledger community and how each architecture is being used for different blockchain projects.  Brian also goes into detail about open source and its impact on blockchain technology, noting that his interest of blockchain came about due to his views on open source standards. He also comments on Hyperledger Besu and how it taps into the ethereum public blockchain.  

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Bruce Fenton, CEO of Chainstone Labs, explores the topic of what makes an ideal jurisdiction for the crypto space. Coming from a securities background, Fenton offers a unique perspective, noting that free markets should do as much as they can, but allowing flexibility to adapt with the changing pace of technology is important. Bruce uses Bermuda as an example of a government that has useful cryptocurrency legislation in place. He also shares his thoughts on the new U.S. cryptocurrency tax laws and gives his opinion on the current price of Bitcoin.

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Yoav Dror, CEO and co-founder of PumaPay, explains how merchants and enterprises can use a blockchain based payment solution that allows for flexible billing models on the ethereum network. PumaPay has created a payment mechanism that uses a “pull payment” protocol, which inverses the mechanics of transactions. This allows merchants to “pull” funds directly from customers’ wallets, based on pre-approved terms. This also allows for various payment scenarios, including subscriptions, top-ups and dynamic price billing models. In addition to explaining the pull payment protocol, Dror explains why specific tokens for merchants and industries will not work and comments on the future of cryptocurrency.

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