Alex Krainer is the founder of Krainer Analytics and creator of I-System Trend Following. He has worked as a market analyst, researcher, trader, and hedge fund manager since 1996. Alex was born and raised in a socialist regime of former Yugoslavia, under one-party communist rule. He created Altana Wealth’s systematic portfolio allocation strategy d…

Author, Speaker and Troublemaker. (currently learning Polish ...) Yup. That's him. In a nutshell: (from his LI profile) Chris does all sorts in banking and technology. He writes a daily blog at thefinanser.com, and consults about the future. When people want digital banking done, he brings in 11:FS. When they want to know everything FinTech, he ref…

===>>> HODLERS, Unite!! <=== How to get away from this with any other feeling, now that's a mystery to me. After attending a presentation from Brian a few weeks ago, I had to get him on my show. And Woaw! - did he not disappoint. In typical deep value style, he lays out exactly where we come from, where we are, and where we're going with Bitcoin, a…

David Birch is without any doubt one of the most astute long term observers of the financial services and fintech space, and I'm extremely excited and honored to have been able to talk to him about his upcoming book (The Currency Cold War; Cash and Cryptography, Hash Rates and Hegemony, published in May 2020), and other related issues we care about…

Dara's second appearance on this show is beyond timely, and most insightful. Since 2011, Dara Albright has been helping set the direction of the crowdfinance industry through leading-edge industry articles and acclaimed conferences that introduce crowd-driven asset classes such as crowdfunding and p2p lending to the financial community. She produce…

Joel Comm ... what can I say? I don't know where to start ... I've been following his work for more than a decade, read all his books, event went on private workshops with him and his team (in Colorado at the time) to learn a thing or two (or three) about this online world, and how to harness all its awesome power (for good, that is). So who is he?…

In this episode, I have the real pleasure to speak (and very fast for that matter!) with Phil Rosen, CEO and Founder of the rapidly scaling EVEN Financial, the company with the leading API for financial services monetization, based in NYC. EVEN helps connect your consumers to personalized products at the right time with the definitive search, compa…

I've enjoyed my conversation with Thomas Spaas in this episode of #WYFT. Death and taxes - the only 2 things in life that are certain. And while I'm not going to talk about the former - at least not here - crypto and taxes is one of those areas that is not being covered really at this time in the MSM. But oh boy - is it important and key to underst…

In this episode, I talk with a very outspoken Bryce Paul, L'Enfant Terrible of the crypto space, of Crypto101Podcast fame, fellow podcaster therefore, but more importantly, a must-go-to resource with a finger on pretty much any pulse of interest out there. =>> So who is Bryce Paul? Bryce is an accomplished business development pro in the cryptocurr…

In this episode, be ready to be shaken ... not stirred! I'm speaking with my good friend Steve Faktor, CEO of IdeaFaktory innovation incubator, author of Econovation, Forbes & HBR writer and ex-Fortune 100 Innovation Executive. In this podcast, we cover his current thinking on politics, education, technology, social media and ... Crypto & Blockchai…

I'm extremely excited to share my recent conversation with Kevin Werbach, a leading expert on the business, legal, and public policy implications of emerging technologies such as broadband, blockchain, and big data. In this conversation, I focus on a number of topics he covers in his book: "The Blockchain and the New Architecture of Trust", a refer…

Get ready to grab the last wallet you'll want to own going into 2020! Enjoy my conversation with Ruben here and share lavishly. For more resources: https://youtu.be/AsTcCNkxH-8 https://youtu.be/ToPHUKqaLwc https://youtu.be/oDI2I-fxe6Q =============================================================== Ruben Merre is a serial entrepreneur who launched h…

Magenta & Phil Millo, transforming the way to look at growing your BTC holdings. (If you are interested and want to know more, get in touch with me here) In this episode, I caught up with Phil Millo, a friend and forward looking innovator in the structured finance industry. Phil Millo is the Group CEO of Magenta, a full-service crypto-structuring f…

I invite you to listen carefully to my conversation with Lee #WYFT, when I caught up with him most recently in NYC, where we discuss where he is with his vision of and for the world IRL, and how he foresees Yugen changing the landscape - forever, and for the better. Something that is urgently needed, and will have nothing else to compare it with. P…

I had the chance and privilege to recently sit down and talk in detail with Jesse McWaters, lead author of this important and very detailed report. If you want to find out how AI and machine learning is transforming the financial services industry, listen to our discussion here, and refer to the full document on the WEF website for the whole packag…

I've kept this conversation stacked away somewhere, and I can only regret it deeply. Apologies therefore. But, I'm not exaggerating when saying that this is one of those conversations that never left me, and will forever be grateful for. Jay Samit is a digital media innovator and pioneer in the music, video distribution, social media, and eCommerce…

I go back with Dara now more than 6 years, when she was an early player, mover and shaker with all things related to the JOBS act and related crowdfunding issues. She continues to be a power in the space, and a big voice around the issue of small business, capital markets and formation, the rapidly changing landscape around exchanges, and most rece…

It's been a while, but last time we spoke, he was still at it, and building fiercely to get his baby from being a toddler to a full blown ... well ... to what it is today: Your Connection to Business Lending. Connect Lending was created to bridge the gap between Businesses looking for loans and the Lenders that are actually lending money. The proce…

I've known Brett King from way back (in my Wall Street days), and was always beyond impressed to see what this man is capable of ... I was also fortunate enough to have briefly worked with him on a financing round (with Moven), and had him also present at one of my early Meetups at Belcham's Atelier. Anyway, as you will find during my conversation …

Better late than never they say, and that's very accurate on my end here. I interviewed Jorge now more than 2 years ago in Chicago, and I had a ball. His story (personal and business) is very inspiring, and his earlier book (Burn Zones) is one for the ages - and most definitely highly recommended. He's an entrepreneur at heart, has failed and come …

I have worked with and for Geoff Miller for a period of time, primarily during his successful tenure as CEO of GLI Finance, a London listed fintech company. This is a conversation I've had with him now a while back, focused on corporate governance and other issues that we both care about deeply.Geoff Miller now is an investor in and consultant to a…