BlockSolid with Yael Tamar

There is no better guide to help you understand the current crypto winter than Joshua Scigala. Co-founder of TheStandard.io and Vaultoro.com, Joshua has worked in Bitcoin since 2010. Joshua has seen plenty of critical crypto events over the years and while his perspective of what works and what doesn’t has certainly shifted, what he’s adamant about is that his philosophy hasn’t changed: “Don’t steal. And you can’t back a token with fluff.” Listen to his full interview with BlockSolid podcast host Yael Tamar.

About Joshua Scigala:

Joshua Scigala is a Co-founder of TheStandard.io and Vaultoro.com.

Joshua Scigala has worked in bitcoin since 2010 when Satoshi was still around. He was one of the first to implement the bitcoin protocol into a web service. Like many early bitcoiners, he fell victim to the first bitcoin exchange collapse called MtGox, which inspired him to invent the “glass books protocol” for exchange transparency. Joshua went on to launch and run the first bitcoin exchange Vaultoro.com to trade bitcoin and physical gold with radical transparency. He also worked in the background to help dislodge the bitcoin scaling stalemate and went on to launch the first implementation of the bitcoin lightning network on an exchange.

After predicting the collapse of terra luna two years before it happened, Joshua put his mind on building the ultimate fully backed and decentralized lending and stablecoin solution called TheStandard.io to compete against future CBDCs.

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Lisa Carmen Wang is unapologetic when it comes to promoting women’s voices in the business world. A four-time US National Champion and Hall of Fame gymnast turned serial entrepreneur, angel, and crypto investor, Lisa is the Founder of Bad Bitch Empire, whose aim is to build wealth and worth for women in Web3.

As today's guest on our BlockSolid podcast with host Yael Tamar, Lisa explains the investment-based criteria she looks for in a successful startup.

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In today’s episode, we have Rafael Cosman, the CEO and a co-founder of TrustToken, developers of the decentralized lending protocol TrueFi. Prior to TrustToken, Rafael helped build StreetCode, a nonprofit that teaches East Palo Alto youth technical skills, and worked at Google Brain (Google’s AI research division), Palantir and Kernel.  

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In today’s episode, we have  Yael Hernández Oaknín, the CEO of  TokenCity, the first regulated platform in Spain that tokenizes investments and helps communities around the world to boost their businesses and connect them with capital. Yael has more than 15 years of experience in business development and financing and holds degrees in industrial engineering and Management of Technology. Most importantly,  Yael is Co-Founder of Token City, a new tech initiative launched by  Adventurees to transform the investment industry through tokenization in the blockchain.   

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In this episode, I had the great pleasure of having David Carvalho join as my guest speaker.

David Carvalho is currently the CEO of Naoris, the world’s first distributed Cybersecurity mesh. He advises various nation-states and national highly regulated environments on the critical areas of Cyber Espionage, Cyber War, and Cyber Terrorism. David advised a large number of crypto and cyber-security projects, from startups to multi-billion dollar businesses and nation-state level projects.

In today’s episode, I speak with a very special guest – Hill Harper,  who is an American award-winning actor and bestselling author. He is known for his roles on CSI: NY, Limitless, and The Good Doctor.

I first met Hill Harper about a year ago at the Miami Bitcoin conference, and we knew then that we had to work together. Blockchain technology has the power to democratize investment and banking in a way that its founders probably never contemplated. But Hill, in his drive to embrace radical empathy, the idea that walking in someone else’s shoes means taking actions that will help that person and improve society, has co-founded exactly the platform that can alter the lives of not only  Black Americans but the 1.7 billion unbanked adults worldwide. Listen here to our full conversation.

In this episode, It’s great to have Yishai Breslauer join as my guest speaker.

Yishai is a PropTech leader, formerly the Co-founding managing partner of Builtup Ventures. He went all-in into the world of real estate and held the position as the Head of Marketing and Sales of North America for Africa Israel.

With his journey to go into CRE (commercial real estate), he got the position as the Head of Real Estate Investment Banking for and BDO Consulting Group in Israel. This consulting group is ranked one of the top in the country and Yishai went on to the major league of CRE.

Yishai went up the ranks to become the founder and CEO of SIDRE LLC, a commercial real estate development and investment company based in the NY area.

Yishai is the host of The CRE Shark Eye Show, a commercial real estate podcast. He is a commercial real estate entrepreneur as well as being very involved in the PropTech industry.

Join listening to The Yishai Breslauer - CRE SharkEye Show/Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOjDYdAfpkrXzgUSRGt959w

In this episode, I had the great pleasure of having Andrew Thompson join as my guest speaker.   

Andrew is the President of London Chelsea Limited, a real estate group  based in the heart of London. Andrew has many years of experience in the  London Real Estate market and purchased his first London investment  property more than 20-years ago. He holds an MBA, Masters in Finance,  Honours degree in Economics and has obtained qualifications from the  Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment in Corporate Finance  and Fund Management. London Chelsea was established in 2012 to buy and  develop residential properties in London, and they are our partner in  creating London Digital Bonds.

In this episode, I had the great pleasure of having Nisa Amoils  join as my guest speaker.

Nisa has a passion for investing in new technologies and the legal/regulatory risk management background to make the right investments. We have been a Venture Capitalist and Family Office investor for the past decade. I am committed to building a more healthy, equitable, diverse, and transparent future through investment in new technologies.

Nisa is a Securities and Corporate Lawyer and FINRA-licensed. She also hosts a weekly show on digital assets and writes for Forbes. She is a regular contributor on CNBC, MSNBC, Fox, Bloomberg, and others. She serves on Boards of companies and non-profits including Wharton Entrepreneurship. She was early in blockchain and cryptocurrency and subscribes to “convergence theory” that blockchain underlies most areas of disruptive innovation such as IOT(Internet of Trust), autonomy, artificial intelligence and has the capacity for impact.

In this episode, I had the great pleasure of having Meirav Harel join as my guest speaker.

Chosen as 1 of 100 most inspirational women in Blockchain, and with 20+ years of experience in finance and technology, Meirav Harel is a recognized expert in FinTech, Blockchain, Digital Transformation, Disruption, Investment & Trading Interfaces.

Specializing in Innovative Technologies, and their impact on the Future of Banking, Finance, Regulations, Macro Economics and Business, Meirav is COO at IQONIQ, and an Executive Advisor & Management services provider to International Regulators, Banks, Stock-Exchanges, and various Firms.

She is the former Head of Strategic Innovation Technologies at BDO and Bancor’s former Acting COO. As a certified international Mediator, Meirav is one of the only mediators who has been recommended by judges, to mediate in the fields of Blockchain, Digital Currencies and Financial Technology.

For 7 years, Meirav was the Business Development Manager of "LeumiTrade," Bank Leumi's award winning Financial Trading website, which was chosen as one of the three Best Trading Websites in Europe.

Chosen twice for "Women in Fintech Powerlist" by Innovative Finance UK, and Israel’s Ambassador to EWPN, Meirav is a highly demanded international Keynote Speaker on topics such as the Future of Money, Finance, Fintech, Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies and Digital Disruption.

In addition to a dual Masters degree in Business and Communications from the Hebrew University, Meirav is a certified Investment Consultant, and has a software programming background. She thrives in interdisciplinary challenges and enjoys building and growing business opportunities particularly in changing environments.

In this episode, I had the great pleasure of having Adam & Sean join as my guest speakers.   

About Adam:   

Adam Richard is  “passionate about seizing opportunities that push the  boundaries of technology and helping entrepreneurs build successful  companies.”  What this means will soon become clear.   

With over a decade of experience, his focus is on software, technology,  and finance. He has worked with and consulted organizations and companies in the fields of cryptocurrency, blockchain architecture,  digital securities, alternative investments, security protocols,  financial markets & loyalty/rewards.  

Adam advises startups and has consulted numerous early and growth-stage companies on their product-market-fit, go-to-market strategies, product commercialization, and capital raising guidance.  

He is the Head of Corporate Development and Strategic Alliances at the  Houston, Texas-based Entoro Capital, an investment bank and advisory group that uses modern technology to elevate traditional banking services. Their OfferBoard® marketplace technology is used to connect investors and investment opportunities.   

Adam also works as an advisor to a number of organizations and companies dealing with utility tokens exchange regulations and private equity  Pre-IPO secondary market activities.  

In addition to his professional pursuits, Adam has co-authored a chapter called: “Efficient Power Markets: Reimagining the Global Market with  Ethereum” in Transforming Climate Finance and Green Investment with  Blockchains.   

About Sean:  

Ranging from investment banker to attorney, securities analyst,  entrepreneur, and consultant with a focus on private placements, energy markets, and fundamental and technical equity and commodity analysis —  Sean Levine has held a host of roles.  

He is Managing Director — Head of Regulation A+ & CF at the Houston,  Texas-based Entoro Capital, an investment bank and advisory group that uses modern technology to elevate traditional banking services. He has rich experience of “equity crowdfunding” — raising funds from the public.   

In the past, he led a team focused on the design, development, and optimization of unconventional/ innovative trading systems. He has written and published newsletters and reports on the oil and gas industry, economic and geopolitical dynamics. He holds an  Entrepreneurial Certificate from the University of Chicago; and a JD  (Juris Doctor) degree in Law and BA in Political Science from West  Virginia University College of Law.

In this episode, I had the great pleasure of having Tony Ihander join as my guest speaker.

Tony is a business genius who started his first company when he was 16 years-old in Finland, who lived in 14 countries on three continents, and the mastermind behind industries like media, fashion, cosmetics, jewelry, and watches. As of March 2017, he is the Advisor and Business Coach of ‘Win Gravity’

In this episode, I had the great pleasure of having Ami Ben-David join as my guest speaker.

Ami is the co-founder and CEO of Ownera. He is an experienced  entrepreneur, investor, and creator of FinP2P ( a platform developed to  digitize, systematize and automate private capital markets).

Ami was an early pioneer, founder, builder, and investor in companies  in the digital securities space (like Spice VC and Securitize), driving  the industry forward with vast and deep knowledge of the market and  tech, and strong ties across the ecosystem.

In this episode, I had the great pleasure to welcome Mike and Nicole Wilhelm, known as “The Wilhelm Team” as my special guests.

Mike and Nicole are a husband-and-wife team with extensive backgrounds in real estate and marketing. They are both  San Francisco Bay natives, who consider real estate practice a passion! They possess intimate knowledge of the San Francisco Bay Area and with a client-centric approach to buying and selling, this dynamic duo boasts a keen eye for opportunity, and the negotiation skills to achieve superior results.

Mike and Nicole’s dream team powerhouse specializes in luxury real estate and works hard to provide a one-of-a-kind customer experience, guiding each client through every stage of the process. Nicole’s and Michael’s efforts complement each other to ensure that their client’s needs are thoroughly attended to.

They are both Founders and Managing Partners of The Network Group at Compass and involved with the East Bay College Fund which as professional mentors for high school seniors, motivating them to continue their education.

Together they strive to exemplify the principles of hard work, determination, and dedication for their daughter, Olivia.

In this episode, I had the great pleasure of having Lars Seier Christensen & Beni Issembert join as my guest speakers.

Lars Seier Christensen:

Lars is a Danish businessman, entrepreneur, and investor, originally from  Denmark but has been living in Switzerland since 2010. He’s married and has five daughters with his wife, Yvonne.

Lars’s interests and activities outside of business are extremely varied and include philosophy, politics, fine wine, art, sports, and charity; he’s a member of The Mont Pelerin Society and supports various classic liberal and libertarian organizations and causes; and he’s an avid commentator on political, society and business affairs and hosts his own primetime TV show “The Road To Seier” (“Vejen Til Seier”) on start-ups and investment.

Lars professional background is quite versatile - he is an experienced  restauranteur; he was the co-founder of what was to become Saxo Bank and  served 20 years as its CEO; today he focuses on investments through his private family office, Seier Capital - 100% owned by him, and does not manage capital for other investors. He also serves as the Chairman Of  The Board at Concordium.

Lars also has a super interesting book that just came ut before xmas Seier - a road trip.

Beni Issembert:

Beni is an entrepreneur-oriented team member with 15 years of experience in offline and online storytelling and marketing, with a strong academic background.

He’s a true believer in the Crypto world and in the Blockchain technology and is an artisan in this industry since 2015.

He describes himself as cypherpunk by essence, pragmatic by reason.

Self-taught coder, coding mainly in Rust, Python, and Erlang.

Beni Co-founded in 2005 the former Politech Institute, a European Center of excellence and innovation and a ‘Do-Tank’ dedicated to promoting novel concepts and innovation empowering the different stakeholders in a ‘citizen-driven’ digital world.

He is also a prolific writer and published two books: Fayce, le JE de la paix (Ram Editions) with a preface from shimon peres the late prime minister and president, and Voyage en Orient (European Academic Press) in 2011. A third book is in progress and will link between philosophy and crypto evolution. The name of the book is Cryptosophia. In the past he wrote for Le Devoir, Affaires de gars, Cremoc, and many more other publications.

He is married to Olivia and is the happiest Dad on earth and a proud friend of Lula and Ziggy.

In this episode, I had the great pleasure of having Motti Peer join as my guest speaker.

Motti Peer is an experienced Chief Executive Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the public relations and communications industry. Skilled in Entrepreneurship, Marketing Strategy, Strategy, Digital Marketing, and Social Media. Strong entrepreneurship professional with an MBA focused in Finance, Economics from Ono Academic.

ReBlonde is a Tech PR agency with three divisions: Public relations, Social media, and Events. Amongst our current and past clients: Waze, Intel, Spotify, Viber, JFrog and Deutsche Telekom. ReBlonde has established itself as the leading PR firm for the digital currency industry, having represented more than 300 cryptocurrency companies, including Waves, Bancor, Sirin Labs, Status.IM, Celsius, Fusion, WePower and Government of Malta.

In this episode, I had the great pleasure of having David Weild - widely known as the "father" of the JOBS Act - as my special guest on today’s episode.  

David Weild IV, co-founder chairman, and CEO is a stock market expert best known for his position as Vice Chairman of NASDAQ. He is currently the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Weild & Co.  He is a noted expert on capital markets and capital formation who has testified before the  U.S. Congress at the House Subcommittee on Capital Markets and  Government Sponsored Enterprises, the SEC, and in front of the 34-member  nations and the European Commission for the Organization of Economic  Co-operation and Development (OECD).  And as I mentioned,  he is regarded by many as the Father of the JOBS Act for studies that he co-authored that were the first to identify and characterize the long-term structural decline in the IPO and listed company markets. He headed the equity capital markets and corporate finance at a top-ten underwriter of IPOs and follow-on equity offerings.  During his career,  he has participated in managing more than 1,000 public equity offering transactions.   

David was named one of twenty Visionaries and one of ten StartUp  Entrepreneurs in The World's Most Influential People in Market  Structure, a book by Patrick L. Young.     

He holds an MBA from the Stern School of Business and a B.A. degree from  Wesleyan University and also studied on exchange at The Sorbonne, Ecole des Haute Etudes Commerciales, and The Stockholm School of Economics.   David is the former Treasurer of The Bond Club of New York.

In this episode, I had the great pleasure of having Brian Mac Mahon join as my guest speaker.

Brian Mac Mahon is the founder of Expert DOJO, a Southern California-based business accelerator providing small and start-up businesses with access to thousands of mentors. Not only adding expertise, but the company also invests in seed and very early-stage funding with its portfolio assets. With a growing international presence, Expert DOJO and Brian bring a global perspective to starting and growing a small business. His investments are global: from Brazil to Egypt, from Spain to India, from China to Korea, and from Finland to Ghana (as well as in other parts of the world.)

In this episode, I had the great pleasure of having Felix Mago join as my guest speaker.

Felix Mago describes himself as a “driving force” behind de-fi (decentralized finance) and crypto adoption and is one of the “movers and shakers” in the crypto space today. He holds a Master’s degree in Political Science from the Freie Universitat Berlin, and worked as a lecturer at the SRH Berlin School of Design and Communication, as a consultant, in marketing research, digital banking and in the crypto space. His interests — spanning marketing research, information technology, consulting, and decentralized and tokenized projects (blockchain and crypto) — merged in the founding of his two companies.

Felix is the co-founder of Dash NEXT (2019) and Dash Thailand (2018), both of which are DAOs (decentralized autonomous organizations). This means that the framework of the organization mirrors the currency — in that there is no hierarchy in either. His goal is for “Dash (an altcoin that was forked from the Bitcoin protocol) to be used as easily as cash and gives incentives to people to use it. The goal is to scale, grow and accelerate Dash merchant adoption and consumer activation to the next level. We want to be a payment solution everywhere in the world.”

Felix’s  claim to fame includes writing The Bitcoin Handbook in German and he is  a frequent panelist and speaker at global (virtual) conferences on  blockchain, crypto and building DAOs.

In this episode, I had the great pleasure of having Nicole Bremner join as my guest speaker. Nicole is a property development specialist who founded East Eight - a boutique property development and investment company with a proven track record of renovating million-pound properties across London. In today’s episode, Nicole shared with us her interesting career journey, and together we explored topics such as Brexit and its effect on the UK real estate market and interesting new property technologies.

Nicole’s career journey went along a rather interesting path that included working in banking for a while, cooking, photography, and knitting, and was a stay-at-home mother too, all before finally settling on property development. She quickly learned that her love of architecture and her knowledge of finance was a great combination for operating a successful business in the field.

Today she is raising 4 young children, is the acting director of East Eight, and is an adventurous amateur sailor together with her husband. She also runs her own podcast channel interviewing people from all industries, a successful author, is a non-executive director on the boards of several companies, and is a startup investor

In today’s episode, I speak with my special guest - Jason Fishman about various Marketing Strategies & Crowdfunding Regulations.

Jason has 10+ years of experience as a “New Media Enthusiast”, who genuinely enjoys planning, activating, and managing scalable marketing strategies. He is an expert in digital channels including Search Engines, Social Media Platforms and Programmatic Ad Exchanges.

Jason worked with many Top 100 Advertisers. Leveraging traffic algorithms, Jason now takes this knowledge and applies it to scale brands with effective marketing tactics.

Since launching DNA in 2014, Jason and the team have worked with over 400 brands to deliver industry-leading results across eCommerce, and Digital Funding campaigns.

Jason has been showcased in panel and individual presentations of tech and marketing conferences, along with his “Test. Optimize. Scale.” Podcast. He’s also committed to a number of Thought Leadership content projects for 2020, including the Forbes Agency Council. Jason manages a Los Angeles team with experience in all aspects of the user journey.

In today’s episode, I speak with my special guest - Xiaochen Zhang - about Blockchain for good sustainable initiatives, how that's going to affect real estate and also how tokenization works with sustainable housing.

Xiaochen is a solutions-driven senior executive who focuses on finance, investment, and technology. He has remarkable achievements in designing transformative innovations in capital markets and was listed as one of the Top 100 Blockchain Influencers by Lattice80

Xiaochen is President of FinTech4Good’s, leading the design and implementation of its strategy to introduce the most disruptive technological innovations in frontier markets. He is also the Co-Founder/ Co-Chair of The World Digital Economy Council which mobilizes resources and brings together global leaders to provide thought leadership and implement powerful initiatives in advancing global digital transformation.

As a trusted figure in the capital market, he’s been invited countless times to partake in high-level international forums as a speaker and produced blockchain and Fintech shows. He has worked with many portfolio companies in launching new offers, entering into new markets, and building transformative collaborative initiatives with the most reputable organizations from all over the world.

In this episode, I had the great pleasure of having Gal Landau join as my guest speaker. We explored topics such as the Diem - the Facebook-backed digital currency; the experimentation's governments worldwide are conducting with CBDC - a supplementary form of money; how Israel, commonly known as the Start-Up Nation, is relating to blockchain and fintech and a whole lot of other interesting topics.

Gal is an accomplished senior executive in the financial industry with 15 years of proven ability to build high-performance teams, develop innovative products, and grow businesses. Selected as one of the top 100 women in Fintech globally.

Gal formerly served as the CEO of the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange; as the deputy CEO and the COO, and as the CRO of the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange. before joining the TASE, she held various high-level positions at one of Israeli’s largest banking groups. Early career positions include senior economist in The Banking Supervision Department at the Central Bank of Israel.

Currently, Gal is the Head of Research & Member of the Academic Committee, at The Blockchain Research Institute at Tel Aviv University; and a Senior Fellow at Cyber Center, at Haifa University.

Gal served and currently serves on the board of directors, with a focus on global fintech companies, including at Global blockchain ventures an emerging technology-focused venture capital fund (US-based), Bank Leumi group fintech company Videa and Symbridge a global fully regulated exchange platform for digital assets (US-based).

In today’s episode, I speak with my special guest - Sleem Hasan - about how blockchain and Defi impacted investment; the risks involved when investing in entrepreneurial ventures; whether art, technology, and interfaith dialogue can be combined under a single entrepreneurial venture; and a few tips for early stages start-ups seeking funding.

Sleem is a Financial Entrepreneur with an interesting wide global background. Born in Fiji to Pakistani parents, raised in Nigeria, Oxbridge educated, worked with the Japanese at Nikko, and is now resident in Dubai, UAE.

He is passionate about technology, art & interfaith dialogue. His professional background includes working in Venture Capital and the Japanese Capital Markets. He is skilled in Investor Relations, Securities, Asset Management, Investment Advisory, and working with Technology Entrepreneurs. He is the CEO of Privity which he founded back in 2004 - an independent Dubai-based, early-stage venture-focused firm that seeks entrepreneurs with interesting and unique ideas and helps them develop and grow. I met Sleem on my second trip to Dubai and we have had interesting conversations about how he discovers startups and his views on the recent peace agreement which was long overdue.