The Real Maxime Podcast

In this episode, we are joined by Jean-Michel Pailhon, Co-Founder of Grail Capital, an investment firm that helps institutional investors and family offices navigate the on-chain digital art market. Jean-Michel and his co-founder Tim Salikhov believe digital art is the next $1 trillion asset class and their goal is to make it easy, profitable and safe for more collectors and investors to participate in the digital art market. Tune in to hear more about Jean-Michel’s journey as a digital art collector and crypto pioneer, from overseeing equity listing and research at NYSE Paris to helping build Ledger into a cutting edge platform used by millions of individuals and hundreds of enterprises.

In this second part of the episode, recorded live from Cafe Bonvivant in the 5th Arrondissement of Paris at the ETHcc 2023 conference, we are joined again by Sandy Carter, Chief Operating Officer of Unstoppable Domains, the company that is returning the power of the Internet to the people. Tune in to hear us chat about the purpose-driven tone of the conference, adoption drivers for web3 and how brands can engage with users in the digital space.

In this episode, we are joined by Sandy Carter, Chief Operating Officer of Unstoppable Domains, the company that is returning the power of the Internet to the people. Sandy has been consistently recognized by her peers as one of the most influential and powerful women in technology. Tune in to hear more about Sandy’s journey as an innovator, thought leader and operator, from growing up dreaming to be an astronaut to scaling massive technology brands at IBM or AWS, and now executing Unstoppable’s unwavering mission to deliver user-owned, digital identity for every person on the planet.

In this second part of the episode, we are joined again by Tim Grant, Head of EMEA for Galaxy, a diversified financial services and investment management company in the digital asset, cryptocurrency, and blockchain technology sectors. Tune in to hear our broad discussion on the state of crypto, with the benefit of Tim's vantage point and 8 years spent building and selling the technology to global financial institutions.

In this episode, we are joined by Tim Grant, Head of EMEA for Galaxy, a diversified financial services and investment management company in the digital asset, cryptocurrency, and blockchain technology sectors. There is no better person to understand, formalize and evangelize, on a global scale, the rewards of re-platforming financial services infrastructure. Tune in to hear more about Tim's multi-talented journey, from his early days growing up on the outskirts of Glasgow in Scotland with his first electric guitar to rising as a financial technology executive at UBS, starting two cutting edge companies and trailblazing the digital asset era since 2015.

In this episode, we are joined by Martin Green, co-CIO and CEO of Cambrian Asset Management, a quantitative registered investment manager applying a data and software-driven approach to trading cryptocurrencies and digital assets. Cambrian’s investors include founders or principals from notable quantitative, hedge fund, venture capital, and technology firms. Tune in to hear more about Martin's journey on his way to becoming a digital fund manager, from his early days in technology investment banking at Morgan Stanley, to rising through the ranks of CNET at the height of the first Internet era and successfully selling Sequoia-backed Meebo to Google.

Join the podcast as Joe McCann explores asymmetric investment opportunities in crypto, authentic networking, trading strategies in NFT space, and the role of cryptocurrency in redesigning the financial system. Learn about his diverse career path and journey to digital fund management.

In this episode, we are joined by Balder Bomans, Chief Investment Officer of Maven11, one of the most respected venture capital firms in the digital asset and blockchain industry. Balder’s confidence and commitment to what he refers to as the digital renaissance remain undeterred. Tune in to hear more about Balder's journey on his way to becoming a leading crypto-native venture investor, from playing national-level field hockey in the Netherlands, to managing large equities flows on a high-octane trading floor.

In this episode, we are joined by Michael Schwartz, Founder, CEO and Co-CIO of Arena Digital Capital, a leading multi-strategy investment manager offering broad exposure across the growing digital asset and blockchain sector. Michael is a veteran public and private market investor who spent the bulk of his career in the hedge fund industry. He outlines one of the clearest, most thoughtful and comprehensive investment thesis for the digital space. Tune in to hear more about Michael's journey as a world class investor, from starting as an M&A attorney in his early career, to becoming a digital asset fund manager.

In this episode, we are joined by Joe Kelly, Co-Founder and CEO of Unchained Capital, the market leader and trusted partner in bitcoin-native financial services that offers comprehensive collaborative custody, trading and lending solutions for bitcoiners globally. Joe is a steadfast proponent of bitcoin's adoption and ability to create sovereign individuals. Tune in to hear more about Joe's journey as a formidable serial technology entrepreneur, from working the early morning hours on a tugboat along the Hudson river in his early career, to challenging the digital banking status-quo with undeterred grit.