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Fintech Underground by Alpaca

Fintech Underground by Alpaca

By Alpaca

Fintech Underground by Alpaca is a podcast devoted to celebrating the heroes, innovations, and diversity of financial technology. From trading with algorithms to connecting apps to building out services, we bring light to the different corners of Fintech.

This is not an offer, solicitation of an offer, or advice to buy or sell securities, other financial products or open a brokerage account in any jurisdiction where Alpaca is not registered. Please see https://alpaca.markets/disclosures for important information.
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Umesh Ranglani from TRADETRON #010

Fintech Underground by Alpaca Jun 29, 2021

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The Story of Bootstrapping a Nigerian Broker #027

The Story of Bootstrapping a Nigerian Broker #027

In episode #027 of Fintech Underground, our CEO Yoshi Yokokawa interviews Tosin Osibodu, Alpaca's Executive Director of Sales. They discuss his pre-Alpaca entrepreneurial ventures, key learnings, and their relevance to Africa's investment climate.

Mar 27, 202433:01
Diversity in Web3 #026

Diversity in Web3 #026

In episode 26 of Fintech Underground by Alpaca, we interviewed Diana O’gilvie, Communications Manager at Fimi Market. We talk about starting in web3 and the process of learning, what can we do to have more diversity in web3 and how to find your community.

Oct 31, 202225:38
Breaking Equity: On The Quest to Make Everyone an AlgoTrader #025

Breaking Equity: On The Quest to Make Everyone an AlgoTrader #025

In episode 25 of Fintech Underground by Alpaca, we interviewed Devin Crane, CEO and co-founder of Breaking Equity, we talk about how the role of systematic trading, capture inefficiencies and efficiencies in the market, and finally on the relationship between crypto and securities.

Oct 10, 202220:49
Building in DeFi Wonderland #024

Building in DeFi Wonderland #024

In episode 24 of Fintech Underground by Alpaca, we interviewed Justin, co-founder of Dappio. We talk about his journey to where he started building in DeFi, what it takes, and the difficulties, and what has changed from a year ago to this crypto winter.

Sep 26, 202242:06
Blockchain and Recent Developments #023

Blockchain and Recent Developments #023

In episode 23 of Fintech Underground by Alpaca, we interviewed Michelle, co-founder of Governance Research Institute. We go over how blockchain works, where is blockchain at right now and where it is going, and how important it is to develop blockchain well.

Sep 08, 202228:39
Where is Bitcoin Headed, Liquidation Engines, and High Interest Rates #022

Where is Bitcoin Headed, Liquidation Engines, and High Interest Rates #022

In episode 22 of Fintech Underground by Alpaca, we interviewed Julian Figueroa, owner of YouTube blog Kinetic Finance, a blog with videos explaining crypto and finance-related topics, such as Bitcoin, scams, inflation, among other topics. We discuss topics about the fall of Bitcoin and where its going, liquidation engines, and high interest rates.

Aug 10, 202245:58
Consensus 2022: Alpaca's Highlights #021

Consensus 2022: Alpaca's Highlights #021

In episode 21 of Fintech Underground by Alpaca, we interviewed Christie Ruales, Product Manager at Alpaca, Conor Anwyll, Sales Director of Key Account at Alpaca, and Jason Hsu, Crypto Growth Manager at Alpaca. They all attended Consensus at Austin, TX this month and they share their insights to the event and to the recent fall of crypto.

Jul 06, 202245:26
Ways to Learn About Crypto and Web3 #020

Ways to Learn About Crypto and Web3 #020

In episode 20 of Fintech Underground by Alpaca, we interviewed Shing Yiing Ong, co-founder of Cryptolingo DAO, and Amy Soon, founder of Blu3 DAO. Cryptolingo DAO is an organization created to break the language barriers in the Web3 space, targeting non-English speakers. Blu3 DAO has the mission of empowering women, non-binaries, and allies to achieve financial freedom in the web3 space through learning, earning, and playing. Shing and Amy share with us their experience and struggles coming into the crypto and web3 world, and how they came to found DAOs.

Jun 06, 202257:31
How to Choose the Correct Coin and Avoid Scams #019

How to Choose the Correct Coin and Avoid Scams #019

In episode 19 of Fintech Underground by Alpaca, we interviewed Tyler Koch, Business Development and Marketing Manager from Amun. Amun provides index products that enable investors broad exposure to particular blockchain ecosystems and DeFi sectors. Tyler shares with us his experience from how he started with crypto, mining Ethereum, buying 1080 Tis and tying them on a shoe rack in a friend’s basement, to now working for Amun, providing index products. He goes through advice on how we can make the correct decision when choosing coins to buy.

May 02, 202255:08
Alternative Data for Investing with Vinesh Jha of ExtractAlpha #018

Alternative Data for Investing with Vinesh Jha of ExtractAlpha #018

In Episode 18 of Fintech Underground by Alpaca, we interviewed Vinesh Jha. As the CEO of ExtractAlpha, Vinesh talks about alternative datasets for investing, crowdsourcing financial intelligence, and more.

Dec 07, 202128:03
Martin Sokk from Lightyear #017

Martin Sokk from Lightyear #017

In Episode 17 of Fintech Underground by Alpaca, we interviewed Martin Sokk. As the CEO and Co-founder of Lightyear, Martin discusses Lightyear's product expansion strategy across Europe, differences between the US and European markets, and more.

Sep 30, 202127:46
Tobias Heaslip from Trading.TV #016

Tobias Heaslip from Trading.TV #016

In Episode 16 of Fintech Underground by Alpaca, we interviewed Tobias Heaslip. As the CEO and Founder of Trading.TV, Tobias discusses creator-led social investing, shoppable live streams, and how he started TTV as a solo founder.

Sep 02, 202125:36
Ben Rollert from Composer #015

Ben Rollert from Composer #015

In episode #15 of Fintech Underground by Alpaca, we interviewed Ben Rollert. As the CEO and Co-founder of Composer, a no-code, visual editing tool for building automated investing strategies, Ben discusses the low-code, no-code phenomenon, what makes Composer different, and the roadmap ahead.

Aug 26, 202126:21
Giovanni Santostasi from AlphaHub and Quantonomy #014

Giovanni Santostasi from AlphaHub and Quantonomy #014

In this episode, Yoshi Yokokawa, CEO and Co-founder of Alpaca interviews Giovanni Santostasi. As the CEO and Founder of AlphaHub and Quantonomy, Giovanni discusses his trading philosophy, his background in neuroscience and physics, and the primary users of Quantonomy and AlphaHub.

Any opinions expressed are opinions of the host and their guests. Alpaca Securities LLC does not recommend any specific investments or investment strategies.

Aug 18, 202120:18
Roger Cawdette from Finary #013

Roger Cawdette from Finary #013

In this episode, Yoshi Yokokawa, CEO and Co-founder of Alpaca, interviews Roger Cawdette. As Co-founder and CEO of Finary, the social investing platform for Gen-Zers and millennials, Roger discusses his path to founding Finary, going through YC, and more. 

Any opinions expressed are opinions of the host and their guests. Alpaca Securities LLC does not recommend any specific investments or investment strategies.

Aug 11, 202127:04
Ben Soppitt from Unifimoney #012

Ben Soppitt from Unifimoney #012

In this episode, Yoshi Yokokawa, CEO and Co-founder of Alpaca, interviews Ben Soppitt. As the CEO and Founder of Unifimoney, a multi-asset investment and money management platform, Ben discusses investor inertia and his motivation for starting Unifimoney, the problems it aims to solve, and more. 

Any opinions expressed are opinions of the host and their guests. Alpaca Securities LLC does not recommend any specific investments or investment strategies.

Aug 04, 202129:58
Cynan Rhodes from IXily #011

Cynan Rhodes from IXily #011

In this episode, Yoshi Yokokawa, CEO and Co-founder of Alpaca, interviews Cynan Rhodes, Co-founder of IXily. As an open finance platform, Cynan discusses how they aim to build the future of investing. Listen along as they dive deep into Cynan’s background, IXily, and the fintech ecosystem as a whole.

Any opinions expressed are opinions of the host and their guests. Alpaca Securities LLC does not recommend any specific investments or investment strategies.

Jul 28, 202126:13
Umesh Ranglani from TRADETRON #010

Umesh Ranglani from TRADETRON #010

In this episode, Yoshi Yokokawa, CEO and co-founder of Alpaca, interviews Umesh Ranglani. As the CEO of Tradetron, an algorithmic trading strategy marketplace, Umesh begins by sharing his background and motivation to create a no-code strategy builder. From there we discuss different features of Tradetron, which includes their web-builder, marketplace, and mobile app. Ending the episode with their roadmap moving forward this conversation is not one to be missed.


Any opinions expressed are opinions of the host and their guests. Alpaca Securities LLC does not recommend any specific investments or investment strategies.

Jun 29, 202124:38
Christopher Josephs from IRIS #009

Christopher Josephs from IRIS #009

In this episode, Yoshi Yokokawa, CEO and co-founder of Alpaca, interviews Christopher Josephs, the co-founder of Iris. As a social investment app, Christopher discusses how Iris allows traders to communicate, share, and track other traders and influencers from the convenience of their phones.

Any opinions expressed are opinions of the host and their guests. Alpaca Securities LLC does not recommend any specific investments or investment strategies.

Jun 17, 202126:20
James Kardatzke from Quiver Quantitative #008

James Kardatzke from Quiver Quantitative #008

In this episode, Yoshi Yokokawa, CEO and co-founder of Alpaca, interviews James Kardatzke, the CEO and co-founder of Quiver Quantitative. As an up-and-coming alternative data platform, James discusses how they aim to bridge the information gap between wall street and non-professional investors with their datasets, API, and soon-to-launch mobile app.


Any opinions expressed are opinions of the host and their guests. Alpaca Securities LLC does not recommend any specific investments or investment strategies.

Jun 07, 202125:11
Ran Aroussi from TRADOLOGICS #007

Ran Aroussi from TRADOLOGICS #007

In this episode, Yoshi Yokokawa, CEO and co-founder of Alpaca, interviews Ran Aroussi. As the Founder of Tradologics, a cloud platform for programmatic trading, Ran discusses his background from the Ad Tech space to developing popular python libraries such as YFinance and QuantStats to starting Tradologics. 


Any opinions expressed are opinions of the host and their guests. Alpaca Securities LLC does not recommend any specific investments or investment strategies.

Apr 26, 202128:58
Brendan Wood from PASSIV #006

Brendan Wood from PASSIV #006

In this episode, Yoshi Yokokawa, CEO and co-founder of Alpaca, interviews Brendan Wood, the CoFounder of Passiv. As a modern portfolio management tool with over a billion dollars in invested assets, Brendan discusses how Passiv makes it easier for DIY investors to maintain a balanced portfolio and build a passive investment strategy at their online broker.


Any opinions expressed are opinions of the host and their guests. Alpaca Securities LLC does not recommend any specific investments or investment strategies.

Apr 19, 202127:39
Joe Percoco from TITAN #005

Joe Percoco from TITAN #005

In this episode, Yoshi Yokokawa, CEO and co-founder of Alpaca, interviews Joe Percoco.  As the Co-CEO and CoFounder of Titan, an investment platform, Joe discusses his experience at Goldman Sachs along with Titan’s recent growth, series funding, future plans.

Disclosures:


Any opinions expressed are opinions of the host and their guests. Alpaca Securities LLC does not recommend any specific investments or investment strategies.


The context of this show is provided for informational purposes only and is not intended to provide specific advice or recommendations for any individual, specific security or strategy.  Titan Global Management USA, LLC (“Titan”) is not responsible for the consequences of any decisions or actions taken as a result of information provided in this show and do not warrant or guarantee the accuracy or completeness of the information provided.  The information discussed today reflects the views of Titan as of the date of this show and are subject to change without notice.

Any past performance discussed during this show is no guarantee of future results.  Any forward looking statements or forecasts are based on assumptions and actual results may vary from any such statements or forecasts. No reliance should be placed on any statements or forecasts made today when making any investment decision.  There is a risk of loss from investing, including the risk of loss of principal. Different types of investments involve varying degrees of risk, and there can be no assurance that any specific investment will be profitable or suitable for a particular investor’s financial situation or risk tolerance. Asset allocation and portfolio diversification cannot assure or guarantee better performance and cannot eliminate the risk of investment losses.  Titan is a registered investment adviser and no advice may be rendered by Titan unless a client service agreement is in place.

Apr 14, 202124:13
Nitesh Khandelwal from QUANTINSTI #004

Nitesh Khandelwal from QUANTINSTI #004

In this episode, Yoshi Yokokawa, CEO and co-founder of Alpaca, interviews Nitesh Khandelwal.  As the Director of QuantInsti, a premier Algorithmic Trading Research and Training Institute, along with a Cofounder of a high-frequency firm, Nitesh discusses his prior experience in the algorithmic trading, startup, and fintech space.

Any opinions expressed are opinions of the host and their guests. Alpaca Securities LLC does not recommend any specific investments or investment strategies.

Apr 06, 202130:36
Dr. Ernest Chan from PREDICTNOW #003

Dr. Ernest Chan from PREDICTNOW #003

In this episode, Yoshi Yokokawa, CEO and co-founder of Alpaca, interviews Dr. Ernest Chan.  As the Founder of PredictNow.ai, along with the author of multiple books on quantitative and algorithmic trading, Ernest discusses his experience at Morgan Stanley, the hedge fund industry, and his thoughts on the recent surge in retail trading.

Any opinions expressed are opinions of the host and their guests. Alpaca Securities LLC does not recommend any specific investments or investment strategies.

Mar 25, 202126:16
Remy Astie from VAUBAN #002

Remy Astie from VAUBAN #002

In this episode, Yoshi Yokokawa, CEO and co-founder of Alpaca, interviews Remy Astie.  As the founder and CEO of VAUBAN, the world's first wealth container platform, Remy discusses his views of the Fintech Industry along with his experiences at and before VAUBAN. 


Any opinions expressed are opinions of the host and their guests. Alpaca Securities LLC does not recommend any specific investments or investment strategies.

Feb 27, 202130:50
Vipul Divyanshu from STREAK #001

Vipul Divyanshu from STREAK #001

In this episode, Yoshi Yokokawa, CEO and co-founder of Alpaca, interviews Vipul Divyanshu.  As the co-founder and CTO of Streak, a no-code algorithmic trading platform, Vipul discusses his journey into Fintech along with his experiences at Streak. 


Any opinions expressed are opinions of the host and their guests. Alpaca Securities LLC does not recommend any specific investments or investment strategies.

Dec 30, 202029:58