Inside the ICE House

The Block’s Senior Correspondent, Frank Chaparro, once a wunderkind at Business Insider, is now exclusively on the crypto beat, just in time to cover the cleansing process of Bitcoin’s bear market. He’s on the trail of the comings & goings of the industry’s top talent, & probing how exchanges, banks & institutions are dipping their toes into an ocean of digital assets. Chaparro gives a candid view on what’s driving Bitcoin’s swoon, why regulation is key, and how 2019 may unfold for Crypto’s biggest players. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/podcast/inside-the-ice-house

Recorded at CoinDesk’s Consensus:Invest Conference, Bakkt’s CEO Kelly Loeffler and ICE’s Chairman and CEO Jeff Sprecher’s chat with the MIT Media Lab’s Michael Casey. Bakkt plans to roll out the world’s first 1-day physically delivered Bitcoin contract in 2019, allowing institutions and consumers alike to seamlessly buy, sell, store, and spend the digital asset. While Bitcoin’s value may rise and fall, the profound appeal of crypto is not so much as an investment to buy and hold, but rather a currency to actually put to work.  Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/podcast/inside-the-ice-house

As President and COO of ICE Data Services, Lynn oversees much of the connective tissue -- the flow of data around the world -- that knits together the cornerstones of Intercontinental Exchange. Martin looks back at ICE’s acquisitions and product developments that have served as the building blocks of ICE -- pricing and analytics, exchange data and connectivity -- and offers a forecast for the data industry in 2019. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/podcast/inside-the-ice-house

Seaspan Corporation’s Chairman David Sokol is setting the course for the world’s largest independent owner and operator of containerships. He shares how his business philosophy of “pleased, but not satisfied” guided him from early on in Omaha to his current watch at Seaspan. Over the past year, Sokol has armed the company with new leadership, overhauled its financials, and embarked on an M&A plan to consolidate the global containership fleet.   Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/podcast/inside-the-ice-house

John Pettigrew, CEO of National Grid PLC, is focused on transforming utilities to become greener, more efficient, and technological to prepare for an uncertain future of climate change, customer needs, and an uncertain political environment. National Grid, which operates electric and gas utilities in the United States and Great Britain, is driving the conversation around carbon usage and the implementation of clean energy technology.   Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/podcast/inside-the-ice-house

Melinda Richter, Global Head of Johnson & Johnson Innovation’s JLABs, enters the ICE House to explain how JNJ is empowering entrepreneurs to bring healthcare ideas from concept to consumer. Melinda shares her journey from growing up in Goodsoil, Saskatchewan to becoming a leader in the start-up culture of life science. Under her stewardship, JLABs has grown to 13 global locations and helped over 450 companies secure $11.6 Billion in financing, including 14 that have tapped the public markets.   Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/podcast/inside-the-ice-house

Betty Liu, Executive Vice Chairman of the NYSE, brings years of knowledge and insight about the needs of CEOs and their businesses, from those nascent start-up days to the moment when the founder stands on the podium to ring the opening bell of their IPO. Fresh off a trip to the Far East, Betty shares what she has learned about navigating between the business cultures of the East and West, becoming an entrepreneur as the founder of the ed-tech start-up Radiate, and getting out of your comfort zone. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/podcast/inside-the-ice-house

Randall Lane, Forbes Media’s Chief Content Officer, sat down with the NYSE’s Executive Vice Chairman Betty Liu at this year’s Interbrand Best Global Brands Summit for a wide ranging conversation from how a new generation of entrepreneurs is reshaping the world to the evolution of going public to ways the blockchain can combat fake news.  Betty and Randall also discuss how modern brands make and keep consumer’s trust while standing out in the crowded landscape of traditional and social media.   Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/podcast/inside-the-ice-house

Sue Thompson, executive vice president at State Street Global Advisors, joined the podcast to share her experiences on how artificial intelligence and technology innovation is changing the global economy. State Street has partnered with Kensho to launch ETFs aimed at investing in the Future of Now, from space travel to intelligent infrastructure to autonomous vehicles. The best was to identify which companies are positioned to transform the world may be to just ask the technology itself.   Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/podcast/inside-the-ice-house

Anthony Scaramucci, Co-Managing Partner at SkyBridge Capital, went through Washington’s revolving door as fast as just about anyone in Beltway memory. He’s back now, in the comfortable confines of New York City, with a reboot next year of his much-heralded SALT Conference and a new book -- Trump: The Blue-Collar President -- which chronicles both his own unlikely rise through Wall Street and, in parallel, a real estate developer’s unlikely rise to the pinnacle of American power. Inside the ICE House podcast: https://www.theice.com/podcast/inside-the-ice-house