Insureblocks is a dedicated weekly podcast on blockchain, smart contracts and distributed ledger technology (DLT)
Ep. 173 – Obscuro: a secret spell over DeFi
Over the last 12 months Decentralised Finance also known as DeFi has really exploded with reported total value locked reaching $250bn. R3 who operates in the permissioned blockchain space is spinning out Obscuro into the permissionless space of DeFi. In this podcast we’re joined by James Carlyle who explains the DeFi landscape, the challenges it...
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Ep. 172 – Confidential computing tackling human trafficking – insights from Hope for Justice
Tim Nelson is the CEO of Hope for Justice and is part of the founding board of the charity which exists to try and end all forms of human trafficking and modern slavery across the globe. They work alongside major multinational businesses through an organisation called the Slave Free Alliance that they set up a...
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Ep. 171 – Exploring CBDCs – insights from the Bank for International Settlements
Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) are increasingly being talked about in the press with announcements of initiatives from different central banks working on CBDCs coming out left right and centre. Few however are as forward thinking and embracing a collaborative approach as the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). For this podcast we are joined by...
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Ep. 170 – Leveraging Mastercard’s DNA onto blockchain – Mastercard Provenance Solution
Leandro Nunes, Vice President, Product Development and Innovation at Mastercard, joins us to share how he leveraged Mastercard’s DNA in scalability, payment automation and governance. We also discuss the important of a data governance model and his top tips for building scalable blockchain solutions. What is blockchain? Blockchain is a distributed ledger technology (DLT)...
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Ep. 169 – The future of governance and collaboration – insights from R3
Alisa DiCaprio, is the Head of Trade and Supply Chain at R3 and also facilitates a lot of R3’s research. Whilst the concept of governance is familiar to many in the business community it has proven to be quite a challenge to blockchain business networks. In this podcast we discuss with Alisa, her latest research...
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Ep. 168 – IDunion a European decentralised identity management platform
IDunion is a new European decentralised identity management platform that is promising to bring user centric digital identity with privacy at its core. In this podcast we had Adrian Doerk – Product manager at Lissi and communication & Public relations at IDunion, walk us through IDunion. What is blockchain? For Adrian, blockchain is just...
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Ep. 167 – Empowering individual’s consent using NFTs and blockchain – insights from Acoer
Jim Nasr, is the CEO of Acoer, a software development company whose vision, and work is all about building useful, usable, real time technologies that are fundamentally targeted at the healthcare industry. Jim was the former chief software architect at the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States. In this podcast...
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Ep. 166 – PharmaLedger – the Pharmaceutical Blockchain Consortium
In January 2020, 12 global pharmaceutical companies and 17 public and private entities; including technical, legal, regulatory, academia, research organisations and patient representative organisations, got together to form PharmaLedger, the pharmaceutical blockchain consortium. Joining us for this podcast is Daniel Fritz, PharmaLedger Industry Project Leader and Supply Chain Domain Architect at Novartis and Marco Cuomo,...
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Ep. 165 – Cross blockchain ecosystem collaboration – insights from Contour & MineHub
Arnoud Star Busmann, CEO of MineHub and Carl Wegner, CEO of Contour join us in this exciting podcast to discuss their cross blockchain ecosystem collaboration. Arnoud and Carl share their insights on how to identify opportunities for cross ecosystem collaboration based on customer overlaps and data to ultimately build an experience that will delight the...
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Ep. 174 – R3 Product Vision: Market Trends & Needs and R3’s Long-Term Product Investment
Todd McDonald is the co-founder & Chief Strategy Officer at R3. In this podcast we discuss R3’s Product Vision and their views on market trends, market needs and R3’s long term product investment. What is blockchain? Blockchain is a way for multiple participants to join a network and update the state of that network...
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