CoinJournal Podcast
CoinJournal's Dan Ashmore discusses crypto news, events, theories, and whatever else pops up each week, as he chats to a variety of people in the space. Visit CoinJournal.net for cryptocurrency news, reviews, guides, and more.
Episodes
21 episodes
What is BNB Chain?
Alex Kim, BNB Chain's Business Development Manager, joins the podcast to chat all things BNB Chain. See on CoinJournal here. Reach out to us on Twitter:
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Has Avalanche solved the blockchain trilemma?
Avalanche is a newcomer even within the young industry of crypto, having been launched in late 2020. Despite this, it is already among the biggest projects in the space. John Nahas, Vice President of Business Development at Ava Labs...
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Leaving 7 years at Goldman Sachs for crypto
Elijah Tan worked in trad-fi for years. On this episode, he talks leaving Goldman Sachs for crypto after 7 years, where he worked for Binance and is now the VP of Operations at Philippines-based exchange Coins.phHead over to Dan's artic...
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What is the future of DAI post-BUSD? MakerDAO join the podcast
Our host Dan Ashmore interviews Sam MacPherson of MakerDAO, the DAO behind the world's largest decentralised stablecoin, DAI. The duo chat about its future, and the stablecoin market as a whole, following the shocking story that BUSD will be gr...
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Working at a crypto exchange amid the bear market, Gracy Chen of Bitget
Crypto has pulled back massively recently, with mass layoffs and cratering volumes in the industry. Despite this crypto exchange Bitget is not only avoiding redundancies, but it is hiring. We chat with Managing Director Gracy Chen on how this i...
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Crypto entrepreneur - Corey Wilton tells his story
A serial entrepreneur, Corey Wilton tells me his story. A kid from the Gold Coast in Australia, he failed to get into University. Today, he runs a metaverse company, Mirai Labs, out of Vietnam with 75 employees, and has some great tales from th...
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DeFi & Polygon / Ethereum, with Polygon's Hamzah Khan
We chat all things DeFi, Polygon and Ethereum with Polygon's Head of DeFi & Labs, Hamzah Khan. Read up on Polygon: https://polygon.technology/Head over to Dan's article on CoinJournal
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Episode 14
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All things IOTA (& DeFi) - w/ Christian Saur of IOTA
IOTA has been around quite a while in cryptocurrency terms.They do things a little differently than most, the self-proclaimed "blockchainless blockchain".CoinJournal's Dan Ashmore sits down with IOTA's Christian Saur this week t...
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Episode 13
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Crypto Venture Capitalism - David Siemer, CEO of Wave Financial
Venture capitalism and crypto are a pair who have not been married for long, but the results have been explosive. Of course, like everything, it has taken a turn for the worst this week. Dan speaks with longtime VC David Siemer, CEO of ...
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Episode 12
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Is undercollaterised crypto lending possible? Rafael Cosman, CEO of TrustToken / TrueFi
The phrase "crypto lending" is seen as a dirty one now in the post-Celsius world, as a wave of contagion spreading through the industry caused many firms to go under in a very high-profile manner. Today Dan speaks with Rafael Cosman, th...
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Charmyn Ho, Head of Crypto Insights at Bybit, on the Last Month in the Markets
Charmyn Ho used to be a pre-school teacher who liked gaming. Then she came across a game called Axie Infinity, sporting a curious feature of earning while you play. Today, she's Head of Crypto Insights at Bybit, having been bitt...
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Episode 11
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The Future is Interoperability - Ram Ramachandran, CEO of Router Protocol
What blockchain will win? A common question in the world of cryptocurrency. But in truth, the future is likely one of interoperability. Certain blockchains will be bigger than others, but many will exist. I sat down with Ram Ramacha...
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Episode 10
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Crypto Academic - Omid Malekan, Columbia Business School Professor and Crypto Writer
Cryptocurrency can be intimidating. Even to people with a good understanding of the financial markets or technology, wrapping their heads around blockchain can be a challenge. I sat down on the latest episode of the Coin...
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Episode 9
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Jeremy Koven, COO of Publicly-Listed Canadian exchange CoinSmart
There are hundreds of cryptocurrency exchanges and trading platforms, with more popping up every single day. With the industry still only a few years old, however, most of these are private companies.Coinbase led the way in changing this...
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This Meme was Worth $800 Million But After a 99% Crash is Pivoting to DeFi - Podcast with the Director, Mark Basa, HOKK Finance
Hokkaido Inu were one of the many memes that rode the coattails of Dogecoin’s success. Peaking at a mouth-watering $800 million in market cap, it was since abandoned by the founders and crashed down 99%.Today, however, it’s reinventing i...
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Episode 7
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Fantom CEO Michael Kong talks Macro, Inflation, Politics, Fantom and More | CoinJournal Podcast
"(Inflation) is the most important political issue in existence"If you're only going to listen to one episode of the CoinJournal podcast, I would make it this one (in my extremely biased opinion). I sat down with Michael ...
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Episode 6
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Interview with CEO of Layer-1 Blockchain Concordium: Identity Vital to Transactions on the Blockchain | CoinJournal
The concept of identity is quite a polarising one in cryptocurrency. People forget sometimes that Bitcoin grew out of a niche corner of the Internet, birthed from ultra-libertarian ideals with self-sovereignty, anonymity and independence centra...
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Episode 5
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Interview w/ Jake Yocom-Piatt: Sovereignty, Privacy, Decred So Far | CoinJournal
Joe and Dan talk to Jake Yocom-Piatt, founder of top-100 cryptocurrency Decred (DCR). In this wide-ranging discussion, Jake and the boys talk about the importance of sovereignty, crypto scams, privacy, CBDCs, and more. Read Dan's write-...
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Episode 4
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Interview w/ Slava Rubin: Alternative Assets, Collectibles, and Crypto | CoinJournal
Joe and Dan talk to Slava Rubin, founder of alternative investment search engine Vincent. Vincent recently launched their actively managed investment product, VALT, which Read Dan's piece on alternative assets
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Episode 3
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29:30
The stablecoin wars: unpacking the Tether FUD, post-UST | CoinJournal
Joe quizzes Dan on his latest article, which dives into the fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD) that has followed Tether and its USDT stablecoin for years.
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Decentralisation, regulation, and clowning Do Kwon (17/5/22) | CoinJournal
Dan and Joe discuss the fallout from the Terra/LUNA/UST fiasco, and the effects it is likely to have on the broader crypto market. Also on today's agenda: how Colombians would pronounce Lloyd's Bank.Learn more & connect with...
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Episode 1
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