Word on the Block | Forkast.News
A weekly, 30-minute podcast interviewing leading CEOs, policymakers, and thought leaders in the world of blockchain. Produced from Asia by Forkast.News, and hosted by award-winning anchor Angie Lau, Word on the Block goes beyond the headlines in providing in-depth, 1:1 interviews with the newsmakers shaping the rapid innovation and impact of blockchain, crypto, and emerging technology on business, politics, and the global economy.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 26 minutes
- Episodes
- 218
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2022
Temasek's Blockchain Ambition
Reaching for the Next 50 Million Users: A Conversation with COO of Crypto.com
Banking on the Future: Conversation with the CEO of DBS Bank
Decoding the Metaverse
Crypto's Architects: Conversation with Sam Bankman-Fried and Amy Wu
Turning Crypto Skeptics Into Believers
Journalism In Blockchain
Shaping The Future Of Crypto
The New Reality: GameFi, NFTs & The Metaverse
Blood, sweat and tiers: Why layer-2 remains the bedrock of Bitcoin development
From the recent launch of Bitcoin-based exchange-traded funds in the U.S. to El Salvador’s plan to raise US$1 billion through BTC bonds to fund its “Bitcoin City” property development, growing mainst…
Bitcoin’s price is a lie, says Morgan Creek Capital chief
The price of Bitcoin has dropped by more than 22% in the past 30 days. Predictions that the world’s original crypto would top US$100,000 by the end of the year are beginning to look overly optimistic…
Meet the DAO chief who wants artificial intelligence to take his job
A recent US$40 million-plus bid for a rare copy of the U.S. Constitution by 17,437 virtual strangers may have failed to win the prized historical document, but it thrust the decentralized autonomous …
How blockchain tech can be the supply chain’s strongest link
Shipping times from China, the world’s biggest exporter, are set to grow longer amid a new set of Covid quarantine mandates for vessel crews. The new rules mean that seafarers may have to spend as mu…
DeFi’s amorphous autonomy proves a policy puzzle
The decentralized finance sector has undergone phenomenal growth this year, with its value soaring more than tenfold to US$250 billion. But as it becomes too big to fail, its lack of regulatory acces…
This Brazilian digital bank wants to change the world, one block at a time
It may have taken a global pandemic to do it, but millions of unbanked people in Latin America have been propelled into the financial system since the beginning of the Covid-19 crisis.
Some 17% of th…
Is 2021 the year of crypto’s coming of age?
The first Bitcoin futures exchange-traded fund made its debut on Wall Street just a little over a fortnight ago. Six days later, Mastercard partnered with digital asset management company Bakkt to br…
Back to the future: Why Bitcoin is still a game-changer
Bitcoin may have taken a back seat in the collective consciousness of the crypto community this year as the non-fungible token scene took off and decentralized finance enjoyed an Indian summer, but t…
Taking opulence online: How blockchain is beckoning luxury brands
Blockchain is becoming increasingly integrated into the corporate world, and luxury brands are particularly well-positioned to reap the rewards of digital innovation, which is set to play a part in a…
Is Blockchain’s age of interoperability finally on the horizon?
As the adoption of blockchain technology grows around the world, so have the barriers between blockchains in different countries and regions.
Much like the internet, which started out as small sets o…
Former US Treasury advisor predicts no ‘real action’ from Fed on CBDC (ft. Michael B. Greenwald)
Bitcoin took another major leap recently toward becoming mainstream after its adoption by El Salvador as legal tender. Meanwhile, central bank digital currencies (CBDC) are gaining momentum in econom…