Weekly Podcast on all things banking, money, payments, economics, crypto and fintech.
CEO of Deel Description: In this episode, Mike Townsend interviews Alex Bouaziz, the founder and CEO of Deel. Alex is a true international entrepreneur, having been born and raised in Paris, France, he then went to undergraduate university in Tel Aviv, Israel, studying civil and environmental engineering. We chatted about his time getting a master's degree at MIT … Continue reading Episode 194: Interview with Alex Bouaziz
CEO of Coin Cloud Description: In this show, Mike Townsend interviews Chris McAlary, the CEO of Coin Cloud, the world’s largest network of two-way digital currency kiosks. From his early days as a Bitcoin miner to now, he is a pioneer in the cryptocurrency industry. When Robocoin installed the world’s first Bitcoin ATM in Vancouver, BC, … Continue reading Episode 193: Interview with Chris McAlary
CEO of Hometown Description: In this interview, Mike Townsend interviews Ljuba Youngblom, the co-founder and CEO of Hometown, an early-stage startup app reimagining local news from the ground up. Prior to that, Ljuba co-founded the connected car startup Automatic Labs, which was acquired by SiriusXM in 2017. He’s a UX designer, mentor, and pragmatic do-gooder living in … Continue reading Episode 192: Interview with Ljuba Youngblom
CEO of CoinPayments Description: In this interview, Mike Townsend interviews Jason Butcher, CEO of CoinPayments. Jason took over as CEO after running HODLtech, a crypto consultancy. He now leads CoinPayments which is most known for being a leader in facilitating cryptocurrency payments for businesses. CoinPayments has over 1800 crypto options, over 100,000 merchant customers, processing over … Continue reading Episode 191: Interview with Jason Butcher
Founder and CEO of Cadence Description: In this show, Mike Townsend interviews Nelson Chu, founder, and CEO of Cadence. Nelson is a 3x startup founder with several years of experience at the top investment management firms, including Bank of America and BlackRock. Prior to Cadence, he founded a strategy consulting firm specializing in helping companies … Continue reading Episode 190: Interview with Nelson Chu
Co-founder and CEO of Set Protocol Description: In this interview, Mike Townsend interviews Felix Feng, founder of Set Protocol.He previously worked at 21.co (acquired by Coinbase) and Radius, and graduated from UC Berkeley. We learn how Felix came up with the idea for Set Protocol and how he raised money and grew his team. Set … Continue reading Episode 189: Interview with Felix Feng
CEO and Found of ZenSports Description: In this interview Mike Townsend interviews Mark Thomas, CEO and founder of ZenSports. ZenSports is a mobile peer-to-peer sports betting marketplace where anyone can create and accept sports bets with anyone else in the world, without the need for a centralized bookmaker. Mike and Mark uncover the history of … Continue reading Episode 188: Interview with Mark Thomas
CEO and Co-founder of Yellow Card, a cryptocurrency exchange operating across Africa Description: In this interview Mike Townsend interviews Chris Maurice, CEO and Co-founder of Yellow Card, a cryptocurrency exchange operating across Africa. In high school, Chris started an SEO consulting firm which helped optimize over 140 websites on Google, including Prezi.com. In college, he … Continue reading Episode 187: Interview with Chris Maurice