Blockchain Episodes
073: Positivity - Ivailo Jordanov and 7Percent Ventures
Ivailo Jordanov from 7Percent Ventures joins Pete Townsend to share his story of powering the search engine pioneers of the dotcom era, his incurable optimism, becoming an early-stage tech investor....and being yet another person on the show admitting to not being able to swim!
072: Money Talks #8: Blockchain Predictions 2020 - Part II
This is Part II of a two-part series featuring Matthew LeMerle from Blockchain Coinvestors and Pete Townsend talking through Matthew's predictions for how blockchain will impact the world in 2020, focusing on pro traders embracing sophisticated exchanges, momentum with enterprise blockchains and em…
071: Money Talks #7: Blockchain Predictions 2020 - Part I
Matthew LeMerle from Blockchain Coinvestors joins Pete Townsend for a two-part series on his predictions for how blockchain will impact the world in 2020, with Part I focusing on central bank issued digital currencies, embracing bitcoin in developing nations, and institutional adoption of digital a…
069: Technologic - Lambert Despaux and Schema Capital
Lambert Despaux, partner at Schema Capital, talks to Pete Townsend about empowering entrepreneurs building in the distributed ledger technology space, the startup ecosystem in Israel, societal impacts of DLT....and his love of electronic music!
066: Major Distribution - Sorcha Mulligan from SMEChain
Sorcha Mulligan, founder of the SMEChain, joins us on the show to talk about her journey into entrepreneurial ventures, addressing the SME digital divide with blockchain and distributed ledger technologies...and facing her fears through scuba diving!
063: Money Talks #4: Coinbase & the Crypto Economy
Recorded live in Dublin at the BFC EU 2019 conference on DLT and emerging tech, Zeeshan Feroz from Coinbase and Pete Townsend took the stage for a fireside chat on Coinbase's institutional presence, custody as a building block of the crypto economy and crypto regulation.
059: Money Talks #1: Libra vs. Sovereigns, WeWork vs. the World, Uber…
In a new format we're trying with MoneyNeverSleeps, we try to get inside the minds of three entrepreneurs by riffing on recent tech news and venture stories. This episode includes a look at central bank ambitions of the sovereigns pushing back on Mark Zuckerberg's crypto project, Adam Neumann's We…
050: Money in the Middle - Pascal Bouvier and MiddleGame Ventures
Pascal Bouvier of MiddleGame Ventures joins Eoin Fitzgerald on stage at a Nadifin Accelerator event in Ireland to talk about fintech today, the future and how results of upcoming elections can drive Transatlantic moves!
047: Book Of Rhymes | Matthew Le Merle
Matthew Le Merle joins us on the show to talk about angel investing, venture investing and why he's written a few books!
045: Connect (v2) | Mihai Alisie and the AKASHA Foundation
The second part of our interview with Mihai Alisie of AKASHA Foundation as he talks about future plans and his skill at poker!
044: Connect | Mihai Alisie at the Dublin Tech Summit 2019
Mihai Alisie, Founder of the AKASHA Foundation, joins Pete Townsend on stage at Dublin Tech Summit to talk about collected vs collective intelligence, blockchain and humanity.
037: Fight For Your Right | Graham Rodford and Archax
Graham Rodford from Archax joins us to talk about building bridges between blockchain and the traditional investment world...and his love of MMA!
034: DNA | Pete Townsend and Working with Startups
Pete Townsend gets into the hotseat to talk about working with startups, how being helpful is in his DNA....and his love of baseball and statistics!
027: Politics as Usual | Bradley Tusk and Tusk Venture
Bradley Tusk joins us on the show to talk about saving start-ups from death by politics...and Operation Sandwich!
024: My Block | Shane Brett and Gecko Governance
Shane Brett, CEO and founder of Gecko Governance, joins us on the show this week to talk about using blockchain to put the 'fun' into funds management...and his love of death metal music!