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Frederik Gregaard is CEO of the Cardano Foundation. A leader in fintech and blockchain, Fred has a background in banking, wealth management and asset management.Gregaard joined the Cardano Foundation in 2020 and leads work across the Foundation’s three core focus areas: operational resilience, education, and adoption. These focuses guide all of the Foundation’s activities. Gregaard’s work enables expedited value creation for inclusive and equitable growth using Cardano, with the overall goal of decentralised, efficient, and secure economic empowerment for all.In this conversation, we discuss:- Intro to Cardano- Operational resilience- Education and Adoption- Georgian wine partnership- Third Global Impact Challenge- Policy developments in the blockchain space- Recent engagement with regulators- Plans for the coming year- Helping people without an identity- Making blockchain immortalCardano FoundationWebsite: cardanofoundation.orgX: @Cardano_CFTelegram: t.me/CardanoAnnouncementsFrederik GregaardX: @F_GregaardLinkedIn: Frederik Gregaard   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  This episode is brought to you by PrimeXBT.  PrimeXBT offers a robust trading system for both beginners and professional traders that demand highly reliable market data and performance. Traders of all experience levels can easily design and customize layouts and widgets to best fit their trading style. PrimeXBT is always offering innovative products and professional trading conditions to all customers.  PrimeXBT is running an exclusive promotion for listeners of the podcast. After making your first deposit, 50% of that first deposit will be credited to your account as a bonus that can be used as additional collateral to open positions.  Code: CRYPTONEWS50  This promotion is available for a month after activation. Click the link below:  PrimeXBT x CRYPTONEWS50 

Charlie Schumacher, VP Corporate Communications of Marathon Digital Holdings (NASDAQ:MARA), a digital asset technology company that mines cryptocurrencies with a focus on the blockchain ecosystem and the generation of digital assets. From 2018 to 2021, Charlie worked at Gateway Investor Relations, first as an Analyst and later as an Associate, specializing in investor relations. Then, in 2021, they joined Marathon Digital Holdings as the Director of Corporate Communications before being promoted to VP of Corporate Communications in January 2022. Charlie Schumacher has a Bachelor's degree in Economics from Boston University.In this conversation, we discuss:- Some changes from the last halving cycle that miners are focused on- How do miners survive with their revenue being cut in half?- Macro trends that will affect miners going forward- Bitcoin ETF - what will this entail?- How Marathon is preparing for a bull market- How the Bitcoin ETF will affect miners- Investor relations and corporate communications- Utilization of AI- Using methane to mine bitcoinMarathon Digital HoldingsWebsite: www.mara.comX: @MarathonDHInstagram: @marathondigitalholdingsCharlie SchumacherX: @charlieschuLinkedIn: Charlie Schumacher  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  This episode is brought to you by PrimeXBT.  PrimeXBT offers a robust trading system for both beginners and professional traders that demand highly reliable market data and performance. Traders of all experience levels can easily design and customize layouts and widgets to best fit their trading style. PrimeXBT is always offering innovative products and professional trading conditions to all customers.  PrimeXBT is running an exclusive promotion for listeners of the podcast. After making your first deposit, 50% of that first deposit will be credited to your account as a bonus that can be used as additional collateral to open positions.  Code: CRYPTONEWS50  This promotion is available for a month after activation. Click the link below:  PrimeXBT x CRYPTONEWS50 

Lars Seier Christensen is Chairman of the Swiss non-profit Concordium Foundation. With over 30 years of experience across the banking and financial sector, Seier Christensen is a global pioneer in FX and derivatives trading, having co-founded the online trading and investment platform Saxo Bank in 1992. He served as co-CEO of Saxo Bank for more than 20 years, in which time the bank grew to 1,500 employees across 150 locations serving customers in 170 countries. SaxoTrader, the bank’s flagship online trading offering, was launched in 1998 and was one of the first online FX trading platforms in the world. SaxoTrader has since grown to become one of the world’s most complete multi-asset trading platforms. Seier Christensen is also the founder and sole owner of Seier Capital, a private equity and venture capital firm that specializes in investments in angel, seed, and A-round stage companies. The firm invests in art & fashion, financial services, food and beverages, sports & entertainment, social media, and technology industries.In this conversation, we discuss:- DeFi is paving the way for a more inclusive financial future- Legal clarity is the key to institutionalizing DeFi and will drive adoption at scale- Bridging the gap between DeFi and TradFi- Marrying decentralization with regulatory compliance- Bolstering data security- 1.4 billion people are currently unbanked- The future of ID + KYC- Stories from growing Saxo Bank- Concordium moving forwardConcordiumWebsite: www.concordium.comX: @ConcordiumNetDiscord: discord.gg/GpKGE2hCFxLars Seier ChristensenX: @larsseierLinkedIn: Lars Seier Christensen  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  This episode is brought to you by PrimeXBT.  PrimeXBT offers a robust trading system for both beginners and professional traders that demand highly reliable market data and performance. Traders of all experience levels can easily design and customize layouts and widgets to best fit their trading style. PrimeXBT is always offering innovative products and professional trading conditions to all customers.  PrimeXBT is running an exclusive promotion for listeners of the podcast. After making your first deposit, 50% of that first deposit will be credited to your account as a bonus that can be used as additional collateral to open positions.  Code: CRYPTONEWS50  This promotion is available for a month after activation. Click the link below:  PrimeXBT x CRYPTONEWS50 

Tara Fung is the Co-Founder & CEO of Co:Create. Tara is a growth-oriented leader who enables innovative brands to unlock the power of their community through gamified, self-owned reward programs. With a background as Chief Revenue Officer of Alto, a leading cryptoIRA and digital asset IRA custodian, Tara forged partnerships with institutional crypto asset managers, driving a staggering 25X revenue growth in just 18 months.She also served as Chief Commercial Officer at a consumer lending FinTech firm, spearheading an advocacy campaign to change the tax treatment of employer-sponsored student loan repayment programs. Her efforts resulted in the passage of this initiative as part of the CARES Act. Tara holds degrees from Harvard Business School and the University of South Carolina.In this conversation, we discuss:- How Web3 loyalty is an upgrade on traditional loyalty programs- How Web3 loyalty can help onboard brands to Web3- Tattoos on the blockchain- How can the eCommerce industry benefit from Web3 technologies as a whole- Why the intersection of web3 and luxury fashion will be one of the most popular use cases- Co:Create Ink — ten world famous tattoo artists enter web3 loyalty- Co:Create Studios- Delta changing their loyalty program- Owning the experience layer- The power of APIsCo:CreateWebsite: www.usecocreate.ioX: @usecocreateDiscord: discord.gg/AUJbWTw5mSTara FungX: @nonfungibletaraLinkedIn: Tara FungInstagram: @tara_fung   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  This episode is brought to you by PrimeXBT.  PrimeXBT offers a robust trading system for both beginners and professional traders that demand highly reliable market data and performance. Traders of all experience levels can easily design and customize layouts and widgets to best fit their trading style. PrimeXBT is always offering innovative products and professional trading conditions to all customers.  PrimeXBT is running an exclusive promotion for listeners of the podcast. After making your first deposit, 50% of that first deposit will be credited to your account as a bonus that can be used as additional collateral to open positions.  Code: CRYPTONEWS50  This promotion is available for a month after activation. Click the link below:  PrimeXBT x CRYPTONEWS50 

Adam Reeds is the Co-Founder and CEO of Ledn, a global company regulated in the Cayman Islands that focuses on building financial products to help people save in bitcoin and digital assets. Prior to co-founding Ledn, Adam spent ten years at Dream Asset Management, where he developed, built, and financed a $1.5 billion portfolio of renewable power projects. It was Bitcoin's connection with the energy that brought Adam into Bitcoin mining, where he and his co-founder identified a gap in financing digital assets. Today, Ledn is a broad financial services platform with clients in over 130 countries. Adam is a graduate of the HBA program at the Richard Ivey School of Business and also holds a Bachelor of Engineering Science from the University of Western Ontario.In this conversation, we discuss:- Crypto loans vs. traditional loans- The future of crypto lending- Why Bitcoin Makes Great Collateral- How Ledn survived the lending crisis of 2022- Ledn's new products (DCNs and Growth Accounts)- Investing in the energy sector- Bitcoin mining in Canada- Canada’s energy consumptionLednWebsite: ledn.ioX: @hodlwithLednInstagram: @ledn.ioAdam ReedsX: @adamreedsLinkedIn: Adam Reeds   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  This episode is brought to you by PrimeXBT.  PrimeXBT offers a robust trading system for both beginners and professional traders that demand highly reliable market data and performance. Traders of all experience levels can easily design and customize layouts and widgets to best fit their trading style. PrimeXBT is always offering innovative products and professional trading conditions to all customers.  PrimeXBT is running an exclusive promotion for listeners of the podcast. After making your first deposit, 50% of that first deposit will be credited to your account as a bonus that can be used as additional collateral to open positions.  Code: CRYPTONEWS50  This promotion is available for a month after activation. Click the link below:  PrimeXBT x CRYPTONEWS50 

Rich Rines is an initial contributor to Core DAO, an independent blockchain combining the decentralization and security of Bitcoin with the scalability and application platform of Ethereum.Rich focuses on the implementation and growth of Core DAO’s revolutionary decentralized consensus mechanism aimed at unlocking the full potential and promise of blockchain technology by leveraging the complementary qualities of Proof of Stake alongside Proof of Work.Rich is also the founder and CEO of an outbound contact center software company called AutoReach and led money movements engineering at Coinbase for 3 years. Prior to those roles, Rich was an engineer at LendingHome and Thoughtbot.In this conversation, we discuss:- Bitcoin miner challenges- Bitcoin use cases- Leveraging PoW and PoS- Core’s impressive global audience and the successful airdrop stats from launch- Interoperability and cross-chain functionality- Onboarding communities that need crypto most: developers, Bitcoin miners, and end-users- Building money movement products- Onboarding web2 over web3Core DAOWebsite: coredao.orgX: @Coredao_OrgLinkedIn: t.me/CoreDAOTelegramRich RinesX: @richrinesLinkedIn: Rich Rines ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  This episode is brought to you by PrimeXBT.  PrimeXBT offers a robust trading system for both beginners and professional traders that demand highly reliable market data and performance. Traders of all experience levels can easily design and customize layouts and widgets to best fit their trading style. PrimeXBT is always offering innovative products and professional trading conditions to all customers.  PrimeXBT is running an exclusive promotion for listeners of the podcast. After making your first deposit, 50% of that first deposit will be credited to your account as a bonus that can be used as additional collateral to open positions.  Code: CRYPTONEWS50  This promotion is available for a month after activation. Click the link below:  PrimeXBT x CRYPTONEWS50 

Nihar Neelakanti is the Co-Founder and CEO of Ecosapiens, a VC-backed platform enabling consumers to fight climate change through the world’s first carbon-backed NFT. Nihar previously worked in venture capital, spending several years at VCs, including Correlation Ventures, Kauffman Fellows, and most recently, at the prestigious Menlo Ventures, where he helped develop the climate thesis that sparked the idea for Ecosapiens. He is deeply fascinated by the opportunity to rethink economics in a way that regenerates the planet rather than extracts from it.In this conversation, we discuss:- Are we back?- Crypto VC landscape- Carbon tracking on the blockchain- Web3 tech powering eco-conscious consumerism- Invest in the environment- How businesses can achieve their climate goals- Growing in a bear market- Using NFTs to solve climate problems- Climate techEcosapiensWebsite: ecosapiens.xyzX: @ecosapiensxyzDiscord: discord.gg/57AszRvpFjNihar NeelakantiX: @NiharNeelakantiLinkedIn: Nihar Neelakanti ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  This episode is brought to you by PrimeXBT.  PrimeXBT offers a robust trading system for both beginners and professional traders that demand highly reliable market data and performance. Traders of all experience levels can easily design and customize layouts and widgets to best fit their trading style. PrimeXBT is always offering innovative products and professional trading conditions to all customers.  PrimeXBT is running an exclusive promotion for listeners of the podcast. After making your first deposit, 50% of that first deposit will be credited to your account as a bonus that can be used as additional collateral to open positions.  Code: CRYPTONEWS50  This promotion is available for a month after activation. Click the link below:  PrimeXBT x CRYPTONEWS50 

Oleg Fomenko is the Co-Founder of Sweat Economy, which is establishing the movement economy by realizing the value of physical activities and rewarding all forms of movement. Nine years prior to the conception of Sweat Economy, Oleg co-founded Sweatcoin, a digital currency backed by physical movement within the Sweat Economy ecosystem. Oleg has more than 15 years of experience as an entrepreneur. As founder of bloom.fm, he spearheaded a £16M funding raise, attracting 1.2 million registered users in the UK and offering the world’s first £1 per month subscription service. He has a wealth of experience in the areas of propositions, strategy development, consultancy, and brand management. A serial entrepreneur, Oleg has been described by clients as a “true creative visionary” and is particularly interested in the areas of health, civil rights and social action, human rights, economic empowerment, and education. In this conversation, we discuss:- The founding story of Sweatcoin- Sweat Economy's DeFi structure- Historical instability of the move-to-earn industry- Decentralized governance- Sweatcoin- Ripple Rulling- Measurability tech = improving health and fitness- How Move-To-Earn can lower long-term healthcare costs- Protecting data privacy in the fitness industry- Near ecosystemSweat EconomyWebsite: sweateconomy.comX: @SweatEconomyTelegram: t.me/sweateconomyOleg FomenkoX: @oleg_femLinkedIn: Oleg Fomenko   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  This episode is brought to you by PrimeXBT.  PrimeXBT offers a robust trading system for both beginners and professional traders that demand highly reliable market data and performance. Traders of all experience levels can easily design and customize layouts and widgets to best fit their trading style. PrimeXBT is always offering innovative products and professional trading conditions to all customers.  PrimeXBT is running an exclusive promotion for listeners of the podcast. After making your first deposit, 50% of that first deposit will be credited to your account as a bonus that can be used as additional collateral to open positions.  Code: CRYPTONEWS50  This promotion is available for a month after activation. Click the link below:  PrimeXBT x CRYPTONEWS50 

Don Norbury is Head of Studio at Shrapnel, a AAA first-person extraction shooter with a creator ecosystem that empowers players to own their creations and shape the future of the game. From the genre-defining franchises of Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Bioshock, Sunset Overdrive, and Crackdown to the sports superstars Madden NFL and NASCAR, Don has redefined creative boundaries across platforms and player experience for more than 16 years. Prior to joining Shrapnel, he held senior positions at companies such as HBO, Microsoft, and Electronic Arts.In this conversation, we discuss:- Web3 game developer platforms- Trajectory of the Web3 gaming industry- Don’s experience and gameplay-first approach to game development- How blockchain can be included as an optional additional element of AAA games- Shrapnel - a AAA first-person extraction shooter- GameBridge empowers game developers to easily integrate advanced content creation capabilities- Building games like Starwars and Madden- Working for HBO, Microsoft, and Electronic Arts- Building in person > building onlineSHRAPNELWebsite: www.shrapnel.comX: @playSHRAPNELDiscord: discord.gg/shrapnelDon NorburyX: @DonNorburyLinkedIn: Don Norbury   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  This episode is brought to you by PrimeXBT.  PrimeXBT offers a robust trading system for both beginners and professional traders that demand highly reliable market data and performance. Traders of all experience levels can easily design and customize layouts and widgets to best fit their trading style. PrimeXBT is always offering innovative products and professional trading conditions to all customers.  PrimeXBT is running an exclusive promotion for listeners of the podcast. After making your first deposit, 50% of that first deposit will be credited to your account as a bonus that can be used as additional collateral to open positions.  Code: CRYPTONEWS50  This promotion is available for a month after activation. Click the link below:  PrimeXBT x CRYPTONEWS50 

Ryan Gill is a pioneer of the open metaverse movement. He is the founder and CEO of the Crucible Network, an enterprise offering easy on-ramps for developers to leverage web3 technologies, as well as a founding member of the Open Meta DAO, an organisation supporting the delivery of products, experiences, services, best practices, and tools underpinning the emergence of an open metaverse. Ryan stands out as a visionary leader and entrepreneur and has been among the first industry figures to promote the term ‘open metaverse.'In this conversation, we discuss:- The Open Metaverse- Self-Sovereign Identity (Verification of ID in Gaming)- Emergence SDK- The future of the metaverse- Learning as a skill- Learning for in your 20s and building in your 30s- Pattern recognition as a skill- First principals- Virtual Reality Modelling (VRMs)- GamespaceOpen MetaWebsite: www.openmeta.xyzX: @OpenMetaDAODiscord: discord.gg/openmetaRyan GillX: @RyanCrucibleLinkedIn: Ryan Gill   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  This episode is brought to you by PrimeXBT.  PrimeXBT offers a robust trading system for both beginners and professional traders that demand highly reliable market data and performance. Traders of all experience levels can easily design and customize layouts and widgets to best fit their trading style. PrimeXBT is always offering innovative products and professional trading conditions to all customers.  PrimeXBT is running an exclusive promotion for listeners of the podcast. After making your first deposit, 50% of that first deposit will be credited to your account as a bonus that can be used as additional collateral to open positions.  Code: CRYPTONEWS50  This promotion is available for a month after activation. Click the link below:  PrimeXBT x CRYPTONEWS50