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🎙️ Ep. 757 Ekiden | Institutional Derivatives Exchange (feat. Vitali Dervoed)
For episode 757 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Vitali Dervoed, Founder and CEO of Ekiden. Vitali Dervoed is a tech entrepreneur and operator with over 10 years of experience across banking, fintech, capital markets, crypto infrastructure, and DeFi. Ekiden is an institutional derivatives exchange on Canton Network. Raised $3.8M, onboarded 12+ tier-1 market makers, and grew the platform to 20,000+ users through growth marketing, referral loops, commun
Brandon Zemp
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🎙️ Ep. 757 Ekiden | Institutional Derivatives Exchange (feat. Vitali Dervoed)
For episode 757 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Vitali Dervoed, Founder and CEO of Ekiden. Vitali Dervoed is a tech entrepreneur and operator with over 10 years of experience across banking, fintech, capital markets, crypto infrastructure, and DeFi. Ekiden is an institutional derivatives exchange on Canton Network. Raised $3.8M, onboarded 12+ tier-1 market makers, and grew the platform to 20,000+ users through growth marketing, referral loops, commun
Brandon Zemp
2 hours ago2 min read
🎙️ Ep. 756 FinchTrade | Infrastructure for Stablecoins (feat. Lex Karushin)
For episode 756 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Lex Karushin, Partnerships Manager for Finchtrade.Lex has over five years of experience in the crypto space, with most of his career spent in Web3 startups, helping teams scale through new business development, strategic partnerships, and capital raising. His background spans DeFi, NFTs, and token launches, and with a foundation in management and finance. 🔗 Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/mr9eaz4d 🔗 Appl
Brandon Zemp
1 day ago2 min read
🎙️ Ep. 755 Andrew Nalichaev | AI & Blockchain Development Expert
For episode 755 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Andrew Nalichaev, a systems-level blockchain expert who serves as CEO of Haia — an AI-powered, non-custodial operating system for digital assets — and CTO of Haust Network, a ZK Layer 2 protocol built with Polygon CDK. He is also the Blockchain Domain Expert at Innowise, where he leads architecture and strategic engagements for fintechs, banks, exchanges, and institutional crypto clients — covering custo
Brandon Zemp
2 days ago2 min read
🎙️ 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, commerci
Brandon Zemp
3 days ago2 min read
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