Uncategorized – Masters of Blockchain Podcast http://www.mastersofblockchain.org Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Pioneers in conversation with Dr Harpreet Singh Thu, 19 Jul 2018 21:43:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.13 Episode 8: Joe Ciccolo on Compliance, Risks of being Non-Compliant and his Prediction of the Future of the Crypto Space http://www.mastersofblockchain.org/episode-8-joe-ciccolo/ Sat, 22 Jul 2017 15:14:55 +0000 https://satchmo.secondlinethemes.com/?p=55 In this episode we speak with Joe Ciccolo, Founder and President of BitAML, a regulatory compliance consulting firm. Ciccolo has an extensive background in compliance and anti-money laundering, touching on topics such as possible SEC regulations, the importance of record keeping and the risks of being non-compliant.

Major topics

  • Compliance → advice, help and counsel those coming into space
  • Risks to being non-compliant
  • SEC vs FinCEN and their practices
  • Pros and cons of being an MSB through FinCEN
  • AML and KYC
  • Predictions: ICO space is going to get worse before it gets better
    • ICO enforcement actions and subpoenas
    • cryptos: ATMs popping up

Biography

  • Founder and president of BitAML; a regulatory compliance consulting firm
  • Worked in traditional bank compliance for a decade (anti-money laundering)
]]> Episode 10: Shin’ichiro Matsuo’s Criticisms of Bitcoin, Mining Incentives and Crypto Protocols http://www.mastersofblockchain.org/episode-10-shinichiro-matsuo/ Sat, 22 Jul 2017 14:50:36 +0000 https://satchmo.secondlinethemes.com/?p=47 In this episode we speak with Shin’ichiro Matso, a research Professor at Georgetown and a leading authority in cryptographic protocols. Matso speaks on many subjects, including security economics and its relationship to crypto economics, who has the incentives in blockchain and criticisms of Bitcoin protocol.

Major topics

  • Criticisms of Blockchain Protocols
  • Security Economics and its relationship to Crypto Economics
  • Incentivizing Crypto Minors
  • Sallows Consortium
  • BCF Network
  • Countries that are ahead in blockchain

Biography

  • Research Professor at Georgetown
  • Cryptographer Inventing Protocols
  • A leading authority in Cryptographic Protocols
  • MIT Media Labs (liaison between MIT and Japan)
]]> Episode 11: Jess Houlgrave on how Blockchain is Revolutionizing the Arts & Collectibles Asset Class http://www.mastersofblockchain.org/episode-11-jess-houlgrave/ Sat, 22 Jul 2017 14:36:44 +0000 https://satchmo.secondlinethemes.com/?p=43 In this episode we speak with Jess Houlgrave, co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Codex. Houlgrave speaks on the non-financial aspects of blockchain, specifically in the arts & collectibles asset class. Here, Houlgrave touches on topics such as the regulatory environment in the United Kingdom, the uses of Codex and the many possibilities for blockchain in the arts & collectibles asset class.

Major topics

  • Non-financial aspects of blockchain
  • Provenance
  • Codex
  • Advantages of Codex
  • Bidable
  • Regulatory environment in UK

Biography

  • co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Codex
  • Credit Suisse in investment banking and M&A
  • Ontario Pension Trust
  • Oxford University
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