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#Ep. 67: Web3 + Egypt + Global Users = Next Gen Privacy Email

May 25th, 2020  |  24 mins 31 secs

emails, privacy, start-up, web3

Today we speak with Mohamed Abdou, the founder and CEO of Pravica, which is MENAs first blockchain powered email service focusing on security and user privacy. In this episode we hear about Mohamed’s journey, why he’s so passionate about bringing privacy to MENA, and what its like to build a Web 3 start up in Egypt with users from all over the world.

#Ep. 66: Mike Dudas on how Covid19 is growing attention in the crypto and digital assets space

April 13th, 2020  |  31 mins 57 secs

covid19, growth, leader, media, wartime

In this episode, we have Mike Dudas, who is the CEO and founder of The Block, which is one of the most rapidly growing research and media brands in the crypto and digital asset space. We discuss with Mike how Covid19 is affecting tech companies, the impact it will have on crypto , and what attributes a wartime CEO should have during these times. All this and more is discussed on today's episode!

#Ep. 65: Covid19 Special - A Pandemic of Fake News

March 25th, 2020  |  39 mins 49 secs

corona, data, fake, lies, news, pandemic, ssi

It’s been quite an extraordinary time we live in. The world as we know it is in shutdown due to the Corona virus outbreak. I would like to wish all of our listeners, supporters and everyone around the world good health in these extreme times.
This is our 65th episode, and we are fully remote! We have a special guest, Arwen Smit, who is the author of Identity Reboot and the Lead Blockchain Strategist and Mintbit.
On this episode, we talk about lies, the taxonomy of fake news, how this all created unnecessary panic and its consequences, and finally we discuss potential tech solutions that can help during a crisis like this.

#Ep. 64: How Orchid is revolutionizing the VPN space through blockchain and crypto!

March 3rd, 2020  |  31 mins 39 secs

open source, utility tokens, vpn, web 3

We were in Denver, Colorado for the amazing EthDenver event, and we were fortunate to catch up with Dr. Steven Waterhouse from Orchid. In this discussion, Ahmed and Seven (yes, he also goes by that name too) discuss what AI looked like in the 1990s, how he built Pantera Capital, how him being swim swapped led him to build Orchid and how Orchid is literally revolutionizing the VPN space!

#Ep. 63: Scale matters, Localization doesn't

February 14th, 2020  |  32 mins 47 secs

europe, investment, startups, venture

This episode is part 2 of the Arabnet series we recorded in Saudi Arabia where we welcome Hussein Kanji, Partner at Hoxton ventures. In this discussion Hussein discusses why scale matters, why the copy cat models are at risk, why he is focusing his investment efforts in Europe and what we liked most from the discussion was understanding the way Hoxton Ventures partners with the founders and teams they invest in.

#Ep. 62: How the UAE is saving AED 11 Billion through blockchain implementation? - World Economic Forum Special

January 27th, 2020  |  25 mins 29 secs

blockchain, c4ir, davos, dubai future foundation, enterprise, government, wef

The Dubai Future Foundation and World Economic Forum published a new paper showcasing how the UAE is saving AED 11 billion through deploying blockchain technology. Live from Davos, we speak to Mariam AlMuhairi, who is the head for the Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution in the UAE to discuss key insights, takeaways and learnings from the paper! She also gives us a low down on the latest developments happening in Davos.

#Ep. 61: Creating and encouraging Fintech in Saudi Arabia

January 22nd, 2020  |  11 mins 14 secs

We had the pleasure of speaking with Ali Al Omran, Chief Information Officer for Arab Bank at Arabnet Riyadh!

We go in to details on how banks in the region are diversifying their interests, creating collaborative environments for startups to work with banks and where the future of fintech is heading as Saudi Arabia moves quickly to disrupt and create growth in its economy.

#Ep. 60: How an ICO can get you fired and open doors unimagined

December 17th, 2019  |  33 mins 8 secs

fundraising, ico, investment, startup, utility

Remember when ICO’s were a thing and everyone tried to do it? Well we have a guest who followed the advice of his team, particularly his CTO, to raise money through an ICO before things turned sour! Hear the story of how Anthony Gilman from AQUA managed to squash the ICO plans, save his company from failure and what his key takeaways were from all the drama that unfolded.

#Ep. 59: Regulating Crypto in the GCC - The Lowdown

December 8th, 2019  |  40 mins 4 secs

adgm, bahrain, difc, esca, gcc, mena, regulation, uae

We all now that Cryptocurrency regulations has been a headache for regulators and companies around the world. The UAE and the region has been pretty busy lately with attempts to implementing practical regulatory frameworks. In this episode, we speak to Fintech and crypto specialist lawyers Kokila Alagh and Akshata Namjoshi from Karm Legal in the UAE, to discuss how this region is going about regulating this growing and nascent space and what should you do as a crypto company wishing to enter the region?

#Ep. 58: WEEKLY ROUND UP: China, New York, FINCEN, TON

November 26th, 2019  |  43 mins 1 sec

china, fidelity, fincen, regulation, stablecoins, ton

In this episode, we bring friends of the show to discuss relevant news items from the week. We look at what U.S. regulators had to say about Stablecoins, how Fidelity is the latest company to obtain a custodian license in New York, and dissecting the latest china crypto crackdown. We also discuss Teelgram’s latest updates as some of our guests are secretly TON shillers.

#Ep. 57: How an early YouTube employee is competing against Uber and Airbnb!

November 18th, 2019  |  37 mins 42 secs

incentivisation, marketplaces, sharing economy, uber, use cases

Will marketplaces like Uber and Airbnb decline with the advent of decentralised infrastructure? Ahmed is in San Francisco and chats with Matthew Liu, CEO and Co-founder of Origin Protocol, which is a protocol for creating sharing economy marketplaces on Ethereum. The two discuss Matt’s career as a Product Manager during Youtube’s early days, Matt’s entrepreneurship journey, and what exactly are decentralised marketplaces and how Origin is implementing them.

#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.

#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”.

#Ep. 54: Encrypted @ Gitex - The Future of Programmable Money

October 14th, 2019  |  49 mins 40 secs

bitcoin, central banks, demand, maths, monetary policy, programmable money, supply

Bitcoin. The US dollar. Litecoin. The Euro, oh and wait how can we forget gold. Money - the thing that drives this world, for the good or better, is going through an unprecedented shift like never before. It’s becoming digital and programmable. In this live episode we did at Gitex with the Future Blockchain summit, I sit down with Gabriel Abed and Aruba Khalid to discuss the Future of Programmable Money and we look at it through three lenses, Money for the authorities, money for the corporations and money for the people.

#Ep. 53: How a young Chinese entrepreneur is building a crypto empire

October 7th, 2019  |  15 mins 44 secs

adgm, china, ethereum classic, exchange, investments, mena, shanghai

We have a super episode in the Far East and our special guest is James Wo, Founder and CEO of Digital Finance Group. We talk about how James is building a crypto empire at age 27, how he is building a China - Middle East bridge and the current developments in the Chinese blockchain ecosystem.

#Ep. 52: The TikTok vs Baidu Court Case, Switzerland as a Blockchain Hub and why Homeschooling rocks!

September 30th, 2019  |  32 mins 27 secs

china, court case, decentralisation, enterprise, factom, homeschooling, legal, switzerland

Ahmed is back in China again and this time in Shanghai for the blockchain week where he is joined by a crypto OG, David Johnston. In this awesome episode, the pair discuss how blockchain solved a legal court case between two Chinese tech giants TikTok and Baidu, why Switzerland is the global blockchain hub and why homeschooling rocks. They pretty much covered several topics in this episode!