The Irish Tech News Podcast

William COO De’Ath GBC.AI. GBC.AI is leading blockchains towards intelligence. We make products that secure, protect, and allow the mass adoption of the Metaverse, NFT’s, gaming, DeFi, DAO’s, shopping, social networking, travel, banking, healthcare, insurance and infinitely more applications using Blockchains. But William has decided to explain this complex project using the form of comics - going live this week on his website http://GBC.AI/COMIC Your host is Jillian Godsil, journalist, broadcaster and creator - her latest NFTs can be found here https://artmine.playform.io/projects/15

Tom's bio:Based in London, prior to Metaphysic, Tom founded OmniSci (previously MapD), the world's fastest database and first GPU in-memory analytics engine backed by Tiger Global, NEA, in-Q-Tel, NVIDIA and Google. He is co-founder of Codec.ai, a content marketing analytics tool used by Redbull, Unilever, L'Oreal, Nestle and more. Jamil Hasan is a crypto and blockchain focused podcast host at the Irish Tech News and spearheads our weekend content “The Crypto Corner” where he interviews founders, entrepreneurs and global thought leaders. Prior to his endeavors into the crypto-verse in July 2017, Jamil built an impressive career as a data, operations, financial, technology and business analyst and manager in Corporate America, including twelve years at American International Group and its related companies. Since entering the crypto universe, Jamil has been an advisor, entrepreneur, investor and author. His books “Blockchain Ethics: A Bridge to Abundance” (2018) and “Re-Generation X” (2020) not only discuss the benefits of blockchain technology, but also capture Jamil’s experience on how he has transitioned from being a loyal yet downsized former corporate employee to a self sovereign individual. With over one hundred podcasts under his belt since he joined our team in February 2021, and with four years of experience both managing his own crypto portfolio and providing crypto guidance and counsel to select clients, Jamil continues to seek opportunities to help others navigate this still nascent industry. Jamil’s primary focus outside of podcast hosting is helping former corporate employees gain the necessary skills and vision to build their own crypto portfolios and create wealth for the long-term.

Ruben Merre is CEO and co-founder of NGRAVE, a digital asset security provider offering user-friendly maximum security solutions for blockchain and crypto use cases. At NGRAVE, Ruben created "ZERO", the world's most secure hardware wallet for crypto storage. A seasoned entrepreneur, he was selected for Belgium's 40 under 40 last year, as well as being a Google Digital Pioneer nominee in 2020. This week, NGRAVE will play a key role at Metaverse Fashion Weel by having a store in Boson Portal  a metaverse marketplace located in the virtual world Decentraland. Jamil Hasan is a crypto and blockchain focused podcast host at the Irish Tech News and spearheads our weekend content “The Crypto Corner” where he interviews founders, entrepreneurs and global thought leaders. Prior to his endeavors into the crypto-verse in July 2017, Jamil built an impressive career as a data, operations, financial, technology and business analyst and manager in Corporate America, including twelve years at American International Group and its related companies. Since entering the crypto universe, Jamil has been an advisor, entrepreneur, investor and author. His books “Blockchain Ethics: A Bridge to Abundance” (2018) and “Re-Generation X” (2020) not only discuss the benefits of blockchain technology, but also capture Jamil’s experience on how he has transitioned from being a loyal yet downsized former corporate employee to a self sovereign individual. With over one hundred podcasts under his belt since he joined our team in February 2021, and with four years of experience both managing his own crypto portfolio and providing crypto guidance and counsel to select clients, Jamil continues to seek opportunities to help others navigate this still nascent industry. Jamil’s primary focus outside of podcast hosting is helping former corporate employees gain the necessary skills and vision to build their own crypto portfolios and create wealth for the long-term.

Silta Finance is Ben's fourth startup and here is where he finds his passion. His corporate career was in infrastructure finance and he first heard about Bitcoin in 2011 but ignored it initially. It was only around 2016 that he took a bigger interest, crucially in the functionality. “I got that it was an immutable database but then I saw the functionality in the dApps and that piqued my curiosity.” With Silta Finance, his blockchain startup which is described as bridge connecting DeFI with infrastructure investments, Ben believes he can bridge the world of TradFi and DeFi. For him, Silta Finance sits right in the middle of these two worlds and can take the best from both. Your host is Jillian Godsil - journalist, broadcaster and creator - check out her latest NFT collection here https://artmine.playform.io/projects/15

Achieving the U.N. Sustainable Health and Food Goals with Food and Health Data Aggregator Esca Shalom Osiadi Bio: A data analyst by trade but an entrepreneur by life Shalom started his first business at 15 and hasn't stopped since. An award winning MBA graduate, he's passionate about using technology to help everyday people become financially independent. My Socials: Twitter = iamshal93Instagram = iam_shalTelegram = @maskdonEsca Socials: Twitter = twitter.com/escacryptoTelegram = https://t.me/escacrypto Jamil Hasan is a crypto and blockchain focused podcast host at the Irish Tech News and spearheads our weekend content “The Crypto Corner” where he interviews founders, entrepreneurs and global thought leaders. Prior to his endeavors into the crypto-verse in July 2017, Jamil built an impressive career as a data, operations, financial, technology and business analyst and manager in Corporate America, including twelve years at American International Group and its related companies. Since entering the crypto universe, Jamil has been an advisor, entrepreneur, investor and author. His books “Blockchain Ethics: A Bridge to Abundance” (2018) and “Re-Generation X” (2020) not only discuss the benefits of blockchain technology, but also capture Jamil’s experience on how he has transitioned from being a loyal yet downsized former corporate employee to a self sovereign individual. With over one hundred podcasts under his belt since he joined our team in February 2021, and with four years of experience both managing his own crypto portfolio and providing crypto guidance and counsel to select clients, Jamil continues to seek opportunities to help others navigate this still nascent industry. Jamil’s primary focus outside of podcast hosting is helping former corporate employees gain the necessary skills and vision to build their own crypto portfolios and create wealth for the long-term.

A significant amount of money has been invested in FinTech in the past decade; according to CFTE, the FinTech sector is now equivalent to 38% of the banking sector in terms of market capitalization. If FinTech was considered a city, it would rank 3rd as an employer in financial services, after New York and London. In a world where we are playing buzzword bingo on a seemingly daily basis, how do we stay on top of the real innovation trends in this fast developing world? And how can we facilitate pathways to these new opportunities and make sure that no one is left behind? As the saying goes, talent is equally distributed; opportunities are not.  In this episode of One Vision, Theo chats with Tram Anh Nguyen, co-founder of CFTE, whose mission is to leverage the power of education to create a more inclusive and welcoming new world of financial services. That’s certainly a purpose we can all get behind.

In this podcast, Diana Paiva is joined by Richard Stengel, a political analyst at MSNBC. Richard discusses disinformation about the War in Ukraine and how can people defend themselves from disinformation. Social media has proved an essential channel for the spread of information about this war and Richard explained the impact of social media since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. He also talks about Russia's propaganda. More information about The Social Media Summit - https://ide.mit.edu/events/the-social-media-summit-mit-smsmit-2/ About Richard Richard Stengel served under President Obama as Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs from 2013-16. While at the State Department, he modernized the State Department’s communications efforts by promoting social media at State to help the United States tell its story abroad. Stengel led the department’s counter-disinformation efforts, heading its anti-ISIS efforts and starting the first counter-Russian messaging group at State. About Diana Paiva Diana is currently interning with Irish Tech News. She graduated from Birkbeck University, with a degree in modern languages and she is currently doing a master's in Journalism at the University of Roehampton. She has an interest in technology and the environment.

Today Shane is joined by author, entrepreneur and Managing Director of Ninepoint's Digital Asset Group Alex Tapscott. Alex discusses how Crypto donations have become Ukraine’s financial lifeline since the beginning of the conflict with Russia. Since the Russian invasion, Ukraine has received over $100m in Crypto donations. He discusses why this is happening, the possibility of Crypto being used by Russia to bypass sanctions, how concerned governments should be about censorship free technologies and what it means for the future of money. About Alex Mr. Tapscott is an entrepreneur, author and seasoned capital markets professional focused on the impact of Bitcoin, blockchain and other digital assets on business and financial markets. Mr. Tapscott is the co-author of the critically acclaimed non-fiction best-seller, Blockchain Revolution, which has been translated into more than 15 languages and has sold more than 500,000 copies worldwide. He is also the Editor and Co-author of Financial Services Revolution (January 2020). Mr. Tapscott is sought after worldwide for his expertise by business and government audiences. He has delivered over 200 lectures and executive briefings at firms like Goldman Sachs (Talks at GS), Google, Allianz, IBM, Microsoft and Accenture. His TedX talk, “Blockchain is Eating Wall Street” has been viewed over 700,000 times. Mr. Tapscott has also written for The New York Times, Harvard Business Review, The Globe and Mail, National Post and many other publications. In 2017, Mr. Tapscott co-founded the Blockchain Research Institute (BRI), a global think-tank investigating blockchain strategies, opportunities and use-cases. Previously, Mr. Tapscott was Director of institutional equity sales at Canaccord Genuity. Mr. Tapscott is a graduate of Amherst College (Cum Laude) and is a CFA Charterholder. Twitter: https://twitter.com/alextapscott LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-tapscott-117638b/ About Shane Shane is currently interning with Irish Tech News. He is in his third year of studying Journalism at NUI Galway where he also studies IT and is studying programming and web development.

Late last year I interviewed Andrew Lynch the Co-founder and COO of Huckletree, and since then a lot has happened. Businesses are opening up again and the hybrid working model has been embraced as the government introduced new remote working regulations and got rid of all the Covid restrictions they had in place. As we get back to some form of normality in the workplace what can we expect. I talk to Andrew about this and more. Andrew talks to me about the new government remote working regulations, pandemic related issues, job enjoyment, tech predictions for the year, startup funding and sustainability. More about Andrew Lynch: Andrew moved back from the UK last year, where he did a master’s degree in real-estate investment, before working in private equity and then co-founding Huckletree. During that time Huckletree has opened 5 co-working spaces in the UK and one in Ireland. Andrew has seen companies join Huckletree Ireland as start-ups and grow and expand and, as they take on investment, grow very quickly to 30 or 40 people. The Dublin space brings its global member count to 2,000 people.

Mark Faghy is an Associate Professor in Respiratory Physiology in the School of Human Sciences and an active researcher in the Human Science Research Centre. After completing an undergraduate (2011) and PhD programme (2015) at the University of Derby,  he joined the teaching team as a tutor in exercise physiology at Loughborough University (2015) before returning to Derby on a lectureship in 2016. In this podcast, Diana is joined by Mark Faghy, associate professor in respiratory physiology at the University of Derby. Long-tem effects of Covid-19, are still an issue for a lot of people. Mark started a pioneering international to improve the lives of people suffering from prolonged and life impairing impacts of long-Covid. He explained how he started his research and raised concerns about the consequences of Post-Covid-19. He also talks about the achievements of his study and how it can help patients suffering from long COVID. About Diana Diana is currently interning with Irish Tech News. She graduated from Birkbeck University, with a degree in modern languages and she is currently doing a master's in Journalism at the University of Roehampton. She has an interest in technology and the environment.