In Early Podcast

S1E17: Korby Hayre from House of Block

ORIGINALLY RELEASED 02/08/23
This week’s episode features Korby Hayre the founder of House of Block, a boutique event agency that caters for Web3, Blockchain and crypto currency.
Korby, a veteran event organiser, speaks to Matt about her journey in the space, some of the events that she's worked on and how to engage sponsors and delegates in the Blockchain industry.

S1E16: Nanda Khiara, Fine Art and NFTs

ORIGINALLY RELEASED 12/07/23
This week’s episode features Nanda Khiara, a fine art and NFT artist, who has been featured at the UNESCO Paris 2022, the World Economic Forum 2023, and at NFT.NYC 2023.
We speak what NFTs are, about the value of art as NFTs, both to the artist and to the buyer, and why some fine art purchasers ado not want the corresponding the NFT version.
We also look at copyright, ownership and authorship, and looking at Artificial Intelligence in art making, the role of the metaverse and where we as an industry can grow, including how ASMR plays a role in helping people interact with digital art.

S1E15: Erica Stanford, author of “Crypto Wars: Faked Deaths, Missing Billions and Industry Disruption”

ORIGINALLY RELEASED 27/06/23
This week’s guest is Erica Stanford, the best-selling author of “Crypto Wars: Faked Deaths, Missing Billions and Industry Disruption”.
We look at the history of crypto scams, from initial coin offerings to collapses of entire exchanges like Mt Gox, and hear her thoughts on where we are today, with recent SEC actions in the industry to what might happen next and the future of scams, like murder for hire.
Erica considers how notable frauds have shaped today’s market and why major players have adapted to ensure they are best positioned to mitigate risks.
Erica also runs the Crypto Curry Club, is a speaker and commentator on all things blockchain and is a Fintech expert at CMS

S1E14: Katharine Wooller of Coincover

ORIGINALLY RELEASED 13/06/23
This week’s episode features Katharine Wooller the Business Unit Director at Coincover, a market leader in protecting cryptocurrency from hackers and human error, providing services like key retrieval and re-access to crypto assets, which has led to a partnership with hard wallet storage solution provider Ledger.
We talk about what Coincover does, as well as how it can play a key role in ongoing US litigation Ferguson v. Coinbase as an expert- rebutting Coinbase’s allegations on control of assets.
We also look at Coincover’s response to the treasury’s “future financial services regulatory regime for crypto assets”, as well at thoughts on the Digital Pound and CBDC’s generally, contributions to Crypto UK and Katharine’s recent feature in Forbes considering the rising value of crypto assets despite a tough period for the industry.

S1E13: Paul Densley of Policy Dock and Crypto Lock

ORIGINALLY RELEASED 29/05/23
This episode features Paul Densley the Director of Sales at both (1) Crypto Lock, an initiative that helps customers prevent, and if necessary detect and recover misappropriate assets; and (2) Policy Dock, a platform as a service to automate insurance.
We speak about how Crypto Lock provides a full service to protect digital assets from hacks and thefts as well as how data gathering and APIs play a key role in streamlining detection and recovery processes.
We also consider the insurance market and Policy Dock’s role in automating workflows that traditionally cause delays in the claims process.

S1E12: Bijan Burnard of Lattice Labs

ORIGINALLY RELEASED 04/05/23
This week Matt speaks to Bijan Burnard, the CEO of Lattice Labs, a studio helping clients scale in the web3 space. They speak about the Lattice Network, described as a network-as-a-service and what that means, as well its proof of vote consensus which utilises artificial intelligence to ensure proactivity in running the protocol, and a commitment to an eco focused blockchain.

S1E11: Amit Rathore of Football Fan

ORIGINALLY RELEASED 19/04/23
Episode 11 features Amit Rathore, the Founder and CEO of the Football Fan App, which looks to disrupt the football industry with Web3 and provide genuine, long term engagement between real fans and clubs.
We talk about his journey, listing of the Fan Coin and how the App provides users with confidence, as well as key partnerships and his long term vision of where Web3 and sports generally met.

S1E10: Peter Shekleton of BitGo

ORIGINALLY RELEASED 04/04/23
This week episode features Peter Shekleton, a director of sales at BitGo, a regulated provider of (i) custody, (i) financial services and (i) core infrastructure for investors and builders alike.
We talk about what holders of crypto assets should consider, why BitGo, have been making positive headlines for safekeeping funds previously held by FTX and associated with Mt Gox, as well as the role of custodians, how they seek to protect assets and put those funds to work.

S1E9: Aidan Larkin, CEO and Founder of Asset Reality

ORIGINALLY RELEASED 14/03/23
This week Matt speaks to Aidan Larkin the Co-Founder and CEO of Asset Reality, a tech stars backed firm providing digital asset recovery as a service, to both the private and government agencies alike.
Aidan and Matt have known each other for some years and have worked together to assist parties trace, locate, ringfence, freeze, return and realise their crypto funds and know that when done properly, the practices they have put in place, as well as the legal systems in the England, can assist victims in recovering funds followed to any number of foreign jurisdictions.
They talk about how victims of fraud can look to recover their digital assets, what asset recovery as a service actually means, as well as how Asset Reality looks to overcome a sometimes fragmented global law enforcement landscape, by creating a singular service that shares data, traces funds, educates and custodies assets, amongst other things.

S1E8: Nick Smart of Crystal Blockchain Analytics

ORIGINALLY RELEASED 27/02/23 This week is all about Bitcoin and one of the biggest threats to the integrity of the Bitcoin blockchain - the case of Tulip Trading (recently in the Court of Appeal), in which the Claimant (Craig Wright's trust), seeks to transfer his misappropriated Bitcoin without a private key, looking for the developers of the blockchain to do it for him. It is worth considering whether what the Claimant says can be done at a technical level is possible and if so should its be done, and what effect it may have on the entire infrastructure of blockchain technology and the price of Bitcoin. This week Matt speaks to Nick Smart, an associate director for blockchain intelligence at Crystal Blockchain Analytics, which provides software for investigators to review blockchains and key data top consider the movement of funds. He's here to give his thoughts on the claim, from a technical perspective and consider what could happen if the Claimant were to win. This episode features independent and unfettered thoughts on the facts rather than the law.