Making Markets
Episode 17 Driving Crypto Adoption
Making Markets

Episode 17: Driving Crypto Adoption

Making Markets

Episode 17

Driving Crypto Adoption

Edward Woodford is the CEO and Co-Founder of Zero Hash. We cover how Blockchain solves the problems of payments, tokenization and payroll, institutional adoption of crypto, and the US regulatory landscape.

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(00:00:00) - Welcome to Making Markets

(00:03:06) - First question - Navigating the challenges of a highly regulated industry

(00:04:18) - Detailing the functions of Zero Hash

(00:06:31) - Breaking down the business structure of Zero Hash

(00:08:31) - Delving into jurisdictional regulatory challenges

(00:13:32) - Addressing the issues Zero Hash resolves for clients

(00:17:52) - Bridging cryptography with the mainstream economy

(00:20:54) - Strategies for tokenizing assets

(00:26:35) - Examining asset transfers on the blockchain

(00:32:34) - Implementing global payroll solutions on the blockchain

(00:35:39) - Allocating marginal dollars in the crypto space

(00:38:54) - Assessing the current phase of the crypto cycle

Driving Crypto Adoption

Introduction

Eric
My guest today is Edward Woodford, the CEO and Co-Founder of Zero Hash. Zero Hash build software that allows businesses to launch crypto products quickly, simply and compliantly. This is Edward's second startup, and we started with this back story before exploring crypto's major use cases like payments, tokenizations, remittances and payroll. We'll also cover the U.S. regulatory landscape, his take on the ecosystem today and more. Please enjoy this conversation with Edward Woodford.

Ed's Backstory and Zerohash

So Edward, I intend to talk about Zero Hash and the intersection of fintech crypto, actually bringing it to the institutional markets. I think a fun place to start would be when people look at heavily regulated industries, it usually makes people less excited. And I'm super curious to find out what gave a 20-year-old the idea to go run at the CFTC to start a company and now enter an even heavier regulated industry.

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