Encrypted
A podcast dedicated to guiding you through the blockchain and crypto universe
About the show
Interested in what is going on in the world of blockchain and crypto assets? Want to understand how the most pioneering entrepreneurs, enterprises and governments are creating the digital economies of the future?
Involving a range of superb guests of likeminded innovators, enablers, investors, government officials, executives and more, Encrypted takes you on a journey to make sense of what is going on in the Wild West of cryptocurrencies, understand valid use cases of blockchain technology and how various industries could be impacted.
Encrypted is Dubai based, and the first podcast dedicated to blockchain and crypto in the MENA region, so expect to hear interesting stories, and people from this side of the world.
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Episodes
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#Ep. 19: Is 2019 the year of enterprise blockchain?
November 27th, 2018 | 29 mins 2 secs
enterprise, hyperledger, private blockchain, qualcomm
Ahmed and Faisal are joined by Chris Fernandez, the CEO of Block Gemini which is a UAE based blockchain development house focusing on enterprise level blockchain applications. They talk about enterprise use cases, projects Block Gemeni are working on, challenges and how the enterprise blockchain world works!
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#Ep. 18: What a week of madness!
November 20th, 2018 | 24 mins 23 secs
bitcoin cash, etf, finma, sec
In this week’s episode, Ahmed and Aniket discuss the latest developments in the industry ranging from SEC clampdowns to the bitcoin cash hash wars. Ahmed also explains his takeaways from his attendance at the Sora Summit in Macau.
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#Ep. 17: Non-Fungible Tokens...WTF?!
November 13th, 2018 | 28 mins 35 secs
cryptokitty, fungible, gaming, nft
Ahmed and Aniket sit down to explore and make sense of the Non-Fungible Token (NFT) world. The hosts take you through what NFTs are, its importance, their applications, current developments and more on this week's episode of Encrypted!
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#Ep. 16: What is all the buzz about Security Tokens?
October 30th, 2018 | 35 mins 54 secs
regulation, security tokens, sto
Ahmed is joined by Kambio Ventures CEO, Louay Al Doory, and Binary Financial Managing Director, Saeed AL Darmaki, for a deep dive into Security Tokens at the World Blockchain Summit in Dubai!
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#Ep. 15: What does a Star Wars convention have to do with the blockchain world?
October 24th, 2018 | 20 mins 50 secs
blockchain, education, gitex, star wars
In this episode, Ahmed sits down with Kris Bennet, also known as the Blockchain Beard Guy himself to discuss blockchain education, how to evaluate blockchain use cases and what a Star Wars convention has in common with this industry!
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#Ep. 14: What is the use case for blockchain in energy?
October 16th, 2018 | 19 mins 35 secs
application, blockchain, energy, grid
Ahmed sits down with Paul Massara from Electron to take a deep dive into the interesting application of blockchain technology in the energy market!
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#Ep. 13: How does the App-Infrastructure cycle relate to the future of ICOs?
October 10th, 2018 | 22 mins 16 secs
dapp, ico, infrastructure, uae, venezuela
Ahmed and Faisal sit down to discuss this week’s most exciting news and thought pieces from the crypto world!
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#Ep. 12: How is compliance shaping the blockchain and crypto industry?
October 2nd, 2018 | 34 mins 14 secs
atm, compliance, exchanges, india, money laundering, regulation, wsj
In this episode, Ahmed and Faisal are joined by Tarek Mohammed. They discuss the exciting developments happening both globally and locally in the industry from the WSJ’s recent research about crypto being used for criminal purposes to the new official licensed bitcoin ATMs being installed in Dubai!
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#Ep. 11: Bad Ripple? And Crypto for women and Humanity!
September 25th, 2018 | 48 mins 35 secs
humanity, ripple, smart dubai, women
Ahmed and Faisal are joined by Irina Heaver, a technology lawyer, and they discuss the recent news of the week as well topics that range from blockchain helping humanity to the bro culture that exists in this industry. We also touch on an exciting announcement by the Smart Dubai Government which just announced a blockchain project that has went live!
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#Ep. 10: Institutionalising Crypto and a Fintech Special!
September 18th, 2018 | 43 mins 9 secs
adgm, fintech, institutional capital, regulation
In this Fintech special, Ahmed has a stellar line up of guests present at the Fintech Abu Dhabi conference. Hear what Kraken and Securrency have to say about Abu Dhabi as a crypto hub as well as an interesting discussion revolving around institutional capital meeting crypto. Ahmed also engages in a one to one interview with Richard Teng, the CEO of the ADGM Financial Services Regulatory Authority about Abu Dhabi being a Fintech hub.
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#Ep. 09: Crypto Bloodbath and a DTEC Tour!
September 11th, 2018 | 31 mins 23 secs
coinbase, dtec, goldman sachs
In this episode, special guest Hans Christensen, VP of the Dubai Technology Entrepreneur Centre (DTEC), explains the position of DTEC in the blockchain ecosystem and what kind of support is provided to drive this forward. Moreover, the most interesting crypto related news stories of the week are explored!
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#Ep. 08: When VCs go eye to eye with Blockchain!
September 4th, 2018 | 50 mins 26 secs
décentralisation, investments, venture capital
In this episode, we take a deep dive into the intersection of where Venture Capital meets blockchains and cryptocurrencies. With our special guest, we share super exciting news and topics and discuss disruptive thoughts. You don’t want to miss this one!
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#Ep. 07: How are new moves from China and the U.S. shaping the crypto industry?
August 28th, 2018 | 23 mins 26 secs
china, etf, u.s.
In this episode, Ahmed and Faisal discuss 2 major series of events from across the globe; namely China’s crackdown on crypto and the US’s ETF rejection decision.
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#Ep. 06: Encrypted Interviews: How are Dubai Economy using blockchain technology? A Discussion with Mohammed Shael
August 24th, 2018 | 26 mins 47 secs
blockchain, ded, dubai
Ahmed sits down the Mohammed Al Shael Al Saadi, the CEO of Strategic Affairs of the Dubai Department of Economic Development discussing how he is using blockchain in his government department.
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#Ep. 05: What did we learn about India's Blockchain ecosystem?
August 21st, 2018 | 25 mins 3 secs
blockchain, india, regulation
Ahmed and Aniket sit down to recollect their experiences after attending the biggest blockchain conference in India and they deep dive into the current state of India’s blockchain ecosystem!
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#Ep. 04: ICE be Centralising, Binance be Decentralising
August 14th, 2018 | 25 mins 48 secs
bakkt, centralisation, decentralisation, etf, sec
In this episode, Ahmed and Faisal engage in a couple of interesting discussions about recent events in the cryptocurrency world, from discussing SEC's recent ETF decision to the application of decentralized exchanges!