Technologist and software developer Rhian Lewis has been involved in the blockchain space for many years. Rhian, who is also the author of “The Cryptocurrency Revolution,” is dedicated to educating people about bitcoin. She was behind an early initiative to encourage more women to learn…

Scott Millar, CEO of blockchain startup BlockSettle, spent some time with Coinscrum’s Meet the Founders series to discuss the evolution of his company and his future plans. Millar is the common denominator among the three co-founders of BlockSettle, which is an alternative to a centralised…

Secure Multi-Party Computation with Thresh0ld Thresh0ld Co-Founder and CTO Hakim Mamoni was an early mover into the cryptocurrency space, having first learned about bitcoin and the blockchain in 2012. Mamoni, who has been coding since he was 15 years old, didn’t jump in initially, as…

A Decentralised Version of Stripe With Fuse CEO Mark Smargon Fuse CEO Mark Smargon joined Coinscrum to discuss his startup Fuse.io, which allows users to create their own wallet and mint their own custom currency for their company or communities. Smargon has been in the…

Jason Eisen, Founder & CEO at UTU Bridging the Gap Between How People Trust In the Real World and How They’re Asked to Trust Online UTU founder Jason Eisen’s journey into crypto began in Nairobi. It was there that he and his team launched Africa’s first…

Edan Yago is the founder of Sovryn, a decentralized bitcoin trading and lending platform. Like many in the cryptocurrency space, Yago harkens from the academic world. He has a background in neuroscience and in 2011 while working on applying neurometrics to bowel diseases, he was…

Nick Almond is the founder at finance.vote, which is a soon-to-be-launched cryptocurrency network focused on governance and voting technology with a focus on decentralized finance, or DeFi, to start. Almond describes himself as a newcomer to the crypto space and joins from the world of…

R2 Labs Founder on Building a Team and the Importance of Protocol Expertise. RSQ Labs, a research and analysis firm, has formed a team of seasoned blockchain engineers and industry experts to educate businesses on DLT use cases and help them to take the leap…

Coinscrum spoke with Milana Valmont, co-founder and CEO of Prague-based DeFi project Kira Network, which launched this year and has developers in Singapore and Europe. The Kira Network is being built by Kira Core, the main contributor to the Kira ecosystem. Kira boasts the maiden…

Ethereum 2.0 is on the horizon. The ‘Serenity’ upgrade, which is now a completely new chain from Ethereum 1, is slated for release in Dec 2020 and will finally see the protocol move from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake. Many in the industry are now preparing for the…

ID Theory (Incentive Design Theory) is an investment firm with a difference. Founded by crypto natives, the fund’s investment thesis expands beyond pure capital appreciation, seeking out additional returns from the incentivisation structures embedded within decentralised networks. The company is the product of two crypto…

Flovtec is a liquidity provider and the latest company from entrepreneur Anton Golub. In his previous life, Anton was a high frequency trader and market maker in the FX markets. Then in 2013, he found himself ‘in the right place at the right time’ and…