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Brandon Bucher is an engineer and the co-founder of LightningPay.nz.
20 May 2024
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BlockchainNZ Pod E28 with Ian Woolford on Digital Cash in New Zealand
Ian Woolford has made a career working at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand and presently he's the director of money and cash which is overseeing the CBDC or Digital Cash program.
10 May 2024
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BlockchainNZ Pod E27 with Brooke Howard-Smith on AI & Web3 in the Creator Economy
Brooke Howard-Smith is the founder of Otterfish that is at the heart of the creator economy and influencer marketing.
22 April 2024
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BlockchainNZ Pod E26 with Leo Clark on Filmmaking, Nouns, & Decentralised Social Media
In this conversation Leo and I talk about the Nouns project and what the community is doing with NFTs and funding artists, we get into Farcaster and decentralised social media and touch on CC-zero (CC0) licensing and how it aligns with web3.
20 March 2024
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BlockchainNZ Pod E25 with Sam Kamani on Talent, Capital, and Markets in Web3
Sam Kamani has lots of experience in tech, from being a founder, a VC, an advisor, and an author. We talk about 3 important aspects to entrepreneurship: talent, ability to raise capital, and access to market. In the back third we get into trends in Web 3 including decentralised physical infrastructure and ETFs. Find the … Continue reading "BlockchainNZ Pod E25 with Sam Kamani on Talent, Capital, and Markets in Web3"
07 March 2024
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BlockchainNZ Pod E24 with Aditya Das on ETFs, Scaling, and Macro Trends
Aditya Das is a crypto analyst and writer with a background in applied economics working with Brave New Coin and the Techemy Group analysing macro trends in the crypto and wider markets. In this conversation Aditya and I cover the Bitcoin ETF and it acting as a gateway for an Ethereum ETF, broader Ethereum scaling … Continue reading "BlockchainNZ Pod E24 with Aditya Das on ETFs, Scaling, and Macro Trends"
21 February 2024
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BlockchainNZ Pod E22 with Darcy Ungaro on Bitcoin in the Modern Portfolio
Darcy Ungaro is the host of the Everyday Investor podcast, and he advises clients in a range of financial matters from mortgages all the way to Bitcoin. In this conversation Darcy and I broadly cover financial advice in the age of digital assets such as the Bitcoin ETF and strategies to modernize that dusty portfolio. … Continue reading "BlockchainNZ Pod E22 with Darcy Ungaro on Bitcoin in the Modern Portfolio"
09 February 2024
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Crypto Girls Podcast: Janine Grainger
Janine Grainger from Easy Crypto is one of New Zealand’s biggest tech CEO and founders, running the Easy Crypto New Zealand, Australia and now South Africa. In this episode, we are thrilled to be talking to her about her business, career path and entrepreneurship tips. The CryptoGirls co-hosts are Sophie and Nikita, who specialise in … Continue reading "Crypto Girls Podcast: Janine Grainger"
15 January 2024
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BlockchainNZ Pod E21 with Janine Grainger on Growth & Launching a Wallet and Stablecoin
Janine Grainger is the cofounder and CEO of Easy Crypto which is coming up on their 6th anniversary and very well known in new zealand. In this conversation we talk about growing a crypto company, competition in the new zealand market, building a wallet and some of the security issues that come with it, and … Continue reading "BlockchainNZ Pod E21 with Janine Grainger on Growth & Launching a Wallet and Stablecoin"
22 November 2023