🎙️ Ep. 754 Uphold | Digital Asset Services, XDC Staking and AI Trends (feat. Marcos Santillana) — — — For episode 754 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Marcos Santillana, VP of Digital Asset Services, Institutional at Uphold. Marcos Santillana is VP of Digital Asset Services at Uphold, a crypto platform licensed across the US, UK and EU. He works directly with crypto foundations and protocol teams on listing, treasury management and wider ecosystem partnerships. With deep exposure to hundreds of blockchain projects assessed through a regulatory, commercial and technical lens, Marcos brings rare cross-jurisdictional fluency across US and UK frameworks. Layer-1 and Layer-2 protocols and crypto foundations can get in touch with Marcos to discuss the full range of services Uphold offers. 🔗 Spotify: tinyurl.com/5t357az5 🔗 Apple Podcasts: tinyurl.com/3cpvjmfs 🔗 Amazon Music: tinyurl.com/57u9xdpa 🔗 YouTube: tinyurl.com/22w3de7r ⏳ Timestamps: (4:40) What is Uphold Institutional? (6:54) Client types (7:26) Uphold launches XDC staking offering (8:29) Why is this an important milestone? (9:51) Uphold’s Digital Asset Services Unit (11:26) Identifying breakout projects (14:12) Trending projects or narratives (15:20) AI trends in Web3 (17:26) Where are we in the digital asset adoption cycle? (18:45) What regulation is important to watch? (19:54) Uphold Institutional roadmap (21:08) Conferences & events (22:10) Uphold website and socials #BlockHashPodcast #uphold #staking #digitalassets #ai #web3 #podcast @UpholdInc

🎙️ Ep. 776 GoMining | Expanding the Bitcoin Economy (feat. Mark Zalan) — — — For episode 776 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Mark Zalan, CEO of @GoMining, an innovative global crypto platform that makes Bitcoin mining accessible and easy through unique digital miners backed by real-world data center infrastructure. By replacing expensive hardware and complex setups with NFT-based computing power, the ecosystem allows users worldwide to earn daily Bitcoin rewards effortlessly. Today, GoMining continues to expand into a full-scale crypto super app, offering integrated wallets, payment solutions, and community-driven rewards. 🔗 Spotify: tinyurl.com/2ksb74fa 🔗 Apple Podcasts: tinyurl.com/y2ka9rbv 🔗 Amazon Music: tinyurl.com/2s25mf5p 🔗 YouTube: tinyurl.com/a9bxae3z ⏳ Timestamps: (2:59) What is GoMining? (4:23) GoMining expanding into payments (11:30) What is GoBTC and how does it work for consumers? (17:18) Compelling Merchants to accept Bitcoin (24:52) What a Bitcoin-based economy looks like in the future? (33:10) GoMining website and socials #BlockHashPodcast #gomining #gobtc #bitcoin #payments #web3 #podcast

🎙️ Ep. 775 AMINA | Derivatives, Bitcoin ETFs and Agentic Finance (feat. Andreja Cobeljic) — — — For episode 775 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Andreja Cobeljic, Head of Derivatives Trading for @AMINABankGlobal, a Swiss-regulated digital asset bank that bridges the gap between traditional fiat banking and the Web3 ecosystem. Headquartered in Zug, Switzerland, and licensed by FINMA, the institution rebranded from SEBA Bank to expand its global footprint across Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. It provides secure custody, trading, and institutional-grade banking services tailored for corporations, private clients, and crypto-native enterprises. By merging conventional finance with digital asset management, it serves as a pioneer in regulated crypto-banking infrastructure. 🔗 Spotify: tinyurl.com/2s8j29dx 🔗 Apple Podcasts: tinyurl.com/r6v2pznk 🔗 Amazon Music: tinyurl.com/3ujuuynd 🔗 YouTube: tinyurl.com/5c46bp65 ⏳ Timestamps: (6:05) What is AMINA Bank? (12:04) How market can balance retail and institutional (16:46) What derivatives can tell us about market dynamics (22:46) Balancing risk management (26:42) Bitcoin ETF outflows (29:35) One narrative institutional investors get wrong (32:24) Impact of Agentic AI in finance (33:52) AMINA roadmap and market opportunities (36:19) Learn more about AMINA #BlockHashPodcast #aminabank #derivatives #ETFs #bitcoin #crypto #finance #agenticai #podcast

🎙️ Ep. 774 Propr | Prop Trading & Agentic Traders (feat. Louis Régis) — — — For episode 774 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Louis Régis, Founder & CEO of @ProprXYZ, a prominent, crypto-native online retail prop firm that launched in mid-2026. Developed by XBorg and backed by SwissBorg (one of Europe's largest crypto wealth platforms), Propr specifically targets decentralized finance (DeFi) and crypto-centric traders. Unlike traditional prop firms that operate through opaque centralized brokers, Propr distinguishes itself by being built entirely on-chain on the Hyperliquid network. 🔗 Spotify: tinyurl.com/9jmstf2k 🔗 Apple Podcasts: tinyurl.com/kb6nvfhm 🔗 Amazon Music: tinyurl.com/297pfmm5 🔗 YouTube: tinyurl.com/mr38vks7 ⏳ Timestamps: (6:05) What is Propr and Prop trading? (8:22) Incentivizing traders (10:10) Propr exponential revenue growth (13:27) Are Prop firms a crypto category? (15:18) Success of Hyperliquid (17:47) Rise of Agentic AI traders (21:02) Propr roadmap (23:53) Start trading on Propr #BlockHashPodcast #propr #proptrading #agenticai #agentictraders #aitrading #podcast

🎙️ Ep. 773 ZIGChain | Unlocking Institutional Investment Opportunities (feat. Abdul Rafay Gadit) — — — For episode 773 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Abdul Rafay Gadit, Co-founder of @ZIGChain. ZIGChain is a permissionless Layer 1 blockchain, explicitly optimized for decentralized wealth management and the tokenization of real-world assets (RWAs). 🔗 Spotify: tinyurl.com/ypd2khzj 🔗 Apple Podcasts: tinyurl.com/5n88d9c4 🔗 Amazon Music: tinyurl.com/e8swernj 🔗 YouTube: tinyurl.com/yrjmx9wc ⏳ Timestamps: (1:56) Who is Abdul Rafay Gadit? (5:39) Unlocking institutional investment opportunities (9:08) What is the Zignaly platform? (10:58) ZIGchain ecosystem (13:24) Institutional shift to digital assets (17:26) Regulatory clarity (20:22) Emerging markets for crypto (22:50) ZIGChain roadmap (27:49) Website and socials #BlockHashPodcast #zignaly #zigchain #digitalassets #crypto #podcast

🎙️ Ep. 772 Hypercall | Bringing Options Onchain (feat. Duncan Reucassel) — — — For episode 772 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by @DuncanReucassel, CIO of Triton Liquid Fund to discuss Hypercall (@SynapseProtocol) and onchain options. Hypercall is a permissionless, onchain options protocol built on top of Hyperliquid by the team behind Synapse Protocol. It is designed to bring professional-grade options markets on-chain by utilizing Hyperliquid's deep perpetual futures liquidity as a natural hedging rail for options writers. 🔗 Spotify: tinyurl.com/37ndvu53 🔗 Apple Podcasts: tinyurl.com/2vrhm92s 🔗 Amazon Music: tinyurl.com/46f4mt5m 🔗 YouTube: tinyurl.com/4kjtpwcw ⏳ Timestamps: (8:54) What is Hypercall? (14:44) How infrastructure has changed for onchain options (16:10) Fractional positions in onchain options (18:44) Options on Anything (20:38) Importance of Hyperliquid (20:52) Hypercall roadmap (24:11) What is the Triton Liquid Fund? #BlockHashPodcast #hypercall #onchainoptions #optionstrading #podcast

Preparing Bitcoin for Quantum 🎥: CSO of @coinbase

🎙️ Ep. 771 Valdora | Exposure to Institutional Investment Strategies (feat. Waseem Salim) — — — For episode 771 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Waseem Salim, CEO of @Valdora_finance, ZIGChain’s liquid staking layer. Stake $ZIG and receive stZIG, a liquid, yield-bearing position you can use across the ecosystem. They’re building toward Liquid Everything: vault-based strategies that turn staking into a foundation for broader, structured market access over time. 🔗 Spotify: tinyurl.com/2fnu8abz 🔗 Apple Podcasts: tinyurl.com/4km3bzy3 🔗 Amazon Music: tinyurl.com/bdc4rdb2 🔗 YouTube: tinyurl.com/mrst8dj9 ⏳ Timestamps: (4:56) What is Valdora Finance? (9:44) Providing exposure to institutional strategies (15:44) Transparency around capital (18:39) Evolution of liquid staking (21:12) Policy around staking market (26:08) Valdora Finance roadmap #BlockHashPodcast #valdora #trading #investing #strategies #liquidstaking #staking #podcast

🎙️ Ep. 770 Coinbase | Creating Quantum Security for Web3 (feat. Jeff Lunglhofer) — — — For episode 770 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by @JLunglhofer, CSO of @coinbase. As Chief Security Officer, Jeff leads Coinbase’s global cyber strategy, operations, engineering, and trust & safety efforts across both retail and institutional businesses, including Web3 and DeFi security through Coinbase’s Blockchain Security and Unit 0x research teams. Prior to Coinbase, he served as CISO at BNY Mellon, where he built and led a 500+ person global cybersecurity program, and previously headed commercial cyber practices at Booz Allen Hamilton. 🔗 Spotify: tinyurl.com/39whk6w6 🔗 Apple Podcasts: tinyurl.com/3npzp98y 🔗 YouTube: tinyurl.com/msu6uwc8 ⏳ Timestamps: (4:15) Coinbase quantum security report (6:45) Governance debate (11:19) How to protect Bitcoin from quantum (13:47) Policy measures for quantum (17:04) How Coinbase is preparing for quantum (19:54) Education around quantum security (21:28) Cybersecurity threats today (24:50) Cybersecurity tips and practices (27:25) Read the quantum security report #BlockHashPodcast #coinbase #quantumsecurity #cybersecurity #crypto #bitcoin #web3 #podcast