Crypto Hipster

Join the Crypto Hipster every Friday for Crypto Policy and Regulatory News, Insights, Analysis, and Commentary Around the World, with your host Jamil Hasan.

Konstantin Andriotis: Chief Operating Officer at Hexens, Konstantin implements considerable experience from several industries, including software R&D, cybersecurity, B2C marketing, and politics, to ensure leadership, growth and success for the company. He previously spearheaded product marketing for one of Europe’s largest financial institutions, Sberbank. Konstantin is laser-focused on partnership strategy and operational excellence among the Hexens team, contributing to a more trusted and efficient service offering for some of Web3’s most notable operators. You can follow Konstantin on X here. Ellis Norman: Chief Revenue Officer at Hexens, Ellis brings multiple years of expertise in business development and partnerships across finance, Web2, and Web3. Alongside his work at Hexens, Ellis is Director of Virginia Blockchain Council. Before joining Hexens, Ellis led Web3 and Partnerships at HackerEarth, and  Business Development at a leading physical commodity provider. Ellis founded Carabiner Growth Partners, a company focused on growth strategy and consulting, as well as the Polygon Guild Virginia. You can follow Ellis on X here.

Ramon Recuero is currently a cofounder at Kinto, the first KYC'ed Layer 2 capable of supporting both modern financial institutions and decentralized protocols. Previously, he founded Babylon.finance, a DeFi protocol that reached more than $50M in AUM. Long ago, and worked at Y Combinator, building products and helping founders. Before that, he built apps and games for Moz, Google and Zynga. In a previous life,  Ramon founded Netgamix, a user-generated trivia platform that reached more than 100K MAU.

Join the Crypto Hipster each and every Friday for Crypto Policy and Regulatory News, Insights, Analysis, and Commentary Around the World, with your host Jamil Hasan.

Adam Helfgott, serial entrepreneur with 20+ years of experience, discusses blockchain's potential in ad tech and data exchange for large companies. He explores rebranding, Valence's focus areas, and the importance of capturing proof of authenticity in a decentralized network. Topics include FDA approval, scalability, and the challenges of obtaining clinical trials for rare diseases.

Join the Crypto Hipster for his rebranded X-Factor, focusing on Crypto Policy and Regulatory News, Insights, Analysis, and Commentary from Around the World, with your host Jamil Hasan. Starting the week of October 16th, 2023, the X-Factor will focus exclusively on content relating to regulatory and policy news globally, while two new shows, the C-Factor and the H-Factor will focus on metaverse/NFTs/decentralized finance and Bitcoin/Litecoin/Ethereum and other alternative crypto coins, respectively. Make sure not to miss a single episode to keep up to date on what is going on in the word of blockchain and crypto.

About Seamus Rocca As CEO of Xapo Bank, Seamus has been instrumental in making Xapo the first crypto company in the world to obtain a Banking License and one of the first crypto program issuers at Mastercard. Banking is in his DNA. Before joining Xapo as the Group CFO in 2017, he spent a decade at Standard Chartered Bank as the Group Head of Liquidity and Funding Risk. During his tenure the bank tripled the size of its balance sheet and navigated significant regulatory changes successfully. He has also held positions at major financial institutions including Macquarie Group, Credit Suisse and Arthur Andersen. All of his roles have focused on finance, treasury and Emerging Markets.

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Marc Mercuri, Chief Blockchain Officer Marc Mercuri is Chief Blockchain Officer 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. He is a 29-year tech industry veteran with 26 patents issued or pending, and four published books. Prior to joining Shrapnel, Marc spent 18 years at Microsoft where he held senior roles in product, strategy (cloud, architecture, platform), evangelism, innovation, and incubation. He led and launched multiple pro code and low code blockchain APIs and developer tools at both Microsoft and ConsenSys. His work has been featured on ABC, TechCrunch, BBC, Fast Company, Forbes, Harvard Business Review, Mashable, and Wired.

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