TF Podcast with Jonathan G. Blanco
by Jonathan G. Blanco
TF Labs presents the TF Podcast, where host Jonathan G. Blanco invites guest to discuss the latest in technology and finance, often related to bitcoin, crypto, and blockchain. Learn more at https://[email protected]
Episodes
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Ep 124 | Bitcoin continues adoption in Business | Samson Mow
In our first TF Podcast of 2021 we interview Samson Mow, CSO at Blockstream and CEO at Pixelmatic, as we discuss his early days in Bitcoin, how he began working with Adam Back, Bitcoin Satellites, Bitcoin adoption from institutional investors and corporations like MicroStrategy with Michael…
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LAST MINUTE: Startup Conference | Startup Law & Getting Started | w/ Jill Williamson and Bob Cornish
Creating a company can be overwhelming, but setting up the proper legal agreements, documentation, contracts, and noes is crucial to the life of the business. Founders must get it right and its recommended they discuss with a legal professional. In this session we discuss Founder equity splits,...
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Bitcoin Panel on 12/16/20 | Bitcoin soars past $21K | w/ Simon Yu, Brian Lockhart, Kristy-Leigh Minehan, and Ryan Castillo
Last week we hosted a panel on Bitcoin passing through $21K. Earlier that day, Bitcoin passed it previous all-time-high from December 2017. The panelist were reacting to the days news of Bitcoin jumping and discusses reasons why this run is different than past ones. Our guest included Simon Yu,...
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Where's Bitcoin and Crypto Headed? | LiveStream with Justin Wu, Pat Larsen, Carlos Betancourt, Mitchell Moos
Earlier this week we recorded a special LiveStream episode on the state of Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency and where it is headed. Bitcoin has reached and all time high, and the market is taking notice. This episode is sponsored by HireStreams, Video Resumes platform to find you next job. Learn more…
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Episode 123: Fighting the Online Assault on Democracy | with Cyrus Krohn
During our TF Labs Live Interview with Cyrus Krohn, we discuss how disinformation in news and politics has become common place. With the polarizing divide in the USA and abroad, we discuss how we can fight the online assault on democracy. Cyrus is the author of Bombarded released in October of 2020.
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Episode 122: SEC Updates Reg A+ & Reg CF Limits | Guest: Darren Marble & Samson Williams
On November 2, 2020 the SEC updated its limits for Crowdfunding. Reg A+ limit was raised to $75 million Reg CF limit was raised to $5 million Equity Crowdfunding allows for founders and companies who have built communities to grow in different ways from traditional venture. In this episode…
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Episode 121: Bitcoin Futures & Future of Bitcoin in Financial Markets | TF Labs Podcast with Brock Connelly
In this episode we interview Brock Connelly of Round Block Capital and discuss Bitcoin Futures on the CME (Chicago Mercantile Exchange).
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Episode 120: Research of FinTech Policy in Blockchain & Digital Assets | TF Labs Podcast Interview w/ Linda Jeng
In this episode, we interview Linda Jeng, Visiting Scholar on Financial Technology at Georgetown Law and the Global Head of Policy & Special Counsel at Transparent Systems. Host Jonathan G. Blanco and Linda discuss financial regulation, policy and money, along with blockchain and digital assets...
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Episode 119: Startup Law & Fundraising | Interview w/ Paul Swegle
In this Live TF Labs interview, we speak with Paul Swegle is an Entrepreneurial General Council with extensive experience as a Startup Lawyer, having worked with startups from founding to leading towards IPO. Before Startups, Paul served as an Attorney for the US Securities and Exchange…
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Episode 118 | Launching the first IPO of a Security Token - INX | Interview with Mason Borda
We interview Mason Borda, CEO and CoFounder of Tokensoft, a security token platform leading the IPO for INX Token.
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Ep 117: Going Public - Taking Entrepreneurs to Nasdaq IPO all on TV | Interview with Todd Goldberg
In this episode we interview Todd Goldberg, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Crush Capital, creators of the Entrepreneur.com show "Going Public", a groundbreaking original series that follows the stories of entrepreneurs as they raise capital and aspire to take their companies public to a Nasdaq IPO. For...
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Episode 116: Digital Assets & Bitcoin from your Investment Advisors | Interview with Dan Eyre of Blockchange
In this episode we interview Dan Eyre, CoFounder and CEO of Blockchange, a Digital Asset sales service for Registered Investment Advisors, essentially allowing financial planners to sell Bitcoin and Digital Assets to their clients. Blockchange recently announced a partnership with Gemini, which…
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Special Episode: HireStreams Podcast w/ Tyler Boscolo | Lesson from a Lead Technical Recruiter
Special Episode of our new HireStreams Podcast where we discuss Recruiting, Job Hunting, and Hiring from the Job Seeker and Employer side. The HireStreams Podcast is hosted by Tyler Boscolo, a marketer and growth leader in the startup ecosystem. Please subscribe to the HireStreams Podcast.
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Episode 115: Venture Capital Funding for Non-Degreed Founders | Interview with Danielle Strachman
We Interview Danielle Strachman to discuss Venture Capital and Fundraising for Founders and how Danielle focuses on non-degreed founders.
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Episode 114: FinTech, Banking, Crypto and Financial Trust | Interview with Scott Purcell
In this episode we interview Scott Purcell, Founder and CEO of Prime Trust, a Financial Trust and Custodian for Banks and Crypto Institutions. Purcell is a serial entrepreneur with experience in banking, securities, technology, and internet infrastructure. We discuss fintech, banking, crypto and...
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Episode 113: Micro VC & Founders | $1K For Families Impacted by Pandemic | Interview with Minda Brusse
In this episode we interview Minda Brusse Co-Founder and Managing Partner of First Row Partners as well as Co-Founder of the 1K Project. First Row Partners funds early stage startups ready for a big leap forward. They invest in solving meaningful human problems with technology and typically focus...
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Episode 112: Founder Lessons for Venture Capital Conversations | Interview with Mac Conwell
In this podcast we interview, McKeever (Mac) Conwell,II, who goes by the name on Twitter "Mac the VC", and discuss lessons for Founders when raising Venture Capital. We discus how to get ready, what certain VC responses actually mean, analogies on how capital is raised and selected, as well as...
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Episode 111: Accelerating the Token Economy for Organizations | Interview with Marley Gray
In this episode Marley Gray, Principal Architect at Microsoft and Chairman on the Interwork Alliance. Marley has been a leader in the Enterprise Blockchain sector, leading Blockchain at Microsoft in the early days, building the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance, and now with his work on the Interwork...
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Special Episode: Twitter Hacked | Live Panel with Cybersecurity Leaders
In this Special Episode, we hosted a Live Panel featuring Riley Eller of Rubica, Inc., Ronald Nixon of Polyverse Corporation, and Haseeb Awan of Efani, to discuss the recent hack on Twitter, leading to he worlds most famous people having their accounts compromised, with hackers tweeting on their...
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Episode 110: 5G and Digital Transformation for Startups & Enterprise | Interview with Jim Brisimitzis
In this interview we speak with Jim Brisimitzis, Founder & General Partner of 5G Open Innovation Lab, a community partnership across developers, startups, technology platforms, enterprises, academic researchers, and the public sector organizations. Jim discusses with TF Labs, Founder Jonathan G....
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Special Episode: Product Strategy Lessons from Kanye's Presidential Run
Kanye announced he was running for President in 2020 and it looks like he might be out. But whether you believe he can win, beating Joe Biden and Donald Trump as an Independent or you think he will take votes from Biden, leading to a Trump Re-Election, this video doesn't make the prediction....
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Episode 109: Technology Requirements for Enterprise Blockchain
In this episode we interview the Tim Wagner and Shruthi Rao, the Co-Founders of Vendia, having recently raised $5 million to solve for data distribution and solving for with infrastructure and elements of blockchain. We discuss how in Enterprise what is most important is solving your business and...
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Episode 108: Fund of Funds for Blockchain and Crypto Venture Capital | Interview with Brooke Pollack
In this episode we speak with Brooke Pollack, Founder and Managing Partner of Hutt Capital, a Fund of Funds specifically for Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Venture Capital Funds. Fund of Funds is a term given to investment funds which invest in Venture or Investments, they often do not make...
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Episode 107: "“Accounting & FinTech in Crypto, and role of Venture Capital”" | Interview with Pat Larsen
In this episode we interview, Pat Larsen CEO and Co-Founder of ZenLedger, Tax Return and Management software for Cryptocurrency traders. Pat discusses how he discovered the need for crypto tax software and the ability to create a SaaS model for scaling his business, which Venture Capital finds...
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Episode 106: "Building Technology in Finance, DeFi, and Blockchain" | Interview with Lex Sokolin
In this episode we interview Lex Sokolin, CMO and Global FinTech Co-Head at ConsenSys.
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Episode 105: The Foundation of Strategy to Execution | Interview with Brad Chase
In this episode we speak with Brad Chase, former Senior Vice President of Microsoft. Now he is a strategy, leadership and marketing consultant to CEOs and senior executives mostly in the software business, served on numerous boards and also done a lot of public speaking. We discuss his book...
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JUST SATS. EP 06: Not about Bitcoin
This episode is not about bitcoin this week. Instead we hope our listeners reflect on the events of this past week. We stand with all of you who are hurting. #Black_Lives_Matter.
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Episode 104: Commerce & Rewards in Bitcoin Adoption | Interview with Alex Adelman
In this episode we speak with Alex Adelman, CEO and CoFounder of Lolli, an app that allows you to earn bitcoin when you shop. Alex discusses his app and the commerce and rewards associated with bitcoin adoption.
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Episode 103: Financial Institutions vs Bitcoin & Crypto Institutions | Interview with John Wu
In this interview with speak with John Wu, the President of AVA Labs. John spent significant time in traditional finance via working in hedge funds with technology investing. In this conversation he draws parallels to the legacy financial system with the crypto and bitcoin system.
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Episode 102: Financial Marketing: How Banks Market | Interview with Bill Wreaks
In this episode we speak with Bill Wreaks, CEO of The Gramercy Institute. Bill works with Financial Institutions as they come up with their Financial Marketing plans. We discuss how banks Market to their clients, how traditional finance associates risk, and perception of digital currencies and...
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Special Episode: TF Product Management | Jonathan G. Blanco interviewed by UW Blockchain Society
Special Episode: TF Product Management | Jonathan G. Blanco interviewed by UW Blockchain Society
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Episode 101: Blockchain, Bitcoin, Crypto at University | Interview with Zach Nelson
In this episode we speak with Zack Nelson, President and Co-Founder of the Blockchain society at the University of Washington. We discuss Blockchain, Bitcoin, Crypto .
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Just Sats EP 5: 40 Bitcoin Move, 10 BTC is in top .005% of wallets, Don't tell me who is Satoshi
Weekly wrap up of bitcoin, in a quick an fun short episode.
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Episode 100: The History of Money: Fiat, Gold, Silver, Diamonds | Interview with Erik Jansen
In this episode we speak with Erik Jansen, Sr. Managing Partner at Windermere Realty Management Company. Jansen is a seasoned operational and financial executive in building technology and real estate-based businesses and is an active investor in venture capital. Jansen discusses the history of...
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TF Labs Blog | Bitcoin Pizza Day: $91,000,000 for 2 Pizzas purchased 10 years ago
On this day, 10 years ago, someone purchased 2 pizzas for 10,000 Bitcoin. The value of that Bitcoin today would be about $91,000,000. We wrote an article on the TF Labs podcast and decided to narrate it for easy listening. Let us know what you think. You can read the article on Bitcoin Pizza Day...
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Episode 99: Crypto Wallets and Cyber Security in the new Digital World | Interview with Viktor Radchenko
In this podcast we interview Viktor Radchenko, the CEO and CoFounder of Trust Wallet, which was acquired by Binance in 2018. Viktor discusses how he started working on crypto and bitcoin wallet technology, his background in cyber security, and how he has been operating Token Wallet. Watch the...
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TF Labs Lessons - Ep 01: "Your Adversity is your Super Power"
Short 10 minute lessons on motivation, determination, business, technology, product, and more. Episode 1, "Your Adversity is your Super Power", discuss how in extreme hardship we can attempt to find learnings and lessons to take with us in business and professionally.
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Banking Recap Episode: How Banks are thinking about Bitcoin, Digital Currency, Stablecoins.
In this special episode, we compile a few of our best conversations over the last month regarding how banks are thinking about Bitcoin, Digital Currency, and Stablecoins. We bring together clips from our interviews with Cory Klippsten of Swan Bitcoin, Bob Cornish of Anderson Kill, Matt Case, Neil...
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93: VC & Angel Investment Outlook during COVID19 | Interview with David Segura
In this episode we speak with David Segura, an accomplished executive and investor at German Accelerator, a company that empowers German startups to scale globally. Segura discusses VC and Angel investment outlook during COVID-19.
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Episode 84: Authoritarianism’s effect on Financial Stability and Bitcoin’s Opportunity | Interview with Alex Gladstein
In this episode we speak with Alex Gladstein, Chief Strategy Officer at Human Rights Foundation, a nonpartisan nonprofit organization that promotes and protects human rights globally, with a focus on closed societies. In his work Alex has connected hundreds of dissidents and civil society groups...
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JUST SATS. Ep 04: Bitcoin Halving, JK Rowling, Bitcoin Delegate, Visa creates Digital Currency, 50K Satoshi Giveaway
JUST SATS is a weekly episode the discusses events of Bitcoin in a fun easy going way. This week we discussed the halving, JK Rowling, and more
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Episode 97: Social Media's Influence on Investment Decisions | Interview with Joe Vezzani
In this episode we speak with Joe Vezzani, Co-Founder and CEO of Lunar Crush, a company using social data on crypto currencies to make ratings. We spend time discussing social analysis, and later discuss founder journey and VC outlook on crypto related founders.
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Episode 95: Bitcoin Halving's Growth Marketing Opportunity | Interview with Justin Wu
In this episode we speak with speak with Justin Wu, who is on the marketing team at Uplead, which is a B2B data provider and technology company based in Southern California providing instant access to millions of verified B2B contacts with direct email addresses. We discuss growth marketing…
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Episode 98: Non-Fungible Assets: Gaming, Collectibles, Real Estate, Commerce | Interview with Jonathan Hineline
In this episode we speak with Jonathan Hineline, Co-Founder and CEO of Bittress, a DeFi project providing an online marketplace (DAPP) for the evolving virtual property ecosystem. Hineline discusses non-fungible assets regarding gaming, collectibles, real estate, and commerce.
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Episode 96: Connecting Governments and Corporations w/ Equitable Tech | Interview with Nadia Hewett
In this episode we speak with Nadia Hewett, Emerging Technology (Blockchain) and Digitization Practitioner and Strategist at World Economic forum, a non-profit that helps connect communities of leaders around global issues through high-level meetings, research, initiatives and digital networks....
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Episode 94: Payments Tech & Digital Assets in Emerging Markets | Interview with Taban Cosmos
In this episode we speak with Taban Cosmos, CTO and Cofounder Guide, a premier B2B Learning & Talent Development SaaS Platform helping distributed teams and 1B+ knowledge workers learn the skills they need to succeed on-the-job and in their careers. Cosmos discusses payments tech and digital…
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JUST SATS. Episode 3: #Bitcoin kisses $10K then drops, Coinbase goes down, Cash App does $306 Million in Rev from #Bitcoin
JUST SATS. is a quick 10-15 minute weekly recap episodes discussing week in #bitcoin and market. In this episode we start with Happy Mother's Day wishes, discuss the week in #bitcoin, price goes $10K then comes down hovering at $8700, Coinbase is down, Cash App doubles Bitcoin revenue since last...
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Episode 92: Legal Framework during Bitcoin & Market Growth | Interview with Cal Evans
In this episode we speak with Cal Evans, Market Leading Cryptocurrency Lawyer and Strategy Expert at Gresham International, the market leader in Cryptocurrency Compliance and Strategy. Evans discusses legal framework during marketing growth.
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TF Labs presents the TF Podcast, where host Jonathan G. Blanco invites guest to discuss the latest in technology and finance, often related to bitcoin, crypto, and blockchain. Learn more at https://[email protected]
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