Castoshi: Recent Episodes
Zubair Quraishi
Zubair Quraishi talks to Sam Buxton of Damex about the Damex app, token and what the future holds for this award winning Gibraltar crypto company (damex.io):00:00 Introduction00:20 What does Damex do? Up to now, an OTC trading desk with over 750 customers, in business since 201701:30 How does trading on Damex differ from an exchange like Binance?04:20 What is the Damex App and Visa card about?06:25 What is the Damex token and why does it matter?08:40 How does the health aspect of the Damex app compare to "move to walk" systems like StepN?10:50 When is the token coming out and where can people get it11:52 What are the future plans for Damex? 15:30 How can people find Damex online?
In this episode Zubair Quraishi and Mark Rees talk to Aaron Payas, a Crypto Lawyer who works at Hassans in Gibraltar. We discuss "Warm Crypto Wallets", and why Gibraltar is a leading jurisdiction for regulated Crypto Companies00:00 Introduction: Zubair Quraishi and Mark Rees are the Castoshi show hosts and Aaron Payas is from Hassans, the leading Gibraltar law firm which also has a Crypto department00:25 Aaron Payas's journey from Mathematician to Crypto lawyer 04:20 Aaron's thoughts on "Warm wallets", which don't hold or show crypto, but allow you to prove ownership of NFTs and other digital assets09:40 Why Gibraltar has been the world's leader in Crypto Regulation since 201813:50 The 3 certainties of crypto in Gibraltar: (1) Legal certainty, (2) Regulatory Certainty (3) Tax Certainty16:01 Gibraltar is teaching other jurisdictions about how to regulate crypto17:20 Why Gibraltar chose Principled based crypto regulations instead of Prescriptive based crypto regulations19:45 How lawyers and the "Vibe Check" are the first line of defence before allowing crypto firms to apply for a crypto license in Gibraltar. Crypto Companies who want a "quick and easy" setup DO NOT come to Gibraltar21:18 What specific Crypto services does Hassans provide to Crypto companies?24:50 What does Aaron see for the future of Crypto? 29:40 Closing comments and where to find Aaron (@aaronpayas on twitter) and Hassans at gibraltarlaw.com
In this episode hosts Mark Rees and Zubair Quraishi talk about the recent Mach 2023 Bank Collapses, Silicon Valley Bank, USDC, and how they are all related.
01:01 What is BitHotel? It is a Web3 based Metaverse which allows people to interact and play mini games together
01:50 Bithotel has been released over a year ago and has had around 100,000 users
02:10 Bithotel works both with Google Login and crypto wallets like MetaMask, as they are trying to attract non-crypto users as well as crypto users
03:30 How do BitHotel (BTH) tokens work in the game?
04:05 Which blockchains does Bithotel work on? Binance Smart chain, Moonbean and others soon
04:40 Is BitHotel decentralized? No, BitHotel runs on centralized servers and databases, and uses crypto for NFTs and in game items. Also, running everything on chain would be too slow, and a terrible user experience since the user would have to keep signing transactions in MetaMask
06:30 How is BitHotel different from crypto games such as Axie Infinity? BitHotel is 2D, and users don’t just earn tokens, they also have to stake their own tokens in order to play games
07:50 Are people playing BitHotel just to earn crypto/money? Answer, the token is an extra, and not integral to playing BitHotel. BitHotel is about playing fun games
09:05 Will BitHotel have user generated content like Roblox? Yes, but it will be via an API, not via a 3D game designer like Roblox has
11:45 What did Kareem do before crypto? He was a psychologist and did some trading
12:15 How large is the team at BitHotel? Around 30 people, mostly developers, based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. They are funded with USD 4 million from a token sale in December 2021
13:45 How does BitHotel acquire users? They run TokTok, Youtube, Meta ads, but the best advertising is using a Web2 influencer who has 8 million followers 15:06 What mistakes have most gaming companies made so far in the Web3 space? Companies raised too much cash. Also “Play to Earn” should have been “Play for Fun”
17:25 What does Kareem think of Alex Becker? Even though Kareem doesn't follow Alex anymore, Kareem thinks that Alex probably knows his stuff in the crypto gaming space
18:30 What does the next 3-5 years hold for crypto and gaming? Web3 Games quality should go up and the market should grow a lot, partly because of the increase in regulation
19:30 How is crypto regulation in Netherlands? It is ok, but not as far advanced as regulation in Dubai or Singapore
20:25 Where can people find BitHotel? bithotel.io
Cyberscope Crypto audits: https://www.cyberscope.io/
CoinScope Check out new airdrops here: https://www.coinscope.co/
00:00 Introduction to Cyberscope. They specialise in Smart Contract audits and Web 3 Security, having done over 750 crypto audits on Ethereum compatible blockchains
01:40 How many people work at Cyberscope. 17 people work at Cyberscope, with the main office in Greece
02:15 What was CoinScope, Thanos's first crypto project, and how it inspired Cyberscope
03:45 Why code is law, and why "Developer KYC" and secure smart contracts are important
04:59 Since the Terra/Luna and Celsius collapse how much building is going on in the crypto community? There is a lot of work going on during this downturn
06:15 What are the different security issues for Etheruem compatible vs non Etheruem compatible projects like Solana? Many Solana developers have moved the Aptos chain (formerly Facebook libre) which is not Ethereum compatible but has a strong developer community
11:05 What is the typical security checklist for a security audit? KYC of the developers and a written audit which is for the benefit of investors in crypto projects
12:50 Who pays to do an audit? The investors pay most of the time, since it is part of their due diligence
14:30 How does Cyberscope deal with scam companies which pass all the crypto audits? This needs manual research, and can't be automated at the moment. There are also blacklists to help tools like Metamask identify bad actors
19:00 What is future of crypto security for the general public using Web3?
22:00 What is the real future of crypto in general? Payments are the killer app as real time international payments with stablecoins are already being used and growing fast
24:01 The FBI, and EU government departments have contacted Cyberscope for help
25:20 How governments are getting very crypto savvy
26:10 How do networks like Cardano differ from Ethereuem when making smart contracts?
27:40 How is Cyberscope's business going to change in the next few years?
29:50 A new feature in CoinScope is to check out new Airdrops. It is a good way to learn about researching crypto projects
31:40 Closing comments and where to find us
In this episode Zubair talks to Alex of nSure.ai, who are taking the risk out of onboarding customers to crypto to prevent fraud prevention.
00:00 Introduction
00:18 What is nSure.ai? A payment protection platform for online payments for merchants dealing in digital assets
03:50 What is the issue with credit card companies using chargebacks? The history of credit cards also explained
06:30 Explaining "Card not present" transactions
08:30 Do crypto stable coins solve some of the problems with credit cards?
10:50 Why crypto is so attractive to fraudsters
12:00 What tools are there to prevent crypto fraud?
12:34 How bad is the fraud problem for crypto exchanges? On ramp to crypto is explained too
14:30 Moving from a 60% decline rate to 30%
15:25 The difference between "Anti Money Laundering" and "Fraud Prevention"
16:20 How nSure.ai prevents fraud
17:20 How nSure.ai started as a gift card marketplace
19:01 Where will the crypto payments industry be in 5 years?
20:40 Why the banks will have to take back responsibility for chargebacks in the future
23:25 Why transaction reversal will come to crypto, and is essential for mass adoption
25:10 Ending credits and close
00:00 Introduction to Dubai based KEY Difference Media 01:15 Introduction to KDM's Low Code "Forward Protocol" 01:57 Karnika's personal journey from Web 2 marketing to crypto 03:50 What are a good/bad examples of projects that could move to Web3/Crypto? 06:45 What should a "go to market strategy" be for a non crypto company? 08:35 How to align incentives when building a Web3 project by holding tokens 09:20 A deep dive in the Low Code "Forward Protocol" and how it helps companies build blockchain apps 11:45 "Forward Protocol" support EVM chain, Solana, and other blockchains 12:20 How "Forward Protocol" can help developer to earn 14:25 Zubair explores which parts of "Forward Protocol" are open source and which parts are proprietary and comparisons to Wordpress 15:40 Which countries are good to be based in for crypto projects? We discuss the crypto community in Dubai 17:40 Why Asset tokenisation and business processes are the next big thing in crypto 19:45 Why transparency means that private blockchains like IBM Hyperledger and Concordium have a future 21:20 Will crypto make enterprise security even more complicated with yet another log in method? 22:20 How people can be paid directly in crypto 23:05 Even banks in crypto friendly Dubai are not totally crypto friendly yet (hint: more friendly with regulated entities) 23:50 Does fiat have a future? 24:50 How crypto and blockchain will take over everything one piece at a time 26:45 Karnika talks about how he wants to own assets, not money 27:40 How crypto and decentralisation will be good for the world by giving people another choice as opposed to the centralised world 28:50 How to contact Karnika or "KEY Difference Media" and ending
In this episode Zubair talks to Chris James Murphy of https://www.klinkfinance.com/ about their Cedefi crypto savings platform:
00:00 Introduction to Klink Finance
01:58 How does Klink Finance generate yield? Via Defi protocols and abitrage. Chris also explains how every 25 USDC gives a lottery ticket, just like premium bonds
03:45 Zubair talks about Klink Finance being a USDC only business
04:42 Chris describes how UK Premium Bonds work
06:01 Chris's history and why he started Klink Finance to bring good financial habits to the masses
07:54 Chris talks about how crypto companies were previously generating yields from investor capital
09:15 Why does Klink Finance need centralised KYC to deposit USDC and passing the "mom" test
11:02 How Klink Finance insures that customer funds are secure
11:50 What is the status of Klink Finance (as of Nov, 2022)
13:25 After the FTX crash what does Chris think of the future of the crypto industry? Chris talks about how should companies behave in a responsible way
15:50 Where are Klink Finance based? They are a UK company, with a distributed team, and regulated in UK and Europe
17:55 Will tightening crypto regulation in Europe and USA drive crypto companies away?
20:00 Zubair discusses how European Crypto regulation MICA (which is being translated in 27 languages) could make it irrelavant once it gets released
21:00 Closing
00:00 Introduction
00:45 What is Fireblocks?
02:35 How was crypto custody done in the "old days" and how is it done today?
05:40 Fireblocks multi-layer approach to crypto security
06:40 Why wouldn't a company build a crypto asset custody themselves?
08:39 Mindaugas Miskinis journey to crypto
10:35 How trading and settlements have changed over the years with automation
13:25 What blockchain technology does and it's benefits, and use cases
15:35 How big is the crypto and payments market?
18:00 What are the benefits of stablecoins?
21:55 What stops Fireblocks from running off with customer funds?
25:50 What happens if a Fireblocks customer loses their private key? 26:35 What happens to customer assets if Fireblocks goes out of business?
27:25 What non-financial markets does Fireblocks serve? 29:31 What types of assets are being tokenised? 31:02 What are the benefits of tokenising assets?
32:05 How are tokenised physical real world assets managed in a digital world?
34:30 Where will the industry be in a few years? (Zubair's description of a dystopian crypto world has been cut)
37:50 Where to find and more about Fireblocks
00:00 Introduction
00:40 What is BoXX United? A system to allow fans to support athletes and sports clubs
02:00 What is the benefit for fans? A single place to connect with clubs using crypto
03:02 Have existing sports clubs tried to build crypto fan engagement systems already?
04:04 Tim Kemland's background and what was his motivation to start BoXX United? Most athletes have a fan base but no money
06:58 How BoXX United wants to help athletes, and how they will differ from existing sports brands by making direct connections between athletes and fans 8:01 How long has BoXX United been in development and how is the progress? They have over 50 people working on the project
13:05 How does the KiXX crypto token work?
13:55 How will BoXX United change the sports industry?
15:49 How can Castoshi viewers know that BoXX United is not a scam project?
16:42 Does BoXX United have existing experience in Sports Marketing?
17:08 What is the future of crypto and the sports industry?
19:05 Will BoXX United support Metamask only? No, there is KYC, so there is both a centralised and decentralised component to BoXX United because of regulation. Also Most athletes are not in crypto already
21:20 BoXX United will launch by 2023
21:40 Closing
Zubair Quraishi talks to Gianni of HUGS Platform. This platform allows micro tasks to be performed at scale. This is important as the future is the gig economy depends on companies and governments being able to get things done faster and cheaper via microtasks. Enjoy the episode!
https://www.hugs.solutions/hugs-platform
00:00 Introduction
00:30 What is HUGS?
00:20 How HUGS compare to other Mechanical Turk style services?
05:45 How did HUGS research the market?
06:40 What is HUGS initial product and roadmap?
10:01 Is HUGS going to be available on Blockchains other than Solana?
11:25 Status of HUGS and the current release
12:45 Specific examples of tasks that can be done better with HUGS microtasks, and how they are done today
15:20 The HUGS reviewer system and how it compares to Wikipedia editing
18:50 Staking of HUGS token and reputation
21:45 How HUGS can help local governments save money
22:30 What benefits are there to third party developers building on top of HUGS protocol?
24:00 Growth of the micro tasking market and how to build an ecosystem by having an open platform
25:30 Have non-crypto micro platforms like Task Rabbit tried to build similar systems?
27:30 How organisations will be able to use the HUGS platform
29:50 Has anyone tried to copy HUGs?
32:00 Proof of concept of HUGS is already running
32:20 Links and whitepaper
In this episode of Castoshi (powered by damex.io) Zubair talks to the CEO of Mintable, Zack Burks, who invented many of the innovations in the NFT space. Zach is a long time crypto user and Solidity developer. As well as a good technical discussion they also talk about how to make a great product around crypto, which is to always make sure your product passes the "Mum Test", so that your service is easy for normal people to use. They also talk about why Zach is so bullish on the future of crypto. Enjoy the episode!
00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:50 What is Mintable? Mintable is an NFT Marketplace started ion 2018, and has over a million users in USA and Asia
00:03:01 Crypto innovations invented by Mintable: Batch minting of NFTs, NFT Royalties, first NFT DAO, Gasless NFT minting on Ethereum, cross platform NFTs
00:05:15 Zach defines an NFT as a digital item that lives on the blockchain
00:06:40 Zach's crypto story
00:10:35 Mintable's journey as a company
00:11:55 How have NFTs changes over the last few years and the NFT explosion after Beeple
00:15:30 Mintology is Mintable's enterprise NFT platform
00:17:20 How gasless transactions work, followed by a technical discussion of cross chain NFTs, bridges and how NFT prices vary based on the chain, and why you want to be on Ethereum
00:25:00 Could cross chain NFTs work in a similar way to USDC where Google or Microsoft could make a centralised NFT standard?
00:27:45 Fractionalisation of NFTs and how NFTs can be extended at a technical level, but why it may not be a good idea
00:30:30 Use cases of NFTs: proof of attendance, tickets, electronic documentation
00:35:57 Discussion of Mintable, trading, alt coins and the current bear market. We talk about crypto cycles, and the last few years of crypto and where it is going. Zach talks about how he never day trades anymore and only looks at crypto prices once a month!
00:38:12 How to get into the crypto space. We discuss how people try to make a quick profit by starting a crypto company
00:42:05 Learn how crypto works by either using crypto or learning Solidity (Ethereum smart contract language). We discuss how you can evaluate investment opportunities by examining the Smart Contract code and also understanding the "Mum Test"
00:46:10 How crypto is similar to email in the 1990s in the technology adoption curve
00:48:45Tin foil hat time! The future of crypto and industry, and why Walmarts and Starbucks will issue stablecoins and NFTs
00:52:40 Within 2 years there should be 10x the number of NFT users worldwide!
00:53:56 Will Ethereum be around in 10 years? And what about alt coins?
00:56:20 Could USDT or USDC disappear in the next 10 years?
00:57:30 Will Google or big tech take over the crypto industry?
01: 05:30 Decentralisation doesn't matter to play a game, but does matter for financial products
01:07:35 Closing credits
Castoshi Episode 27 (a https://www.damex.io podcast)
Did you know that you could make millions of dollars gain in crypto, yet still be bankrupt? What!!!! Well, if you own more than a few thousand dollars in crypto then you need to get crypto tax advice today to make sure that this doesn't happen to you.
In this episode Zubair talks to Micah Fraim of https://cryptotaxcpa.com/ and author of the book "Decrypting Crypto Taxes" about US tax law and crypto. Enjoy the episode!
00:00 Introduction to crypto taxes
02:10 Explaining the book "Decrypting Crypto Taxes"
03:00 Why the book is focused on USA crypto taxes
04:34 How Micah got into crypto in 2017
05:30 How Micah started to specialise in crypto taxes
07:10 Crypto migration for non US citizens. Crypto tax rules keep changing in the west and backdating of tax rules
11:45 Which crypto events are taxable under US laws?
13:20 The IRS and congress is trying to delay rulings on crypto tax
15:00 What should the US government do about crypto taxes?
16:26 Can someone become owe tax money if they lose their crypto keys or wallet?
18:25 What should people with only a few thousand dollars of crypto do about crypto tax?
21:58 Should people with crypto leave the USA? (Puerto Rico is an option). What about the EU?
24:40 What will happen to crypto tax laws globally?
28:20 Should crypto be viewed as property or a security?
30:10 Will large institutions invest in crypto ETFs? Getting to mainstream adoption
35:01 Why there may be 25-30 million bitcoins out there that have been sold
36:50 Did Voyager say they were FDIC insured when they weren't. The bad side of deregulation
40:30 Utility based crypto projects
42:00 cryptotaxcpa.com and how to use Micah's crypto tax planning services
44:27 People who make huge profits with crypto and now owe more to the IRS than the value of their portfolio
49:00 Ending
A quick recap of the first 25 episodes of the Castoshi podcast (a https://www.damex.io podcast) , and where the podcast may to go in the future:
00:00 Introduction
01:25 #1 - Zubair sitting in his Garage talking to himself about crypto and blockchains
02:15 #2 - Zubair discussing his 2015 prediction that Bitcoin will be worth $1 million one day https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/day-163-zubair-2015-bitcoin-prediction-zubair-quraishi
05:30 #3 - A look at DeFi apps on the Fantom blockchain in late 2021
06:20 #4 - Zubair talking about learning Solidity
07:01 #5 - Interview with Steffen Kirkegaard, CEO of https://gamers.gold which allows gamers to compete with each other in tournaments
08:49 #6 - Never released. We interviewed a preacher to teach him about crypto
09:18 #7 - Interview with Frank Schuil, the CEO of Sweden's largest Bitcoin exchange https://safello.com
10:02 #8 - Interview with Sam Kamani of https://ensydr.com
11:55 #9 - Interview with toNFT Marketer Arvin Khamseh of https://www.soldoutnfts.io/ who helped NFT creators make millions a month by marketing their NFT collections
13:04 #10 - Making carbon capture 500 X cheaper with Shreekant Kulkarni of https://www.greenhashes.org
14:18 #11 - Building the future of blockchain gaming infrastructure with Neeraj Kashyap of https://moonstream.to
15:32 #12 - Hollywood is Embracing NFTs, wth Katie Chonacas of https://www.chonacas.com
17:28 #13 - Live events in a "Hyper Realistic" Metaverse with Toms Cernavskis and Urav Shah
18:45 #14 - Carbon Trading on the Blockchain with Demian Klenk and Dan Hutter of https://6c-index.com/, a new platform aiming to be the Nasdaq of Environmental Assets
20:52 #15 - In this episode of Castoshi, Zubair Quraishi talks to Martha Reyes, a former emerging markets fund manager who now works at https://bequant.pro/ talks about market crashes and how new finance graduates are learning Smart Contract development
21:58 #16 - Noah Healy of Coordisc. Noah is a mathematician who has developed a new technique to provide high price stability for crypto markets by using Game theory to reward traders for predicting asset prices. See http://coordisc.com
23:15 #17 - Building Kickstarter for the crypto world with the founders of https://theia.finance
24:46 #18 - Juan Gasca of https://tindefi.net/, an all-in-one service for investing in early stage crypto companies
25:55 #19 - David Sterling of https://www.good-gaming.com, owner of the successful MicroBuddies game
27:30 #20 - Ashish Anand of https://bru.finance, who are tokenizing food produce so that farmers can borrow money based on their unsold produce. Defi lending in the real world!
29:29 #21 - Hala Adbul of https://www.halatherapy.com discussing helping people with mental health issues related to crypto
31:00 #22 - Mark Miller of https://labelcoin.io, a revolutionary song exchange which allows fans to invest in songs
32:50 #23 - Brian De Mint, author of “Bitcoin Evangelism” (https://www.amazon.com/Bitcoin-Evangelism-Planting-Decentralized-Revolution/dp/B0B38CX41D). Includes possible scenarios for the USA to get out of the current inflation and debt cycle
33:40 #24 - Jacob and Ben of http://radixdlt.com, which is a different approach to Defi. They have interviewed 1000s of crypto developers and come up with a unique solution that can scale to millions of transactions a second
34:58 #25 - Zubair Quraishi talks about recent news events with Jeff Hancock of https://coinpass.com
35:49 talking about the future of the podcast and Zubair's own company https://yazz.com and the future news segments with Mark Rees of https://knightsbridgeincorporations.com/
Zubair Quraishi talks about recent news events with Jeff Hancock of CoinPass. Jeff is a former security expert so he really knows his stuff. They talk about the fallout from the Celcius, 3AC, and Voyager bankruptcies, and where the Yield comes from with a lot of these black box crypto companies.
They also discuss what you need to learn in crypto in order to be a good trader, from understanding crypto transactions to using MetaMask.
They also talk about the Ethereum Merge and the 5 stages: “The Merge,” “The Surge,” “The Verge,” “The Purge,” and, “The Splurge”
Lastly, they discuss Fireblocks and the role of stablecoins and whether there is a need for a GBP stable coin. Enjoy the episode!
Show timeline:
00:00 Introduction by Zubair to Jeff Hancock of CoinPass
03:00 We discuss the fallout from the Celsius, Voyager, and 3AC Crypto bankruptcies - Jeff talks about how there could be more bad news to come, and how the crypto industry has a bad image in 2022. We discuss about how these companies are examples of black box companies which means that they are not transparent. We talk about how these companies lend money to each other and how the crypto markets really work internally. We go further into what need to know to trade crypto such as knowledge of how transactions, block explorers and Metamask.
13:12 We discuss NFTs and cross chain solutions. When your taxi drivers tells you to buy bitcoin, or your plumber launches an NFT collection maybe it is time to get out of the NFT market! Use cases for NFTs like ticketing like holding up a mobile phone to get access to a physical location may make sense. Access via NFTs and mobile phone to Crypto club in London is one such club. NFT tickets will also be used in football and sports tickets as they are harder to fake.
24:21 Ethereum Merge and the 5 stages: “The Merge,” “The Surge,” “The Verge,” “The Purge,” and, “The Splurge” . The background is that Eth was the first smart contract platform and tries to stay backward compatible. Eth is overloaded and expensive, and progress has been slow which has allowed faster and cheaper Eth compatible chains like Fantom, Polygon to get market share. Also it has allowed non eth compatible chains like Solana to gain traction. Could existing Eth miners move to bitcoin. How we think about layer 2s will change, as it will be important to have assets that work across multiple chains , without the hacks occurring on bridges
29:40 The future of Web3/Defi and big tech chains like Google Chain, Microsoft Chain, and where the crypto nodes actually live today, on big tech cloud provider chains. How Metamask is a big single point of failure, and we need to move permission based systems. How Government ID shops may come about, much like mobile phone shops of today. It could be the post office which performs government functions like driving licenses in UK today, and has taken over post office duties too. How restoring access to crypto wallets is an unsolved problem in crypto. But offline restoration is still not very secure. 37:02 Uniswap and institutional pools for the enterprise. Centralised and non decentralised options will both be available
39:18 A discussion about what is Fireblocks, it has become a standard system for trading crypto for teams. They have many enterprise features for policies and security.
41:15 Using crytp to move from quarterley financial staements to real time financial views. This has many advantages for financial reporting
42:50 Discussing stablecoins and the need for a GBP based stablecoin, mainly because USD via USDC and USDC is used as a standard currency even in the UK. Also how the USD is getting stronger, instead of becoming worth less as many people feared would happen.
Traditional development on Ethereum is hard and only a few skilled developers know how to do it. In this episode Zubair Quraishi talks to Jacob and Ben of Radix, which is a different approach to Defi. They have interviewed 1000s of crypto developers and come up with a unique solution that can scale to millions of transactions a second, and uses a vastly superior system to build unhackable Defi applications. Apart from Radix, they also talk about the future of crypto and how the tech needs to be made invisible before it can go mainstream.
If you’re a developer and want to start building with Scrypto you may be interested in the Radix developer’s hub. You can get involved with the #scrypto channel of their Discord server, or on the community-run Radix Developers Telegram channel.
Discord: http://Discord.gg/radixdlt
Telegram: https://t.me/radix_dlt
Scrypto: https://developers.radixdlt.com
YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/RadixDLT
Podcast: https://defidownload.com
Website: http://radixdlt.com
Enjoy the episode!
Zubair Quraishi talks to Brian De Mint, who is the author of the bestselling book “Bitcoin Evangelism”. They talk about Bitcoin, Inflation and everything else under the sun in crypto, including his new book where he tries to educate people about Bitcoin in an easy to understand way. Please note that Brian is NOT a bitcoin maxi so he has a very fair view. They also talk about where they see the future of crypto and the world economy, including possible scenarios for the USA to get out of the current inflation and debt cycle. Enjoy this amazing episode!
https://www.amazon.com/Bitcoin-Evangelism-Planting-Decentralized-Revolution/dp/B0B38CX41D
We talk to Mark Miller of LabelCoin, a revolutionary song exchange which allows fans to invest in songs. LabelCoin are doing this by building a smart contract powered music sharing platform which divides song revenue into shares, instead of the all or nothing approach of NFTs. We also talk about the wider music industry and where things are going. Stay tuned for this great episode!
https://labelcoin.io
If you trade or work with crypto then you need to stay on your A Game and maintain peak performance. In this episode of Castoshi Zubair Quraishi talks to Hala Abdul, who helps people with mental health issues related to crypto.
If you have traded crypto and experienced the highs and low of this 24/7 market you will probably understand how crypto can affect your mental and physical health. The signs that you may have a problem are constant price checking, FOMO, and feelings of guilt when you get it wrong. If you experience any of these then this episode is for you! Hala explains how she helps people to become aware of their situation, so that they can take the first steps to fixing things. Enjoy the episode!
https://www.halatherapy.com/
In this episode Zubair Quraishi talks to Ashish Anand of Bru Finance, who are tokenizing food produce so that farmers can borrow money based on their unsold produce. Think of it as Defi lending in the real world! This really giving real liquidity to farmers in India with over 1000 locations where produce can be dropped off, and is starting to expand to other countries too.
Zubair and Ashish also discuss the tokenisation of assets industry and how crypto is evolving in Asia. Enjoy the episode!
https://bru.finance
In this episode Zubair Quraishi talks to David Sterling of Good
Gaming, a public Interactive Entertainment company. David, a former
Sony executive explains how Good gaming created the successful
MicroBuddies game, and how they shot to success by putting community,
brand and story first so that the microbuddies brand can last for
generations.
David also talks about by how the game targets not just crypto, but
multiple platforms. As an example, as well as being available on the
Polygon blockchain, Microbuddies are also available outside of crypto
on Roblox. They also talk about the future of crypto and interactive
entertainment. Enjoy the episode!
https://www.good-gaming.com/
In this episode Zubair Quraishi talks to Spanish Entrepreneur Juan Gasca of TinDefi, a platform for investing in early stage crypto companies. Juan talks about how they are making investing simpler and safer for investors with an all-in-one service, and how his experience working in fraud detection helped to shape his vision.
We also talk about how regulation can either help or hinder innovation in the crypto space, and how different countries handle regulation. Enjoy the episode!
https://tindefi.net/
https://scandefi.net/scan-defi
Zubair Quraishi talks to the founders of Theia Finance, who are building a Kickstarter for the crypto world, a platform where creators can build and get investors for their projects. Theia Finance wants to go even further than Kickstarter by building a full stack company platform into their product. Theia Finance is still testing the system, but so far the response has been amazing, with nearly 20,000 people engaging with their platform and thousands of monthly users trying it out.
They also have a novel method to prevent scams, by putting all invested money into an escrow account to stop people from shutting down projects as soon as they are funded. We talk about this, and a whole lot more such as the future of crypto. Join us for this amazing episode!
https://theia.finance/
Zubair Quraishi talks to Noah Healy of Coordisc. Noah is a mathematician who has developed a new technique to provide high price stability for crypto markets by using Game theory to reward traders for predicting asset prices.
An example of how this technique could make crypto exchanges more user friendly is to think about when you buy or sell a token on an exchange and it gives you a popup with a 5 second countdown timer in which you can accept or reject the trade. With Coordisc instead of seconds to accept a price, you will have potentially minutes or even hours.
Zubair and Noah have a great discussion and also talk about the multi chain future of crypto. Enjoy the episode!!
Links:
http://coordisc.com
Episode 15 - A journey from traditional to Crypto finance
Recorded 17 may 2022.
https://bequant.pro/
In this episode of Castoshi, Zubair Quraishi talks to Martha Reyes, a former emerging markets fund manager who now works at Bequant, a crypto OTC company that specialises in high frequency trading and crypto arbitrage.
They discuss inflation in South America in the early 2000s and the following economic collapse, and how Martha sees the same warning signs today in developed countries. Martha also talks about how she transitioned from traditional finance to crypto, and how other traditional finance people are doing the same by starting to understand Defi and Smart Contracts. Zubair and Martha also discuss where the crypto markets are going.
Zubair Quraishi talks to Demian Klenk and Dan Hutter of 6C Index, a new platform aiming to be the Nasdaq of Environmental Assets. Initially they are just focusing on Carbon Assets, and intend to link real world Carbon Production to digital assets on the blockchain, with a twist. They want to not only link Carbon Production but also "Carbon Removal" as an asset. This means that there will be a healthy incentive to not only pollute the environment, but to clean it up as well.
This is a space which has recently started to gain attention since Adam Neuman, the founder of WeWork, recently announced that his latest startup, FlowCarbon is attempting a similar mission, but Demian and Dan believe that they are uniquely positioned to solve this problem since they have a background in finance, crypto, and the ESG industries.
In this episode Zubair Quraishi talks to Toms Cernavskis and Urav Shah, about how Project Kepler can enable artists to hold live events in a Hyper Realistic Metaverse. Join us for this amazing episode!
Guests: Toms Cernavskis and Urav Shah
Website: ProjectKepler.Vision
Zubair Quraishi talks to Katie Chonacas about the future of artists and creators in Hollywood, and the wider world:
Guest name: Katie Chonacas
Website: Chonacas.com
Twitter: Twitter.com/KatieChonacas
Podcast: She's all over the place podcast
Book: ALoversFairyTale.com
In this episode Zubair Quraishi talks to Neeraj Kashyap, of Moonstream about his journey to build the future of blockchain gaming infrastructure. Join us for this amazing episode!
Guest name: Neeraj Kashyap
Website: Moonstream.to
Twitter: Twitter.com/MoonstreamTo
Discord: Discord.com/invite/K56VNUQGvA
Github: https://github.com/bugout-dev
In this episode Zubair Quraishi talks to Shreekant Kulkarni, of GreenHashes.org about his journey to make carbon capture 500 X cheaper. Join us for this amazing episiode!
Guest name: Shreekant Kulkarni
Website: GreenHashes.org
Email: enquiry@GreenHashes.org
Crypto training: ShreeCrypto.com
USA crypto solutions: KNW Decentralised Innovations LLC
India's first metaverse +
Physical reality real estate
project: Wanya.in
In this episode Zubair Quraishi talks to Arvin Khamseh, of Soldoutnfts.io about how to make an NFT hit. Join us for this amazing episiode!
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Guest name: Arvin Khamseh
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Website: SoldoutNFTs.io
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Twitter: ArvinKNFT
Zubair Quraishi interviews Sam Kamani, CEO of Ensydr. See more at:
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Website: Ensydr.com
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Book: The 30 Day Startup
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Book: Business in the Time of Corona
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Venture Partner: Indogen Capital
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Podcast: Web3 with Sam Kamani
Zubair Quraishi interviews Frank Schuil, CEO of Safello. See more at:
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safello.com
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Nasdaq First North: SFL
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Discord: https://discord.com/invite/myBUywMbE5
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/safelloab
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Podcast: The Safello Show
In this interview we talk to Steffen Kirkegaard of Gamers.Gold about crypto, gaming, and a little bit of politics.
In the fourth episode of Castoshi I talk about learning Solidity, tomb.finance, and the Bitcoin recovery.
In this episode we take a quick look at a few yield farming deFi applications on the Fantom (FTM) blockchain. We look at:
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skeleton.finance
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coffin.finance
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tomb.finance
Zubair looks back to 2015 at a prediction that he made that Bitcoin would go to a million dollars, and looks at what he got right and wrong:
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/day-163-zubair-2015-bitcoin-prediction-zubair-quraishi
Pilot episode for a podcast about crypto. It is Zubair Quraishi, the host talking about why he started the podcast.