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In this episode we chat with Henrijs Jansons about the relaunch of the Debitum platform, and why investors should consider investing in this regulated platform. Links Debitum Jean’s review of Debitum

In this episode, Jean and Joe interview the founder and CEO of Lonvest, Roman Katerynchyk. We dig into how P2P lending for consumer loans works, and what kind of models power the decisions to give loans or not to new customers. We discuss the ethical side of P2P lending, and the big issue with millions […]

Welcome to another exciting episode of the Mastermind.fm podcast, where we explore the latest trends, ideas, and innovations shaping the world. In today’s episode, we’re diving deep into the fascinating realm of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its transformative impact on the way we work. We’re thrilled to have with us a special guest, Martin Slaney, […]

In this episode Jean and Joe speak with Shehan Chandrasekera from Cointracker about the intricacies of NFT taxation. Links Cointracker

In this episode, Jean hangs out with Tinbane and Astamcloud/P to discuss the experience of collecting, creating and curating in the generative art space. Links Jean’s post about embarking on his artistic journey Jean’s generative art resources DCinvestor on-chain gen art collector thesis The rise of long-form generative art Mandelbrot set Picasso’s The Bull * […]

In this episode, Jean speaks to Eric Rubens, a successful professional photographer and founder of Collective Strangers, an NFT community focused on photography. We go through Eric’s journey into photography, why he created Collected Strangers, and what pass holders can expect in the coming months. We also touch on the photography NFT space as I’m […]

In this episode, Jean speaks to the founder and CEO of NFTfi, Stephen Young. We talk about all the use cases for borrowing and lending in the NFT space. I found this talk fascinating and learnt some new use cases I wasn’t aware of. Whether you’re on the borrowing or lending side, you should listen […]

In today’s episode, Jean speaks with the artist ZAR, who he had the pleasure of meeting for the first time during his recent trip to New York for NFT NYC. We delve into many different topics, for an overall fascinating talk where topics like minimalism, utility for NFT art, community building, and the process for […]

Jean and Evan Medeiros team up to recap their action-packed week at NFT NYC, discussing their favorite projects such as Doodles, PROOF, Moonbirds, Coolmans, Cool Cats, Cyberbrokers etc. They share what they loved about the events and what was a bit of a letdown. If you haven’t been to NFT NYC, this is a great […]

I recently started collecting generative art NFTs, and one of the collections that I fell in love with was Hōrō (meaning wandering in Japanese), from Lionel Radisson, known in the art world as makio135. In today’s show, I connect with Lionel to talk about his journey as an artist and how he got into NFTs. […]

In this episode, Jean talks to Hanif Perry about his experience as a collector of generative art NFTs and member of various communities that formed around this movement. This is a great primer for those who are interested in NFTs and want to know what to look for and where when buying their first pieces. […]

In this episode, I sit down with Danny Greene, the general manager of the MeebitsDAO. We have a wide-ranging conversation about the significance of NFTs, the analogies that can be used to onboard new users into the NFT space, and of course, we also focused on Meebits in particular. I really like the MeebitsDAO initiative […]

In this episode, we speak to Robin Copernicus (real name Robin Kabir) from Metaverse Land Club. It was a real pleasure speaking with Robin, his passion for futuristic technologies and the ways that they can help human betterment really comes through in our conversation. Join us as we explore the many facets of the metaverse […]

In this episode, we have Igors Puntuss, CEO of Bulkestate, as our guest. Together with Igors, we discuss Bulkestate’s journey over the past five years, and the main things that investors should expect going forward. Bulkestate is one of my favorite platforms. Contrary to other players in the market, they have an understated approach and […]

We are glad to welcome Hearsay to our show. It’s a really special episode covering a quiet unspoken topic of law and NFTs. We started discussing uncertainties of crypto taxation and what is crypto from a legal standpoint. A big part of the discussion ahead was about the traditional art industry and legal backbone, as […]

In this episode, we welcome back Jalil from PunkScape for another round of NFT knowledge drops. Following our more introductory first episode with Jalil, in this episode, we continue evolving some of the topics we touched upon previously as well as introduce some other very important concepts and guidelines that all NFT investors or creators […]

In this episode, we welcome the founder of Kumo’s World, Kumo, who shares with us her journey and motivations for creating this collection of extremely cute characters, as well as the new features that are on the roadmap for the next few months. About Kumo’s World Kumo’s World is a fantastical place where you control […]

In this episode, we welcome Jalil Wahdatehagh, the founder and artist behind the PunkScape NFT project to guide us through the remarkable world of non-fungible tokens. How do we visualize value, what are and why digital identities are important, how NFTs can be used not only for visual art? These are just minor parts of […]

In this episode we’ve met Liza Aizupiete, managing director of Fintelum. Fintelum is a crowdfunding platform, which offers assets tokenization. With Fintelum investors can invest in businesses, who are tokenizing their equity, and then receive dividends. We’ve talked about how Fintelum works, new ways of investments and why you should make your crypto work. Also, […]

In this episode of Mastermind.fm we’ve met with Arnab Naskar, co-founder and business lead of STOKR. It’s a digital marketplace which allows to invest into new and existing business with no middle man. STOKR is built on blockchain to keep things transparent and secure. Arnab introduced us to the story behind STOKR and how it […]

In this episode we’ve met Jameson Lopp, CTO and co-founder of Casa. We talked all about Bitcoin security, starting from the basics of managing private keys to how Bitcoin transactions work. It’s an essential episode for anyone planning to keep crypto assets in self-custody securely. That’s not all, we’ve discussed more: how bank authentication is […]

In this episode we’ve met with Pavel Klema, the CEO of Bondster. It is a Czech FinTech start-up that offers investments in loans. What is interesting about Bondster is that offer a huge potential for diversification, listing both short and long-term loans from the broad selection of regions. To help us dig deep into the […]

In this episode we met Michael Bereslavsky, CEO and founder of Domain Magnate to discuss all the nuances of buying and selling sites. To help us dig deep into the topic we were joined by Andrew Farrugia, blogger and fitness instructor who ran into the issues of the content business himself covering fitness and lifestyle […]

In this episode, we welcome Fernando and Juancho, co-founders of Brickfy.com. Brickfy can be called a platform of platforms allowing investors to join real estate crowdfunding projects from a single marketplace with no need to register on a variety of platforms. We’ve discussed how Brickfy operates and their development plans. Apart from that, we touched […]

In this episode, we interview Mauricio Di Bartolomeo, one of the co-founders of the Canadian crypto borrowing and lending platform Ledn. Mauricio is a very charismatic figure in the crypto space and this was one of the best conversations we’ve had so far. What we loved about Mauricio is that he has an amazing story […]

In this episode, we speak to Jon Gillham about buying and selling websites. Jon is an authority in the space and is involved in various projects such as MotionInvest and Content Minded. He also runs his own site at WebsiteIncome.com. In this podcast, we talk all about the opportunities and pitfalls of buying and selling […]

In this episode, Jean sits down with Gustas from InRento to discuss this recently launched platform that specializes in rental properties in Lithuania. Gustas is a young but extremely knowledgeable serial entrepreneur who has founded multiple businesses, and its always a pleasure for me to speak with him and discuss the latest trends. You might […]

In today’s episode, we speak to Shayne Mullen from BlockFi, which is one of the biggest crypto borrowing and lending platforms in the world and has grown tremendously over the past year. BlockFi offers several products in the crypto space: Crypto lending and yield generation Borrowing facilities in USD, with crypto as collateral Crypto trading […]

In today’s episode, we bring on Mike Bristow, the CEO and co-founder of CrowdProperty, to talk about crowdfunding for real estate in the UK market. The CrowdProperty platform has been one of the most successful platforms in this space, due to the excellent technology they have built coupled with the many years of experience in […]

In this jam-packed episode, we interview Gregory Klumov from Stasis, the company behind the EURS stablecoin. We talk about what stablecoins are and why they are used. It’s hard to come up with a shortlist of all the topics we touched upon in this episode, so just go ahead and listen to this monster episode […]

In this interview, Jean and Joe speak to Mihkel Stamm – COO of EstateGuru, a real estate crowdfunding platform established in 2014, with more than €300m loans given so far. This makes it one of the oldest and most successful platforms in Europe. In this wide-ranging interview, we go into details about how the platform […]

In today’s episode, we interview Allan Martinson from Xolo. Xolo helps people open companies in Estonia and also invoice for their services from Estonia without needing to register a company there, thanks to an innovative solution whereby Xolo is the company invoicing clients. Over 40,000 solopreneurs globally have signed up with Xolo. They are launching […]

In today’s episode, we interview Maxime Pallain, the co-founder and CEO of Raizers. Raizers is a real estate crowdfunding platform that currently offers several investment opportunities in France. Raizers’ competitors when it started were private banks, family offices etc. Raizers’ innovation was in digitizing the way to give loans to entrepreneurs. This platform offers loans […]

In today’s episode, we speak to Chandan Lodha from Cointracker.io, one of the leading crypto portfolio trackers and tax preparation tools. Cointracker offers two main products: Cryptocurrency portfolio assistance – see all crypto holdings in one place, both hot wallets on exchanges and cold wallets on hardware or paper wallets. The free tier allows unlimited […]

In today’s episode, we speak with Nikita Goncars, the CEO and co-founder of LendSecured. This is one of the newest lending platforms in Europe, however, it’s worth noting that it’s an offshoot of an existing lending business that has been operating successfully for several years. The team has considerable experience in Latvia and they want […]

In today’s episode, we meet Tomas Medeckis from Nordstreet, where you can invest in business and real estate loans. We talk about why they are based in Lithuania and the pros/cons of that, as well as their great track record with loans so far. We also talk about investing in the Baltic region as well […]

In this episode, Jean sits down with Rob Dix, who is well known for his several projects in the UK real estate space. Together with his wife Mish, he also ran the popular digital nomad blog Making It Anywhere. His journey shares quite a few similarities with Jean’s, so it was interesting to discuss several […]

In today’s episode, we have Anthony Cerullo from YouHodler joining us to explain how this platform enables crypto hodlers to earn interest on their holdings via the YouHodler savings account, or even obtain crypto-backed loans and even gain big from crypto movements using the Turbocharge and Multi Hodl products. You can check out Jean’s review […]

Today’s episode features Martins Sulte, the CEO and co-founder of the biggest European P2P lending platform Mintos, as our guest. Lending and alternative lending is not a new industry at all, but many European investors only became aware to this asset class in recent years, also because before there was no real way they could […]

In this episode, Joseph and Jean interview Chris Roper from MyConstant, a platform that offers crypto-backed lending and borrowing facilities. As an investor, one may use several products available on the MyConstant site to obtain interest on their fiat currencies or stable currencies. On the other hand, you can also act as a borrower, by […]

In today’s episode, Jean sits down with Chris Osborne from KintuLabs. Chris is one of the first digital nomads and has been living this lifestyle for 15 years already. He is also a serial entrepreneur with multiple online businesses built and sold. His latest project involves building 15 newsletters in different niches and then selling […]

In this episode, we interview Hassan Daher from Qardus. Qardus is a sharia-compliant lender to small and medium-sized enterprises to help with their cashflow needs. They provide short-term halal business loans, or halal business investments. As an investor, you provide the capital to lend to the business, and get paid as the business pays that […]

In this episode, Joe and Jean meet Frank Steffen, the CEO and co-founder of Lendary.net. We discuss the Lendary platform, which consists of a system to optimize the yield on lending to traders on the Bitfinex platform. We go into the nitty-gritty of how this type of high yield lending works, including the risks involved. […]

In this episode, I speak to Johannes Larsson, a Swedish entrepreneur who I met for the first time in Malta around a decade ago. He began his entrepreneurial journey at quite a young age and moved from his native Sweden to Malta to be around other entrepreneurs and have a better lifestyle. Eventually, he moved […]

In today’s interview, we take a look at another real estate investment platform from the Baltics: Bulkestate. Joe and Jean chat with founder Igor Puntuss about the reasons for starting this platform and how investments work. We delve into the case for investing in Latvia as well as Bulkestate’s unique group buying feature, where investors […]

Real estate is one of the most popular types of investment worldwide, and is deemed a secure long-term investment. In today’s episode, we learn how Estonian platform Crowdestate is making this asset class accessible to the smaller investor, and the challenges they have faced over the years. We speak with CEO And founder Loit Linnupold, […]

In today’s interview, we talk to Jan Nieuwenhuijs from Voima. Jan has been a very vocal researcher in the gold space for many years. We take different angles on the gold topic and discuss the main reasons for holding hold and the different ways you can do it. One of my biggest takeaways from this […]

In today’s episode, Jean and Joe meet Cormac Leech from AxiaFunder to discuss how investors can make money from litigation cases. This is a really new asset class with the biggest advantage being that it has very little correlation with other asset classes. We discuss the legality and ethical background behind litigation funding (it is […]

In this episode, Jean and Joe speak to Jose Maria Pascual from Brickstarter, a vacation rental property platform based in Estonia. By registering as an investor on this platform, you are able to invest in vacation rental properties (currently only in Spain) and benefit when they are rented out. This was an interesting and eye-opening […]

Today’s guests are Oleg Giberstein and Gabriele Musella, the co-founders of Coinrule.io, a platform that empowers crypto traders to compete with professional algorithmic traders and hedge funds with no coding skills required. I find the entire field of crypto assets incredibly fascinating as it really is one deep rabbit hole. One of the aspects that […]