Around The Coin

In this episode, our co-host, Min Kim speaks with Zack Seward, managing editor in charge of CoinDesk's business desk. Previously, Zack was the editor-in-chief of Technical.ly, a network focused on local tech communities on the U.S. East Coast. Prior to that, Seward worked as a reporter covering business and technology for a pair of NPR member stations, WHYY in Philadelphia and WXXI in Rochester, New York.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Kinsa Durst interviews Peter N. Anderson. Peter is a General Partner at FinVC, where he is responsible for sourcing investments and adding operating value at the portfolio company level. Prior to FinVC, he was CFO and Partner at SymphonyAI, a $1 billion early-stage investment and incubation platform, where he held investing, operating, and board member roles in several AI technology companies across the Finance, Healthcare, Infrastructure, and Media verticals. Peter has also worked with McKinsey & Co’s early and mid-stage SaaS practice; at Wells Fargo’s Technology Equity Research group (including working on the Facebook, Workday, ServiceNow, and Marin Software IPOs) and at Merrill Lynch in their investment banking division.He is passionate about the commercialization of frontier technologies and the disruption of legacy markets and business models. His professional experience includes co-founding several technology companies as well as roles in investment banking, corporate M&A, consulting, and early and mid-stage growth companies.Peter holds an MBA from the University of Virginia, where he was elected for the Raven Society and a BBA in Finance from the College of William & Mary.Tune in to this exciting show!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, our co-host Kinsa Durst speaks with Charlie Delingpole, Founder and CEO of ComplyAdvantage, a technology company focused on wiping out financial crime using Machine Learning. As CEO, Charlie leads the product development and growth of the company. His passion for the issue came from his time as the MLRO of a previous startup he founded when he realized how inefficient processes around money laundering are.Tune in to find out how Charlie got into the niche of compliance, AML and RegTech.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ally Medina is the former Mayor of Emeryville and Director of the Blockchain Advocacy Coalition. She has used her regulatory expertise to develop a compliant solution for cannabis businesses to use crypto for contactless payments and launched Paloma Pay in January of 2021.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ugochukwu Aronu is CEO of Xend Finance and he was one of the first blockchain meetup organizers in his region of Nigeria. He created a widely used ERC20 and BTC wallet used by exchanges and launched Xend Finance as one of the first Binance Smart Chain projects, backed by Binance Labs and Google Launchpad.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

George Gvazava brings diverse finance expertise from his roles at Deloitte, Galt & Taggart (the largest investment bank in Georgia), and, as the CFO at Brokers.IO, a group of fintech companies. Most recently, he became a CEO of CryptX, an easy-to-use Crypto Wallet with institutional grade security. George also loves sharing his knowledge and experience with the next generation and is a Visiting Lecturer at several universities in Georgia and France. He is also an ACCA member and a CFA Level III candidate. He has advised companies in the technology, energy, oil and gas, and banking sectors, with total assets ranging from $10 million to over $1 billion. George was nominated by Forbes Georgia in “30 under 30 – Finance”.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tegan Kline is the founder of Edge & Node. Previously she was business lead for The Graph, an indexing and query protocol organising the world’s open blockchain data and making open data a public good. Tegan helps leaders and innovators connect more deeply with stakeholders across the blockchain ecosystem.Tegan Kline is the former International Business Development Manager and OXT Relations Lead for Orchid, an A16z and Sequoia backed blockchain company that created tools and protocols for users to obtain digital freedom and an open and accessible internet. Tegan successfully helped to launch Orchid at a 400m valuation on Coinbase. Tegan's professional experience has been with Fortune 500's and startups, prior to Orchid, Tegan was the Executive VP of a patent marketplace powered by blockchain, analysed by AI. She began her career in Investment Banking at BAML and, prior to discovering blockchain, worked in Sales and Trading at Barclays.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we interview Denko Mancheski, founder and CEO of Reef Finance (reef.finance). Denko has been in the blockchain and cryptocurrency industry for around 6 years as a developer - working with many notable technologies including NXT blockchain, Bitshares, Steem as well as EOS. He now runs Reef Finance, a hub for Decentralized Finance running on Polkadot. Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.DeFi Code www.defi-code.comGo-to-market agency for cryptocurrency companies. Make your project stand out and gain maximum impact in the industry.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we interview Geoff McCabe (https://www.linkedin.com/in/geoffmccabe) - CEO of The Divi Project (diviproject.org). He also owns businesses in virtual reality, gaming, two hotels, and a blockchain-based media company, LightingWorks.ioSponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.DeFi Code www.defi-code.comGo-to-market agency for cryptocurrency companies. Make your project stand out and gain maximum impact in the industry.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we interview Dov Marmor, COO, Railsbank N. America. Dov led two of the top FinTech platform businesses in banking and international payments. Formerly GM and Head of BaaS at Green Dot, Dov grew that business 3X over 2.5 years, launching enterprise programs including Intuit TurboCard, Uber Debit/Money, Stash Banking, Wealthfront Debit, and many others. Prior to that, he launched the US business of Currencycloud, building over 20 new programs and expanding the teams and operational processes for scale.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.DeFi Code www.defi-code.comGo-to-market agency for cryptocurrency companies. Make your project stand out and gain maximum impact in the industry.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices