Ep. 781 Veldris | Launch of Veldris & Midgard (feat. JB Benjamin) — — — For episode 781 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by @jbwb2020, CEO of @veldris_io, to explore the company and its Midgard platform. Midgard is an open-source AI and data platform designed to help organizations run AI on their own infrastructure while retaining control of their data, models, and encryption keys. With local AI, post-quantum encryption, and support for fully offline operation, Veldris is building tools for organizations that prioritize privacy, transparency, and independence. 🔗 Spotify: tinyurl.com/4bxm24ks 🔗 Apple Podcasts: tinyurl.com/4djjdnne 🔗 Amazon Music: tinyurl.com/yfdd5mb7 🔗 YouTube: tinyurl.com/yseb4dvh ⏳ Timestamps: (8:45) Veldris launch (10:46) What is Midgard? (11:45) Cybersecurity landscape in 2026 (18:56) Consumer and business use-cases (20:50) Privacy tech industry boom (30:46) Convenience vs Privacy/Data ownership (32:55) AI human profiling (37:18) Is Gen X and Millennials doomed? (43:00) Veldris website and socials #BlockHashPodcast #veldris #midgard #privacy #data #ai #agenticai #podcast

🎙️ Ep. 780 Beldex | Privacy in the Age of AI (feat. Cris Blanco) — — — For episode 780 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Cris Blanco, Chief Strategy Officer for @BeldexCoin, a privacy-first Layer-1 ecosystem that just crossed 1.5 million cumulative installs across its app suite. Rather than shipping isolated privacy tools, Beldex runs a unified stack: encrypted messaging, a decentralized VPN, a private browser, a name service, and a wallet, all secured by 3,014 masternodes with 30M+ BDX staked. 🔗 Spotify: tinyurl.com/3vs9xj8c 🔗 Apple Podcasts: tinyurl.com/2k99kujt 🔗 Amazon Music: tinyurl.com/5xm7u725 🔗 YouTube: tinyurl.com/45d74pa6 ⏳ Timestamps: (5:05) What is Beldex? (7:22) 1.5M installs and growth (9:40) Are consumers becoming more conscious of digital privacy? (11:40) Beldex ecosystem (16:24) Convenience vs. Privacy (20:20) Privacy in the age of AI (24:35) Beldex roadmap (26:18) Beldex website and socials #BlockHashPodcast #beldex #privacy #privacytech #ai #agenticai #podcast

🎙️ Ep. 779 Cap | Bringing Private Credit Onchain (feat. Benjamin Sarquis Peillard) — — — For episode 779 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Benjamin Sarquis Peillard, Founder and CEO of @CapApp, an onchain credit marketplace backed by financial guarantees. Throughout the episode, Brandon and Benjamin explore the evolution of stablecoins and onchain credit, how Cap connects institutional borrowers with digital asset markets, the role of underwriting and financial guarantees, and what bringing traditional private credit infrastructure onchain could mean for the future of finance. 🔗 Spotify: tinyurl.com/57hjhz7c 🔗 Apple Podcasts: tinyurl.com/34634a7h 🔗 Amazon Music: tinyurl.com/bw3m2yct 🔗 YouTube: tinyurl.com/bdh696ma ⏳ Timestamps: (3:06) What is CAP? (4:42) Why does private credit need to move onchain? (5:43) How does CAP manage risk in private credit? (8:19) Blurring of Defi and TradFi (9:57) Crypto lending lessons learned (11:50) CAP’s default mechanism (12:50) CAP token (13:54) Current market conditions (15:24) What is driving CAP’s growth? (16:24) CAP roadmap (17:24) Events (17:45) CAP socials #BlockHashPodcast #cap #onchaincredit #privatecredit #web3 #podcast

🎙️ Ep. 778 Gonka | Decentralizing the Future of AI Compute (feat. Gleb Morgachev) — — — For episode 778 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Gleb Morgachev, Co-Creator of @gonka_ai, an open-source decentralized AI network designed to make high-performance AI compute more accessible and efficient. Throughout the episode, Brandon and Gleb explore how Gonka turns computational power into useful AI work, its approach to Proof of Compute, how decentralized networks can verify AI inference, where decentralized infrastructure still competes with centralized cloud providers, and what the future could look like when access to GPU compute is coordinated by an open network rather than a single company. 🔗 Spotify: tinyurl.com/wy9y54hf 🔗 Apple Podcasts: tinyurl.com/yxmxnn95 🔗 Amazon Music: tinyurl.com/2j4bz9ff 🔗 YouTube: tinyurl.com/mabtvya2 ⏳ Timestamps: (3:37) What is Gonka? (5:52) Decentralizing AI like Bitcoin (9:12) Solving trust issue with AI (16:36) Contributing compute to Gonka (17:38) Centralized AI vs Decentralized AI (24:03) How to make Decentralized AI mainstream (28:37) GPU server farm influence (30:18) Gonka roadmap (34:57) Github and Discord community #BlockHashPodcast #gonka #AI #agenticai #decentralizedai #GPU #serverfarm #podcast

🎙️ Ep. 777 Moca Network | Online Digital Identity (feat. Kenneth Shek) — — — For episode 777 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Kenneth Shek, CEO at @Moca_Network and Managing Director at Animoca Brands. Kenneth leads the Moca Network, Animoca Brands' identity ecosystem, building decentralized identity infrastructure across a network spanning more than 500 portfolio companies and 700M+ addressable users, and can discuss AI agents and digital identity, the future of online trust, agentic commerce, and why identity will become a foundational layer of the AI-powered internet. 🔗 Spotify: tinyurl.com/58zjh68v 🔗 Apple Podcasts: tinyurl.com/bdeua36u 🔗 Amazon Music: tinyurl.com/4j3yc93u 🔗 YouTube: tinyurl.com/5cpchppm ⏳ Timestamps: (6:04) What is Moca Network focused on? (7:27) What is AIR? (9:17) Digital identity and fixing online identity (14:56) AIR Kit (16:40) Do AI Agents need their own identity? (18:42) Infrastructure needed for businesses to interact with AI Agents (23:10) Western vs Eastern philosophy on Agentic economy (25:03) Regulations for AI (29:23) Roadmap for Moca and AIR #BlockHashPodcast #mocanetwork #onlineidentity #digitalidentity #aiagents #agenticai #podcast

🎙️ 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