Catalysing Serendipity: The OXBC Podcast

In this week's episode we chat with Priya Guliani, Head of Operations at GBA UK, about how the organisation is promoting blockchain technology as a way to solve public sector challenges around the world.

In this week's episode we talk to OXBC member Lewis Harland about his journey to blockchain via a psychology degree and some great connections with other OXBC members, as well as his new newsletter Formal Verification.

In our latest podcast, we talk to Chris Ciszak about his Corona-busting initiatives www.herobuddy.org and www.saveyourvenue.org as well as his work with Inventronforce.com setting up a digital bank in Abu Dhabi.

In this episode (which we have dubbed 'The Pete Pod') OXBC founding member Peter Longworth chats to Carl and Katie about the possibilities of using blockchain in the banking sector. 

In this episode Carl speaks to OXBC Founding Member Amna who is based in Dubai and is an economics and blockchain expert about the steps the UAE government are taking to enable blockchain adoption. 

Carl speaks to OXBC members Daniele Mensi, CEO of Nexthash and Nexinter and Tim Vasko, Founder of Blockcerts about their partnership and the benefits of adding blockchain certification to exchanges.

In the second part of our chat with Anatoly Crachilov, CEO of Nickel Digital Investment Management, we hear more about his new funds, as well as two more that are upcoming. 2:50 - Self custody - issues with hot and cold storage 4:48 - 1st fund - the need for an institutional custody solution protecting customers investments 9:35 - Are there any issues with the fund? 14:40 - 2nd new fund - how it is different to existing managed funds23:30 - 3rd new fund - digital leaders 29:10 - Is tokenisation a possibility? 33:00 - Forecast for 2020*Note - at 28.00 Crystallisation fees are talked about in relation to the 3rd fund. Please note that fees are 0% after 12 months.

In the first part of our interview with Anatoly, we cover the following topics: 1:30 - Quick overview of Nickel 2:35 - Anatoly's background11:12 - How that background lead him to discover Bitcoin and Blockchain 15:56 - How the Oxford course inspired him 18:30 - What is the problem that he is solving (plus a great explanation of where the name Nickel comes from)

In this episode Rupert and Clemens chat with OXBC founding member Jim Needham about all things Merj, including a rather exciting possible job opportunity in the Seychelles! 

In this episode Katie chats with Segun Osu about how he got into blockchain, what G2Guide is doing in the space, and how he sees the future of the industry.