Nicholas Watson
Co-Host of Encrypted
Nicholas Watson is Managing Director at Naseba, which supports businesses to raise capital, enter new markets, secure partners, close sales and educate workforces.
Nicholas drives Naseba’s high-tech business, connecting organisations with ecosystem players including cybersecurity, AI, fintech, blockchain, hospitality and generally exciting enterprise-grade technology.
Nicholas Watson has hosted 25 Episodes.
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#Ep. 56: Cre8ting a future of music artists
November 5th, 2019 | 42 mins 28 secs
artists, blockchain, music, musicians, rights, tunetoken
The intersection of music and tech promises a lot, and in this episode we explore how the blockchain will affect the music industry. We discuss how the record industry is not paying it forwards to the artists and creative teams involved in music production and how blockchain through Tune Token and Cre8tor app will enable a fair share of earnings.
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#Ep. 55: THE (DIS)TRUST GENERATION: Genuine, Fake and Fraudulent
October 21st, 2019 | 39 mins 44 secs
author, data, distrust, fraud, privacy, trust
Today we focus on distrust and what it means to live in a world of genuine, fake and fraudulent trust. In a world where every day you are surrounded by information that directs your decision making and purchasing habits, how can you be sure what you are basing your decisions on are real. Ahmed and Nic are joined by Damu Winston, author of “I Don't Trust You, But Blockchain Will Help”.
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#Ep. 50: Special 50th episode - Everyone's an 'Economist'
September 11th, 2019 | 1 hr 11 mins
central bank digital currency, economy, gold, interest rates, mmt, money, recession
You know those keyboard warriors on What’s app groups who just love to debate? Would it not be better for them to debate over chai and maybe record it as a podcast? Well, to celebrate our 50th episode, we brought in the guys from a Fintech group that we run who love debating the economy and how it affects central banks, crypto and the future of finance. So much interesting knowledge on the economy and the intersection between traditional economics, monetary policy, and cryptoassets.
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#Ep. 46: Why this start-up is crucial for the Dubai Blockchain Strategy!
July 21st, 2019 | 42 mins 50 secs
audit, dubai, enterprise, smart contracts, standards
This week, we have the super talented Richard Ma, CEO of Quantstamp. We talk about smart contract auditing, how Quantstamp is contributing to the Dubai Blockchain strategy, how they are automating the audits of millions of lines of codes and which countries are already living in the future! You don’t want to miss this one!
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#Ep. 41: Education 3.0: Why the education industry is ripe for blockchain?
June 17th, 2019 | 33 mins 47 secs
attestation, credentials, education, enterprise, university
Nic and Ahmed take a deep dive with Educhain CEO Mark Balovnev into the world of education and how blockchain is helping solve high levels of inefficiencies and connecting more than just students with credentials.
We discuss how Educhain help enable students and graduates to 'passport' and transfer their credentials for use with jobs, further education, and government. This could mean the troublesome attestation process could be over very soon ✊🏽😌
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#Ep. 39: Tezos: Past, Present and Future. With Hubertus Thonhauser
May 27th, 2019 | 49 mins 42 secs
board, enterprise, investments, tezos, use case, vc
Hubertus Thonhauser, Founding Partner of Enabling Future and a Board Member of the Tezos Foundation takes us through the trials and tribulations of the Tezos Foundation, their renewed focus on blockchain implementation use cases and the hot sectors they are pursuing with their technology.
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#Ep. 38: How a Dubai family office partnered with Techstars and ventured into blockchain? With Gary Sheynkman
May 17th, 2019 | 40 mins 35 secs
enterprise, investments, startups, vc
In this episode, Ahmed and Nic speak with Gary Sheynkman, an Investment Partner at Ginco Investments and the Corporate Lead for Techstars Dubai. We talk about how an Emirati family ventured into blockchain, their partnership with Techstars and what they see as the future of crypto related services. All this and more on this episode of Encrypted.
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#Ep. 37: How are lawyers creating, building and using smart contracts?
May 12th, 2019 | 1 hr 3 mins
law, legal, smart contracts, tech
In this episode, we have two amazing lawyers Mark Beer and lawyer turned tech entrepreneur Alessandro Palombo, who are adapting to the future of legal tech and smart contracts.
We talk extensively about what smart contracts really are, the roles they play in the future in both codifying principles and contracting machines, and how billions of people can benefit from this! You don't want to miss this one! -
#Ep. 35: Building enterprise blockchain adoption in the Middle East with Jibrel Network
April 23rd, 2019 | 52 mins 58 secs
digitization, enterprise, middle east, sukuk
Ever wanted to get an idea about the Middle East Enterprise space for blockchain?
Today's podcast is the right place to start. With Talal Tabbaa of Jibrel Network and Nic Watson of Naseba, we cover examples of winning, implementing and managing digitization of sukuks and fiat. We also take some time to answer the question...What does Enterprise really mean?We hope you enjoy!