WEB3 OPPORTUNITIES

Host Kelvin Wong talks with Dr. Oriol Caudevilla, FinTech Advisor and Board Director at Global Impact FinTech Forum (GIFT), about a number of interesting topics including:

•       What is Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)?

•       Similarities and differences between CBDC and cryptocurrencies

•       Motivations for countries to issue CBDC

•       CBDC for financial inclusion

•       Alternative design models of CBDC

•       Benefits CBDC offers to citizens and residents

•       Overview of China’s CBDC developments

•       Common misconceptions about CBDC

•       Key challenges in CBDC implementation

•       Examples of blockchain use cases

About Dr. Oriol Caudevilla: https://www.oriolcaudevilla.com/

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Host Kelvin Wong talks with Jeff French, Creator of Blokpax, about a number of interesting topics including:

•       Lessons learned from entrepreneurial journeys in the web1 and web2 eras

•       Common misconception about NFTs

•       Key challenges for mass adoption of NFTs

•       The pros and cons of tokenizing real life physical assets

•       Fractionalization of real assets

•       What Jeff is most excited about with respect to the blockchain ecosystem

•       What digital ownership truly means

•       A trend in the crypto space that is underappreciated

•       And more

About Blokpax : https://blokpax.com/ 

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Host Kelvin Wong talks with Jack O'Holleran, Co-Founder & CEO of SKALE Labs, about a number of interesting topics including:

•       Jack’s journey from enterprise software to crypto

•       Implications of the collapse of Terra LUNA and UST stablecoin on the crypto market

•       Common misconceptions about crypto?

•       The future of DeFi

•       Key challenges for mainstream adoption of DeFi

•       What Jack is most excited about with respect to the blockchain ecosystem

•       A trend in the crypto space that is underappreciated

•       How SKALE solve the scalability issues

•       And more

About SKALE : https://skale.network/ 

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Host Kelvin Wong talks with Dr. Amber Ghaddar, Serial Web3 Entrepreneur, Founder & CIO at AllianceBlock , Chief Meta Economist at My G-Nation,  and Managing Partner at The 200 Billion Club, a female focused accelerator. Amber is on Fintech Times Rising Women in Crypto Power List 2020, Innovate UK Fintech Senior Leaders Standout 2021 and Top Women in Crypto 2022.

They discussed a number of interesting topics including:

•       Amber’s journey from investment banking to crypto

•       Major challenges in institutional adoption of crypto

•       How DeFi and TradFi complements each other

•       What Amber is most excited about with respect to the blockchain ecosystem

•       Issues with the current DAO model

•       Cablibrocracy and participative capitalism

•       Volatility in the crypto market

•       Initiative supporting female start-up founders

•       Advice for young people and women who want to get into crypto

•       And more

About The 200 Billion Club: https://the200bn.club/

About The Bigger Pie: https://www.thebiggerpie.io/ 

About AllianceBlock: https://allianceblock.io/ 

Web3 Opportunities Podcast: https://www.web3opp.com/

Host Kelvin Wong talks with Ben Sheppard, CEO & Co-Founder of Silta Finance, about a number of interesting topics including:

•       Ben’s journey from project finance to crypto

•       How Silta offers a bridge between decentralized finance (DeFi) and impact based projects

•       Application of utility token, Non-Fungible Token (NFT) and Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) for bridging DeFi and impact based infrastructure projects

•       Risk assessments of infrastructure projects

•       Challenges in getting borrowers and liquidity providers on board

•       And more

About Silta Financ: https://silta.finance/ 

Web3 Opportunities Podcast: https://www.web3opp.com/

Host Kelvin Wong talks with Sandra Ro, CEO of The Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC), about a number of interesting topics including:

•       Sandra’s journey from investment banking to crypto

•       Impacts of blockchain on society

•       GBBC’s missions and initiatives

•       Examples of blockchain use cases in day-to-day operations in industries

•       A typical week as CEO of the leading global industry association for the blockchain ecosystem

•       Key takeaways from the U.S. Senate hearing on digital assets 

•       Implications of U.S. President Biden's Executive Order on Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets

•       Implications of The European Commission's consultation document on a digital Euro 

•       What Sandra is most excited about with respect to the blockchain ecosystem

•       Advice on transitioning from traditional finance to crypto

•       And more

About The Global Blockchain Business Council: https://gbbcouncil.org/ 

Web3 Opportunities Podcast: https://www.web3opp.com/

Host Kelvin Wong talks with Pat LaVecchia, CEO of Oasis Pro Markets, about a number of interesting topics including:

•       Pat’s journey from Wall Street to crypto

•       Digital securities and Alternative Trading System (ATS)

•       Key benefits of digital securities for investors and issuers

•       Bridging TradFi and DeFi with digital securities ATS

•       Motivations for corporates versus sovereigns on issuing digital securities

•       Current regulatory environment for digital securities

•       And much more

About Oasis Pro Markets: https://www.oasispromarkets.com/ 

Web3 Opportunities Podcast: https://www.web3opp.com/

Host Kelvin Wong talks with Jay Moore, Co-Founder & Chief Marketing Officer of Prasaga, about a number of interesting topics including:

•       Key success factor in building a community of 250,000 game developers

•       Issues with smart contracts 

•       How does one move beyond smart contracts?

•       Examples of blockchain application in different industries

•       Benefits of collaboration with industry associations

•       And much more

About Prasaga: https://prasaga.com/ 

Web3 Opportunities Podcast: https://www.web3opp.com/

Host Kelvin Wong talks with Charles d'Haussy, Managing Director APAC of ConsenSys, about a number of interesting topics including:

•       Three types of money in the future. Many people have never heard of the third type.

•       On the ground insights on Central Bank Digital Currency developments in Asia

•       The state of play of dencentralized finance (DeFi) in Asia

•       How banks may start their journey into DeFi

•       How asset managers in Asia are adopting blockchain technology

•       Key factors that differentiate fintech entrepreneurs who are more successful than others

•       The book about 21 blockchain leaders shaping the Hong Kong blockchain ecosystem

•       And much more

About ConsenSys: https://consensys.net 

About Block Kong book: https://blockkong.com/block-kong-book 

Web3 Opportunities Podcast: https://www.web3opp.com/

Host Kelvin Wong talks with Massimo Moretti, CEO & Founder of Signvm, about a number of interesting topics including:

•       Important considerations for brands migrating from web2 to web3

•       Where to start in setting up a web3 strategy

•       Key challenges for brands starting their journey in transitioning to the web3 ecosystem

•       The importance of community, content and customer experience for brands transitioning to web3

•       And much more

About Signvm: https://www.signvm.io/

Web3 Opportunities Podcast: https://www.web3opp.com/