Masters of Blockchain

Blockchain and cryptocurrency pioneers in conversation

with Dr Harpreet Singh at Harvard University

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Episode 1: Tim Draper on Crypto Assets, Regulation and the Future of California

In this episode we speak with Tim Draper, founding partner of Draper Associates and one of the earliest venture capitalist to invest in crypto. Draper speaks on the monetary...

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Episode 2: Don Tapscott on the Change and Maturity of Blockchain and the Taxonomy of Tokens

In this episode we speak with Don Tapscott, co-Founder and executive chairman of Blockchain Research Institute and coauthor of the critically acclaimed best seller, Blockchain Revolution. Tapscott touches on...

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Episode 3: Jeremy Gardner’s Reflection on His Past and the Future of Blockchain and Crypto Space

In this episode we speak with Jeremy Gardner, co-Founder and managing partner at Ausum Ventures and co-Founder of Augur. Here, Gardner speaks on the Bitcoin Education Club, prediction markets...

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Episode 4: Peter Van Valkenburgh on the EFF, Compliance and the Future of Crypto Coins

In this episode we speak with Peter Van Valkenburgh, Director of Research at Coincenter and a highly skilled cryptolawyer. Valkenburgh speaks on compliance, regulation and the catch 22 on...

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Episode 5: Adam Ludwin’s thoughts on Decentralization, Internet Counterculture and the future of FinTech

In this episode we speak with Adam Ludwin, Founder and CEO of Chain and a leading influencer in the fintech field. Ludwin touches on many topics, including internet counterculture,...

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Episode 6: Johan Toll on Securities, Crypto Marketplaces and the future of blockchain at NASDAQ

In this episode we speak with Johan Toll, Product Manager for blockchain initiatives at NASDAQ. Toll covers multiple compelling topics, including crypto marketplaces, the developing relationship between blockchain and...

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Episode 7: Obi Nwosu on Coinfloor, Regulation and the Future of Cryptos

In this episode we speak with Obi Nwosu, CEO and co-Founder of Coinfloor. Nwosu speaks on Coinfloor’s unique role in the crypto world, crypto security and his long term...

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Episode 8: Joe Ciccolo on Compliance, Risks of being Non-Compliant and his Prediction of the Future of the Crypto Space

In this episode we speak with Joe Ciccolo, Founder and President of BitAML, a regulatory compliance consulting firm. Ciccolo has an extensive background in compliance and anti-money laundering, touching...

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Episode 9: Paul Ellis’s Views on Blockchain in the Energy Sector

In this episode we speak with Paul Ellis, Executive Chairman and co-Founder of Electron. Ellis speaks on the possibilities and issues blockchain can address in the energy industry and...

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Episode 10: Shin’ichiro Matsuo’s Criticisms of Bitcoin, Mining Incentives and Crypto Protocols

In this episode we speak with Shin’ichiro Matso, a research Professor at Georgetown and a leading authority in cryptographic protocols. Matso speaks on many subjects, including security economics and...

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Episode 11: Jess Houlgrave on how Blockchain is Revolutionizing the Arts & Collectibles Asset Class

In this episode we speak with Jess Houlgrave, co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Codex. Houlgrave speaks on the non-financial aspects of blockchain, specifically in the arts & collectibles...

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Episode 12: John Wolpert on ConsenSys and the Future of Blockchain

In this episode, we speak with John Wolpert who is no stranger to the blockchain space. He was on the founding team for Hyperledger and now works with product...

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Featured Guests

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Tim Draper

Draper Associates

Tim Draper is the founding partner of Draper Associates and DFJ. He was listed as #46 of the most outstanding Harvard alumni, #7 on the Forbes Midas List, #1 of the Most Networked Venture Capitalists by Always On. Tim received a BS from Stanford University and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.

Jeremy Gardner

Jeremy Gardner

Ausum Ventures

Jeremy Gardner is the co-founder and managing partner of Ausum Ventures, an early stage hybrid venture-hedge fund focused on blockchain technologies. He is also the founder and chairman of the Blockchain Education Network (BEN) and a founder of Augur, the decentralized prediction market platform. 

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Don Tapscott

Blockchain Research Institute

Don Tapscott is the author of Blockchain Revolution and the co-founder of the Blockchain Research Institute, which researches blockchain strategy, use-cases, implementation challenges and organizational transformations. Don is a member of the Order of Canada and is ranked the 2nd most influential management thinker in the world by Thinkers50.

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Johan Toll

NASDAQ

Johan Toll is the Head of Blockchain Product Management at NASDAQ, where he focuses on distributed ledger technologies (DLT) and machine intelligence projects. He has worked on projects delivering blockchain based solutions both for NASDAQ’S internal markets as well as global marketplaces.Johan co-founded Glimz.net, a platform for streaming movies.

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