003: Zerocap | Ryan McCall

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In episode 3 of our Blockchain Chatter series, Dexter Cousins is joined by Ryan McCall, CEO of Zerocap.

They're an Australian Blockchain business building Digital asset investment products and technology for wholesale and institutional investors.

Ryan is responsible for driving the company forward to realise Zerocap’s vision: zero friction, borderless finance.

2022 was a HUGE year for Zerocap. In addition to winning multiple industry awards, they launched Australia's first stable coin (in partnership with ANZ) and are partnering with ASX to build a digital asset trading and custody platform.

About Ryan McCall

As a self-taught software engineer, Ryan has worked around financial services since 2006, having designed and delivered complex risk and pricing engines for international insurance and wealth management companies including Marsh, Willis, IAG, Findex, Hyperion, and Generation Life.

About Zerocap

Founded in 2016, Zerocap is a market-leading private wealth management firm for digital assets. Zerocap brings a deep understanding of digital asset technology, trading, portfolio optimisation, custody, and insurance, having processed over a billion dollars of digital assets for investors, institutions, and family offices.

Zerocap

careers@zerocap.com

Here's a rundown of the chapters:

0:00 Intro

2:23 About Zerocap

4:13 Working with ANZ on Australia's first Stable coin

7:17 The Zerocap Fund

8:39 ASX Partnership

12:24 Institutional Support for Digital Asset Technology

18:09 Will the economic crisis lead to mainstream adoption of digital assets?

22:24 Regulation and building credibility

27:03 Hiring the right people at the right time

32:39 Leadership lessons from scaling a business

42:32 2023 trends - Tokenisation

48:04 Zerocap plans in 2023

49:55 How to get in touch

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93: BTC Markets, Caroline Bowler

In episode 93 of Fintech Chatter Podcast Dexter Cousins is joined by Caroline Bowler, CEO of BTC Markets,  Australia’s largest and most trusted cryptocurrency exchange.

BTC is Australian-owned and operated. With over 300,000 traders, and more than $16.5 billion traded on the BTC Markets platform.

Caroline joins me to talk about their partnership with Australian NeoBank - Volt Bank.  We dig into the debanking challenges facing Crypto exchanges in Australia and the opportunities we can expect to see in the future.

And no chat on crypto would be complete without delving into the world's of Defi and NFT's

You can connect with Caroline on LinkedIn or go to https://btcmarkets.net

A link to report is here Investor Study Report 2021-2022 | Crypto Investing Australia | BTC Markets

64: Finder, Fred Schebesta

Fintech Australia Podcast #64 Dexter Cousins chats to Fred Schebesta, Co-Founder of Finder and CEO of Schebesta Ventures. 

Fred Schebesta is a world-famous entrepreneur, Co-Founder of Finder, LinkedIn Top Voices of Australia 2020 and AFR Young Rich Lister.

It's been another breakthrough year for Finder, with the launch of the Finder Money App. Fred talks us through the first 9 months, 100,000 users and the upcoming launch of their crypto product.

Fred chats about his newest venture, Schebesta Ventures, a programme where Fred shares his proven systems and strategies to help building realise their ideas and build successful businesses.

To find out more on Schebesta Ventures go to - https://www.fredschebesta.com/

To download the Finder App go to - https://www.finder.com.au/app

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About Tier One People

Founded by Dexter Cousins in 2016, Tier One People is on a mission to help Australia become the world leader in Fintech innovation.

Tier One People helps companies like Revolut, TrueLayer and 10x build founding teams for launch in Australia. 

And series A+ / ASX Listed Aussie Fintech like Lendi, Afterpay and 86 400 hire executive talent capable of delivering growth and scale. If you are building a world-class Fintech venture and need help in hiring tier-one people contact us


Kraken, the digital bank of the future

Dexter Cousins chats to Kraken's Jonathan Miller (Australia Managing Director) and Jakub Zakrewski  (Singapore Managing Director) on their move to become a digital bank.

Kraken is the most trusted cryptocurrency exchange on the market and recently announced the granting of a banking license in North America.

It's been another big week for digital currency. Paypal has announced they will enable spending of Bitcoin on the Paypal platform.

Jonathan and Jakub share their insights on the future of digital currency, what a banking license means for a crypto exchange, how regulators, central banks and financial institutions are now embracing digital currencies and just what can be expected from Kraken in the future.

Tune in for a super interesting chat.

Discover Kraken - https://www.kraken.com/