Interviews

Austin Alexander, Lead Account Manager Kraken Digital Asset Exchange #futurebitcoin

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Austin Alexander, Lead Account Manager Kraken Digital Asset Exchange. Kraken is currently one of the largest and most successful cryptocurrency exchanges globally. Previously, in 2013, Austin co-founded the New York Bitcoin Center, the world’s first physical bitcoin exchange space. After nearly 5 years in the bitcoin exchange space, Austin has consulted and advised hundreds of businesses and
investors on the practical utility of cryptocurrency.

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Kamal Hubbard , Certified Fraud Examiner #blockchainmusic

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Kamal Hubbard is a Certified Fraud Examiner who received his Juris Doctor from Thurgood Marshall School of Law.  He is an analyst, researcher, and blogger who has conducted considerable independent research on Bitcoin and Altcoin fraud.  His interest in blockchain technology began while managing research projects at Stanford University’s Rock Center for Corporate Governance.  While under the supervision of a former Securities and Exchange Commissioner, Kamal’s research at the Rock Center focused on global corruption under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and securities class action litigation.  Along with holding a cybersecurity certification from the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA), Kamal sits on the board of Sustainable San Mateo County and serves as an advisor to Tao Records, LLC.

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Peter Rafelson, Founder DigiRAMP #blockchainmusic

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Peter Rafelson, Founder DigiRAMP is a Music Industry Executive based in Los Angeles. He has produced and written hit records selling over 180,000,000 units including Madonna, Britney Spears, The Corrs, Elton John, Stevie Nicks, Berlin, and many others.  He is a composer, film producer, worked with indie and major studios and has established corporate office headquarters and facilities in North Hollywood (10,000 sq. ft. of production spaces) for “in-house” content production and client projects.  Peter consults and produces for international tech and media companies including Microsoft, Apple, Compaq, Toshiba

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Kyle DuPont ,CEO/Founder Ohalo #smartcontracts

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Kyle DuPont ,CEO/Founder Ohalo in London. Ohalo uses a private implementation of the Ethereum protocol to manage access to and provenance of data across entire ecosystems of data assets. This enables business to more easily access data by allowing compliance teams to understand how that data is moving.  Kyle has been coding for years and developed the distributed systems architecture and smart contracts for Ohalo with his team, including colleagues that actually wrote some of the Solidity language.  Before founding Ohalo, Kyle was a Fellow and Entrepreneur in Residence at Anthemis Group, one of the premier fintech investors in Europe. He has been in the blockchain space since 2012 when he co-founded his first startup in the Bitcoin space. Previous to that he was working in finance mainly out of Tokyo for companies like MUFG Morgan Stanley.

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