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Around the Coin

Stephen Sargeant and Mike Townsend

The mission behind Around The Coin podcast is to offer entrepreneurs an alternative perspective for growing their business in and around the payment industry.

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66:49

Jack McDonald, CEO of Standard Custody and Trust

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2022/07/27

In this episode, Mike Townsend interviews Jack McDonald the CEO of PolySign, Inc., and Standard Custody and Trust, a qualified custodian for digital assets licensed by the state of New York. Prior to joining PolySign, Jack McDonald was CEO of Conifer Financial Services for a decade. Jack was named one of the ‘20 Rising Stars of Hedge Funds’ by Institutional Investor Magazine and inducted into Global Custodian's 'Legends of The Industry’.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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74:09

Julian Liniger, CEO of Relai

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2022/07/27

In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Julian Liniger who is the co-founder and CEO of Relai, Europe's easiest Bitcoin App and one of the fastest growing Bitcoin Startups in Europe. Julian is a young serial entrepreneur in the fintech and crypto space based in Switzerland. He is into Bitcoin and Crypto since 2015 and has raised more than $5M in Venture Capital so far, before even turning 30 years old.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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68:55

Justin Newton, CEO of Netki

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2022/07/26

In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Justin Newton, CEO of Netki. Justin Newton is an early internet pioneer and a startup veteran - a serial entrepreneur, thought leader, and innovator with a reputation for driving companies to unicorn valuations while exemplifying the ideals that defined the internet revolution - free speech, anonymity, decentralized ownership, open infrastructure, and permissionless innovation. As a tech executive, Justin led four consecutive companies to $1B+ IPOs. In

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70:04

Chris Swenor, CEO of Reach

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2022/07/26

In this episode, Mike Townsend interviews Chris Swenor, CEO of Reach. Chris Swenor managed technical teams across the globe for over 15 years before leading the blockchain development platform to a $48 million valuation in May of 2021. With multiple exits under his belt, Swenor serves as mentor at Harvard Business School, TechStars, and MassChallenge. Reach has amassed over 6,000 developers as of March, 2022, with many exciting new developments underway.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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79:30

Michael Bentley, Co-Founder and CEO of Euler

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2022/07/25

In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Michael Bentley, co-founder and CEO of Euler, a non-custodial lending protocol built on Ethereum that allows users to lend and borrow almost any crypto asset. Deployed on mainnet last year, Euler offers a new approach to lending and borrowing markets due to its tiered risk management framework. Prior to founding Euler, Michael was a postdoctoral research scientist at the University of Oxford, where he studied evolutionary game theory and dynamical

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65:53

Thijs Maas, Founder and CEO of Onramper

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2022/07/25

In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Thijs Maas, Founder and CEO of Onramper. Thijs went from studying law to teaching to helping blockchain start-ups to founding his own startup. With Onramper, he provides wallets, exchanges and web3 parties with easy access to fiat on-ramps. He's on a mission to make access to crypto as easy as possible. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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71:01

Fred Thiel, Chairman and CEO of Marathon Digital...

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2022/07/22

In this episode, Mike Townsend interviews Fred Thiel, Chairman and CEO of Marathon Digital Holdings. Prior to serving as Marathon’s chief executive officer, Thiel co-founded and served as chairman of Sprocket, a blockchain and cryptocurrency technology and financial services company whose mission is to reduce the risk and friction of cryptocurrency trading across marketplaces, regions, and exchanges by establishing a federation of exchanges that together create a single aggregated global trading

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92:21

David McDonough, Founder and CEO of Commonstock

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2022/07/22

In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with David McDonough, the founder and CEO of CommonStock, a social investment platform designed to amplify the knowledge of the best investors, thereby improving the world’s overall financial health. He became interested in investing after graduating during the 2008 financial crisis when he started an investment club. David fell in love with investing and realized its power when it is social, accessible, and fun. A self-taught coder and web designer, David

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67:32

Jonathan Silver, CEO of Engage People

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2022/07/21

In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Jonathan Silver, who is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Engage People. Jonathan is responsible for managing all facets of the business. He leads the long-term corporate strategy, marketing, and sales at one of the fastest-growing technology companies in Canada, according to Profit Magazine.Jonathan has a proven executive management track record and over 20 years of experience driving growth in the loyalty and technology industry. Prior to Engage

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66:24

Peter Zhou, CEO of Rutter

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2022/07/21

In this episode, Mike Townsend interviews Peter Zhou, who is the co-founder and CEO of Rutter, a Universal API for eCommerce platforms, marketplaces, accounting systems, and payment processors. Rutter has raised $30M from investors like a16z, the CEO of Plaid, BasisSet Ventures, Haystack, Comma Capital, and more. Peter met his co-founder Eric at Yale University and they went through Y Combinator in 2019 for a separate idea.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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64:23

Sergey Jakimov, Managing Partner of LongeVC

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2022/07/20

In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Sergey Jakimov who is a founding partner of LongeVC, a crypto-friendly venture capital firm backing visionary biotech. Sergey is a serial entrepreneur, having co-founded 3 deep-tech ventures and raised more than $25 million in venture funding. He has advised several other startups in the therapeutics space on fundraising, IP protection, and clinical trial strategies. He is also a Visiting Lecturer to several universities on venture capital and intellectual

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69:18

Kirill Gertman , Co-Founder and CEO of Conduit

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2022/07/19

In this episode, Mike Townsend interviews Kirill Gertman, who is the Co-Founder and CEO of Conduit. Conduit is building an API that connects businesses with decentralized finance products. Prior to starting Conduit, Kirill led Product at Eco and at BRD, before it was acquired by Coinbase. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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129:25

Sean Moss-Pultz, Co-Founder and CEO of Bitmark Inc.

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2022/07/18

In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Sean Moss-Pultz the co-founder and CEO of Bitmark - a startup working to extend traditional property rights to the digital age by creating tools that give individuals control over their own digital assets and data. His passion is developing technologies that empower humans.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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60:44

Benedetto Biondi, CEO of Folks Finance

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2022/07/18

In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks to Benedetto Biondi the CEO of Folks Finance -one of the most exciting and relevant DeFi projects on Algorand. He is an Engineer and Blockchain Project Manager with 3 years of experience at the Italian software house Blockchain Italia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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70:35

Kenton Prescott, CEO of Sense Finance

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2022/07/15

In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Kenton Prescott, who is the Co-founder & CEO of Sense, a decentralized permissionless fixed income protocol, where teams can build and develop new yield primitives for DeFi, such as fixed income assets and yield curves. Kenton comes from MakerDAO where he was a part of its integration team and graduated from the University of Florida in Aerospace Engineering.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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70:49

Mike Cagney, CEO and co-Founder, Figure

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2022/07/14

Mike Cagney is the Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Figure, where he leads corporate strategy and development. Mike brings decades of experience in the financial industry to his leadership of the company, previously serving as CEO, chairman and co-founder of SoFi, a leading marketplace lender providing student loan refinancing, mortgages, and personal loans, as well as a range of wealth management services.He is also co-founder and managing member of Cabezon Investment Group, a global macro

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66:25

Simon Yu, CEO and Co-Founder of StormX

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2022/07/13

In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Simon Yu, CEO and Co-Founder of StormX, a mobile app and browser extension that allows anyone to earn Crypto Cashback when they shop online in the form of Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, DAI, and StormX's native token (STMX). Simon is an entrepreneur and crypto expert who has 10+ years of experience building products in the crypto industry. His entrepreneurial journey started when due to financial constraints he, unfortunately, had to drop out of college,

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70:15

Darren Camas, CEO of IPOR Labs

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2022/07/12

In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks with Darren Camas who is the CEO of IPOR Labs. Darren has been a blockchain entrepreneur since 2011 across exchanges, payments, protocol, and investments in Latin America, Asia, and Europe. He was formerly Sr. Advisor for the Cardano blockchain venture wing Emurgo and led business development for one of the world's first multi-currency crypto exchanges TradeHill in 2011. He is also an active advisor and angel investor.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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72:31

Leon Lee, Founder of Only1

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2022/07/11

Leon Lee is the founder of Only1 - the first web3 social platform on Solana, backed by Alameda Research and Animoca Brands. He was a genetic engineer and have entered the blockchain space since 2017, now he aims to revolutionise the creator economy through NFTs and DeFi.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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75:30

Luke Johnson, Chief Marketing and Experience Officer

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2022/07/08

Luke was responsible for building the products that now supports enterprise business. He spends his time working with clients and stakeholders gathering critical feedback that can improve HFD's products and message.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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