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Simplifying Web3 Functionality and The Impacts of Gaming | Jeffery Ugbah | Galaxy

In this episode, Jay speaks with Jeffery Ugbah, Investment Banking Director at Galaxy, a digital asset and blockchain leader helping institutions, startups, and qualified individuals shape a digitally native ecosystem by expanding access to the global crypto economy. Jeffery talks about the value of gaming in the digital age, its impact on web3 and crypto economies, and how it can activate community. He also discusses the need to simplify web3 functionality for mass market consumers and increase gaming’s cultural relevance by engaging a larger audience through the creation of different IP formats.
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Galaxy’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/GalaxyHQ
 
Guest Social Links:
Jeffery’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jefferyugbah/ 
About Guest
Jeffery Ugbah is a Director at Galaxy focused on M&A, capital raising, and strategic advisory for gaming and Web3 companies. Prior to joining Galaxy, he worked on gaming and TMT transactions at PJT Partners and Evercore. Jeffery has an A.B. with honors in the History and Philosophy of Science from Harvard College and an MBA in Finance from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
 
 
You’ll learn about:
Galaxy’s initiatives: locating web3 games and successfully integrating functionality on the blockchain
Perspective on how to remove the stigma around gaming as a form of entertainment
How AI integrations & user-generated content could increase engagement
Timestamps
 
0:00 Jay’s intro 
2:15 Jeffery’s background
8:22 Gaming as a business: web2 vs web3
12:10 Keeping gaming fair
17:06 On Axie Infinity’s concept 
21:33 Galaxy’s biggest initiatives
22:33 On community
28:30 Where is capital gaming headed?
30:47 Digital identities
36:28 The scalability & monetization of IPs
38:55 Who is the market for web3 games?
42:29 How to optimize VR
45:11 Removing barriers to VR adoption
47:18 Trends for the near future
52:57 Getting in touch with Jeffery
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Tokenizing Real World Assets in the Emerging Blockchain Economy | Yael Tamar | SolidBlock

In this episode, Jay speaks with Yael Tamar, the CEO & Co-founder of SolidBlock, and a Top 100 Woman Blockchain Influencer. SolidBlock is an end-to-end platform that allows asset owners to easily tokenize their real estate assets, dividing them up into digital shares which can be traded among investors. Yael shares her desire to apply blockchain technology to the greater financial world, her path to creating SolidBlock, and how SolidBlock is collateralizing securities so they can be a part of the larger game of lending and create liquidity. Yael also talks about the importance of regulation and how it can move towards automated oversight of operations while providing opportunities for more innovation.
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SolidBlock’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/solidblockco/
SolidBlock’s YouTube: https://youtube.com/channel/UC84dDl36X0MYEQPnpMXL7zQ
 
Guest Socials:
Yael’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yaeltamar
Yael’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/yaeltamar
About Guest
Yael Tamar, CEO & Co-Founder, SolidBlock, a real estate tokenization company. Yael is a recognized leader in property tokenization and has a background that includes marketing, finance, trading, compliance, and entrepreneurship in public and private companies. As an early mover in the blockchain space, Yael serves at the helm of FIBREE, Foundation for International Blockchain and Real Estate Expertise (the leading international network for exchanging knowledge in the real estate industry) and as a Founder of Women in Block.  
With over 100 blockchain speaking engagements and an educational podcast program, Yael is recognized as top 20 Proptech Influencer, Top 25 Blockchain and Crypto Speakers, and Top 100 Women in Blockchain. As a global executive based in Tel Aviv and NYC, Yael leads the SolidBlock team on the mission to lead real estate tokenization. 
Yael earned her Bachelors and Masters in Economics from the City University of New York-Hunter College.
 
 
You’ll learn about:
How blockchain is fueling change in the way real estate is transacted
The first ever successful tokenized real estate project
The need for sensible regulation
The difference between unlisted securities and listed securities 
Timestamps
 
2:05 Jay’s intro
2:52 Yael’s background and path to SolidBlock
8:30 On regulation and crypto crashes
11:38 SolidBlock
16:18 Registered vs unregistered securities 
21:25 How SolidBlock works
29:40 Brokers in the new blockchain era
32:22 Real estate’s jump to web3: metaverse & AI
38:12 SolidBlock’s next steps
43:02 Where is web3 headed
49:54 How to contact or join SolidBlock
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Unlocking Business Opportunities In Web 3.0 | Dan Goikhman | Krish Arvapally | Replay

In this episode, Jay speaks with Krish Arvapally, CEO and Founder of Replay, and Dan Goikhman, Partner and Founder of Replay. Dan and Krish have a combined fifteen years of experience in emerging media content distribution and monetization. Replay is the leading blockchain-based video tracking & payments platform for content owners. Dan and Krish discuss many of their experiences during their journey through the bull-to-bear cycle and share how Replay is removing monetization friction for content creators and users to deliver unparalleled transparency into viewership and performance.   
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Replay’s Website: https://www.imaginereplay.com 
Replay’s Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/imaginereplay
Replay’s Discord: https://discord.gg/5W4a9C7waK 
Contact Replay: hello@imaginereplay.com
Guest Social Links:
Krish’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/arvapallykrish
Krish’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/krisharvapally/
 
Dan’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/DanGoikhman
Dan’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dgoikhman/
About Guest
Dan is a serial entrepreneur, having founded companies at the intersection of emerging media monetization and distribution for the past 15 years. Prior to entering the OTT Video Space, Dan co-founded a number of companies in the ad tech space. 
In 2008, Dan alongside Krish, launched Mojiva, a pioneering mobile ad network and Mocean Mobile, a market leading mobile ad technology platform which was acquired by Pubmatic/PUBM in 2014. 
After the Mojiva acquisition, Dan launched Dandelion, an ad platform for marketplaces which was acquired by Metric Collectic. Shortly after that, he launched Unreel.me in 2015, with the aim to make it super simple for content owners to build direct to consumer streaming services. Dan then joined the Board and developed strategic partnerships for POWR.tv, which was acquired by Bitcentral in early 2022. The company powers some of the biggest names in streaming including Pro Sieben’s S71, Blaze Media, Broadway on Demand, and dozens of others.
Replay CEO Krish Arvapally is a serial tech entrepreneur, having launched his first startup at 16. Krish co-founded and held CTO & CPO roles at Mojiva and MoceanMobile, where he pioneered the first mobile digital ads platforms generating over 10000+ QPS, which was acquired by Pubmatic (PUBM – NASDAQ); Krish was also the co-founder and CTO of Unreel – an OTT video streaming platform/stack for content owners recently acquired by Powr.TV (now acquired by BitCentral in Jan 2022), where he built core video infrastructure and live streaming systems. Most recently, Krish served as a co-founder at Nscreen.TV, a unique ContentPod video ad unit for CTV advertising.
 
You’ll learn about:
The Founding Principle Behind Replay: Creating a fairer and more transparent video ecosystem
Exploring the benefits of blockchain streaming and cable 3.0
Understanding the lift and scalability of decentralized hosting platforms
Discussion on gamification and roadmap for Replay
Partnership with Unstoppable Domains to bring watch parties to NFT collectors
Timestamps
 
0:00 Jay’s intro
3:00 Krish and Dan’s background
4:16 Replay’s original thesis
7:32 The tech behind Replay
8:45 How Replay works and the problem it solves
14:10 Monetization
19:16 Streaming trends
21:37 Advertising
26:26 Using Replay
29:55 Growth in bear markets
35:25 Replay’s roadmap
41:10 Replay’s team
41:27  How to contact Replay
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The Future of Real Estate is on Blockchain: CRE Digital Assets | Ed Nwokedi | RedSwan

In this episode, Jay and co-host Brian Adams of Excelsior Capital, speak with Edward Nwokedi, CEO and Founder of RedSwan, a digital marketplace of quality tokenized CRE (commercial real estate), delivering capital market solutions such as liquidity, affordability, and inclusion cryptocurrency payment options. After twenty-two years in real estate, Edward grew fascinated with blockchain technology and founded RedSwan in 2018 when the SEC legalized tokenization. Jay, Brian, and Edward discuss the commercial real estate industry’s resistance to centralization and change and how blockchain technology can increase efficiency, reduce costs, and still create a need for asset managers and brokers. 
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RedSwan’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RedSwanCRE 
RedSwan’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/redswancre/ 
RedSwan’s Reddit:  https://www.reddit.com/user/RedSwanCREmktplc
RedSwan’s Medium: https://redswancre.medium.com/ 
Guest Social Links:
Edward’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/apartmentpro 
Edward’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/edwardnwokedi/ 
 
Excelsior Capital: https://www.excelsiorgp.com/ 
Excelsior Capital’s Twitter: Twitter: @excelsior_gp
Brian’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-c-adams/ 
About Guest
Edward Nwokedi is the Founder and CEO of RedSwan CRE, a Commercial Real-Estate platform and marketplace for digital real estate and asset-backed securities. He recently transitioned from being the Executive Director of Capital Markets for Cushman and Wakefield of Texas to leading RedSwan.io into a $2.6b marketplace of institutional properties sponsored by industry leaders.
Mr. Nwokedi is a serial entrepreneur who, before Capital Markets, successfully started and excelled in multiple businesses, from automotive to internet technology and now blockchain.
 
You’ll learn about:
RedSwan’s process and using DigiShares as a digitization platform
Challenges: raising capital and the real estate industry’s resistance to centralization and change
Why Edward believes asset digitization is the future and education is key
Timestamps
 
[0:20 - 2:04] Jay’s intro
[2:04 - 3:43] Brian’s intro
[3:43 - 7:27] Ed’s background
[7:27 - 9:31] About RedSwan
[9:31 - 13:00] The process of digitization
[13:00 - 24:07] Case scenario
[24:07 - 27:03] How RedSwan offers profit
[27:03 - 29:01] Competition
[29:01 - 30:22] Early stages
[30:22 - 31:27] REITs
[31:27 - 34:12] On the domestic market and distribution
[34:12 - 41:58] The biggest challenges
[41:58 - 48:40] RedSwan’s technology
[48:40 - 50:32] On the future of real estate
[50:32 - 51:06] How to contact Ed and Brian
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Play-on-Chain: Bringing 5e Gameplay to the Blockchain | Brent McCrossen | GRIPNR & The Glimmering

In this episode, Jay speaks with Brent McCrossen, CEO of GRIPNR a web3 company, and The Glimmering, the world’s only 5e on-chain play-to-progress TTRPG played with collectible NFT characters. In its current state, the classic TTRPG model is not designed to fairly reward contributors for their passion, work, and fun. GRIPNR is looking to solve this fundamental opportunity. Brent shares what led to the inception of GRIPNR and how he remains dedicated and focused as a successful entrepreneur of over 25 years. He also discusses how GRIPNR is enabling the fair distribution of value, shares what he believes observed communities are desiring currently and how attention to detail both visually and technologically, ultimately adds value to the community.  
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GRIPNR’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/Gripnr
GRIPNR’s Clubhouse: https://www.clubhouse.com/club/gripnr
Guest Socials:
Brent McCrossen’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brent-mccrossen-4727225/
Brent McCrossen’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/brentalicious/
About Guest
Brent is the CEO of GRIPNR and The Glimmering. Before building this adventurous company, Brent was the founder of Audiosocket and LIDCORE - two media tech firms that help musicians make a living by licensing their creative work in commercial media. 
Brent's love for tabletop role-playing games, supporting creative communities, and building world-class media businesses inspire him to bring GRIPNR’s vision to life.
You’ll learn about:
Entrepreneurship, how Brent stays focused on the mission and maintains the work
How GRIPNR is adding value to the community 
Phase 2 of GRIPNR and the roadmap to optimization 
Timestamps
 
[1:35 - 2:37] Jay’s intro
[2:37 - 12:57] Brent’s background
[12:57 - 17:20] On entrepreneurship
[17:20 - 28:40] About GRIPNR
[28:40 - 35:10]  Roadmap for GRIPNR
[35:10 - 42:41] The games & competition
[42:41 - 45:45] On managing the team
[45:45 - 47:07] Next launch and contact
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Immersive Healing Experiences with VR | Josh Sackman | AppliedVR

In this episode, Jay speaks with Josh Sackman, President and Co-Founder of AppliedVR, a company that uses virtual reality to treat chronic pain. Their flagship product, RelieVRx, is the first FDA-authorized at-home VR treatment for chronic lower back pain. Josh shares how AppliedVR is empowering patients by providing self-managed digital tools for pain treatment and how VR pain management could help relieve some of the strain on the healthcare industry. Josh also discusses his vision for the future of AppliedVR and the potential challenges ahead. 
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Applied VR’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/appliedvr/
Applied VR’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/AppliedVR
Applied VR’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AppliedVR/videos
 
Guest Socials:
Josh Sackman’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshsackman/
Josh Sackman’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/joshsackman
About Guest
Josh Sackman is the President and Co-Founder of AppliedVR, where he is pioneering immersive therapeutics—a new category of medicine harnessing the brain for healing through virtual reality. Josh’s own experience with childhood chronic pain shaped his career path toward wanting to create a positive impact on the health of others.
He quickly transitioned from leading digital technology development and marketing teams for consumer health and technology companies -- scaling businesses from $30M to $600M -- to starting his own entrepreneurial journey. AppliedVR is rooted in Josh’s firm belief in the power of technology to create meaningful connections, tools, and access to information to positively change health and behavior at scale.
You’ll learn about:
Why Josh pivoted into healthcare and started AppliedVR 
RelieVRx -  the first FDA-authorized at-home VR treatment for chronic lower back pain
VR pain management, the healthcare industry, and FDA regulation
How AppliedVR is simplifying the user experience for accessibility and experiential learning
Timestamps
 
[1:27 - 2:50] Jay’s Intro
[2:50- 07:05] Josh’s background
[7:05 - 12:03] Driving force behind AppliedVR
[12:03 - 21:46] About AppliedVR
[21:46 - 29:01] Healthcare professionals’ response
[29:01 - 32:06] How AppliedVR works
[32:06 - 35:42] Biggest challenge today
[35:42 - 38:44] The team behind AppliedVR
[38:44 - 41:33] The impact of experiential learning
[42:17 - 47:26] The future of AppliedVR 
[47:26 - 48:25] Contact 
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Transitioning Capital Markets On-Chain | Sidney Powell | Maple Finance

In this episode, Jay speaks with Sidney Powell, CEO & Co-Founder of Maple Finance, the largest blockchain-enabled institutional lending platform across traditional and decentralized finance. Sidney shares his background in tradfi & banking in Australia and how Maple is transforming capital markets by combining industry-standard compliance and due diligence with the transparent and frictionless lending enabled by smart contracts and blockchain technology. He also discusses the effect of the FTX collapse on centralized finance, how to navigate the current challenges, and Maple’s outlook for 2023. 
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Maple’s Website: https://www.maple.finance/  
Maple’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/maplefinance 
Maple’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/maplefinance/ 
Maple’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXJPzNcN_kSXj82EfRrV1pQ
Maple’s Discord: https://discord.gg/fgWRMHCd7d
Maple’s Dune Dashboard: https://dune.com/scottincrypto/maple-deposits
Maple’s Token Messari: https://messari.io/asset/maple-finance
Guest Socials:
Sidney Powell’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sidneypowell/ 
Sidney Powell’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/syrupsid
About Guest
Sid Powell is the CEO & Co-Founder of Maple, and with his Co-Founder, Joe Flanagan launched Maple in 2021. 
Sid comes from a background in debt capital markets and institutional banking. During his career in traditional finance, he participated in $3BN+ of corporate bond issuance, established and ran a $200M+ bond funding program, and managed Treasury at a commercial lending FinTech company.
You’ll learn about:
The creation of Maple Finance and how it makes banking and lending accessible globally
How MPC wallets and on & off ramps can drive mainstream adoption 
The FTX collapse effect on centralized finance
Timestamps
[1:00 - 2:40] Jay’s Intro
[2:40 - 6:14] Sidney’s Background
[6:14 - 11:41] Intro to Maple Finance
[11:41 - 15:42] Regulation & self custody
[15:42 - 20:58] About Maple Finance
[20:58 - 28:30] The problem Maple solves
[28:30 - 31:28] The progress of cryptocurrencies
[31:28 - 34:40] On blockchain technology to date
[34:40 - 42:16] On mainstream adoption
[42:16 - 45:30] Outlook on 2023
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Tokenizing Real Estate Assets and User Autonomy with Claus Skaaning of DigiShares

In this episode, Jay and Mike Demetriou speak with Claus Skaaning, CEO & Co-Founder of DigiShares, a platform that enables users to tokenize their assets and get more control and flexibility over the process. Claus shares how tokenization of assets works, the global exchange he is building and DigiShares’ partnership with Polymesh. He believes most wallets will be KYCd in the future, and that over regulating blockchain is not beneficial. Claus is a serial entrepreneur, co-founder and CEO of DigiShares - your gateway into the tokenization ecosystem.
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DigiShares’ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DigiSharesDK/ 
DigiShares’ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DigiSharesDK
DigiShares’ Website: https://digishares.io/ 
Guest Socials:
Claus Skaaning’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clausskaaning/?originalSubdomain=dk 
About Guest
With a Ph.D. in computer science, Claus has worked as a researcher and technical lead for Hewlett-Packard, before founding his first company, Dezide, a software company with a focus on Artificial Intelligence for diagnostics and troubleshooting. After heading Dezide as CEO for 12 years, Claus has both started and taken part in several successful ventures and also worked as an advisor and mentor for many research-based startups. In 2018 he co-founded and has since been the CEO of DigiShares, a FinTech tokenization software company with subsidiaries in both Europe and the US, specializing in the issuance and ongoing management of tokenized securities. He is a believer in the vision behind blockchain technology and works to increase the democratization, disintermediation, and self-sovereignty of assets. 
 
Whilst having a career as a serial entrepreneur, Claus has also devoted much time to helping and guiding student startups and developing and managing incubators, while being employed in the Aalborg University Innovation incubator, an incubator that helps around 80-100 startup companies every year. Claus is an experienced public speaker, writer, and published author, and has contributed chapters, knowledge, and insights to several books and publications on blockchain technology and the tokenization of assets. Claus has also taught several masterclasses on the tokenization of real assets, real estate, use cases for tokenization software, and the tokenization ecosystem.
 
 
You’ll learn about:
The DigiShares team and new developments they are currently working on
How DigiShares digitization and tokenization work
Why some countries see tokenized assets as crypto and over-regulate
Tokenizing assets: the future of the private equity segment of the market 
 
Timestamps
[0:45 - 2:40] Jay’s intro
[2:40 - 3:44] Mike’s intro
[3:44 - 7:51] Claus’ background
[7:51 - 9:52] Progress in AI 
[9:52 - 12:34] What is DigiShares
[12:34 - 17:37] How does digitization and tokenization work
[17:37 - 23:30] Bridging Web2 to Web3
[23:30 - 26:48] On licensing
[26:48 - 29:31] How does litigation work with tokenized assets
[29:31 - 34:27] Other tokenized projects
[34:27 - 37:05] What will help adoption
[37:05 - 40:44] On global free trade and future
[40:44 - 43:48] Partnering with Polymesh
[43:48 - 46:00] Maintaining privacy while being transparent 
[46:00 - 48:15] The DigiShares team
[48:15 - 50:18] The DigiShares exchange
[50:18 - 52:21] How to be successful in web3
[52:21 - 52:55] Contact DigiShares
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Securing Web3 for the Future with Hartej Sawhney and Facundo Werning of Zokyo Labs

In this episode, Jay speaks with Hartej Sawhney, CEO and Founder of Zokyo Labs, and  Facundo Werning, Head of Americas for Zokyo Labs. Zokyo is a venture studio that builds, secures, and funds crypto, DeFi, and NFT companies. It aims to solve tough problems by consulting, designing, securing, and developing blockchain solutions. Hartej talks all things Web3: security and risks, education and regulation, and FTX. Hartej and Facundo also share their optimism in building and investing in Web3.
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Zokyo’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/zokyo_io?lang=en 
Zokyo’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/zokyo/ 
Zokyo’s Medium: https://medium.com/@zokyo.io 
Guest Socials:
 
Facundo Werning’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/werningfacundo/ 
Facundo Werning’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/werningfacundo 
Hartej Sawhney’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hartej/ 
Hartej Sawhney’s Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/hartej_ 
About Guests
Facundo Werning is a 21-year-old Argentine who grew up in NYC and Connecticut. He is an economist who has been professionally involved in crypto since 2020 and following it as a passion since 2015, his background is in Venture Capital having previously been on the Investment Banking path. Facundo currently leads Zokyo in the Americas for both Ventures and CyberSecurity. This involves being pitched to, curating, and reaching out to protocols and foundations in crypto for both investing as well as supporting. Facundo also works on varying side-projects at Zokyo.
 
Hartej Sawhney is the CEO and Founder of Zokyo Labs. As a crypto industry pioneer, he has played a key role in elevating standards in the crypto ecosystem and introduced products and services that set the industry benchmark for blockchain security, engineering, transparency, and compliance. When he's not thinking about crypto or building startups, you'll find him designing clothing, curating music, hosting private events, hiking, and dabbling in the contemporary art world.
 
 
You’ll learn about:
Zokyo’s mission
How Silicon Valley playbook could benefit Web3
Current crossroads in Web3: security, risks and target attacks 
The growing need for education around cyber security 
Hartej’s outlook on post FTX crash
 
Timestamps
[0:59 - 2:11] Jay’s intro
[2:11 - 14:41] Hartej’s background
[14:41 - 21:50] What is Zokyo
[21:50 - 24:03] The finality aspect of Web3 and blockchain
[24:03 - 28:00] How do we secure Web3 for the future
[28:00 - 34:10] Silicon Valley and Web3
[34:10- 36:20] Difference between Web1 & Web3
[36:20 - 41:54] Security, risks and target attacks
[41:54 - 47:22] Education around cyber security
[52:14 - 01:06:30] Thoughts on the industry of Web3
[01:06:30 - 01:09:31] Contacting Zokyo
DISCLAIMER: yWhales is not affiliated with YPO but at this time only allows for YPO, YPO Gold, and YNG members due to privacy & confidentiality. Support and production for today’s episode was done by Truth Work Media. Nothing in the podcast constitutes professional and/or financial advice, nor does any information on the podcast constitute a comprehensive or complete statement of the matters discussed or the law relating thereto.

Creating Accessibility in the Global Financial System with Bill Barhydt of Abra

In this episode, Jay speaks with Bill Barhydt, CEO of Abra, a simple platform on a mission to enable millions of crypto holders to maximize the potential of their crypto assets. As a longtime technology pioneer, Bill shares what makes bitcoin fundamentally different, why he built Abra and what the transition to Web3 will look like. He also discusses the path to achieving global decentralization of finance and how FTX’s grave mistakes could impact the community. 
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Abra’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AbraGlobal 
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Abra’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AbraGlobal/featured 
Abra’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/AbraGlobal   
Abra’s Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/AbraGlobal/ 
Abra’s Telegram: https://t.me/Abra_Global  
Abra’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abra_global/ 
 
Guest Socials:
 
Bill Barhydt’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/billbarhydt?s=20&t=alL06C_ZmFKw5vAROOQVAg 
Bill Barhydt’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/billbar/
About Guest
 
Bill Barhydt is the founder and CEO of Abra, a premier digital asset financial services company.  Bill gave the first ever TED talk on Bitcoin in 2012 when Bitcoin was trading at $5. In 2015, he created the world's first synthetic dollar stablecoin based on Bitcoin. Bill is a keynote speaker and has presented at over 100 conferences, including The World Economic Forum, The Milken Institute, Tony Robbins Platinum Summit, The Mobile World Congress, TED, Consensus, Bitcoin Conference, and Token 2049, and The North American Bitcoin Conference. He has also been quoted and appeared many times in the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, NY Times, CNBC, Fortune, Forbes, and Yahoo Finance among many other media outlets. 
 
Prior to Abra, Bill was CEO of Boom Financial and WebSentric. He was also VP at Goldman Sachs and served as a research engineer at NASA and the CIA. As one of the early team members of Netscape, Bill was involved in building some of the core infrastructure that helped grow the consumer Internet we all use today.  Bill is globally recognized as a technology pioneer and as an avid investor in companies across Web 3 and the broader technology ecosystem.
You’ll learn about:
Bill’s background and experience with regulators
The idea of trustless, peer-to-peer transactions and why bitcoin is fundamentally different
Abra is a bridge between Web2 and Web3
The potential for bitcoin to solve socio economic issues 
Timestamps
[0:00 - 2:05] Jay’s intro
[2:05 - 4:30] Bill’s background
[4:30 - 9:50] Why Bitcoin?
[9:50 - 12:56] Decentralizing finance
[12:56 - 19:36] How do we achieve global deFi and good regulation
[19:36 - 27:30] About Abra
[27:30 - 31:53] Determining currencies allowed on Abra
[31:53 - 41:26] The path to mainstream adoption
[41:26 - 51:26] On regulation and the future of crypto
[51:26 - 54:24] Best practices for investing
[54:24 - 55:06 How to contact Bill
DISCLAIMER: yWhales is not affiliated with YPO but at this time only allows for YPO, YPO Gold, and YNG members due to privacy & confidentiality. Support and production for today’s episode was done by Truth Work Media. Nothing in the podcast constitutes professional and/or financial advice, nor does any information on the podcast constitute a comprehensive or complete statement of the matters discussed or the law relating thereto.