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Crypto Hipster

Making sense of the digital economy—through the people building it. Where builders talk freedom, not price. The Crypto Hipster Podcast features conversations with founders, entrepreneurs, and independent creators shaping what comes next. This is not a traditional interview show. These are perspective-driven conversations focused on insight, conviction, and the realities of building in a rapidly changing world. We go beyond headlines, beyond hype, and beyond price—to explore ownership, freedom,

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00:39:40

The Beauty of Leapfrogging: How the Digital Economy...

Crypto Hipster ·

2025/10/09

Mamadou Kwidjim Toure is an entrepreneur and finance executive who Forbes named one of the Top 10 Most Influential Men in Africa. He spent over 20 years at major institutions like KPMG, BNP Paribas, and IBM, where he managed transactions worth over $25 billion across African infrastructure, mining, and technology.In 2015, Mamadou founded Ubuntu Group to expand access to global capital in Africa. His venture Ubuntu Tribe developed digital gold tokens to give the public broader access to precious

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00:37:34

Burning The Midnight Oil: How to Pioneer...

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2025/10/07

Eran Barak, CEOEran Barak is the CEO of Shielded Technologies, where he leads the executive team and all business activities pertaining to the development of the Midnight Network, as he did in his previous tenure at Input Output Global (IOG). He joined IOG following a successful career building and scaling international services companies in the fintech, IT, and telecommunications sectors.Before Shielded, Eran helped found Symphony, the world-leading B2B collaboration workflow in the financial

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00:37:34

Burning The Midnight Oil: How to Pioneer...

Crypto Hipster ·

2025/10/07

Eran Barak, CEOEran Barak is the CEO of Shielded Technologies, where he leads the executive team and all business activities pertaining to the development of the Midnight Network, as he did in his previous tenure at Input Output Global (IOG). He joined IOG following a successful career building and scaling international services companies in the fintech, IT, and telecommunications sectors.Before Shielded, Eran helped found Symphony, the world-leading B2B collaboration workflow in the financial

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00:29:52

How Solving the Three Greatest Challenges in DeFi...

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2025/10/04

Driss Benamour is Co-Founder and CEO of YO Labs.With two decades of experience in financial technology, Driss brings a wealth of knowledge around DeFi, crypto, and FinTech. Prior to YO, Driss was Uber’s Head of FinTech Products and led Uber for Business. Prior to Uber, he was the VP of Products at SmartBiz Loans. He also holds an MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business.YO, short for Yield Optimizer, is a multi-chain yield abstraction layer that unifies capital with the

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00:29:52

How Solving the Three Greatest Challenges in DeFi...

Crypto Hipster ·

2025/10/04

Driss Benamour is Co-Founder and CEO of YO Labs.With two decades of experience in financial technology, Driss brings a wealth of knowledge around DeFi, crypto, and FinTech. Prior to YO, Driss was Uber’s Head of FinTech Products and led Uber for Business. Prior to Uber, he was the VP of Products at SmartBiz Loans. He also holds an MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business.YO, short for Yield Optimizer, is a multi-chain yield abstraction layer that unifies capital with the

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00:34:26

Why the Crypto Industry Needs Authentic Thought...

Crypto Hipster ·

2025/10/03

Catie Romero-Finger is the Founder and CEO of BABs, a leading web3 marketing agency that drives sustainable growth through data-driven community strategies. Under her leadership, BABS has delivered measurable engagement and TVL growth for tier-1 Web3 projects through strategic communications and community-building initiatives.A veteran technology marketing executive with 20+ years of experience across US, UK, EU, and UAE markets, Catie champions sustainable business models in Web3 that prioritize

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00:34:26

Why the Crypto Industry Needs Authentic Thought...

Crypto Hipster ·

2025/10/03

Catie Romero-Finger is the Founder and CEO of BABs, a leading web3 marketing agency that drives sustainable growth through data-driven community strategies. Under her leadership, BABS has delivered measurable engagement and TVL growth for tier-1 Web3 projects through strategic communications and community-building initiatives.A veteran technology marketing executive with 20+ years of experience across US, UK, EU, and UAE markets, Catie champions sustainable business models in Web3 that prioritize

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00:48:46

Politicians? Punks? Parasites?: How to Market-Make...

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2025/10/02

Chief Executive Officer at Acheron Trading, Laurent Benayoun joined the firm following the acquisition of HedgeTech, the prominent trading algorithms and infrastructure provider he co-founded. Passionate about algorithmic trading strategies and market microstructure, Laurent also serves as a peer reviewer for the Journal of Quantitative Finance, as an expert for Alumni Ventures, as an interviewer for the Master of Finance at Princeton, and as a mentor for the Harvard Blockchain Incubator. Laurent

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00:31:37

Bitcoin: A Technology Space? A Finance Space? Or a...

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2025/10/01

Garvit Goel is the Founder and CEO of Electron, a company specializing in TEE and ZK technologies, backed by leading investors including Stake Capital, Gnosis, Lambda Class, and Legion. Electron recently launched Permute, the most cost-efficient and liquid Bitcoin bridge, powered by TEE.Garvit is an experienced deeptech entrepreneur with research publications in biotechnology and advanced fluid dynamics, as well as investments in aerospace and depth-sensing. A graduate of IIT Delhi, one of Asia’s

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00:31:37

Bitcoin: A Technology Space? A Finance Space? Or a...

Crypto Hipster ·

2025/10/01

Garvit Goel is the Founder and CEO of Electron, a company specializing in TEE and ZK technologies, backed by leading investors including Stake Capital, Gnosis, Lambda Class, and Legion. Electron recently launched Permute, the most cost-efficient and liquid Bitcoin bridge, powered by TEE.Garvit is an experienced deeptech entrepreneur with research publications in biotechnology and advanced fluid dynamics, as well as investments in aerospace and depth-sensing. A graduate of IIT Delhi, one of Asia’s

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00:29:31

Debunking Myths About Polkadot, Cryptocurrencies, and...

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2025/09/30

Dave Sedacca, Lead of Polkadot Capital Group and Director of Finance at Parity TechnologiesDave Sedacca is the Lead of Polkadot Capital Group and sits as Director of Finance at Parity Technologies, the core development team behind Polkadot. He leads Parity's financial strategy, spanning treasury management, planning, and institutional engagement. A long-time believer in emerging tech and crypto, Dave has been actively involved in the space since 2017. Prior to joining Parity, he worked across

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00:29:31

Debunking Myths About Polkadot, Cryptocurrencies, and...

Crypto Hipster ·

2025/09/30

Dave Sedacca, Lead of Polkadot Capital Group and Director of Finance at Parity TechnologiesDave Sedacca is the Lead of Polkadot Capital Group and sits as Director of Finance at Parity Technologies, the core development team behind Polkadot. He leads Parity's financial strategy, spanning treasury management, planning, and institutional engagement. A long-time believer in emerging tech and crypto, Dave has been actively involved in the space since 2017. Prior to joining Parity, he worked across

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00:31:23

How Today’s Innovation Trends are Driving Sustainable...

Crypto Hipster ·

2025/09/29

Pavel Jakovlev is Head of Product Innovation & Growth at AMINA Bank. He has over a decade of experience driving growth and innovation across tech and Web3. Pavel helps clients from startups to scale up with strategy setting, demand generation, and partnerships to drive business expansion and innovation in Web3. With specialist communication skills, Pavel brings confidence to clients in fostering and maintaining meaningful relationships. Pavel is determined to use his passion for emerging

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00:31:23

How Today’s Innovation Trends are Driving Sustainable...

Crypto Hipster ·

2025/09/29

Pavel Jakovlev is Head of Product Innovation & Growth at AMINA Bank. He has over a decade of experience driving growth and innovation across tech and Web3. Pavel helps clients from startups to scale up with strategy setting, demand generation, and partnerships to drive business expansion and innovation in Web3. With specialist communication skills, Pavel brings confidence to clients in fostering and maintaining meaningful relationships. Pavel is determined to use his passion for emerging

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00:34:40

Why Now Is the Best Time to Be Curious About...

Crypto Hipster ·

2025/09/28

David Tomasian is a seasoned entrepreneur and venture capitalist, and the founder of Zuko Capital. Beginning as an investor, David took over as CEO of Curious to ensure it was designed to prioritize user autonomy and privacy. Under his leadership, Curious has been built from the ground up as a privacy-first AI that combines encrypted, user-owned data with self-sovereign AI agents that learn from the individual but remain inaccessible to third parties.

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00:34:40

Why Now Is the Best Time to Be Curious About...

Crypto Hipster ·

2025/09/28

David Tomasian is a seasoned entrepreneur and venture capitalist, and the founder of Zuko Capital. Beginning as an investor, David took over as CEO of Curious to ensure it was designed to prioritize user autonomy and privacy. Under his leadership, Curious has been built from the ground up as a privacy-first AI that combines encrypted, user-owned data with self-sovereign AI agents that learn from the individual but remain inaccessible to third parties.

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00:45:21

Balancing GRQ (Getting Rich Quick) With Transforming...

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2025/09/27

Steven Bernstein, ASC, DGA, WGA is an award-winning feature film director and screenwriter, shaping some of the most visually striking films of the past 40 years. His work on the Academy Award-winning film Monster and on Like Water for Chocolate has earned global recognition. He is a recipient of the American Film Institute Award, the Sloan Award (for writing and directing), the Cannes Golden Lion (for commercials), and is an ASC nominee for outstanding cinematography. He has worked on over 50

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00:45:20

Balancing GRQ (Getting Rich Quick) With Transforming...

Crypto Hipster ·

2025/09/27

Steven Bernstein, ASC, DGA, WGA is an award-winning feature film director and screenwriter, shaping some of the most visually striking films of the past 40 years. His work on the Academy Award-winning film Monster and on Like Water for Chocolate has earned global recognition. He is a recipient of the American Film Institute Award, the Sloan Award (for writing and directing), the Cannes Golden Lion (for commercials), and is an ASC nominee for outstanding cinematography. He has worked on over 50

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00:42:38

Discovering the Best Ways to Tokenize Start Ups and...

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2025/09/26

Ryan Singer, Co-founder & CEO, Vex Holdings, and Managing Partner, Vex CapitalRyan Singer is Co-founder and CEO of Vex Holdings and Managing Partner at Vex Capital, which creates tokenized securities. He co-founded Chia Network, a new digital currency, in 2017. He also co-founded Tradehill, the first American institutional Bitcoin exchange, in 2012, and CryptoCorp, a multisig security pioneer. He has been a key figure in crypto policy development, regularly consulting with government officials

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00:42:38

Discovering the Best Ways to Tokenize Start Ups and...

Crypto Hipster ·

2025/09/26

Ryan Singer, Co-founder & CEO, Vex Holdings, and Managing Partner, Vex CapitalRyan Singer is Co-founder and CEO of Vex Holdings and Managing Partner at Vex Capital, which creates tokenized securities. He co-founded Chia Network, a new digital currency, in 2017. He also co-founded Tradehill, the first American institutional Bitcoin exchange, in 2012, and CryptoCorp, a multisig security pioneer. He has been a key figure in crypto policy development, regularly consulting with government officials

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